**Written by Doug Powers
I’m still recovering from an Independence Day evening of grilling, fireworks and threatening to drop Roman candles down the pants of anybody who tried to lecture us about Obamacare, so here’s an open thread for whatever we feel like talking about, which may or may not include the following…
Leading off, the Clinton campaign created moving rope lines for the press while Hillary marched in a New Hampshire 4th of July parade:
Clinton advance aides create a rope line for the press, moving with the candidate pic.twitter.com/9S7CpVt7x4
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 4, 2015
Next time they should tie that off to a hitch so the press can pull Hillary’s chariot.
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It looks as if Chris Matthews may have found his 2016 tingle-inducer:
@TheMorningSpew Chris Matthews loves a #Hillary parade. Apparently. #KnowYourMedia pic.twitter.com/5cykNxVSzX
— Blue State Snooze (@BlueSnoozeBlue) July 5, 2015
Leaning forward and on the left. Where else would he be?
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On Friday, Hillary Clinton briefly opened herself up to some questions from the press. Did reporters ask about her email server? Sidney Blumenthal’s influence at State? Illegal/unethical acceptance of foreign donations?
Here are the hard-hitting questions she was asked:
Q: Bernie got almost 10,000 people at his recent rally. What does that say about him as a candidate and why aren't you drawing those crowds.
A: "well, we each run or own campaigns and I always knew this was gonna be competitive, and i want to have a great debate in the primary and caucuses around the country and that's what I'm looking forward to."
Q: (exact phrasing inaudible) question about the Clintons' connection to the state.
A: "You know, that's really true. We are so fond of and grateful to New Hampshire. We have friends hat we've made over the years that we've stayed in close touch with. I obviously care deeply about the state and admire so many of the public officials, Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan is a good friend, so I love coming to New Hampshire, and I love going to every part of the state, and I'm happy to be here in the upper valley."
[at this point, the attendant served Clinton her ice cream. “Is that for me?” she said. “Holy shamoley.”]
Q: you've been making a point of thanking your organizers and having them speak at your speeches, how central is that component of your campaign and how is it different from what you did in 2008?
A: "it's so central. Because one of the things that I certainly learned from the last campaign is how important it is not just to have events, but to organize every single day, including around the events — and that's why I'm doing a lot of meetings and discussions about specific issues, because I want to hear from people and I also want to connect them to the campaign. And I feel like it's really working. It is building a campaign here in NH, using the grassroots, and coming up from that, because at the end of the day, I think that wins elections and wins caucuses."
Q: one of the things Obama did was form his own relationships w volunteers and recruit his own precinct captains. Are you going to be doing that?
A: "Sure, absolutely, absolutely. I mean, I'm already doing that. I'm doing calls and meetings and campaign videos. We're all just working to pull people into the campaign, get them involved in doing that work of signing people up and the hard work of getting ready for an election or a caucus."
Other “reporters” weren’t available to ask questions because they were busy waxing the Mystery Machine.
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NASCAR should add a race to their schedule: The PC 500.
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Try and wrap your head around this: The horrific murders of nine people at a church in South Carolina has devolved into debate about a car from an early 1980’s sitcom.
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Finally, being a liberal actor means you can say things like this and still be defended and not have your career destroyed. A “nuff said” kind of response is here.
**Written by Doug Powers
Twitter @ThePowersThatBe
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