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DEM RIPS HILLARY FOR 'POLL' FAULT
By CARL CAMPANILE
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has mailed an "insulting" survey to Democrats to drum up cash for her re-election campaign next year — asking leading questions that attack President Bush and the GOP.
One Brooklyn Democrat who received the slick mailing accused Clinton of stooping to what he called the gutter politics practiced by Bush adviser Karl Rove.
"Part of my job is to be a good listener," Clinton says in a "Dear Friend" letter to targeted Democrats.
"My determination to move forward on the issues we care about is reinforced by the Republican pursuit of flawed and failing policies and by my deep concern over the effect the extreme Bush agenda is having on America.''
But the questions are aimed at drumming up anti-GOP feeling, rather than "listening" to and getting honest answers on issues, charged author Adam Fawer, who read the mailing last week.
One question reads: "How concerned are you that President Bush is not doing enough to get Americans back to work, create more jobs and getting the economy moving again?"
Respondents are asked to check a box to answer either "very" or "somewhat concerned" or "unconcerned."
She then asks for contributions starting at $25 to more than $100.
Fawer, a former market researcher, slammed the questions as "over the top and insulting."
"Hillary claimed she wanted to know what our views are, but the questions are so leading that it was obvious to me the poll is designed to try to get me to think in a certain way," Fawer said.
Clinton campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson said: "This piece was mailed in February. One person not liking a 6-month-old mailer doesn't sound like much of a story here."
DEM RIPS HILLARY FOR 'POLL' FAULT
By CARL CAMPANILE
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has mailed an "insulting" survey to Democrats to drum up cash for her re-election campaign next year — asking leading questions that attack President Bush and the GOP.
One Brooklyn Democrat who received the slick mailing accused Clinton of stooping to what he called the gutter politics practiced by Bush adviser Karl Rove.
"Part of my job is to be a good listener," Clinton says in a "Dear Friend" letter to targeted Democrats.
"My determination to move forward on the issues we care about is reinforced by the Republican pursuit of flawed and failing policies and by my deep concern over the effect the extreme Bush agenda is having on America.''
But the questions are aimed at drumming up anti-GOP feeling, rather than "listening" to and getting honest answers on issues, charged author Adam Fawer, who read the mailing last week.
One question reads: "How concerned are you that President Bush is not doing enough to get Americans back to work, create more jobs and getting the economy moving again?"
Respondents are asked to check a box to answer either "very" or "somewhat concerned" or "unconcerned."
She then asks for contributions starting at $25 to more than $100.
Fawer, a former market researcher, slammed the questions as "over the top and insulting."
"Hillary claimed she wanted to know what our views are, but the questions are so leading that it was obvious to me the poll is designed to try to get me to think in a certain way," Fawer said.
Clinton campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson said: "This piece was mailed in February. One person not liking a 6-month-old mailer doesn't sound like much of a story here."