Clinton's planted student speaks out, says she just wants honesty
Tue Nov 13 2007 08:17:37 ET
The college student who says she was told what question to ask at one of Sen. Hillary Clinton's
campaign events--and whose story in her campus newspaper has now made its way around the world--said Monday that
"voters have a right to know what happened, adding that she "wasn't the only one at the event who was a plant."
In an exclusive taped interview with CNN, Muriel Gallo-Chasanoff, a sophomore at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa,
said that giving anyone specific questions to ask is "dishonest," and the whole incident has given her a negative
outlook on politics.
Gallo-Chasanoff, an undecided voter, said what happened was really pretty simple: she says a senior Clinton staffer
asked if she'd like to ask the senator a question after an energy speech she gave in Newton, Iowa, on November 6.
"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.
"'I don't think that?s a good idea," the staffer said, according to Gallo-Chasanoff, "because I don?t know how familiar
she is with their plans."
He then opened a binder to a page that, according to Gallo-Chasanoff, had about eight questions on it.
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