March 27, 2011 07:13 PM UTC

At least it's not your Vice Presidents staff.....oh wait...

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• by: cologeek

Apparently Joe Biden’s staff put a reporter from the Orlando Sentinal in a closet to keep him from talking to guests at a $500 dollar a plate fundraiser for Bill Nelson in Florida.

From England’s The Daily Mail

The White House website proudly says ‘President Obama is committed to creating the most open and accessible administration in American history.’

But try telling Vice President Joe Biden’s staff that, after they held a local reporter in a closet for hours after he was invited to cover a Florida political fundraiser because they did not want him talking with the guests

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The Orlando Sentinel reporter was ushered into the closet inside wealthy property developer Alan Ginsburg’s Winter Falls mansion, after being told that Joe Biden and Senator Bill Nelson had not yet arrived.

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After 90 minutes he was allowed out to hear Biden and Nelson speak for 35 minutes, before being taken back to the closet for the remainder of the event.

From inside his temporary prison Powers emailed his office from his cell phone: ‘Sounds like a nice party.’

I’m sure Senator Nelson appreciates all that the VP is doing for his reputation down there in the Sunshine State.  Maybe he can run out here to fly-over country and help out Senator Udall with fundraising.  Well I can dream can’t I?