Hillary "Calm in Hostage Crisis"

First planting debate questions, now planting reporters?

Clinton calm in hostage crisis
By GLEN JOHNSON
Associated Press
December 1, 2007

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - When the hostages had been released and their alleged captor arrested, a regal-looking Hillary Rodham Clinton strolled out of her Washington home, the picture of calm in the face of crisis.

The image, broadcast just as the network news began, conveyed the message a thousand town hall meetings and campaign commercials strive for — namely, that the Democratic presidential contender can face disorder in a most orderly manner.
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It was a vintage example of a candidate taking a negative and turning it into a positive. And coming just six weeks before the presidential voting begins, the timing could hardly have been more beneficial to someone hoping to stave off a loss in the Iowa caucuses and secure a win in the New Hampshire primary.
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[T]he woman striving to move from former first lady to the first female president was eager to convey that she knew the traditional lines of command and control in a crisis, even if the events inside the storefront on North Main Street were far short of a world calamity.
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Along with taking charge while giving the professionals free rein, Clinton offered up a third dimension to her crisis character: humanity. She said she felt "grave concern" when she first heard the news of the hostage-taking.
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It was a thawing moment for a stoic figure who once snapped that she opted for professional life instead of staying home to bake cookies.

She buttressed it with one final message. Clinton sought to use the sad moment as a national teaching opportunity, another skill often employed by presidents.

No doubt reporter Glen Johnson will be announcing soon that he is joining the Hillary campaign full time!

Just what does Hillary's conduct prove? She's spent many, MANY hours, weeks, months and years covering up her and her husband's misconduct. She's managed to maintain her composure, look directly into the camera and lie to the American people on numerious occasions. So it shouldn't surprise anyone that she was "calm" as this situation unfolded hundreds of miles away.

Other than saying "Thank you" to the drunken, deranged hostage taker what else would she do?