Expecting Hillary To Answer ANY Question At A Book Signing Is Ignorant

[KittyWampus]

Since I know what goes into a book signing for someone famous who also requires heavy security, let me tell you how it goes:

-All book store staff has been background checked weeks beforehand

-Secret service come in and examines store

-Day of book signing, the store is closed early and bomb-sniffing dogs go through then secret service comes in & takes position

-You want your book signed, best go into store day before to buy it

-Nobody gets into store without a book to be signed. If there are any books left, you can buy one but there probably aren't any

-People line up outside the store by the hundreds, some since early morning

-You get in line and wait, hand your book over to staff who then gives it to Hillary/Politician/Talent who signs it, says hello to you

-You get your book back and then promptly exit out the store. No browsing the shelves

-You then wonder if it was worth the $35 for the book, a signature and hours of your life spent in line waiting for something that took less than maybe 30 seconds.

-You are not even sure if the signed book you got back is the actual one you purchased

-Nobody has a conversation with Hillary/the talent

-Nobody dallies in the store after they get their book back… secret service is there to ensure this

Expecting Hillary to answer a question about Ferguson, the Mets, the weather or anything at all when she is doing a book signing is ridiculous. Doesn't matter if you are a "reporter&quot read- blogger who thinks they are a reporter). You are one person in a line of under a thousand. Want her to answer a question- find another venue to blog/report on.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

1. Haha.

[pipoman]

2. Yeah, she doesn't even answer questions during open questions at press conferences...

[KittyWampus]

4. good - then criticize her for that.

[pipoman]

11. I just did...

[Logical]

6. LOL, +1000 nt

[JaydenD]

37. She did a heckova job with this one:

Calm, collected, thoughtful before answering - everything you would want from someone in a position to be President.

Oops, I meant Obama -- not this hot mess of a reply.

[Kalidurga]

3. There are a couple of ways she could have handled this

One she could have made a statement days ago. Two she could have had her staff arrange an interview after the signing. She did neither and this is bad no matter how you spin it.

[Logical]

7. That is what the Hillary people are missing. nt

[KittyWampus]

8. LOL! It was a book signing, not an interview. You want to criticize her for not doing an interview

then go right ahead. But the absurdity of whinging about her not answering a question at a BOOK SIGNING is asinine.

That isn't spin.

It's reality.

[Kalidurga]

14. I said she could have had one of her people set up an interview after the signing

didn't even have to be a same day gig. But, go ahead and pretend I said she should have stopped everything right then and there to do an interview. She handled this badly there is no but it was a book signing that lets her off the hook.

[truedelphi]

39. Bu there is where you put some spin --

You mention all the effort she is forced to put out to get a lousy $ 35 for a single book.

Hell's bells, she gets a significant advance on the book sales, which makes it more likely that she is getting $ 1,200 a book. (it is reported she got between 7 to 14 millions of dollars as an advance. I know many writers - most of them are happy when they get $ 5,000 as their book advance. And most of them don't have a "ghost" helping them write their books either.)


I mean, it certainly is nothing like the $ 250,000 per speech that Bill Clinton gets for every speech he makes in front of a Corporate podium, but still, it is a hell of a lot less work she is putting out than the efforts that the bookstore employees are putting out.

[pnwmom]

17. Are you also criticizing Jimmy Carter, private citizen, for not saying anything publicly? n/t

[Kalidurga]

30. divert much

there are a lot of private citizens who are not presumably running for President who have also said nothing. But, sure I will go along with it Carter should have words to say about this. Now, go stick a mike in his face.

[cantbeserious]

5. So Says You - Others Would Disagree - The War And Wall Street Candidate Has Some Explaining To Do

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[KittyWampus]

10. There is no disagreement about what goes on at a BOOK SIGNING for someone requiring heavy security.

[cantbeserious]

29. Ok Expert - Still - HRC, The War And Wall Street Candidate, Has Some Explaining To Do

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[KittyWampus]

32. I agree with you

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[KittyWampus]

12. Well, everything I just posted actually happened AS I POSTED. So you are wrong.

I know this for an absolute fact.

I live near East Hampton and know what went into the book signing here last week.

She may not have daily S.S. protection but she does when doing a book signing.

[KittyWampus]

16. I just told you I live here and know what the local bookstore and their staff had to do

and what the public had to endure for a signature on a doorstop of a boring book and a quick, impersonal hello from Hillary Clinton.

So no, I don't have a "link".

And the Secret Service and bomb sniffing dogs were both used.

Edit- and helicopters.

[pipoman]

19. she is a first lady

[pipoman]

15. She would be eligible because of her former 1st lady status. ..

Betting she travels with a security crew...

[KittyWampus]

23. then her personal security guards had bomb sniffing dogs and helicopters.

[pnwmom]

25. You are correct. She and Bill have lifetime Secret Service protection unless they waive it.

http://www.secretservice.gov/faq.shtml

[pnwmom]

24. False. Former Presidents and their spouses have lifetime protection unless they waive it.

http://www.secretservice.gov/faq.shtml

[pnwmom]

21. False. She has lifetime protection as the spouse of a former President.

http://www.secretservice.gov/faq.shtml

[Bjorn Against]

26. Guess I heard wrong, I could have sworn I heard they lost their protection

I will delete my posts, thanks for providing the link. I stand corrected.

[pnwmom]

28. There are so many haters out there, it makes sense to me that they have lifetime protection. n/t

[pipoman]

31. Yep..

Not to mention kidnapping target and information target...for life...makes their pension and perks worth what it costs taxpayers to keep them safe.

[hobbit709]

18. Expecting her to answer ANY question honestly anywhere is ignorant.

[KittyWampus]

27. I am not arguing she's honest or doesn't need to weigh in on issues like Ferguson-

but to complain she didn't comment on any topic at a book signing is ridiculous.

[RKP5637]

33. Agree! n/t

[still_one]

34. Then don't buy her book if that bothers you

[woo me with science]

35. I feel sorry for her.

I didn't realize these signings lasted so long. Her signing hand must be getting really, really ....really, really, really tired by now.

[KittyWampus]

41. she doesn't even do personalized inscriptions… just signs her name. Like a conveyer belt.

[Cha]

36. Makes sense now that you've explained it, Kitty. Not that I'm

one clamoring for her to say.. anything.

[KittyWampus]

40. the irony is I can't stand her & don't want her for POTUS> just can't the dumb ass attacks

there is PLENTY to pick her apart for.

[Cha]

43. I got that from your thread and admire your sticking up her during the Book Signing..

kind of exciting living in the middle of all that, isn't it?

[Generic Other]

45. So better luck tweeting

At least a chance of getting their attention.

[wyldwolf]

38. K&R

[joshcryer]

42. I consider it similar to the Warren ambush over Palestine.

She'll answer the question when it is broached in an interview environment, and it'll be non-committal, generic, desiring justice to be done, etc.

[JI7]

44. i agree about the book signing, but i think she should have put out a statement