Student at Clinton Q&A told to ask about climate change
On the '08 campaign trail, Hillary Clinton staffers have been taking heat for apparently trying to plant questions among audiences in what are intended to be open Q&A sessions.CNN has an exclusive interview with a Grinnell College sophmore who was approached (and did so) in Iowa.
The planted topic? Clinton's planned response to the effects of global warming and climate change:
You can watch the student describe how she was approached.Gallo-Chasanoff, whose story was first reported in the campus newspaper, said what happened was really pretty simple: She says a senior Clinton staffer asked if she'd like to ask the senator a question after an energy speech the Democratic presidential hopeful gave in Newton, Iowa, on November 6.
"I sort of thought about it, and I said 'Yeah, can I ask how her energy plan compares to the other candidates' energy plans?'" Gallo-Chasanoff said Monday night.
"'I don't think that's a good idea," the staffer said, according to Gallo-Chasanoff, "because I don't know how familiar she is with their plans."He then opened a binder to a page that, according to Gallo-Chasanoff, had about eight questions on it.
"The top one was planned specifically for a college student," she added. " It said 'college student' in brackets and then the question."
Topping that sheet of paper was the following: "As a young person, I'm worried about the long-term effects of global warming. How does your plan combat climate change?"
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