Historically Inaccessible And Disingenuous Candidate To Prove She Is Accessible And Genuine As She Agrees To First Sit-Down Interview Three Months Into Campaign (UPDATE ADDED)
[guest post by Dana]
It is being reported that Hillary Clinton has agreed to sit for an interview with CNN senior political correspondent Brianna Keilar:
Presidential interviews usually aren’t game-changing events — almost every other 2016 candidate does them regularly — and tomorrow’s sit-down, in Iowa City, isn’t likely to be a landmark moment in the campaign. Make no mistake, Clinton is not ushering in a new era of access and transparency.
However: The decision to sit down with national media does reflect a shift of gears for the campaign. To date, Clinton has held a few impromptu press gaggles, but by and large has been dismissing or ignoring the inquiries shouted at her as she meets with voters. She may “ponder” the idea of responding to your question, or she might just “sit down and have some pie.” If the press scrum gets in the way of her campaigning, the campaign will corral them, like so many sheep.
In this post-Stephanopoulos season, and in spite of no record of her donating to the Clinton campaign, does Keilar have an obligation to be fully transparent and disclose – before or during the interview – that she has a bit of a tie to the Clinton campaign?
Summer means it’s wedding season, and in Washington that means plenty of potential for conflicts of interest. Consider the wedding of one Hillary Clinton aide, attended by several members of the national political press covering Clinton and her rivals for the White House.
Several of the journalists in attendance cover either Clinton or the Republican candidates for president regularly.
Merica and [Brianna] Keilar, both of CNN, both say they are “covering Hillary Clinton” in their Twitter profiles.
How does one decide what matters and what doesn’t?
On April 14, Keilar hyped, “Yesterday [Mrs. Clinton] stopped at a Chipotle, a campaign aide sharing with us that she had a chicken burrito bowl with black beans and guacamole and an iced tea. And you know what that kind of detail tells you — it says, ‘She’s just like us. She eats at Chipotle.'”
On May 14, 2014, Keilar praised Bill Clinton’s defense of his wife against attacks by Karl Rove, “To do it with humor was effective. I thought it was effective.”
In 2007, Keilar cheered an attack by a liberal senator against conservative Jim Inhofe:
Co-anchor Brianna Keilar: “That was quite an exchange. And, you know, we were expecting something from Senator James Inhofe. He is a critic of global warming….We thought maybe it might be with him and former Senator, former Vice President Al Gore, but it ended up between him and Senator Barbara Boxer. She really got a stinger in there, I will say.”
— CNN’s Newsroom, March 21, 2007, after the liberal Boxer told former GOP Chairman Inhofe, “You don’t do this anymore. Elections have consequences.”
And speaking of Hillary Clinton, and transparency, here is an interesting look at how David Brock’s super-pac for Hillary, Correct the Record, creates a Hillary Clinton echo chamber in an effort to frame her as viable and genuine:
One day in May, operatives from a Washington-based super PAC gathered New Hampshire mayors, state representatives and local politicos at St. Anselm College for a day of training.
They rehearsed their personal tales of how they met Hillary Rodham Clinton and why they support her for president. They sharpened their defenses of her record as secretary of state. They scripted their arguments for why the Democratic front-runner has been “a lifetime champion of income opportunity.” And they polished their on-camera presentations in a series of mock interviews.
The objective of the sessions: to nurture a seemingly grass roots echo chamber of Clinton supporters reading from the same script across the communities that dot New Hampshire, a critical state that hosts the nation’s first presidential primary.
While it’s nothing new for campaigns to feed talking points to their surrogates so they can in turn regurgitate them in the media, this is a bit more than the usual fare:
But the effort to script and train local supporters is unusually ambitious and illustrates the extent to which the Clinton campaign and its web of sanctioned, allied super PACs are leaving nothing to chance.
Code for we are worried about our candidate, because Hillary has a couple of problems she can’t seem to overcome:
The super PAC’s effort also comes as Clinton struggles on the campaign trail to appear accessible and genuine. Some Democrats have long believed Clinton sounds too scripted on the stump, especially compared to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), her insurgent primary rival whose authenticity and liberal message are drawing thousands of Democrats to his rallies.
You know, it’s just really hard to figure out how Hillary could appear both accessible and genuine… Perhaps this hard-hitting interview with Keilar can kill these two pesky birds with one stone.
