The Hillary Clinton Campaign reminds me of everything wrong with the Gore and Kerry campaign (I remember how shitty the Gore campaign was, not the revisionist history version of Al Gore being all that is good):

Step Six: Swarm the Clinton staffer. “Can you bring her out?” Lynn Sweet, who usually covers Barack Obama for the Chicago Sun-Times, will ask. See the Clinton staffer chuckle. Chuckle nervously yourself. “I’m serious,” Sweet will say. “Can we have a press availability?” The Clinton staffer will agree to check on that. When she leaves, do not hold your breath. “Anybody with a pad and pen is dangerous,” one veteran reporter will say. “Camera, good. Pen, bad.” “The last time HRC acknowledged our existence was, like, last Sunday in Waterloo, Iowa at 4:00 p.m.,” another will add. Act shocked when the Clinton staffer returns with your answer: “Nope, sorry, not today.”

You have to go look at the picture to understand what is wrong with the press corps. They are told to stand on one side of a table and they all do. Lynn Sweet is staking out the other side.

That’s Lynn Sweet, third from the right. The rest of the press is in its holding pen

Were there actual fences holding the rest of you in?

3 thoughts on “Make It Stop…..”
  1. There’s literally a line on the table that the rest of the press gaggle isn’t crossing.

    While they should maintain a respectful distance, Sen. Clinton wasn’t even in the room. Good for Lynn Sweet.

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