Posted by
JRMatheny on Saturday, November 10, 2007 7:47:22 AM
HIllary's campaign, with her full knowledge and probably by her direction, planted a question during a town hall meeting in Newton, Iowa, in order to discuss clean energy.
Sen. Clinton's answer makes it plain that she knew about and was expecting the question, despite denials by the campaign spokesperson:
Questioner: "As a young person, I'm worried about the long-term effects of global warming. How does your plan combat climate change?"
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."
Questioner Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff, a college student, was primed by campaign staffers as to what and how to ask. They prompted Sen. Clinton to call on her, she admitted to the college newspaper.
The choice of a college student was deliberate, signaling an attempt to target younger voters. Both the question and Clinton's answer emphasized global warming as a concern of young people.
But Gallo-Chasanoff outed the campaign strategy in the paper's article.
The tactic demonstrates the Clinton mania to manipulate, as far as possible, all contingencies, so that the chips fall in her favor. Ethics bars no method; the only considerations are success and stealth.
Gallo-Chasanoff proves that not everyone is on the same page as Hillary. Americans repudiate manipulation. This planting bore bitter fruit, which may well derail Clinton's Iowa campaign and the entire primary race.
For whatsoever a woman sows, that shall she also reap.