–Dana
UPDATE: Efforts for Hillary to appear genuine took a nosedive during the interview which aired this afternoon. Hillary spoke out of both sides of her mouth revealing she simultaneously supports and doesn’t support sanctuary city policies:
Clinton also blamed the city of San Francisco for mishandling the case of an undocumented immigrant who had been deported five times before killing a woman there — in a sanctuary city where local law enforcement do not enforce federal immigration laws.
“The city made a mistake, not to deport someone that the federal government strongly felt should be deported,” she said. “I have absolutely no support for a city that ignores the strong evidence that should be acted on.”
Further, according to Jake Tapper, she was less than truthful during the interview:
Jake Tapper @jaketapper 30m30 minutes ago
Clinton: “I’ve never had a subpoena.”
Gowdy: “she was personally subpoenaed” the moment Benghazi Cmte learned of personal email/server4:54 PM – 7 Jul 2015 · Details
Hello.
Dana (86e864) — 7/7/2015 @ 3:27 pmIt tells me that Clinton is practicing how to say “Hola. Yo he sido colorear mi pelo así que no me veas gris que da vuelta en la Casa Blanca. Gracias por tu voto!” in the mirror.
papertiger (c2d6da) — 7/7/2015 @ 4:19 pmHillary! on her email scandal: “Let’s take a deep breath…”
Where is the mustard gas when you need it?!?!
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 7/7/2015 @ 4:34 pmSimple: One ASSUMES it matters, and opens it up.
There needs to be no chance of APPARENT collusion.
If, by any chance, it might appear as though there was some impropriety to be concerned with, then one ASSUMES the impropriety is real.
Funny how the GOP is always supposed to operate as though it were being examined with a proctoscope, but the Dems are never challenged, no matter how ridiculously hoary their spinning tales are…
IGotBupkis, "Si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses." (225d0d) — 7/7/2015 @ 4:44 pmHillary took authenticity lessons from Al Gore. Her public comments are so scripted it’s nauseating.
norcal (92fe18) — 7/7/2015 @ 4:49 pmYeah yeah, Bernie is the designated Emmanuel Goldstein. We get it, Hilly. You need somebody crazier than you to run against.
mojo (a3d457) — 7/7/2015 @ 5:03 pmBrianna is a stripper name
baby work that pole
and Hillary will stick a buck
inside your sugar bowl
happyfeet (831175) — 7/7/2015 @ 5:08 pmI met a stripper once and she said, “I’m Dusty.”
Gazzer (ee3742) — 7/7/2015 @ 5:11 pmAnd I said, “Let me get my Lemon Pledge.”
True story.
That would make a nice gay wedding card, happyfeet.
racistbigotedmg (31009b) — 7/7/2015 @ 5:12 pmMr. mg! thank you so much my alora diffusers came today! my cousin’s in love with them she followed me back to chicago
happyfeet (831175) — 7/7/2015 @ 5:15 pmKim Jong Ick gave more interviews than bill’s wife.
racistbigotedmg (31009b) — 7/7/2015 @ 5:17 pmNo problem, happyfeet.
racistbigotedmg (31009b) — 7/7/2015 @ 5:26 pmThis fall I will be cruising through Chicago, perhaps we could have a meal at one of the many great little eateries in Chicago.
UPDATE: Efforts for Hillary to appear genuine took a nosedive during the interview which aired this afternoon. Hillary spoke out of both sides of her mouth revealing she simultaneously supports and doesn’t support sanctuary city policies:
Clinton also blamed the city of San Francisco for mishandling the case of an undocumented immigrant who had been deported five times before killing a woman there — in a sanctuary city where local law enforcement do not enforce federal immigration laws.
“The city made a mistake, not to deport someone that the federal government strongly felt should be deported,” she said. “I have absolutely no support for a city that ignores the strong evidence that should be acted on.”
Further, according to Jake Tapper, she was less than truthful during the interview:
Jake Tapper @jaketapper 30m30 minutes ago
Clinton: “I’ve never had a subpoena.”
Gowdy: “she was personally subpoenaed” the moment Benghazi Cmte learned of personal email/server
4:54 PM – 7 Jul 2015 · Details
Dana (86e864) — 7/7/2015 @ 5:31 pmabsolutely! i’ll email you a proper thank you in morning we’re about to go get dogs
happyfeet (831175) — 7/7/2015 @ 5:35 pmDana – she flat out lied. She did not just have one device either.
