Saturday, November 10, 2007
QUESTION PLANTED
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton’s campaign admitted Friday that it planted a global warming question in Newton, Iowa, Tuesday during a town hall meeting to discuss clean energy.
Clinton campaign spokesman Mo Elliethee admitted that the campaign had planted the question and said it would not happen again.
And what a great question it was:
Question: “As a young person, I’m worried about the long-term effects of global warming. How does your plan combat climate change?”
(Note: the questioner said “plan”, not “plane”.) Hillary’s reply:
Clinton: “Well, you should be worried. You know, I find as I travel around Iowa that it’s usually young people that ask me about global warming ...”
“As I travel around Iowa”? Clinton’s turning into Hillary Rudd! More on her covert plantishness:
We all know it happens, but we don’t always have reasons to believe that the candidate is aware that it is happening. Sen. Hillary Clinton, though, apparently knew whom to call on at a campaign stop in Newton, and she pretended like it wasn’t planned.