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Clinton Camp Admits To Planting Questions
November 09, 2007 9:06 PM
ABC News' Eloise Harper Reports: The Clinton campaign has admitted to planting questions in Iowa. They have confirmed that a campaign staffer approached a student to ask Sen. Clinton a question about global warming during a campaign stop at a biodiesel plant in Newton, Iowa, on Nov. 6.
The story was first reported by Patrick Caldwell, a junior at Grinnell College and the features editor of The Scarlet and Black college newspaper. He reported that student Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff was approached by the campaign to ask a question. She told the reporter that "they wanted a question from a college student." She also said that she "noted that staffers prompted Clinton to call on her and another who had been approached before the event, although Clinton used her discretion to select questions and called on people who had not been prepped beforehand. Some of the questions asked were confusing and clearly off-message."
Clinton Campaign spokesperson Mo Elleithee tells ABC News that "on this occasion a member of our staff did discuss a possible question about Sen. Clinton's energy plan at a forum. However, Sen. Clinton did not know which questioners she was calling on during the event. This is not standard policy and will not be repeated again."
The staffer still remains with the Clinton campaign and they would not reveal his or her name. The campaign did not comment on whether this is the only time they have planted questions among audience members.
Last month Clinton got into a tough exchange with Iowan Randall Rolph at an event in New Hampton, Iowa. She accused him of being a plant from another campaign and the two engaged in a heated back and forth. The exchange prompted extended media coverage.
November 9, 2007 in Tancredo, Tom | Permalink | User Comments (189)
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Hillary and Bill are both scam artists. They will do anything they can to get elected or to make a buck. This goes all the way back to Arkansas.
Posted by: Bud Smith | Nov 10, 2007 12:15:47 AM
Standard Clinton procedure. Stories like these continue to add to her negatives as someone who's phony, no personal convinction that she's willing to share because if that were to happen, everyone would bail.
Posted by: Getalife | Nov 10, 2007 12:17:08 AM
Please name what things the Clintons have done FOR this country. I know the things they have done TO this country.
Posted by: Louise | Nov 10, 2007 12:22:48 AM
I think it's wrong for Bush to pad his seats with friendly's at speeches and I think it's wrong for people to plant friendlies to ask them questions. What's worse is those who dismiss it as OK because "everyone does it". I wish the American voters would wake up and make wholesale changes in the system. The only way to do that is to vote incumbents out of office. It sends a big message.
Posted by: dk | Nov 10, 2007 12:32:30 AM
Do you know how to tell when Hillary Clinton is lying? Her lips are moving! An oldie, but TRUE!
Posted by: Earl | Nov 10, 2007 12:36:37 AM
Why does she have to do these things. She is already the President. Rothschild - a name that will be forever remembered. Look it up, and you will find interesting connections.
Posted by: CounterSicilian | Nov 10, 2007 12:37:41 AM
Clinton's did more than Repubs? For which side lets recall, ignore terror for years, made sure enemy's better armed than military, gave us regressive taxes decades later still being felt, armed enemy with nuclear technology, refused OSAMA BIN LADEN, glad you see them in rose colored prisms, hope this puts the finishing touches on a failed campaign, she flips faster than John Kerry.
Posted by: notforhillary | Nov 10, 2007 12:39:16 AM
bill clinton left this country 3 trillion dollars to the good - how else do you think bush was able to begin funding his war - hillary will win - she will do a good job and after bush it is a going to be a tough job to do -
Posted by: skyz | Nov 10, 2007 12:43:20 AM
I was supporting Hillary but after all the scams she has pulled lately I don't think so . This cockroack(Hillary) is not getting my vote anymore. People kept telling me she was going to pull something shady and I did'nt believe them . Now I understand what they meant . I can't believe I thought she would run a clean race . She has proven to me that she will do whatever it takes to win for herself not for me or you . She wants to win this for her personal gain ... that's what she is portraying so far.
