# Woman throws shoe at Hillary Clinton in Las Vegas; exposes Operation Cynthia (1967, Bolivia) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829 "2014-04-10T23:13:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829/1 "2014-04-10T23:13:16Z")
[What’s the frequency, Kenneth? > [@](#): > > A woman was taken into custody after throwing what she described as a shoe at Hillary Clinton during a Las Vegas speech. > > The incident happened moments after Clinton took the stage Thursday at an Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries meeting at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino. > > Clinton ducked but did not appear to be hit by the object, and then joked about it. > > “Is that somebody throwing something at me? Is that part of Cirque de Soleil?” Clinton quipped. > > She added: “My goodness, I didn’t know that solid waste management was so controversial. Thank goodness she didn’t play softball like I did.” > [@](#): > > An attendee later handed a reporter a piece of paper that was apparently thrown by the woman. It appeared to be a copy of a Department of Defense document labeled confidential and dated August 1967; it referred to an operation “Cynthia” in Bolivia. ]([http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_HILLARY\_CLINTON\_VEGAS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-04-10-18-37-56](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HILLARY_CLINTON_VEGAS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-04-10-18-37-56)) Fut the whack? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829/2 "2014-04-10T23:22:46Z")
There’s a [Time magazine article about Operation Cynthia](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,837099,00.html) if anyone wants to log into the site and tell us what it’s about. ---
**Author:** ![CatherineZeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829/3 "2014-04-11T02:18:28Z")
The article describes the shoe as orange and black. I hope it was a sneaker, because that’s a very Halloween-y combination for any other type of shoe. I’m glad Hillary took it in stride. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829/4 "2014-04-11T02:27:31Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > There’s a [Time magazine article about Operation Cynthia](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,837099,00.html) if anyone wants to log into the site and tell us what it’s about. That’s weird, Wikipedia has nothing on “Operation Cynthia” and the only relevant looking result on Google (at least on the first page) is the Time article. Maybe it’s a conspiracy that was successfully covered up, after all, who would think to look in a magazine! :eek: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829/5 "2014-04-11T02:45:04Z")
At least we know Hillary’s eyesight has improved since that bad concussion last year. 😉 I recall she had to wear special glasses to correct her double vision. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829/6 "2014-04-11T03:50:51Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > At least we know Hillary’s eyesight has improved since that bad concussion last year. 😉 > > I recall she had to wear special glasses to correct her double vision. Why? Did she try to do it at some karaoke for international diplomats one night and fuck up the lyrics real bad or something? ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829/7 "2014-04-11T16:06:12Z")
The Time article is about a Bolivian government attempt to get rid of a small band of Cuban-financed guerrillas that were proving tough to rout. Excerpt: “The government’s anti-guerrilla campaign, called “Operation Cynthia” after the commanding officer’s daughter, so far has produced only eight captured guerrilla suspects, including a French leftist intellectual named Jules Regis Debray. A close Castro friend, Debray was picked up walking out of an abandoned guerrilla camp three months ago. Since then, he has told half a dozen conflicting stories, some of them implicating Cuba’s long-absent revolutionist, Che Guevara, in the Bolivian operation.” ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829/8 "2014-04-11T16:11:23Z")
News Flash: A disturbed person does something disturbed…. In other news…😉 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829/9 "2014-04-11T17:51:24Z")
A link to the story about Hillary and her concussion. She apparently had a rough time for several weeks in Dec 2012 and Jan 2013. Glad to see she’s back to normal now. Good vision and reflexes helped her avoid the shoe. 🙂 > **[Hillary Clinton's Glasses Are For Concussion, Not Fashion](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clintons-glasses-concussion-fashion/story?id=18313426)** > > The thick glasses Hillary Clinton has been wearing in public since returning from a concussion and blood clot last month are the result of lingering affects of her health problems, a Clinton aide confirms. > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Why? Did she try to do it at some karaoke for international diplomats one night and fuck up the lyrics real bad or something? ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829/10 "2014-04-11T20:19:24Z")
> [@CatherineZeta](#): > > I’m glad Hillary took it in stride. I see what you did there. 😃 ^5 ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829/11 "2014-04-11T21:01:15Z")
> [@CatherineZeta](#): > > I’m glad Hillary took it in stride. You’re sole-less. What a heel. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829/12 "2014-04-11T21:05:10Z")
[Who throws a shoe?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D5oKEVqQJg) Honestly! ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829/13 "2014-04-11T21:13:50Z")
When I first read the OP I though it was a card shoe that was thrown. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829/14 "2014-04-11T22:39:00Z")
> [@CatherineZeta](#): > > The article describes the shoe as orange and black. I hope it was a sneaker, because that’s a very Halloween-y combination for any other type of shoe. > > I’m glad Hillary took it in stride. I saw a photo of the shoe. (Can’t find a link right now.) It was a brown leather ECCO with a black rubber sole. Not really orange, any more than a basketball is orange. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829/15 "2014-04-11T23:06:10Z")
Basketballs are pretty damn orange. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829/16 "2014-04-11T23:59:32Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Basketballs are pretty damn orange. Roughly this color: [วัยรุ่นยุคใหม่จำเป็นต้องมาอ่าน Blog รวมสูตรเกมคาสิโน บอลที่ 1 ของไทย - basketball91.com](http://basketball91.com/files/2011/06/Basketball.jpg) Yes, you can definitely call it orange, but it isn’t an outlandishly unnatural color for leather. I just wanted to clarify that the shoe wasn’t some neon highlighter-colored running shoe. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829/17 "2014-04-12T07:56:22Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > A link to the story about Hillary and her concussion. She apparently had a rough time for several weeks in Dec 2012 and Jan 2013. > > Glad to see she’s back to normal now. Good vision and reflexes helped her avoid the shoe. 🙂 > [Hillary Clinton's Glasses Are For Concussion, Not Fashion - ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clintons-glasses-concussion-fashion/story?id=18313426) I’m confused - her concussion 16 months ago has what to do with this incident? ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829/18 "2014-04-12T09:10:20Z")
All part of being a high level politician. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829/19 "2014-04-12T11:26:57Z")
I’ve gotta admit . . . she didn’t duck as elegantly as George W. did. Maybe he was used to people throwing things at him. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829/20 "2014-04-12T13:50:39Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > All part of being a high level politician. Seriously. In Taiwan, that probably would have been someone running up and starting a hockey fight with her. 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-throws-shoe-at-hillary-clinton-in-las-vegas-exposes-operation-cynthia-1967-bolivia/685829.md?page=2)