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1. #1
   On November 17th, 2007 at 12:46 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

   Ah yes, the Democrats. The party of frauds, liars and phonies.

2. #2
   On November 17th, 2007 at 12:53 pm, Defector01 said:

   How can you say they have a green thumb when they simply buy the plants off the store and put them in the room? That’s insulting to gardeners everywhere.

3. #3
   On November 17th, 2007 at 12:53 pm, DesertLover said:

   Not only a planted question … but a planted “random questioner” … everything with the Dems is a sham in one way or another (as in shamnesty, S-CHIP shams. etc … truth simply is not in their vocabulary nor in their genetic makeup …

4. #4
   On November 17th, 2007 at 1:04 pm, William Amos said:

   The QUESTIONS are plants. The QUESTIONERS are potted

5. #5
   On November 17th, 2007 at 1:04 pm, Boomer said:

   The American political process has been compromised for a very long time. It’s good to see this cooperation between the MSM and their “chosen ones” coming to light. Now if we can only do something about keeping the dead and illegal’s from voting I don’t think a Democrat could get elected to dog catcher in most communities.

6. #6
   On November 17th, 2007 at 1:08 pm, josetheguerilla said:

   Paging Joey Grecko, paging Joey Grecko.

7. #7
   On November 17th, 2007 at 1:14 pm, et said:

   Obviously Hillary did lambaste her staff for planting a question at a campaign event. She blew her top for them thinking so small. Why plant a question or two when you can plant a whole audience of Hillary’s koolaid drinkers. This was a stage managed Hillary for president campaign event. A debate it was not.

8. #8
   On November 17th, 2007 at 1:19 pm, CommentGuy said:

   Ok I have several hits on the Diamond Girl I link you decide

   First link

   Parra-Sandoval is a member of the Honors College at UNLV. She was selected to attend the prestigious Public Policy and Leadership Conference at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and to serve as a political communications intern for Sen. Harry Reid in Washington, D.C., according to a press release the school issued about two years ago.

9. #9
   On November 17th, 2007 at 1:22 pm, CommentGuy said:

   Second Link

   Maria Luisa Parra-Sandoval, from Las Vegas, Nevada is a Sophomore attending the University of Nevada, Las Vegas majoring in Political Science. She has volunteered in the following capacities: voter registration, UNLV Student Organization of Latinos Dream Act Campaign, the Cambridge Community Center, El Dia de los Ni–os at the Clark County Government Center, Gear Up, and on the Kappa Delta Chi’s “This is My Life” program.

10. #10
    On November 17th, 2007 at 1:23 pm, William Amos said:

    Meanwhile the Hillary/Obama campaign is going nuclear nasty soon

    Hillary has dirt on Obama, Obama says bring it on

11. #11
    On November 17th, 2007 at 1:24 pm, CommentGuy said:

    Third Link explaining the interest in the Dream Act

    I was sitting in U.S. District Court a couple of weeks ago when about 60 people from places like Russia, Ethiopia, Japan and Canada were sworn in as U.S. citizens by Magistrate Judge Lawrence R. Leavitt. Then they gave themselves a rousing round of applause.

    Among them was 20-year-old Maria Parra-Sandoval, a junior in the honors program at UNLV. She was born in Ixtlan del Rio, about 60 miles northeast of Puerto Vallarta.

    When she was very young, her father sneaked into the United States with his father and brothers. He worked at unskilled jobs and sent money home. It wasn’t enough to sustain his wife and their three children.

    “I lived with poverty all around me,” Maria told me with no air of complaint. “Ours was one of the better houses. My dad and grandfather built it from bricks.” Just down the street was a cardboard shanty town.

    Their house was surrounded by cactus, sunflowers and pine trees.

    When they ran out of gas for the stove, they burned firewood. They carried water to the house. Their garden produced chili peppers, melons, tomatoes, limes and grapes.