Posted by: I'mdonewithhillary | Nov 10, 2007 12:51:47 AM
After Presidemt Bill Clinton,the view of behavier he gave this countries youth,along will come his wife, Who stood by her husband,not giving a lick,not only what this will do to her own child,but this nation...try to gain the highest position in the land with the best machine money and power can get you ....thier can only be bumps in the day to day running of this.
Posted by: phillip fuger | Nov 10, 2007 12:58:27 AM
Bill's going to have to tell her how to run the country if she knows what's good for her.
It's too bad that all the women in this country are going to vote for her just because she is a woman. Of course, what other choice do they have? Other corporatists like Feinstein and Pelosi are no better and there are no female Russ Feingolds out there.
Posted by: Ranta | Nov 10, 2007 1:04:16 AM
"Those that make these rash comments about her I wonder how far they succeeded if any at all. . . .Posted by: Mariann Pepitone"
It doesn't appear that you have advanced too far yourself. If you had, you wouldn't need to resort to insults, but would be able to concrete reasons for you support of Hillary. Yes, she is highly educated, very intelligient - AND a LIAR. Who, in heaven's name, could possibly be jealous of HER? Some of us do not order our live by an unquenchable thirst for power.
Posted by: mzsally | Nov 10, 2007 1:05:22 AM
oops - pressed submit button before proofreading :(
"Those that make these rash comments about her I wonder how far they succeeded if any at all. . . .Posted by: Mariann Pepitone"
It doesn't appear that you have advanced too far yourself. If you had, you wouldn't need to resort to insults, but would be able to give concrete reasons for your support of Hillary. Yes, she is highly educated, very intelligient, etc. - AND a LIAR. Who, in heaven's name, could possibly be jealous of HER? Some of us do not order our lives by an unquenchable thirst for power at ANY cost.
Posted by: mzsally | Nov 10, 2007 1:09:43 AM
the = that* wheres the damn edit button here:)
Posted by: Rexblade | Nov 10, 2007 1:13:14 AM
Now let's see how many questions she will try to plant at next week's debate....
Posted by: Lioness | Nov 10, 2007 1:22:28 AM
Mrs. Clinton did not plant the question.
Some overeager kid working for her campaign apparently did it.
These things happen in every campaign.
Get over it.
Posted by: Inquirer | Nov 10, 2007 1:41:50 AM
Hillary can do no wrong in the blinded eyes of the media and those under the influence of tv opinion. Hill and Bill's cohorts have been jailed with the Clintons receiving absolutely nothing from the Whitewater dealings during the Clintonian rule. Now, they have been caught in multiple fundraising scams with NO punishment AND if ANY OTHER candidate would have endorsed giving $5,000 to all US born babies, they would have been condemned and thrown from the ballots. Most qualified? So she says! Just how much time has the Junior senator "of" New York spent in Washington at all of roll calls and voting on issues that face the US daily? Barely any because she is out stumping for President of the US. The only thing that qualifies the Junior senator "of" New York is all of those frequent flier miles. Please America, open up your eyes, I beg of you.
Posted by: Jason | Nov 10, 2007 2:16:30 AM
I've had it with people talking about how "smart" Hillary is. Well, get this: it isn't smart to simply assume that
voters are all so stupid/naive/gullible
that they'll all believe what she says and continue to support her-- no matter HOW many times she flip-flops or waffles on important issues. Most of us are paying close attention to what she says-- and many are beginning to see through her ambiguity. A whole year remains before the 2008 elections-- Hillary doesn't "already have the DEM nomination," much less the presidency. More and more people will figure her out-- and there's plenty of time for her to self-destruct.
Posted by: dks0442 | Nov 10, 2007 2:32:55 AM
At the end of the day, Clinton is just another liar.
Posted by: jamula | Nov 10, 2007 2:40:57 AM
"WOW WHAT A SCANDAL?" - The Republicans must think! Give me a break - It is pathetic that everyone tries so hard to find something on Hillary and that's all they come up with.
Posted by: Concerned_Desi_of_America | Nov 10, 2007 2:46:46 AM
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