Planting Questions or Getting The Message Out?

If you're in the "Town Hall" business, you better know what your constituency wants and you better know how to get it to them. It takes planning and strategy. Whats the big deal? Its not a game show where the participants are getting the questions in advance. Its a political tool in which politicians and voters are getting together to influence policy and determine the direction of the party. The questions in a town hall meeting in Iowa can't possibly be the same as the questions in the Bronx. You meet with the participants and develop issues and responses to best serve each region. Any politician who isn't working with his or her constituency is left out in the cold.

Comments

[Wasp35]

"What's the big deal?"

Let me guess. You work for her campaign too, right?

"Its a political tool in which politicians and voters are getting together to influence policy and determine the direction of the party."

Ummmm.....­.wrong. A Town Hall meeting is an opportunity for Americans to ask specific questions of a civil servant seeking a promotion. It's a job interview--one in which Hillary decided that she should tell her proposed boss which questions to ask. What you euphemistically call "getting the message out" is really just Hillary's standard elitist approach when dealing with those annoying little people that pay her salary. The fact is, Hillary was fine with these practices until she got caught because she believes Iowans are too stupid to know what the "important issues" are and can't be trusted to just cooperate and let her promote her agenda. So, SHE decided to make the decisions about what Iowans are concerned about because she knows best.

[Fairfloss]

It would only be a big deal if a Republican did it.
If you are going to "plant" some questions, make them hard ones. Like, why aren't those gosh darn papers that will show us how much experience you have, be released until 2009, after the elections?

[CornellRedneck]

You try to justify Hillary's cynical, bogus "Town Hall Meetings". You think your weak apology for her utter insincerity will fly? All you do is put the seal of approval on a malicious, grasping and greedy hypocrite seeking power. Do you think for one minute that such a politition will give a flying f**k about your pathetic progressive hopes and dreams? Hah!

[thinkbig]

Yes and FEMA was just getting their message out at the fake news conference. Stop being an appologist.

[GWChimpzilla]

I wouldn't be surprised if a certain candidate didn't take it further and simply have a busload of 'citizens' that followed Fearless Leader to each of their events -- all scripted and timed with comfortable and strategic questions for our wonderful future Unitary Executive.

What a world. What a world.

[schwinnrider]

Just answer the questions of the people who are there. That's what the format purports itself to be. That's what the candidate said she was doing. She wasn't there to make a speech. If she has talking points she wants to emphasize, let her make remarks before the "questions" come.

Hillary is a modern polictician. No honesty. No values. Just hype and talking points. How I long for a real candidate to support.