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Clinton, Baird Hockey Bet Will See Loser Wear Rival's Jersey

The Huffington Post Canada  |  By Posted: 04/12/2012 2:30 pm Updated: 04/12/2012 3:28 pm

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Clinton Baird Hockey Bet
Hillary Clinton and John Baird have made a bet on the outcome of the NHL hockey series between the New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators. (Twitter/John Baird)

Hillary Clinton and John Baird have made a hockey bet. The stakes? Humiliation.

The foreign ministers of Canada and the United States are in Washington, D.C. for a G8 meeting, but they took the time to wager on the NHL playoff series between the New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators. Clinton was a senator from New York before becoming Secretary of State and Baird's riding is in Ottawa.

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The loser of the bet will have to wear the jersey of their rival's team at an "appropriate event," according to Sun political reporter David Akin.

The cross-border hockey bet isn't the first between Canadian and U.S. leaders. Back in 2010, Stephen Harper and Barack Obama made a bet on the outcome of the Olympic gold medal game. Obama lost and shipped a case of beer to the prime minister. The White House press secretary at the time, Robert Gibbs, lost a bet with former-Harper aide Dmitri Soudason the game which saw him wear a Team Canada jersey to a press briefing.

News of the bet is spreading fast after Baird sent out a tweet on the wager. Clinton, who doesn't yet have a Twitter account of her own, took the Web by storm this week via the blog "Texts from Hillary."

The site became so popular that Clinton even met with the site's creators. In a disappointment for Hillary fans everywhere, the website has now been shut down, with the creators saying the meme has "gone as far as it can go."

Maybe Clinton in a Senators jersey will be the birth of a new meme. Here's to hoping.

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Hillary Clinton and John Baird have made a hockey bet. The stakes? Humiliation. The foreign ministers of Canada and the United States are in Washington, D.C. for a G8 meeting, but they took the tim...
Hillary Clinton and John Baird have made a hockey bet. The stakes? Humiliation. The foreign ministers of Canada and the United States are in Washington, D.C. for a G8 meeting, but they took the tim...
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Liban CZ
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06:16 PM on 04/16/2012
They lost, bring the shirt back.
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Know-some-secrets
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10:53 AM on 04/14/2012
So silly. Hillary seems to have a great deal of time on her hands these days for lame publicity stunts. These rivial, photo op bets are so very cliche.

Yep, Hillary used NY's Senate seat to prepare for her failed presidential bid, but has she ever even watched the Rangers play?
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Baker123
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09:05 AM on 04/13/2012
Will he quit if the Sens lose? Go Rangers!
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08:34 AM on 04/13/2012
from all team bets to take, Baird has chosen a lost cause, lol.

After seeing Anderson's antics of leaving the net by 20 feet while King Henry Lundquist stayed sharp... there is no way the Sens can beat the Rangers

so we will see Baird with a Rangers jersey
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Dinsdale Pirahna
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10:47 PM on 04/12/2012
Sadly, more people will care about this than the selling out of our country to foreigners.
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09:14 PM on 04/12/2012
Suddenly I find myself cheering for the Rangers.
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09:52 PM on 04/12/2012
I always cheer for whichever team is playing Ottawa. That franchise should have been awarded to Hamilton.
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Tom Pieper
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06:51 AM on 04/13/2012
I'm not from Ottawa (originally from close to Hamilton) but I now live here. We have a beautiful National Capital Region folks and remember, its your heritage. The city is 1.2 million strong and quite capable of supporting an NHL team and winning the cup.
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08:28 PM on 04/12/2012
Baird is a loser regardless of the outcome of the Rangers / Senators series.
In addition to the sweater, he should be sporting a dunce cap.
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Know-some-secrets
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10:54 AM on 04/14/2012
Interesting. So, its kinda a wager between two losers, eh?
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OldOneArm
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06:25 PM on 04/12/2012
spam
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Grant in Calgary
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05:48 PM on 04/12/2012
Hillary should win this bet fairly easily. If Vancouver doesn't shape up, the Canadian teams will be out in the first round.
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Tom Pieper
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06:53 AM on 04/13/2012
Albertans. I lived there for seven years but no longer. You guys are rudest people in Canada
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Grant in Calgary
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05:42 PM on 04/13/2012
Excuse me? Please don't judge me on the basis of your unfortunate experiences in the past. If you want to talk about being rude, then look no farther than your ugly post to a complete stranger.
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05:48 PM on 04/12/2012
Fewer effs have never been given.
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Brent Millar
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05:25 PM on 04/12/2012
This is the only time I'll utter this: Go John Baird.
He's got our team jersey, and for that I'm glad.

As to his politics... let's not ruin the game with it...

Hillary is going to look mighty silly wearing all that red and gold.
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03:07 PM on 04/12/2012
Canada's answer to Leona Helmsley trying his best to look like the King of Mirth. A word to Hillary, if he loses, duck!
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10:58 AM on 04/14/2012
If Hillary loses, will she claim to be the victim of the Rangers?
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Brindling
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02:43 PM on 04/12/2012
I remember the bet with Harper for the case of beer from Obama. That was great, but you'd better get over to 24 Sussex fast, there's only 22 left.
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