Posted on 11/28/2007 8:31:06 PM PST by GlennBeck08
Edited on 11/28/2007 8:40:01 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Big blip on Drudge.
*****UPDATE******
It turns out that Keith Kerr, retired Colonel., U.S. Army; retired Brigadier General, California National Reserve, who submitted a YouTube question about gays in the military, is actually a member of Hillary Clinton's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transexual Americans For Hillary Steering Committee. He's also part of a film production crew trying overturn the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
UPDATE: In the final seconds of the post-debate coverage, Anderson Cooper acknowledges that CNN messed this up and states that CNN did not know that Kerr has a position within the Clinton campaign and that had they known, they would have disclosed the association.
I think it was a deliberate attempted hit on Duncan Hunter and it failed miserably. I suspect that General Festive and Hunter have had run ins before considering Hunter’s years on the armed services committee.
When his mike cut out, I really thought that Anderson would have a heart attack, trying to get the plant back on track.
Too funny, way too predictable,,,
MOgirl
Link to this Hillary press release from the announcement:
6/27/2007
Clinton Campaign Announces Launch Of LGBT Americans For Hillary Steering Committee
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=2196
LGBT Americans For Hillary Steering Committee Members (Committee In Formation)*:
....Keith Kerr, retired Colonel., U.S. Army; retired Brigadier General, California National Reserve
NewsBusters got to it before TownHall.
CNN can’t lie their way out of this because they have had the guy on CNN before! ( 2003)
so...that may mean we were first...since Newsbusters credited us!
If you’re right, somebody’s internals are showing Hunter with a little more strength than we’ve seen published. No point, otherwise.
I dunno. I’m still not buying the ‘plant’ bit yet. I may be overcome with obsessive open-mindedness, but didn’t CNN (which I am NOT a fan of) admit it was a mistake? If he was a plant, why admit it? They don’t really get anything positive from it, imo.
Considering that it was CNN, I didn’t think they really did a hatchet job tonight. I was almost impressed.
Oh sure, this poof doesn't have an agenda, in synch with the retired colonel.
I think he was a plant but he was a plant who ended up taking a beating.
I think they all did reasonably well against planted questions!! Except Paul of course. It just made CNN look stupid.
I think they admited it was a mistake after Bennett spilled the beans, and they knew they were caught.
I don’t trust CNN, expecially after what they did with the plants at the Democrat debate.
Check the debate thread here, look at the time of the first revelation regarding this Keith Kerr, and then look at the time of CNN’s “admission.” It was a CYA mea culpa.
a plant that got soaked? pruned? cut down?
Hey Glenn Beck 08,
Did you notice on Drudge that they have a developing story. Glenn’s new book is #1 on the NYT’s bestseller list. I know it’s #1 on the new releases bestsellers on Amazon, but I don’t think the NYT’s list has been updated yet. It’s a fun book to read, we got it about a week ago and it’s very well done.
Well, we may disagree on the ‘plant’ business, but on the second part of your comment, I think we agree.
And, at the risk of getting flamed here, why should we care if he was a plant or not? The issue was raised and it was deftly answered. Because of how it was answered, we win.
They eventually did cut his mike. Then turned it back on.
That plant got potted.
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