It was okay for Hillary to plant that college student to ask her a question about global warming. And, more generally, it is okay for her to lie. This is because:
1. The press hates her. 2. She is treated worse because she is female. 3. She needs to get her message out.
Here is my take on things:
1. The MSM is out to get Mrs. Clinton. They pounced on her after her terrible debate performance and forced her to admit it "wasn’t her best". They want a horse-race. Now, maybe they aren’t causing her to stumble, but they sure are blowing her mistakes out of proportion, so that people who never witnessed her missteps come away with an exaggerated impression of how badly she screwed up.
2. Hillary Clinton faces more attention than would otherwise be the case. She is a frontrunner AND a woman. Being a female frontrunner means she gets attention for being a frontrunner coupled with attention for being a frontrunner who is female. That is more attention than she should have to handle.
3. Hillary gets a nasty kind of press that the men in the race do not get. Sure, Obama is tagged as a Muslim and accused of not being authentically black. Sure, Edwards has to deal with those rumors about having cheated on his wife with that film producer. But neither one really has had to deal with the vicious personal attacks that Hillary "Shrillary-Hitlery" Clinton has had to. Code Pink has targeted her specifically because she is female. There are Internet rumors that Hillary is getting it on with her female aide, Huma Abedin. When was the last time Bill Richardson was accused of having a male lover? Never!
For the foregoing reasons, I think it was okay for Hillary to plant that college student to ask her a question about global warming. Take a look at the following poll (I know it is a bit old):
Pulse Opinion Research
Iowa
Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
October 23, 20071* I'd like you to compare two Presidential tickets. The first ticket is Hillary Clinton as President and an unidentified Southern male as Vice President. The second ticket is Al Gore as President and Barack Obama as Vice President.
Would a Clinton Presidency be more effective, equally effective, or less effective than a Gore-Obama Presidency at securing global cooperation on climate change with India, China, and Russia?
14% More effective
26% Equally effective
41% Less effective
19% Not sure2* Is a Clinton White House more likely, equally likely, or less likely than a Gore-Obama White House to invade Iran without reason?
16% More likely
40% Equally likely
23% Less likely
20% Not sure3*Great, is a Clinton Presidency more likely, equally likely, or less
likely than a Gore-Obama Presidency to shut down detainee facilities in Guantanamo Bay?17% More likely
48% Equally likely
14% Less likely
21% Not sure4* Does a Gore-Obama Presidency have a better chance, equal chance or a worse chance than a Clinton Presidency of reducing global proliferation of loose nuclear weapons?
26% Better chance
43% Equal chance
12% Worse chance
18% Not sure5* Fine, is a Gore-Obama Presidency more willing, equally willing, or less willing than a Clinton Presidency to risk alienating special interests by reforming Social Security?
23% More willing
42% Equally willing
13% Less willing
23% Not sure6* Is a Gore-Obama Presidency more likely, equally likely, or less likely than a Clinton Presidency to reduce American dependence on foreign oil?
35% More likely
36% Equally likely
12% Less likely
17% Not sure7*Okay, would a Gore-Obama Presidency be better, worse, or just as good as a Clinton Presidency for the environment?
46% Better
14% Worse
27% Just as good
14% Not sure8* Is a Gore-Obama Presidency more likely, equally likely, or less likely than a Clinton Presidency to reduce the total number of abortions in the United States?
12% More likely
53% Equally likely
13% Less likely
22% Not sure9* Next, would a Clinton Presidency have a greater chance, an equal chance, or a lesser chance than a Gore-Obama Presidency of changing America for the better?
19% Greater chance
36% Equal chance
29% Lesser chance
16% Not sure10* Is Al Gore less honest, more honest or just as honest as Hillary Clinton?
31% More honest
14% Less honest
43% Just as honest
13% Not sureNOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
The telephone survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted by Pulse Opinion Research on October 23, 2007. Pulse Opinion Research, LLC is an independent public opinion research firm using automated polling methodology and procedures licensed from Rasmussen Reports, LLC.
Now, we know the Gore-Obama ticket is not going to happen. But what is interesting about this poll is anyone, really, could step into the Gore-Obama role, and reap the benefits of what this poll shows. And this poll shows that Hillary Clinton is weak on the environment and global climate change. She probably has her own polling that suggests she needs to improve in this area.
That is why it was okay for her to plant that college student. She needs to be able to take questions about global warming that enable her to get her message out and look good. And it is fair for her to do that to counter all the unfair negativity coming at her from the MSM.
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