Following up on yesterday’s post, with a bit of help from this story on FNC:
Clinton campaign spokesman Mo Elliethee admitted that the campaign had planted the question and said it would not happen again.
What better way to avoid all those “gotcha” questions about whether HRC has a a stationary position on any of the real issues of the day then by planting your own questions in the audience about soft issues like global warming.
“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.”
Right. They went through the trouble of planting a question but did nothing to make sure the question actually got asked…. it was just a coincidence HRC happened to call on the person who had the planted question…. uh huh.
“After her speech, Clinton accepted questions. But according to Grinnell College student Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff ’10, some of the questions from the audience were planned in advance. ‘They were canned,’ she said. Before the event began, a Clinton staff member approached Gallo-Chasanoff to ask a specific question after Clinton’s speech. ‘One of the senior staffers told me what [to ask],’ she said.
Some of the questions? Which is it, one question, some questions, many questions or all of the questions?
“Clinton called on Gallo-Chasanoff after her speech to ask a question: what Clinton would do to stop the effects of global warming. Clinton began her response by noting that young people often pose this question to her before delving into the benefits of her plan.
“But the source of the question was no coincidence — at this event ‘they wanted a question from a college student,’ Gallo-Chasanoff said.”
Well, I guess she does get this question frequently from young people if her campaign has been planting them for her. Oh, and we’re supposed to believe she didn’t know about this?
Does she not have control of her campaign? Does her campaign team not have confidence she can handle real questions? Or did HRC approve of the plant?
Again, just as in the previous incident, damage here goes beyond the plant; the need to plant a question highlights a continuing theme of HRC not being able to handle anything more challenging then a steady diet of soft, pulpy questions.
Others commenting on HRC today (Saturday): Wake Up America, Gina Cobb, Cheat-Seeking Missles,
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