Clinton Staff Planted Question at Forum

[Ronnocomot]

The shape of things to come.........


An aide for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton gave a Grinnell College student a question to ask the Democratic presidential candidate during a forum this week in central Iowa.
That the question had been planted by the campaign was not mentioned at the event. "This is not standard policy and will not be repeated again," the campaign said in a statement issued Friday night. Clinton herself did not know when she called on the student that the question had been suggested by one of her staff, the campaign said.
"The senator had no idea," Clinton spokesman Mo Elleithee told The Associated Press.
Clinton appeared at a biodiesel plant in Newton on Tuesday to introduce her energy plan. A student, Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff, later told Grinnell College's student newspaper, The Scarlet & Black, that she was asked by a senior Clinton staffer to pose a question about global warming. She also said that staffers prompted the senator to call on her, the newspaper reported.
"A member of our staff did discuss a possible question about Sen. Clinton's energy plan at a forum," the campaign statement said.


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[politicallymoderate]

sounds like this admin....only a Dem instead of a Repub. one more reason why I won't support Hillary.

[Rebel Patriot]

Didn't FEMA have an entire phony news conference staffed by its own members?

Isn't that a Bush-run agency?

The whole system is a plant.

[wc5b]

I don't understand how anyone would consider this important news. Who in there right mind believes that soft questions planting, especially at a friendly audience of a Liberal collage campus, has not been going on for years and years and years since the dawn of democracy! Its just part of the political process. Is it shady?.... Of course, but its just one of those things. Who cares?! The only way you get real questions is to be strong willed enough to go to a rival audience. Such as Clinton on Foxnews or Thompson on CBS or NBC (commentary programs especially). I just think this is useless fodder. I am a conservitive thinker, but the first time someone says, oooooo, naughty dems, is just a min or two before someone catches a republican doing it. Its just part of the game.

[wc5b]

Originally Posted by Rebel Patriot

Didn't FEMA have an entire phony news conference staffed by its own members?

Isn't that a Bush-run agency?

The whole system is a plant.

LOL, a liberals answer to everything. Its Bush's fault! Actually if you read more before just pushing the far left talking points, it was well documented that not only did FEMA operate in amazing fashion in California during the fires, but this was not a "phony news conference". This was a quick decision because the press core WAS NOT THERE ON TIME! So to go on with it, they put this together to get important info out to the public in a time of crisis. The PAO did not even know it was happening. It was a blunder in a PAO since, but this argument is stretching.

And wait a second! Was it not the arguement that Bush was not involved ENOUGH in FEMA during Katrina? NOW its "Bush Run" to fit the arguement.

[politicallymoderate]

actually..Armstrong Williams and Jeff Gannon were both caught for taking the white Houses planted questions...

[TruckingBum]

Originally Posted by Rebel Patriot

Didn't FEMA have an entire phony news conference staffed by its own members?

Isn't that a Bush-run agency?

The whole system is a plant.