    When Maria was 6, her mother decided to sneak the family into the United States. “My mom wanted the family together, and because we lived in a very poor neighborhood, she wanted to find new opportunities for us.”

12. #12
    On November 17th, 2007 at 1:33 pm, right_on said:

    Great analogy methinks! What better way to make their message will grow? First, you put the “plant” into the ground (their base), cultivate it (manipulate Q&A), fertilize (spread s**t around), water (use MSM to help growth), weed (selective “plant” growth), and finally, judicious use of insecticides (mis-information and mis-characterization about opponents)!

    Brilliant…simply, brilliant!

13. #13
    On November 17th, 2007 at 1:37 pm, southsideironworks said:

    Sorry MM,

    I am not buying into this topic. It has not been proven that the La Shannon Spencer of the Arkansas Democratic Party is the one who posed the question at the debate.

    While the name is unique, an internet search turned up several others of the same name, at least one of which lives in Las Vegas.

    In my opinion, this is a lot of speculation until it is proven as fact.

14. #14
    On November 17th, 2007 at 1:50 pm, CommentGuy said:

    SouthSide

    Go here and check out the side by side pictures of the lady in question for yourself.

15. #15
    On November 17th, 2007 at 1:55 pm, DesertLover said:

    southsideironworks

    I would only say that if you bothered to look at the links MM gave and checked out the pictures that are linked in those references from the two different cited instances (this one and the one 4 years ago) there is a lot more than a casual resemblance in the 2 persons shown …

16. #16
    On November 17th, 2007 at 1:57 pm, meatpieandtatters said:

    The only thing organic about CNN’s green thumb is the huge pile of excrement they generate.

17. #17
    On November 17th, 2007 at 1:58 pm, southsideironworks said:

    CG

    I reread the post at Hot Air and just now found the link to second photo of LaShannon Spencer.

    I hadnt gotten as far as that Gateway Pundit.

    Thanx!

18. #18
    On November 17th, 2007 at 2:06 pm, southsideironworks said:

    Last Note,

    The resume of a LaShannon Spencer who resides in Las Vegas is posted online.

19. #19
    On November 17th, 2007 at 2:26 pm, MagicalPat said:

    This must be the greenhouse effect CNN talks about so much.

20. #20
    On November 17th, 2007 at 2:44 pm, bear1909 said:

    With CNN’s wholesale misreporting on the war in Iraq and Amanpour’s louse-ridden hatchet job on Judaism (while elevating Shi’a Islam in Persia), is anybody surprised that they’d use Wolf “Flitzer” Blitzer into a Charlie McCarthy wooden puppet for the debate, complete with a pre-loaded audience and plants looking for career perqs.

    This is what the aspiring Nazi party used to do. Don’t take it from me- look it up.

    Social Democrats- the stripes aren’t just painted on.

    Puke.

21. #21
    On November 17th, 2007 at 3:11 pm, trinitytim said:

    A few weeks ago I heard that the scandal being squashed at the LA Times involved Hilary and her Muslim assistant, not Obama.

    We’ll see who’s right if the Times ever releases the information which remains to be seen.

22. #22
    On November 17th, 2007 at 3:11 pm, CommentGuy said:

    You know it’s really has to be getting bad for them when even Eric Alterman is on CNN’s case.

     I’m going to do my Nation column this week about last night’s debate, but one thing I found particularly offensive, aside from the atrocious questioning, was, from the standpoint of sitting in the audience, the way CNN producers purposely ginned up the crowd to cheer over and over, as if they were pom-pommed cheerleaders at a high school pep rally. This is a ridiculously immature manner in which to conduct an alleged debate on the nation’s future, but it also interfered with the debate itself, as a bunch of rowdies in the crowd felt empowered to shout over the candidates’ answers. Overall, it was an abysmal performance, but I’ll have more ordered thoughts later in the week. I thought Joe Biden “won” the debate by the way, not that it matters… The loser was Wolf Blitzer.

