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Hillary's Towering Gardening Skills
Planting questions at your own events is one thing. But planting questions at the other party's debate (albeit one hosted by a horticulturally friendly network), now that's the mark of true mastery.
Retired Brigadier General Keith Kerr, who asked a YouTube question about gays in the military and was invited to sit in the audience and (out of step with the rest of the night's format) pose a lengthy follow-up, is a member of the Clinton campaign's LGBT steering committee.
Update: Moderator Anderson Cooper swiftly acknolwedged the plant's Clinton connection, but says the network was unaware until now.
More at Hot Air, including video of Kerr's YouTube question and his on-site follow-up.
For the record, my guess is that not only did CNN genuinely not know about Kerr's affiliation, but that Team Hillary was unaware of his participation in the debate. With all the plant controversy in recent weeks associated with her campaign and with CNN debates, she/they would have to know someone would pick up on this, what with his name still adorning the Clinton campaign website.
If that's the case, then Kerr is the only deceitful party here (assuming CNN asked about any campaign affiliation before initing him to St. Petersburg) and CNN is merely the inexcusably sloppy party (a simple Googling of the man returns the page on Clinton's site announcing his campaign affiliation within the first few pages of reults).
Update: Michelle Malkin uproots three more from last night - while not campaign committee members, these masquerading undecided Republicans were avowed Edwards and Obama supporters, something CNN could have (and should have) determined as easily as Michelle did.
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This is what we get for going into the Lion's (lioness's) den. CNN is HRC central. Carville probably had Anderson Cooper lined out while he was primping at the gym. The whole incestuous mess gags me.Posted by: Terri | Nov 28, 2007 11:58:54 PM
I listened to the debate. Keith Kerr was given the opportunity to not only present his youtube question, but he was also invited to personally pose his questions. Sorry, I don't buy the idea that CNN did not know Kerr was a Clinton operative. In today's world it is simply too easy to Google anybody to determine their background and connections. Given Kerr's close connections with Hillary Clinton's campaign, Kerr should have been required to state his Clinton campaign connections in addition to his lengthy military career. But perhaps in the arena of politics it is probably a net gain for the Republicans to have Hillary and her Clinton News Network (CNN) exposed once again for scumbag behavior.Posted by: Larry | Nov 29, 2007 10:42:10 AM
This kind of thing still surprises me when I hear about it! I think its just the idea that CNN believes they could get away with it without really trying to cover their tracks. Anyways, this idea that the states ought to decide whether or not to legalize the killing of innocent babies is inherently vile and evil. Anyone who makes such an argument (like Ron Paul, Fred Thompson, etc.) is by definition a bad person. To get a better idear of what I'm talking about check out this analysis of Ron Paul's response to a question asked on YouTube about abortion a few months back. http://www.kgov.com/bel_56kbps/20071016Posted by: Quinn | Nov 29, 2007 11:26:39 AM
Quinn, Fred is pro life as I am. It's just that before the Supreme Court found somewhere in the Constitution that said abortion is legal, the states had the authority to decide. Not the Federal government! So, is it in the constitution? Of course not. Should Roe be overturned? Of course. But if it was overturned it would not make abortion legal or illegal. It would be left to individual states to determine just as the constitution prescribes.Posted by: gene | Nov 29, 2007 12:05:22 PM
Sadly, CNN had to know about this guy.....they had previously INTERVIEWED him about the same issues. I say sadly because it distresses me to see such patent anti-Americansim from an American company.Posted by: JerseyM | Nov 29, 2007 3:21:14 PM

