The Right’s Reaction to Hillary’s Planted Questions

RedState has gleefully pointed to a CNN interview of a student at Grinell who was tapped by the Clinton campaign to ask a planted question in a recent appearance. Quoting CNN:

Gallo-Chasanoff, whose story was first reported in the campus newspaper, said what happened was simple: She said a senior Clinton staffer asked if she’d like to ask the senator a question after an energy speech the Democratic presidential hopeful gave in Newton, Iowa, on November 6.[...]

He then opened a binder to a page that, according to Gallo-Chasanoff, had about eight questions on it.

“The top one was planned specifically for a college student,” she added. “It said ‘college student’ in brackets and then the question.”

Topping that sheet of paper was the following: “As a young person, I’m worried about the long-term effects of global warming. How does your plan combat climate change?”

While I agree with RedState’s implication that such question-planting is sleazy…how come RedState never made a fuss over some of the tactics used by the Bush campaign and administration to guarantee friendly audiences at public appearances.

Or am I the only person to remember requiring loyalty oaths to attend Bush functions, folks being asked to leave Bush rallies due to T-shirts being worn or the presence of a bumper sticker on their car, and other similar shenanigans to manipulate public perception of crowd reaction to the leader?