How can answers staff guess who an unvetted pol might be who happens 2b running with an older/stale person?

Can thin-skinned ans. staff be doing favoritism or did a thin-skinned guesser cry,"FOUL". Is the TRUTH too hard to handle...Oh...THE LAST WORD

“When Regular Jim Five-Pack Bluecollar fellow tried to match newcomer on the Main Street credo, it rang slightly wacky. ‘Look,’ he said, ‘All you have to do is go down Union Street with me in Wilmington or go to Katie’s Restaurant or walk into Home Depot with me, where I spend a lot of time.’ Why? Is he moonlighting as a checkout clerk on the evening shift? Or is he stalking that nice lady in Lighting Fixtures? As for Katie’s Restaurant, ah, I’m sure it was grand but apparently it closed in 1990. In the Diner of the Mind, the refills are endless, and Master Debater is sitting shootin’ the breeze over a cuppa java with a couple other regular fellows on adjoining stools while Betty-Jo, the sassy waitress who’s tough as nails but with a heart of gold, says Ol’ Put-Name-Here, the short-order cook who’s doing his Sloppy Whatchamacallits just the way the FELLOW likes ‘em, really appreciates the way that, despite 78 years in Washington, Joe Biden is still just the same regular Jim Five-Pack he was when he and Norman Rockwell (the painter not the American Nazi) first came in for a sarsaparilla all those years ago. But, alas, while he was jetting off for one-to-one talks with the Deputy Tourism Minister of Waziristan, the old neighborhood changed. In a conventional presidential environment, Bidenesque fake authenticity would be enough. Up against Sarah Palin’s authentic authenticity, I’m not so sure.” —Mark Steyn (modified to mask who feller is...)