23. #23
    On November 17th, 2007 at 3:19 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    CNN = The Clinton News Network.

24. #24
    On November 17th, 2007 at 4:11 pm, SirKnob said:

    I agree RR, the only purpose of this debate was to be a DNC infomercial for Hillary. Had the RNC pulled something like this on FOX, the MSM would be screaming that it was an illegal political ploy and they would demand equal time for their candidate, even though the MSM is almost totally devoted to liberal democrat policies. Just another fine example of how the rules apply to conservatives only. No one in the MSM can ‘honestly’ report liberal politics, as only 14% of the country agree with them. The rest of their support is bought and sold through deception, lies, scare tactics, bribery, propaganda and blind stupidity. They consistantly deny conservatives a voice, then have the nevre to call us facists and claim we are against free speech.
    In the early 90s the democratic party changed. It became the party of freedom to do anything you wish as long as you agree and vote with us. They lost the ability to debate, or to accept opinions different than their own. Simply expressing an opinion outside the party line would, and still does, result in vicious personal attacks. They are supported by billionaire liberals, Hollywood and the mass media.
    This of itself should be enough to silence anyone in support of equal time laws for talk radio.
    After all, not one of them will ‘allow’ the other side to be heard, or to challenge them on the issues. In their opinion, truth does not matter, only they know what is best for the people and the people need not know what their true intentions are. I have had many enlightening conversations with liberals here in the DC area. The last thing they will allow you to do is bring truth and facts to the conversation. When you attempt to bring truth and facts in, they will respond with some childish DNC statement like ‘Bush lied’, or some other garbage not even related to the topic of conversation. They do not want to hear anything that disagrees with their rose colored views that have already been proven failures time and time again. One day they will wake up to their socialist shortcomings and simply blame them on Bush, or anyone other than themselves. Oh well

25. #25
    On November 17th, 2007 at 4:18 pm, CommentGuy said:

    This one according to the transcript is a graduate student at UNLV

    A little bit more than that from the looks of things

    George Ambriz

    George joins our team from Douglas, Arizona, having earned his associate’s degree in administration of justice from Cochise College in 2000. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in political science and criminal justice from Western New Mexico University. He is currently completing a master’s degree in ethics and policy studies at UNLV. He plans to pursue doctorate and law degrees, practice corporate law, and become active in politics

    George Ambriz
    Undergraduate Recruiter
    702-774-8002
    george.ambriz@unlv.edu

26. #26
    On November 17th, 2007 at 4:53 pm, lgm said:

    MM thinks the press is easy on Democrats, yet the planted question was bad for them, Clinton in particular.

    Lefties like me also complain about the press, particularly its tendency to take Bush spin and Drudge sludge as news. Here’s an example (scroll down to Speaking of Deliberate Obtuseness

    December 31, 1998 — Matt Drudge entices guests at The Weekend, a gathering of conservative heavy hitters, by promising a story that will rock official Washington.

    January 1, 1999 — Drudge reports a “world exclusive” (not true) headlined, “White House Hit With New DNA Terror; Teen Tested for Clinton Paternity.” Citing the Star magazine, Drudge writes, “Word of the shocking new DNA showdown spread through the ranks inside of the White House on Friday, causing near blind chaos!”

    January 2, 1999 — Discussion of the alleged “scandal” on various talk radio stations.

    January 3, 1999 — “CLINTON PATERNITY BOMBSHELL,” screams the front page of the New York Post, owned by Murdoch.

    Fox TV News — owned by Murdoch’s News Corp. — carries an account of Drudge’s story, claiming he’d broken it on his Fox show and adding that it was being picked up by such mainstream papers as the New York Post.

    The New York Daily News leads its Daily Dish gossip column with the headline, “Tab Probes Clinton Love-Child Rumor.”

    January 4, 1999 — At a White House press briefing, press secretary Joe Lockhart refuses to comment on the affair. To a question about the president’s resemblance to the Williams boy on the Internet, Lockhart responds, “And I’m an alien space baby.”

