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More on Anchondo/Press Credentials & Barbara Perez “Love Fest”

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I got to thinking about something Susie, a rabid Hillary supporter, asked about while Anchondo was on the Barbara Perez show. God definitely has a sense of humor because Susie happens to be the name of my ex-wife! Tough to figure out which of the two I like better.

Anyway, when they were discussing the video being shot of the committee proceedings and Susie asked if the man taking the video for the Obama camp was issued press credentials.

At first, I didn’t think anything of it, but then I remembered something. I had a conversation with Ken Sutherland about an unrelated issue during the convention. I had asked him where I could find Chief Wiles because I wanted to interview him (for this blog, I am not a reporter or anything) and I knew he was a big supporter of Wiles. He told me where I could find him and then stopped me as I was walking off. He handed me a yellow card that looked exactly like me delegate credential except it said “MEDIA”. He said “Here take this, use it as you please.” He knew full well it was for my blog because I made sure I told him that’s what it was for, not that he asked.

So, for once, Susie and I are in complete agreement. It would be nice to know what the process is to issue press credentials to people. From my experience with Mr. Sutherland, there didn’t seem to be one, but I would really love to know if there were rules governing the issuance of media credentials because that situation didn’t appear to be subject to any rules or process.

And people wonder why the Obama camp worries about rules being circumvented and manipulated?

April 3, 2008 Posted by lionstar75 | Uncategorized | | No Comments Yet