The controversy over the planted questions by the Clinton campaign appears to be deepening. A student now alleges seeing a typed page of prepared questions that identified the type of person who should ask the question. It does not sound that a passing idea of a campaign worker. The response from Hillary Clinton has been tepid at best. While the FEMA officials were disciplined for their fake press conference, there is no indication that the Clinton campaign will take serious action in this case. For the full story, click here It is not a minor issue. The staging of these events has been repeatedly and rightly criticized when committed by the Bush Administration. Even before the FEMA controversy, the Bush Administration was chastized for feeding questions to troops and staging sessions. These Q & A sessions are supposed to be some of the few unrehearsed moments for candidates. Candidates today are so wired and rehearsed that such events become meaningless frauds if they are also staging the questions.
