Subject: RE: Another staged eventAnd let's not be naive here people most politicians do this type of thing. When I was in Law school VP Gore came to our school, ALL questions from students had to be submitted in writting on an index card prior to the "town meeting". Additinally when I was in undergraduate school Sen. Glenn came to speak at our school and again ALL questions had to be submitted in writting prior to being asked, and then the Sen. people picked which questions got asked.
It happens. It's not just Bush. I'm not saying it's right, or wrong, I'm just saying don't be so naive as to believe Bush is the first and only politician that has used this device to controll press conferences or question/answer appearances. In the early part of this countries history the candidates didn't even campaign themselves it was seen as "ungentlemanly". The election of 1800 is a great example. So the candidates weren't even subjected to being asked questions at all. |