11.11.07
Hey Hillary, did you read the one about the fake FEMA news conference?
Good grief.
You’d think they’d have learned at least some lesson from that fake FEMA news conference debacle from a couple of weeks ago. You remember, where they decided to throw a news conference about the good things FEMA was doing to help put out wildfires and evacuate displaced residents. They staffed the reporters’ gallery with FEMA employees because it would have been inconvenient for real reporters to have been asking real—and possibly inconvenient—questions.
Well, they did invite the reporters, it just happened that the invitations went out 15 minutes before the “press conference” was to start. Too bad they couldn’t make it, eh?
Hillary Clinton stopped at a bio-diesel plant in Newton, Iowa earlier this week to see alternative fuels in the making and drive home the week’s campaign theme of her energy plan. After a tour, the candidate took questions from the crowd.
She called on a young woman. “As a young person,” said the well-spoken Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff, “I’m worried about the long-term effects of global warming. How does your plan combat climate change?”
Trouble is, the young woman told others and today her account showed up on the Grinnell website, including a mention that the staffer signaled Clinton who to call on.
But here’s the catch. Although other campaigns are righteously denying it tonight, virtually every professional presidential campaign plants questions. It’s a routine part of preparation for the advance people staging every event.
OK, time for a reality check. I think they need to test these people on their perceptions of reality, and if they fail, they should be disqualified from holding office.
