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Obama Town Hall Questioners Were Campaign Backers
The Washington Post ^
| 03/28/09
| Garance Franke-Ruta
Posted on 03/28/2009 9:09:59 AM PDT by Painesright
... while the online question portion of the White House town hall was open to any member of the public with an Internet connection, the five fully identified questioners called on randomly by the president in the East Room were anything but a diverse lot. They included: a member of the pro-Obama Service Employees International Union, a member of the Democratic National Committee who campaigned for Obama among Hispanics during the primary; a former Democratic candidate for Virginia state delegate who endorsed Obama last fall in an op-ed in the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star; and a Virginia businessman who was a donor to Obama's campaign in 2008.
Here are their stories:
(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhotownhall; frauds; obama; potemkinvillage; shills
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To: Painesright
Shills, in other words. Plants.
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posted on
03/28/2009 9:11:39 AM PDT
by
JennysCool
(Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action - Ian Fleming)
To: Painesright
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posted on
03/28/2009 9:13:11 AM PDT
by
bgill
To: JennysCool
Comment #5 Removed by Moderator
To: JennysCool
Well he cant have anymore ‘Joe the plumber moments’ can he.
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posted on
03/28/2009 9:15:12 AM PDT
by
valkyry1
To: Painesright
Oh my, say it ain’t so. Democrat plants. Why THEY would not do that......
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posted on
03/28/2009 9:15:14 AM PDT
by
blueyon
(If you love your kids, dump the teacher's union)
To: Painesright
It's ALL a FACDAE....the entire Obama Presidency is a FRAUD.
However, they at least made the audience DRESS up!
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posted on
03/28/2009 9:15:26 AM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Painesright
no one was fooled except those who wanted to be fooled.
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posted on
03/28/2009 9:15:37 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(Leave the gun..take the cannoli now reads "Oil the gun..eat the cannolis.")
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Syncophants - which is why they sounded so slimey and weak-kneed.
America would do much better without such people.
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posted on
03/28/2009 9:15:56 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: Painesright
Why would anyone believe they were anything but alinsky plants?
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posted on
03/28/2009 9:17:26 AM PDT
by
Kakaze
(Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)
To: Painesright
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!
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posted on
03/28/2009 9:17:26 AM PDT
by
Kansas58
To: JennysCool
hasn’t that been true for the past several years in such events??
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posted on
03/28/2009 9:17:33 AM PDT
by
elpadre
(nation)
To: Painesright
And presumably all the questions were agreed on ahead of time.
“Iron my shirt, Hillary!”
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posted on
03/28/2009 9:17:50 AM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Painesright
TRANSPARENCY the obama way.
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posted on
03/28/2009 9:18:02 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
To: Kansas58
Snake Oil salesmen in early America always put shills in the audience.
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posted on
03/28/2009 9:18:34 AM PDT
by
OldArmy52
(Mainstream Media cheered: Ascension of Castro, Chavez and now Obama.)
To: JennysCool
I’m shocked, absolutely shocked! Not!
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posted on
03/28/2009 9:18:36 AM PDT
by
BamaDi
(Jindal/Palin....my new choice)
To: Painesright
Phony President. Unfortunately, his damage to the nation is real.
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posted on
03/28/2009 9:18:53 AM PDT
by
Rocko
(Mymindisaragingtorrentfloodedwithrivuletsofthoughtcascadingintoawaterfallofcreativealternatives)
To: Painesright
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posted on
03/28/2009 9:19:08 AM PDT
by
I Hate Obama
(I Want 0bama To Fail!)
To: Painesright
I am surprised the Washingotn Post reported this, but they always have had rare moments of candor.
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posted on
03/28/2009 9:19:56 AM PDT
by
Puddleglum
(my opinions on stuff -- http://www.phawkins.com)
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