Howard Dean Stiffs Iowa Deli, Hillary Stiffing The Waitress Part II.....

WHO-TV ^ | 1/27/04

[Doctor Raoul]

Remember Hillary and her whole staff stiffing the waitress in Albion? Remember how compassionate conservatives all sent a $1 bill to her weeks before she got off her rump and got the governmnet to pay half of her apology, a $100 savings bond?

Well put a buck in an envelope addressed to the Deli below and a note that reads, "Dean's Mean People Suck".

Scott Hoffman
Brown Bag Deli & Catering
3781 E.P. True Pkwy.
West Des Moines, IA 50265

HERE's THE NEWS ACCOUNT FROM THE LOCAL TV STATION....

West Des Moines, January 26, 2004 - They came to town, tried to get your vote and then left for New Hampshire.

But one presidential candidate may have left a big bill for a small West Des Moines deli. The campaigns ate, drank and slept at dozens of places across town. For the most part they paid their bills.

This is how it's supposed to work inside the Brown Bag Deli. Owner Scott Hoffman makes you a turkey sandwich and then you pay for it.

Scott will tell you deliveries are a little different, especially one back on the 16th of this month. That was a big order for this small business of four employees. 200 brown bag specials...with turkey, roast beef, ham and veggie sandwiches. The total...$963.01.

As he headed out that day, Scott remembered this customer has paid its bills late a couple times before. So he promised delivery this time with one condition, "c.o.d."

He showed up at the customer's downtown office just in time for lunch. The Dean headquarters was utter chaos. But he couldn't find anyone who'd pay him. They said try the other building next door. Same answer next door, try the other building. Scott went back and forth for 20 minutes. Nobody would pay.

He just assumed they would pay in good faith. After all, Dick Gephardt's campaign paid its lunch bills on time. And Howard Dean has thousands of followers in Iowa. Can't one of them give Scott his money?

We tried all day to reach Howard Dean's people-- no comment from them yet. By the way, Scott Hoffman says he considered himself a possible Dean supporter before the incident. He's since changed his mind.

We're checking unpaid debts from other campaigns and haven't found any yet.

[Doctor Raoul]

Like last time, all anybody has at risk is a dollar and a stamp. So do it NOW!

[TomServo]

I thought I heard it was Clarks campaign who stiffed 'em.

[Sloth]

Scott Hoffman says he considered himself a possible Dean supporter before the incident.

He don't get my money.

[Doctor Raoul]

Fox & Friends said Dean, story says Dean. It doesn't matter as long as the $1 bills roll in.

[TomServo]

Thanks Doc!

[jla]

fyi

[jla]

fyi

[Common Tator]

I thought I heard it was Clarks campaign who stiffed 'em.

What part of Clark decided well over a month ago not to campaign in Iowa at all,don't you understand Clark has spent the last two months in New Hapshire. I doubt that he had over 900 bucks of food delivered to New Hampshire by an Iowa Deli.

[IncPen]

"Dean People Suck."

[jla]

fyi

[Blood of Tyrants]

First of all, what do you expect from liberals who believe that they are owed everything? Second, the guy was a Dean supporter until he got stiffed. He will just support some other Rat. He's not getting my money.

[TomServo]

What part of Clark decided well over a month ago not to campaign in Iowa at all,don't you understand..

I just haven't given two hot-damns about this election.

[Chad Fairbanks]

"Not only are we going to New Hampshire..., we're going to South Carolina and Oklahoma and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico, and we're going to California and Texas and New York! And we're going to South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and Michigan. And then we're going to Washington, D.C. and we'll stiff a deli there, too! Yeeeeeaaaaaah!"

[mass55th]

Based on the fact that these people had paid their bills late in the past, don't you think you'd get the money first before you took the food from your truck? The guy was asking to be stiffed. And if he was seriously thinking of supporting Dean, he deserved to be stiffed.

[John Jorsett]

Do I want to give a dollar to a guy who might just turn around and vote for a different Democrat? I'm going to think about that. Perhaps the full lesson hasn't yet been learned.

[uncbob]

I would have asked for the money up front before I even made the food

[Johnny_Cipher]

Based on the fact that these people had paid their bills late in the past, don't you think you'd get the money first before you took the food from your truck?

I think I would have demanded cash on the barrelhead before even making the sandwiches. $960 plus is a lot of cold cuts to leave lying around.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Maybe we should all send him 45 cents each, and say "It would have been a dollar, but we had to withhold all the taxes and fees... ;0)

[Johnny_Cipher]

Oops - sorry I didn't quote your text before adding mine.