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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 820079" data-attributes="member: 12952">** REPORTER CONFINED IN CLOSET DURING VEEP&#039;S FUNDRAISER ***Staffers with Vice President Joe Biden confined an Orlando&nbsp; Sentinel reporter in a closet this week to keep him from mingling with&nbsp; high-powered guests gathered for a Democratic fundraiser.Reporter Scott Powers was the designated &quot;pool reporter&quot; for the vice&nbsp; president&#039;s Wednesday visit to the massive Winter Park, Fla., home of&nbsp; developer and philanthropist Alan Ginsburg.&nbsp;A &quot;low-level staffer&quot; put Powers in a storage closet and then&nbsp; stood guard outside the door, Powers told the DRUDGE REPORT. &quot;When I&#039;d&nbsp; stick my head out, they&#039;d say, &#039;Not yet. We&#039;ll let you know when you can&nbsp; come out.&#039;&quot;Powers was closeted at about 11:30 a.m., held for about an hour&nbsp; and 15 minutes, came out for 35 minutes of remarks by Biden and Sen.&nbsp; Bill Nelson, Florida Democrat, and then returned to his jail for the&nbsp; remainder of the event.&nbsp;Powers said, the home&#039;s owner called him. &quot;He said he had no&nbsp; idea they&#039;d put me in a closet and was very sorry. He said he was just&nbsp; following their lead and was extremely embarrassed by the whole thing.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 820079, member: 12952"] [B]** REPORTER CONFINED IN CLOSET DURING VEEP'S FUNDRAISER *** Staffers with Vice President Joe Biden confined an Orlando Sentinel reporter in a closet this week to keep him from mingling with high-powered guests gathered for a Democratic fundraiser. Reporter Scott Powers was the designated "pool reporter" for the vice president's Wednesday visit to the massive Winter Park, Fla., home of developer and philanthropist Alan Ginsburg. A "low-level staffer" put Powers in a storage closet and then stood guard outside the door, Powers told the DRUDGE REPORT. "When I'd stick my head out, they'd say, 'Not yet. We'll let you know when you can come out.'" Powers was closeted at about 11:30 a.m., held for about an hour and 15 minutes, came out for 35 minutes of remarks by Biden and Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida Democrat, and then returned to his jail for the remainder of the event. Powers said, the home's owner called him. "He said he had no idea they'd put me in a closet and was very sorry. He said he was just following their lead and was extremely embarrassed by the whole thing."[/B] [/QUOTE]

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