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I’m not sure if it handing out your questions “from the audience” to hand-selected constituents points more to unprepared incompetence, or a determined strategy to hide your thoughts and positions (at least until they’ve been through the PC machine a few times).

A senior Clinton staffer asked if she’d like to ask the senator a question… “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… 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?”

NOTE: The college student selection was important because, Hillary’s scripted answer started with “I get this question from young people a lot.” So this is another example of how we need to stop looking at the details of this or that policy plan and “help the children”.

Hillary, of course, “had no idea” that this was going on. Which seems to be her standard position when something bad happens. Why would we want a President that is clueless about what his or her staff is doing? Isn’t that one of the big hits against Bush? That he doesn’t know what’s going on? So why does Hillary get a pass?

Hillary’s campaign first came out and said they didn’t prep the questioners (the student is lying). Then they said that all “professional” Presidential campaigns seed the audience (the other campaigns are lying). Sooo, are they saying they aren’t a “professional” campaign? Seriously, if she wasn’t such a press darling, the Hillary camp would get destroyed by their “throw anything against the wall and see what sticks” approach to explaining flubs.

• Student claims she was fed question for Clinton