What is the deal with her wide-eyed head nodding? It is creepy.
JD (3b5483) — 7/7/2015 @ 5:42 pmI don’t know, JD, perhaps her seared conscience is in a constant state of seizure?
Why didn’t Keilar cut her off and right then and there confront her on both lies? That’s what a hard-hitting, non-partisan journalist would do.
Dana (86e864) — 7/7/2015 @ 5:45 pmI don’t know, JD, perhaps her seared conscience is in a constant state of seizure?
mg (31009b) — 7/7/2015 @ 6:00 pmlaughing
is this a showcase in reverse of how her skilled her hubby was to be able to lie and perjure without losing office or pension?
seeRpea (0cf003) — 7/7/2015 @ 6:14 pm“This is my last rodeo” vows Hillary! Clinton, who bemoans the Vast Rodeo Clown Conspiracy for the fact that over 60% of Americans think she’s a Big Fat Liar.
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 7/7/2015 @ 6:32 pmEven if Hillary weren’t ideologically of the left, I’d still think she was a scroungy human being. In turn, if she suddenly became a devout rightwinger — or even a devout centrist — with all her sleazy characteristics remaining perfectly intact, a lot of people on the left and various squishy Americans would grimace and pull away from her. In my case, I’d still think she was a scroungy human being.
Mark (710c48) — 7/7/2015 @ 6:48 pmMark, can you honestly name a leftist democrat who is not a scroungy human being? Please feel free to name one lefty dem you see as a gentleman or a lady. Elijah Cummins’? Al Sharpton? Nazi Pelosi? Harry Reid? Barney Frank. Elliot Spitzer? Corzine? Soros? or any of the the Kennedy’s? How about slimy Algore? I could go on and on and on as you know. But just name one classy leftist democrat. Hell, even the millionaire movie star dems are freekin’ pigs and animals. You’d figure with their cash they’d clean up their act, but no.
Rev. Barack Hussein Hoagie (f4eb27) — 7/7/2015 @ 7:27 pmI can’t imagine anything more likely to make Hillary! seem accessible and genuine than this:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-making-of-a-hillary-clinton-echo-chamber/2015/07/07/01625c5e-24ae-11e5-b72c-2b7d516e1e0e_story.html
They’re holding training sessions for campaign stepford surrogates to teach them how to talk about Hillary!:
I love how the WaPo phrases it. “This openly and obviously synthetic, insincere, micromanaged astroturf campaign of hers could undermine Hillary!’s to appear to be something other than the disingenuous, dishonest, insincere controlling harpy she really is.”
Gee, yah think, WaPo? Well, only if you guys report honestly about her. Figure the odds if she’s the Democratic nominee.
You need to attend special training seminars to talk about Hillary! as if she’s human.
Steve57 (4c9797) — 7/7/2015 @ 7:27 pmI don’t know, Steve57. Perry’s all fired up about Hillary! That proves she’s a class act. Or he is. LOL.
Rev. Barack Hussein Hoagie (f4eb27) — 7/7/2015 @ 7:31 pmBilly Dale aka (who?”) is available for comment, were anyone to ask.
Richard Aubrey (f6d8de) — 7/7/2015 @ 7:54 pm#21: perhaps you wish to reword that post? I know plenty of lefty dems who are decent human beings.
seeRpea (0cf003) — 7/7/2015 @ 8:08 pmMaking remarks like that is being Kos’ish.
They are liars for the most part. They have no shame and do not embarrass easy.
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 7/7/2015 @ 9:17 pmBrianna – bill’s wife’s personal candy crowley, coming to moderate team republicans debates.
mg (31009b) — 7/7/2015 @ 9:32 pmI think it’s quite interesting that the soft interview was conducted by a CNN reporter with Clinton ties, while CNN’s Jake Tapper, he of much greater fame, depth, and journalistic respect, is currently one of the more vocal persons in the media taking Hillary to task these days. From his tweet it sounds like Jake was not too impressed with the interview.
elissa (68414e) — 7/7/2015 @ 9:54 pmHuma prolly threw that subpoena in the waste can without mentioning it to Hillary so as not to upset her.
elissa (68414e) — 7/7/2015 @ 9:58 pmI have some reason to believe that my communist mayor, Bill de Blasio, and his ex-lesbian wife Chirlaine, are decent people, apart from their politics. I don’t know them personally, despite living less than 200 yards from their house as the crow flies, but I know people who know them, and have never heard anything to their discredit.
