April 22nd, 2008
06:15 PM ET
15 years ago
Food and drinks being confiscated from Clinton headquarters
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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (CNN) - Just a little nugget from Clinton headquarters in Philadelphia: The Uniformed Division of the Secret Service is confiscating all food and drink as members of the media file in to cover Hillary Clinton's election night party. Journalists unwilling to part with their liquid are standing next to the magnetometers drinking their coffee, water or soda. A young woman in a tank top and flip-flops was forced to part with a granola bar she was saving for dinner. Clinton’s staff made valiant efforts to try and help reporters out, but to no avail.
The secret service must have thought it was BYOB......and food.......that's HILLARYous!!!
First, a campaign office in Indiana was set on fire; then there was a threat against Bill Clinton; now this. Obama inspires hate and animosity. Don't want to jump to any conclusions about what has happened now.
This is one of those – WHAAAAA???? If you don't want to share your food and bev. hide it idiots!
Come on CNN, you can do better then this!
GO BUSH
Who cares really?
Wow I think I might change my vote to Hillary because of this story. How impressive of the Clinton campaign.
She is POISION.
It's a joke guys. You are all so huffy and puffy and ready to blow someone's house down. Have a drink, relax, and let CNN do what it wants with its webspace.
They was paid for. Her campaign is broke
Let me guess.... they're charging all journalists a fee for food & drinks so they can pay off their campaign debts. Did I win?
Say what. People that have worked very hard all day cant eat? What is they afraid of, that people will throw food and beverages at Sen Clinton. Oh I get it a McNugget would be considered a weapon?
More silly politics (laughing)
Maybe they're confiscating it so they can serve it later. A lot cheaper than catering!
Are they afraid someone will start a food fight later when Obama wins? (smile) Go Obama!
Probably because they were all getting drunk.
No doubt some statistician will conclude that 100% of young women wearing tank tops (whatever they are) and flip-flops prefer granola bars over coffee, water, or soda.
No money – no food. LOL
What happend to them later? Obama will destroy US... Wright!
Just stick the food under a heat lamp and warm it back up. Even though it will leave a bad taste in your mouth, it's at least edible.
Kind of metaphoric for the Clinton campaign in and of itself.
Obama '08
LOL @ confiscategate08! hahaha ha ha hahaha breathing breathing hahaha woo hoo
Must be worried about a food fight once the polls close.
I think you only posted half of the story. We might INFER its for security reasons, but one might think you'd mention if there was a specific threat to Clinton by means of food. And what exactly is a magnetometer?
But hey, you posted it real fast and thats what counts. Call me old fashioned, but I think people would prefer whole story to the fast but incomplete one.
this is the most ridiculous story you have written. congrats on the new low
When did the Secret Service get the exclusive food and drink concession at Clinton headquarters ? Oh well, if it helps defer the cost of protecting the candidates and prevents just 1 food fight it'll be worth it.
Why should Hillary bow out and just hand it to Obama after fighting so hard. It is not over til it's over!!!!
If the numbers were opposite, I am very doubtful that Obama would be willing to just fork it over either.
The media as a whole has not been fair with Hillary the whole time. They seem to have been very biased during this whole event.
Both of these people are no doubt brilliant, but I think Hillary can deliver when all is said and done. I am hoping people are not really thinking ANYTHING would be better than what we have had. They better be really scrutinizing and listening to everything before they cast that vote! I have a Golden Retriever that is more intelligent then Bush, but believe it or not, there is almost always someone worse.