    The Fox News Web site carries a story on the DNA paternity testing in a bylined story from the Times of London.

    The BBC and its Web site run a story, “New sex scandal for Clinton.”

    January 5, 1999 — The Hotline, a daily summary of political reporting widely read by Beltway journalists, reports that the affair has become fodder for the late-night talk shows. “Only President Clinton could distract people from a sex scandal with another sex scandal,” Jay Leno says in his monologue.

    January 6, 1999 — Drudge reveals that he has seen “a shocking new videotaped confession” by the Arkansas woman, who reveals intimate details about her “relationship” with Clinton. The video was taped by “Hard Copy.”

    The Washington Times runs a story, “Media Abuzz With Rumors That Clinton Fathered Boy,” citing only the Star and the Drudge Report. The Times reports that the Star had paid Bobbie Ann Williams a sum “in the low six figures” for her cooperation (which apparently included turning over DNA samples to the Star for testing).

    TotalNews.com, a compendium of major media outlets online, links to the Washington Times, BBC and New York Post in its roundup of “Clinton’s Crisis” stories.

27. #27
    On November 17th, 2007 at 7:35 pm, Mr_Conservative_Cat said:

    I’m certainly no fan of the liberals, the dems or CNN, but this kind of sleezy inside manipulation just has the word “CLINTON” written all over it.

28. #28
    On November 17th, 2007 at 7:43 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    I’m certainly no fan of the liberals, the dems or CNN, but this kind of sleezy inside manipulation just has the word “CLINTON” written all over it.

    Get used to it. And the media will gladly help get the Clinton’s back in office. This is the most manipulative woman in the world — the media, the nutbags, and the liberals are all enablers.

    Unfortunately, half the country is stupid and gullible enough to believe Hillary Rotten Clinton is qualified to run this country.

29. #29
    On November 17th, 2007 at 8:38 pm, TXRose said:

    Where did she gain all of this “vast” experience that she will supposedly bring to the Presidency? The woman couldn’t even get elected governor of Arkansas
    and wouldn’t have been elected senator had it not been for a lot of manipulation on several fronts. Did
    she absorb all of Bills experience whenever they shook
    hands?
    The MSM and the Dims are trying to get her elected by
    making it seem unAmerican to vote for anyone else
    and that if you are planning to vote for anyone else,
    it would be useless because she is such a shoe-in.

30. #30
    On November 17th, 2007 at 9:15 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    Oh, holy cow lgm.

    How long have you waited to post that tripe?

    We have all seen what happens to Hillary when she is confronted with a question she has NO talking points for. Licenses – “I am on both sides of the issue”. Well, she would have to be now wouldn’t she until she received the poll numbers. This is why she has house plants throwing softballs to her that she can slam out of the park with her base.

    Try again.

31. #31
    On November 17th, 2007 at 9:19 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    TX…the reason Hillary got elected was because Rudy had to withdraw due to his prostate cancer. He probably would’ve won otherwise. At that point, the Republicans, not having a strong replacement, were basically doomed.

    I wouldn’t put it past her to have been high five-in everyone behind the scenes after Rudy’s announcement to drop from the race.

32. #32
    On November 17th, 2007 at 9:25 pm, TXRose said:

    HRC also thinks that when and if she is asked a “hard”
    (unplanted question), that the moderator is “stooping
    to character assassination.” She would know what that
    is, because it has been practiced frequently by the
    Clintons until they have to be experts at recognizing
    this tactic.
    Now I read that her camp has some EARTHSHATTERING info on Obama that will substantially impact (negatively) his campaign. If it is
    true and that bad they certainly wouldn’t be sitting on it. Sounds like one more Clinton dirty trick to me.

33. #33
    On November 17th, 2007 at 9:36 pm, RetFireman said:

    Green thumb? That’s certainly not the color I would have expected considering where they keep it most of the time.

