is this a rhetorical question?

Is Meg Whitman’s Criminal Justice Platform a Joke?  (Prison Law Blog - Sara Mayeux):  "Well, the California gubernatorial primary results are in and Meg Whitman’s officially the GOP nominee. So I thought I’d point out that Whitman may have the worst criminal justice platform of any political candidate I’ve ever seen, in any election at any level. OK, maybe that’s hyperbolic, but seriously: Her platform is terrible. And I say this not because I disagree with the policy proposals — actually, it’s hard to find any realistic policy proposals amidst the rhetoric. Rather, I say this because from just about any policy perspective, Whitman’s platform is so removed from any plausible account of reality, and so callously dismissive of the needs of California inmates (who, after all, are Californians too), and so opportunistically manipulative of the rhetoric of “victims’ rights,” as to be insulting..."  [FULLPOST]