Hillary: Planting Questions? (UPDATED) (AGAIN)
Here's a story that says the Clinton campaign planted questions at an event in Iowa. And apparently, the candidate herself was part of it -- she was told who to call on.
Update: Apparently, the Clinton campaign has confirmed the story and it's shocked -- it would never knowingly condone phony, controlling and manipulative behavior. But it's saying that somehow, while Hillary knew she was supposed to call on the person with the planted question, she didn't know it was because the person had a planted question.
"The senator had no idea," Clinton spokesman Mo Elleithee told The Associated Press.
Update 2: In the comments section, reader AndyB points us to this Fox link, which reports on a second Clinton planted question story that has surfaced in Iowa in the wake of the first. Here's a non-Foxian source confirming the story. Also: The plantee says the Clinton camp is making up an explanation that's not true.
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The "planted question" by itself is pretty bad. IF Clinton was in on it, that evidences a campaign in deep trouble - one that's afraid of its own shadow. Peggy Noonan said it best, Hillary is no Margaret Thatcher.
You'd think everyone would know better than to pull a phony "media event" after FEMA's fake news conference. But the Clintons have been manipulating the media for years, and these are not new tactics for them. They simply got caught this time. The fact is, however, that the media has been giving the Clintons and the Democrats in general a "pass" for years. It's time the media treated everyone equally and quit picking favorites.
UPDATE: Fox News is now reporting on another Q & A planting incident by the Clinton campaign. Below's an excerpt and here's the link:
"SIOUX CITY, Iowa — 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."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,310417,00.html
Why doesnt hillary mention anything about the verichip?
Bush has been using it to collect more money than terror
info. The White-collar criminal program was a Clinton
brain-child.
Why doesnt hillary mention anything about the verichip?
Bush has been using it to collect more money than terror
info. The White-collar criminal program was a Clinton
brain-child.
I seem to remember during the 1992 campaign - another village hall type meeting - and there were several planted questions including one by a woman who was later convicted of abusing her child through Munchausen by Proxy. This is hardly news from any Clinton camp.
Hillary's denial requires "the willing suspension of disbelief."
Who really killed Vince Foster? Who planted his already dead body in the Park? Who is Hillary kidding, she should be in jail not running for office!