No, The Red Baron does not like bloggers.

It also says something about Hill & his campaign that they think they can actually stop this recording.

In the first place, you’re talking paranoia. That’s not entirely unjustified. I’ve got a recording of Michelle Obama’s “REALLY proud” speech, just as it was broadcast on C-Span, and I’ve heard ads on TV where the word “REALLY” is edited out, trying to make her say something she didn’t say.

In the second place, you’re talking naivete. It’s not that hard to surreptitiously make a fairly decent recording. Kids have been doing that for decades at music concerts, and if you’re just after voice quality, not music quality, it’s even easier.

No matter what gaffe Hill thinks he might make, his best policy would be to encourage taping by everyone present, and to record it yourself as well, from a microphone on the stand so that it’s clear and easy to hear, offering to dupe your CD-ROM immediately after the event for anyone who wants one.

I’d disagree with the “You don’t want to be recorded, don’t run for office.” It’s more like “You don’t want to be recorded, don’t speak where there’s no expectation of privacy.” It’s not just candidates for office who need to beware of what they say in public.

“the freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.” - Virginia Declaration of Rights.