Boy, if this were regarding any GOP candidate

[sirs]

...the MSM and all the LW (& RW) political pundits, including those right here in the saloon would be raking said candidate over the coals.  So why the silence now?

Yes, I was a Clinton plant

[Henny]

...the MSM and all the LW (& RW) political pundits, including those right here in the saloon would be raking said candidate over the coals.  So why the silence now?

Yes, I was a Clinton plant

I'm thinking - Democrat or Republican - who cares? I wouldn't bother raking a candidate from either party over the coals. I simply don't have any faith that either side is very honest and therefore, don't expect much. As far as plants go, it's probably been done before and I'm sure it will be done again. Again, who cares?

[ZoSo]

...the MSM and all the LW (& RW) political pundits, including those right here in the saloon would be raking said candidate over the coals.  So why the silence now?


Speaking of "silence", has it been so long that you've actually  forgotten about  Jeff Ganon, the gay male escort who "scored" a White House press credential?





James Dale Guckert, worked under the pseudonym Jeff Gannon as a White House reporter between 2003 and 2005 , representing the virtual organization Talon News.

Gannon first gained national attention during a presidential press conference on January 26, 2005, in which he asked United States President George W. Bush a question that some in the press corps considered "so friendly it might have been planted." Gannon stated that this question was not meant to be friendly, but to expose the hypocrisy of the left.

Remember all those Bush campaign appearances when his handlers prescreened & cleared the crowd of Democrats?

Same sh*t.....BFD.

[The_Professor]

Seems like both political parties resort to cheap tricks to get ahead -- kind of like human nature, unfortunately.

Would it be possible to win an election, in this media age, without negative campaigning and tricks like these?

[R.R.]

The Clinton Sleaze Factor is back.

These are supposed to be open forums where voters ask candidates a question, not where plants lob something canned to hit out of the park.

Voters are supposed to be asking questions to learn about the candidate. It is unfortunate that the Hillary campaign shamed this student into asking this canned question. It shows how insincere and inauthentic Hillary is. Hillary has shamed this process.

[sirs]

I disagree with you some on this one RR.  I think Politicians in general have shamed this process, both Republicans & Democrats alike.  The difference is who's gets the MSM spotlight attention when they do it......and in a not so subtle way in this case, who doesn't

[R.R.]

"I think Politicians in general have shamed this process, both Republicans & Democrats alike."

This is a new low, though. The Townhall meeting in Iowa and New Hampshire is everything to this process. Where anybody can go to one of these events and ask a qustion and get to know the candidates.  The voter is supposed to go and meet the candidate and gage how authentic they are. Hillary is not even opening herself up to real questions. This raises the question of how many of these Clinton townhall meetings were staged.

"The difference is who's gets the MSM spotlight attention when they do it......and in a not so subtle way in this case, who doesn't"

No question.

[Xavier_Onassis]

Any question answered by any candidate is vastly preferable to any those dumbass 30-second spots we seemed doomed to have to watch from every candidate. If Hillary's canned questions annoy the public, they can vote for Obama or Edwards, Dodd, Biden, Kosinich or whomever.

Presumeably, you rightwingers are thrilled to have your guy run against Hillary, because she will be apparently so easy to beat.


Your constant bitching resembles the eternal bitchings of Rush. But what can one expect from a dittohead?

[Plane]

...the MSM and all the LW (& RW) political pundits, including those right here in the saloon would be raking said candidate over the coals.  So why the silence now?


Speaking of "silence", has it been so long that you've actually  forgotten about  Jeff Ganon, the gay male escort who "scored" a White House press credential?





James Dale Guckert, worked under the pseudonym Jeff Gannon as a White House reporter between 2003 and 2005 , representing the virtual organization Talon News.

Gannon first gained national attention during a presidential press conference on January 26, 2005, in which he asked United States President George W. Bush a question that some in the press corps considered "so friendly it might have been planted." Gannon stated that this question was not meant to be friendly, but to expose the hypocrisy of the left.

Remember all those Bush campaign appearances when his handlers prescreened & cleared the crowd of Democrats?

Same sh*t.....BFD.

This is simular in principal , is the response of the media simular in scale?

[ZoSo]

This is simular in principal , is the response of the media simular in scale?

No.

The press gave Bush a free pass during both campaigns when his handlers prescreened his appearances & removed anyone who appeared to be anything but a loyal Bush groupie. None of the Dems would ever get away with that.

Would it be a surprise if it turned out that the now " politically disenchanted" college student who asked Hillary the question was a GOP plant & this was all creatively set up?

[Plane]

This is simular in principal , is the response of the media simular in scale?

No.

The press gave Bush a free pass during both campaigns when his handlers prescreened his appearances & removed anyone who appeared to be anything but a loyal Bush groupie. None of the Dems would ever get away with that.

Would it be a surprise if it turned out that the now " politically disenchanted" college student who asked Hillary the question was a GOP plant & this was all creatively set up?

Is makeing sure that we all know about each incident , "giveing a free pass"?

[R.R.]

during both campaigns Bush's handlers prescreened his appearances & removed anyone who appeared to be anything but a loyal Bush groupie.

Those were campaign rallies, where you need to be invited or have a ticket from your local GOP headquarters. They were not townhall meetings in Iowa or New Hampshire where anybody can go in and ask a candidate a question.

None of the Dems would ever get away with that.

They are already doing it. Bill Clinton did it for 8 years. Those are party events, put on by the Democrat party. Partisans are invited to attend. They weren't townhall meetings open to normal voters, where Hillary was caught planting a question and then lied about it.  Hillary has lowered the bar. And of course has done something that is sleazy.