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The Daily OrangeBeware of Hillary Clinton's sham campaign
By Caroline Mojonnier
Posted: 12/2/07, 11:37 PM EST Section: Opinion
I remember my first sit-down "conversation" with Hillary Clinton clearly. Do you remember that "chat"? The one in which the former Arkansas resident announced her candidacy from a sofa in her convenient home in Chappaqua, N.Y. Since that "conversation," I've felt her campaign was a little…off.
There was that Sunday when she appeared on four morning TV news shows and couldn't stop laughing. Apparently, CBS News anchor Bob Schieffer's question that morning about healthcare was hilarious enough to elicit what became known as the "Clinton Cackle."
Hahaha, yeah! I think your idea of socialized healthcare is funny, too!
Last month, Clinton gave us the Iowa incident. As reported by the Grinnell College newspaper and later picked up by the national press, a Grinnell college student attending a Billary event said that she was approached by a Clinton "senior staffer" who suggested that she ask a question about climate change. She says she had wanted to ask a question regarding energy plans, but that the aide didn't think that was such a great idea.
The 19-year-old student, Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff, said that the aide had a binder of questions, and this particular one made note that a college student would be the perfect choice to pose this question, according to the Grinnell paper.
And, what a surprise! In her answer, Clinton even pointed out that a college student had asked that question! What a coincidence.
Gallo-Chasanoff went on to say that there were several people scattered throughout the audience that day who had been approached and had similarly been urged to ask a specific question of the campaign's choosing.
And no, this student is not an opportunistic liar. The HilLIARy campaign has acknowledged that this actually did happen.
Syracuse University political science professor Jeff Stonecash says that it's of little surprise that a college student would be easily influenced into becoming a pawn.
"They're more inclined to do it," Stonecash said. "Why not, you know? There's some prominence - maybe I'll get remembered - less of a sense of consequence."
And maybe - just maybe - the Godzillary campaign thinks it can take advantage of younger people for the express reason that they are younger and may be more gullible to fall for something like that.
But it didn't stop there, oh no! At the CNN/YouTube Republican debate last week, a questioner who, I'm sure by complete coincidence, just happened to be in the audience questioned the GOP contenders about the "Don't ask, don't tell" military policy. Several conservative bloggers revealed that the openly homosexual brigadier general also happens to be on an advisory committee in Clinton's campaign. Wow, didn't see that one coming!
"She already has a problem of sounding like she's not authentic, sounding like maybe she's too calculating," Stonecash said. "So if the conservative blogs and the press get a hold of stories in which she did this, oh, they'll just run with it like mad dogs. So, there's no gain in it for her. None at all."
The only gain that comes from all this is for the Republicans. So keep piling it all on, Hills. I'll be thanking you next November.
Caroline Mojonnier is a biweekly columnist for The Daily Orange. She can be reached at clmojonn@syr.edu.
There was that Sunday when she appeared on four morning TV news shows and couldn't stop laughing. Apparently, CBS News anchor Bob Schieffer's question that morning about healthcare was hilarious enough to elicit what became known as the "Clinton Cackle."
Hahaha, yeah! I think your idea of socialized healthcare is funny, too!
Last month, Clinton gave us the Iowa incident. As reported by the Grinnell College newspaper and later picked up by the national press, a Grinnell college student attending a Billary event said that she was approached by a Clinton "senior staffer" who suggested that she ask a question about climate change. She says she had wanted to ask a question regarding energy plans, but that the aide didn't think that was such a great idea.
The 19-year-old student, Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff, said that the aide had a binder of questions, and this particular one made note that a college student would be the perfect choice to pose this question, according to the Grinnell paper.
And, what a surprise! In her answer, Clinton even pointed out that a college student had asked that question! What a coincidence.
Gallo-Chasanoff went on to say that there were several people scattered throughout the audience that day who had been approached and had similarly been urged to ask a specific question of the campaign's choosing.
And no, this student is not an opportunistic liar. The HilLIARy campaign has acknowledged that this actually did happen.
Syracuse University political science professor Jeff Stonecash says that it's of little surprise that a college student would be easily influenced into becoming a pawn.
"They're more inclined to do it," Stonecash said. "Why not, you know? There's some prominence - maybe I'll get remembered - less of a sense of consequence."
And maybe - just maybe - the Godzillary campaign thinks it can take advantage of younger people for the express reason that they are younger and may be more gullible to fall for something like that.
But it didn't stop there, oh no! At the CNN/YouTube Republican debate last week, a questioner who, I'm sure by complete coincidence, just happened to be in the audience questioned the GOP contenders about the "Don't ask, don't tell" military policy. Several conservative bloggers revealed that the openly homosexual brigadier general also happens to be on an advisory committee in Clinton's campaign. Wow, didn't see that one coming!
"She already has a problem of sounding like she's not authentic, sounding like maybe she's too calculating," Stonecash said. "So if the conservative blogs and the press get a hold of stories in which she did this, oh, they'll just run with it like mad dogs. So, there's no gain in it for her. None at all."
The only gain that comes from all this is for the Republicans. So keep piling it all on, Hills. I'll be thanking you next November.
Caroline Mojonnier is a biweekly columnist for The Daily Orange. She can be reached at clmojonn@syr.edu.
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