The comments were made during a town hall meeting. The person leading the town hall trashes a competitor who used to be a partner, and intemperate language may have been used. Another competitor who may yet end up as a partner is called “lazy.” A media primed to snap up conflict and sensationalism does so, splashing the headlines all over — just as the person who made the original comments may have suspected they would in the first place. A particularly juicy chapter in the political bestselller “Game Change” describing the 2008 Obama and Clinton campaign machinations? No.