34. #34
    On November 17th, 2007 at 9:44 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    TX…Clinton dirty tricks? That’s business as usual. They’re holding out until the last possible minute because that’s when it really counts. Or, if she screws up again, this is called Plan B. It’s called put whatever it takes out there to detract attention away from me MO.

    Believe me, she has this nomination locked up and she probably has her minions digging up dirt on all the Republicans right now. I’m sure she’s had them working overtime for over a year.

    It is still beyond me, and I know I say this a lot, how this carpetbagging, outright lying woman has the gall to even RUN for president.

35. #35
    On November 17th, 2007 at 9:55 pm, TXRose said:

    Knowing that Ronald Reagan so respected the Oval
    Office that he never took his coat off while in there, I
    was so naive when Slick Willy was caught with his pants down, that I expected him to resign. That was
    before I “grew up” and really realized just how corrupt
    these two people actually are. I listened to them smear
    everyone that came forward and I listened to Geraldo
    (the Spitter) Rivera with his everyone lies about sex
    and his wink, wink, nudge, nudge attitude.
    No, everyone doesn’t lie about sex and this man was engaging in adulterous sex in OUR HOUSE, and
    she condones his actions or she would have divorced him in Arkansas. These are the people that want to be back in our house and you know that they will respect it just as much as they did the
    first time!

36. #36
    On November 17th, 2007 at 10:33 pm, directorblue said:

    It looks to me like all six of CNN’s ‘undecided voters’ were actually Democratic operatives.

    “To paraphrase Junior Soprano, CNN is so far up the DNC’s hind end, Howard Dean can taste hair gel.”

37. #37
    On November 17th, 2007 at 11:41 pm, Jim M. said:

    So, CNN screens and approves the questions from specific people DAYS in advance of the debate. From the standpoint of questions asked, the whole thing was scripted.

    Then, CNN, having the questions, can, in advance, decide who will receive a specific question.

    What do you think the chances are of someone giving one or more campaigns an “advance” copy of the questions they will be asked?

    If nothing else, the whole plan is ripe for abuse. There is certainly the appearance of impropriety here, which is something that I thought would be avoided at all costs with respect to the stakes involved.

    My bet is that the questions leaked prior to the debate, and not to all participants.

38. #38
    On November 18th, 2007 at 1:30 am, TomB said:

    Why don’t they just drop the sham debates and the sham town hall meetings and go to a format their base can relate to like reality TV or maybe a game show, sort of like Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Hillary would get extra lifelines of course.

39. #39
    On November 18th, 2007 at 2:04 am, SpeakEasy said:

    After reading the comments here and following the HotAir feature I had to wonder to what extent this has always gone on but never revealed before the independent media that is the Internet. The far-left has been engaged in the same activity since the 50′s and that game is called Conversion to Communism.

40. #40
    On November 18th, 2007 at 2:15 am, SpeakEasy said:

    After reading the comments here and following the HotAir feature I had to wonder to what extent this has always gone on but never revealed before the independent media that is the Internet. It is an eloborate program of propaganda hidden within the “peasantry.” The far-left has been engaged in the same activity since the 50′s and that game is called Conversion to Communism. It is classic communist dogma; control the media, control the schools, make the populace dependent on government for everything.

    Thank God for the internet (even if Algore invented it).

41. #41
    On November 18th, 2007 at 2:17 am, SpeakEasy said:

    Apologies to all for the double-posting. I didn’t realize I had sent it before I had finished. Slip of the digits.

42. #42
    On November 18th, 2007 at 2:59 am, Mr_Conservative_Cat said:

    BlameAmericaLast said:

    Get used to it. And the media will gladly help get the Clinton’s back in office. This is the most manipulative woman in the world — the media, the nutbags, and the liberals are all enablers.

    Oh, I know, I’ve been in the media for over 25 years and I can’t even begin to begin to count how many times I’ve had to bite my lip at a meeting when all concerned made some sick anti-conservative remark followed by hyena-like laughter or smug and disgusted scowls.

