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There’s got to be a constant rhythm in her head saying “breathe in… ok, breathe out… ok, breathe in”.
Look, I don’t think it was smart for the Clinton campaign to more or less plant a question with the crowd. They don’t need to do it and it’s very silly to try and pull and was likely done by an overzealous staffer (the cons would have you think Sen. Clinton wrote it herself, because as we know she’s at the center of every evil plot known to man). But Michelle Malkin once again demonstrates her capacity to be an absolute idiot by arguing “looks like FEMA crapweasels aren’t the only ones faking questions for the public”.
Because as we all know, a political campaign making a slight misstep is exactly the same as a FEDERAL AGENCY USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS DURING A DISASTER TO CREATE PROPAGANDA.
Yes, they’re exactly the same. If you’re as dumb as Michelle Malkin.
You may exhale now.
Michelle does not seem to mention Dubya’s homosexual prostitute Jeff Gannon as an example.
they are….EXACTLY the same. Putting the punch line in ALL CAPS doesn’t change it either
Oliver, if anyone here needs to be breathe, it’s you. Took a breath and then a step out of your partisan shell.
First of all, how can you assume Clinton was OR was not apart of this? Didn’t you just comment on Ben Smith’s blog to some assuming things? Yeah, you did.
The point is: If Hillary is pulling crap like this now .. what makes you think she wouldn’t do it as President?
You may exhale.
It’s amazing you guys can’t see the difference between silly campaign activities and the actual running of a government. No wonder you guys think that everything is super with Bush.
“It’s amazing you guys can’t see the difference between silly campaign activities and the actual running of a government. No wonder you guys think that everything is super with Bush.”
It’s the, “But, but, Clinton…” fallacy all over again. They find something that is superficially similar and latch onto the wrong aspect.
What someone does with their own money is their business, when the taxpayer is paying for it, that’s another matter. If you can’t understand the difference, you shouldn’t vote.
because there is no difference….in both cases it was a relatively minor flunky who made pretty bad judgements in error, and both are punished for it.
You take it a step further and suggest that old hillary knew nothing of it….then how did she know who to select for questions?
oh, C.S.?
Is hillary getting any FEDERAL matching funds for her campaign….?
Looks like that is my taxpayer money then ….
“It’s amazing you guys can’t see the difference between silly campaign activities and the actual running of a government.
Hmmm, “silly campaign activities” while campaigning to be the President of the United States. Yes, silly indeed.
The point is: If Hillary is pulling crap like this now .. what makes you think she wouldn’t do it as President?
You may exhale.
ooooo, knee-slapping right-wing humor.
You may think you’re Shakespeare, but you are actually one of the Three Stooges in a cheap suit.
oh, C.S.? Is hillary getting any FEDERAL matching funds for her campaign….?
Ummm… no. She opted out. It’s called Google, you fucking idiot.
Ian apparently has forgotten that we have had nearly 7 solid years of Bush having every single campaign event or public appearance in any capacity in front of only hand picked supporters or on military bases, where the nearest anyone from another party can get to their president is the fenced in “free speech zone” 2 miles away. Although Bush acts as he is the president of Republicans only, the rest of us are supposed to pretend that he’s our president too. Bush has had his own gay prostitute in the White House press corps for god’s sake, but let Hillary have a single planted question at a campaign stop and DEMOCRACY IS UNDER SIEGE!!!
but let Hillary have a single planted question at a campaign stop and DEMOCRACY IS UNDER SIEGE!!!
Actually, it’s now two separate incidents over two days.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,310417,00.html
At what point can we say it’s a trend rather than an isolated occurrence?
Looks like that maverick, low level flunky who did this all on his own without the knowledge or approval of Hillary either wasn’t fired after the first incident or else Hillary’s campaign staff appears to be riddled with out of control staffers.
“Leadership” implies that you have the capability to control members of your staff, doesn’t it?
Oliver, stop. You know that I don’t like Bush — how many times have I said it on this blog?
And what does Bush have to do with anything? The “but, but, Bush did it too!” argument.
Grow up.
Why can’t wingers get their facts straight…ever?
The FEMA fake press conference was orchestrated by the Director of External Affairs, not a “minor” flunky, and involved a significant number of FEMA employees. That’s quite a bit more than one Clinton campaign staffer.
Bush and his crew have at every turn effectively stolen from the public coffers to advance their agenda. From Bush’s fake town halls, to the use of the Social Security dept to push for privatization, to fake/paid off journalists, and now again with the FEMA presser. That isn’t only different on the merits, much of it is arguably illegal, or would be if the government weren’t being run by the mob.
The “second” planted question is no more than an accusation at this point and hasn’t been proven to have actually happened. In either instance, no canned question was, as far as we know, actually asked, merely suggested beforehand. I don’t approve of planting questions, but it’s hard to take these stories seriously when it is transparently obvious we are now fully entrenched in the media effort to disembowel Clinton’s campaign, truth be damned. Much as the media lavished air time on every purported scandal and accusation levied at the Clintons in the 90’s and busted their collective asses to make sure every false meme about Gore took root in 2000, so too are they now rushing to take every swipe possible at Hillary (just look at Russert’s pathetic debate performance).
So let me get this straight…
Repubs are outraged that Hilary would plant a question at a campaign event and could possibly do it while President…yet GWB has been pulling this crap for years from Jeff Gannon, Armstorng Williams, FEMA, Maggie Gallagher etc and nary a peep from these duplicitous fucks..
I will warn every DEM now that once a DEM is elected President, Rethugs will suddenly re-discover the following:
Checks and balances
Limits of executive power
The Constitution
Privacy Rights
Limits of Wiretapping Laws
Fiscal Discipline
Government Accountability
Mark my words….it is already happening with the DEM Congress
“I’m shock to find gambling in this establishment”
Planting questions in a crowd is as old as gathering a crowd.
EVERYBODY DOES IT!!!
Politicians, Snake Oil Salesmen, Corporate Meetings, Church Revivals, etc.
The last thing anyone wants in a public meeting is silence. You have to get the crowd going with questions and make sure that there are no periods of prolonged silence. It is how any professional conducts a public meeting.
fredfarkle: “because there is no difference…”
Yes there is, you ignorant shit. We’ve already pointed out how it is different.
fredfarkle: “oh, C.S.?
Is hillary getting any FEDERAL matching funds for her campaign….?”
No, she is not, you fucking ignorant shit.
Listen, you have been wrong about nearly everything you have posted here. You are such a record for incompetence I have a hard time believing it is not intentional.
So from now on, just shut up and listen while the adults talk. When you learn something and can participate without embarrassing yourself, then you can join in.