Milhouse (a04cc3) — 7/7/2015 @ 10:03 pmHeh. The Daily Beast showed Hillary no mercy:
Dana (86e864) — 7/7/2015 @ 10:12 pmLink.
Dana (86e864) — 7/7/2015 @ 10:15 pmare decent people, apart from their politics.
The revelations — or confirmation — today about the hidden nature of Bill Cosby is another reason I don’t take anything for granted about people out there, but generally anything good about them. After all, Cosby, who conveyed a down-to-earth ethos in public about the way that socio-cultural dysfunction is incubated by the trends of modern America, apparently is quite a Dr Jekyl/Mr Hyde when the cameras are switched off.
As time goes on, I increasingly understand and truly accept the philosophy — generally espoused by traditional, conservative Christians in particular — that all humans are born sinners. That concept intrigues a larger cross section of liberals only if it can be used to illustrate hypocrisy, while a larger cross section of conservatives realizes such a harsh reality means one cannot be naifs and fools about people and society. For example, embracing the notion that criminals should be handled with kid gloves partly because such people can be nicely rehabilitated, or that the “undocumented” won’t change the socio-economic health of the USA, or that Hillary can be taken at face value.
Mark (710c48) — 7/7/2015 @ 10:46 pmre #33: You need to be specific about the Cosby story. Do you mean the bogus AP story or
seeRpea (5d7dd6) — 7/8/2015 @ 6:47 amwhat was actually testified ?
Hillary Clinton could never be open and transparent, because then the voters would see the ugliness of her soul.
If she even has a soul, of course.
The Dana with X-Ray vision (f6a568) — 7/8/2015 @ 7:10 am“I have some reason to believe that my communist mayor, Bill de Blasio, and his ex-lesbian wife Chirlaine, are decent people, apart from their politics.”
“Decent” people aren’t malevolently anti-police, don’t spread false allegations of racism and don’t go out of their way to reduce the quality of life for the people they govern. Just sayin’.
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 7/8/2015 @ 7:20 amJeffrey Dahmer was a decent person apart from his dietary habits.
nk (dbc370) — 7/8/2015 @ 7:25 amI knew that was you Milhouse, without even getting to the bottom. Where do you come up with this crap? Exactly what reason or indication do you have that these two pinkos are any different than any other pinkos. The story of commies is not exactly overflowing with philanthropists but rather dictators and murderers. How much do these two idiots give to the poor? Wounded Warriors? The Shriners Hospital? St. Jude for children?
And I don’t think his wife is an “ex-lesbian”. I think she never was one but as leftists are wont to do needed to join a victim class for attention.
Rev. Barack Hussein Hoagie (f4eb27) — 7/8/2015 @ 7:34 amIn your universe decent people abusively wield the power of government to punish people for exercising their fundamental rights?
I live over a thousand miles from their house as the crow flies and I can smell the stench of totalitarianism from here.
Steve57 (4c9797) — 7/8/2015 @ 9:19 amHow is one an ex-lesbian. I thought it wasn’t a choice?
JD (08d44e) — 7/8/2015 @ 9:20 amSpeaking of totalitarianism, the totalitarians are going to be upset by this.
http://thefederalist.com/2015/07/06/the-new-totalitarians-are-here/
What makes it interesting is where it’s coming from.
The Inside-the-Beltway uniformed @$$clowns you see testifying before Congress do not represent the military. In fact, the rank and file are getting pretty freakin’ ticked off about being used as a social justice experiment by the very same @$$clowns and the masters they serve.
Which is prompting them to ask “Just what is it we’re defending?”
You would be, or maybe not depending on your experiences, surprised how many officers in the service subscribe to Abraham Lincoln’s theory of constitutional supremacy. Which means rejecting the entire notion of judicial supremacy. I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution. Not to defend five out of nine justices’ misinterpretations or outright rejection of the Constitution.
And I certainly didn’t take an oath to join a personality cult.
The messiah of that personality cult, and this court, are causing a lot of people in the service to reexamine these questions.
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