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I Have Issues (A Political Blog)
Coverage and opinion of political and social issues, as well as commentary on local, state and world news and coverage of the ongoing 2008 political campaign.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Sad

From Dana Milbank:

2:57 p.m., Yeager Airport, Charleston, W.Va.:/ A steep descent brings
Clinton's plane to Charleston's hilltop airport. After an appropriate
wait, she steps from the plane and *pretends to wave to a crowd of
supporters; in fact, she is waving to 10 photographers underneath the
airplane's wing. She pretends to spot an old friend in the crowd, points
and gives another wave; in fact, she is waving at an aide she had been
talking with on the plane minutes earlier*.

From Eli Saslow:

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginians may have voted for Sen. Hillary Clinton yesterday, but they needed significant help throwing a victory party. About 300 supporters gathered inside the Charleston Civic Center, and they only cheered when cameramen announced upcoming live shots. Campaign aides distributed faux hand-made signs, because few people brought their own. Clinton entered the room a few minutes after 9 p.m. and found it only about three-quarters full.