planted questions
Posted at 12:39am on Nov. 30, 2007 With Political Green Thumbs . . .
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
Posted in 2008 | planted questions | The Republican YouTube Debate — Comments (4)/ Email this page » / Read More »
Posted at 2:56am on Nov. 14, 2007 Of Plants Not Potted
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
Is this any way to elect a President?
The college student who was told what question to ask at one of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign events says "voters have the right to know what happened" and she wasn't the only one who was planted.
In an exclusive on-camera interview with CNN, Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff, a 19-year-old sophomore at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, said that giving anyone specific questions to ask is "dishonest," and the whole incident has given her a negative outlook on politics.
Gallo-Chasanoff, whose story was first reported in the campus newspaper, said what happened was really pretty simple: She says a senior Clinton staffer asked if she'd like to ask the senator a question after an energy speech the Democratic presidential hopeful gave in Newton, Iowa, on November 6.
"I sort of thought about it, and I said 'Yeah, can I ask how her energy plan compares to the other candidates' energy plans?'" Gallo-Chasanoff said Monday night.
"'I don't think that's a good idea," the staffer said, according to Gallo-Chasanoff, "because I don't know how familiar she is with their plans." . . .
He then opened a binder to a page that, according to Gallo-Chasanoff, had about eight questions on it.
"The top one was planned specifically for a college student," she added. " It said 'college student' in brackets and then the question."
This tactic gets the treatment it deserves here.
Posted in Democrats | Hillary Clinton | planted questions | The Politics Of Scripted Campaigns — Comments (11)/ Email this page » / Read More »
Posted at 8:50pm on Nov. 10, 2007 Hillary's prefabricated campaign takes planted questions
Clinton scripts "audience questions."
By Mark Kilmer
[UPDATE 12/10 ]For the second time in as many days, Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has had to deal with accusations of planting questions during public appearances, FOX News has learned. -- Fox News I guess that stuff about "It won't happen again" went the way of all her other positions.
Democratic Presidential frontrunner Hillary Rodham Clinton is a sock puppet. Her campaign is comprised of illegitimate, creepy sock puppets. Their hands stay warm, of course, but nothing is what you see:
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton’s campaign admitted Friday that it planted a global warming question in Newton, Iowa, Tuesday during a town hall meeting to discuss clean energy.
Clinton campaign spokesman Mo Elliethee admitted that the campaign had planted the question and said it would not happen again.
"On this occasion a member of our staff did discuss a possible question about Senator Clinton's energy plan at a forum,” Elliethee said.
But they (Mo Elliethee) must maintain plausible deniability for Hillary:
“However, Senator Clinton did not know which questioners she was calling on during the event. This is not standard policy and will not be repeated again.”
In a state where the caucus is held sacred and the impromptu and candid style of the town hall meeting is held dear, Clinton’s planted question may come as a great offense to Iowans.
Read On…
Posted in 2008 | campaign | Hillary Clinton | planted questions | untrustworthy — Comments (51)/ Email this page » / Read More »
