contrived

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They are blocking her from talking outside of any scripted and / or controlled / contrived environments (as the bushie speech writer did for her during her at the convention -- contrived, pre-built speaking points to make it look like the ideas were coming from her ather than the campaign working their newest puppet).

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  1. adjective Obviously planned or calculated; not spontaneous or natural; labored: a novel with a contrived ending.

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  • I don't buy Tim Gunn's speculation that his emotional meltdown was contrived -- because, of course, Andrae is just plain crazy. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Too often, this sort of treatment comes across as forced, contrived, and heavy handed. —  Bookslut
  • The more I read about it (25 years ago to present), the more contrived, ad hoc, and retro-dictive it seems. —  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • I completely believed this whole storyline was contrived, although there were real feelings the public dumping and the several after the rose ceremonies were all staged. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • If the mortgage-back security problem is real and not contrived, the next shock should arise from commercial real estate. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
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