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Fox & Friends hosted high school student Dalton Glasscock yesterday morning to tug at their Obama-hating viewers' heartstrings with the sad tale about how his spring break trip to Washington, D.C. was ruined by the cancellation of White House tours. But its more likely the cancellation actually made his trip, if not his year. What the we report, you decide network didnt mention is that hes a Republican activist who was also taking part in CPAC. The fact that Glasscock thanked the show for having him on and was given a chance to rattle off his anti-Obama talking points suggested the whole thing was more of a boon than a bust. So did his Twitter feed.
Although nobody on the show mentioned Glasscocks partisan activities, its quite unlikely they didnt know: Glasscock was profiled late last summer by Fox News when he worked as a page at the Republican National Convention. He told FNCs Todd Starnes, Basically the main job of a page is to rally the base and show people that, not only the Republican party, but the youth is excited about the Romney/Ryan ticket. He also noted that while this was the first election in which he could vote, Ive been involved in campaigns before. Glasscock lists his other Republican activities on his blog, which also includes his satiric poem, "The Night Before Barackmas." And oh, look! Starnes enthused about Glassock's upcoming Fox appearance in a tweet, too.
Glasscock had his GOP talking points down. He even worked in Benghazi:
Yes, sir. Even though he doesnt blame himself, I think the blame relies on him. It seems like hes a president who doesnt want to take responsibility for anything. First, he blames Benghazi on the State Department and then White House tours on his Secret Service, so what happened to "The buck stops here?
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bettyellen
(47,209 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)His name is Glasscock? Wow, bet that kid got teased never! Good thing his first name wasn't Harry or Dewey, or even Holden.
I couldn't even read the article...that name!
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Historic NY
(37,451 posts)proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)I'm sick of the phony drama over this non issue.