    There is one hope, provided that they don’t get some kind of dirt on him (and God knows they must be trying like mad, it’s the Clinton way): if Giuliani gets the nod he’s tough enough to talk straight and…. AND… suddenly, out of nowhere, he’ll be saying things to Hillary that even her handlers won’t have prepared her for. Despite all the supposed fawning, I have a feeling that in terms of her support, while the numbers are meaningful, the actual fabric of the support is threadbare. After all, half of the country hates her already.

    Still, I hope someday I won’t feel alone saying the following: everyone should start making very loud noises pointing out the democrat candidates cowardice in their refusal debate on the Fox News Channel, because it’s a win-win for conservatives if the noise gets loud enough; Either they feel the pressure to debate on Fox where they get tough questions which is very good for us, or they look not inappropriately like cowards and convince that election-turning five percent that the democrats are not ready to lead because they’re afraid of a simple News Network in their own country, which is also very good for us.

43. #43
    On November 18th, 2007 at 5:28 am, Clyde said:

    It’s amazing that in this day and age, with everything that’s ever been put on the internet about people available via Google, that CNN thinks that they can get away with passing these Democrat operatives off as “just ordinary folks” undecided voters. They tried to sneak “Maria Luisa” through without her last name, but even that didn’t work.

    And when even the New York Times and Daily Kos are calling CNN out over this, it has to be pretty blatant.

    No wonder I don’t even bother watching CNN or MSNBC when I want news.

44. #44
    On November 18th, 2007 at 10:20 am, madchef said:

    What CNN should have asked.
    This next question is for Sen. Clinton: Do you prefer socialism or communism?

45. #45
    On November 18th, 2007 at 10:22 am, jsr said:

    I find it amazing that the MSM even bothers to deny their liberal bias. They seem to think keeping around a conservative commentator or two or printing a column by George Will makes them balanced. Are they that deluded or do they think we are that stupid?

    How about some of the following questions?

    1. What level of taxation would you like to see imposed on the American people?

    2. If the economy is so bad why are illegal immigrants flooding across the border to fill jobs American’s won’t do?

    3. Do you think a 14 year old girl should be allowed to have an abortion without even notifying her parents when schools aren’t even permitted to give out aspirin for a headache?

    I could think of dozens of questions I’d like to hear their views on. Instead we get “Do you prefer pearls or diamonds?”

    They should just give up any pretense of objectivity and openly promote their precious Democrats. I might actually pay attention to them as at least I would be hearing what they truly think, not their phony “above the fray” pretensions.

46. #46
    On November 18th, 2007 at 11:33 am, DBNinKY said:

    Usually when the Kos-Kids escape their .com playpen and try to join the gown-ups at the adult table, chaos ensues; but this time, now that they are annoying the gentle folk at the CNN (Clinton News Network) table, I say let the children have their “fun.”

47. #47
    On November 18th, 2007 at 12:05 pm, TXRose said:

    The diamonds or pearls question, to my mind, was a not so subtle way of trying to remind everyone that she is, after all a female, trying to play with the guys.
    They are trying to create an appeal to not just feminists, etc but also to “girly girls” that would go into the polls and “pull the big lever” instead of atually
    thinking about their votes.

48. #48
    On November 18th, 2007 at 2:54 pm, almeehan said:

    Well there is a lot of “outrage” over CNN’s obvious corruption but what are you/we going to do about it? Writing blogs isn’t reaching the hearts and minds of another significant block of Americans, especially those rushing through airports, or other places infected with CNN TV monitors spewing this propoganda 24/7. Nor is it stopping a dangerous enemy to this Republic. Think about some other options!

49. #49
    On November 19th, 2007 at 10:34 am, REDRAIDER44 said:

    I can just see the next debate where the planted question will go something like this…

    “Senator Clinton, tell us, are they bikinis or thongs?”