This brings a new meaning to Unfit to be President..and the coming Criminal charges!
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Secretary Clinton worked from home? OhMyGHODDD!!! Quick, Republican fanboys! Read all the email and let us know if you find anything SHOCKING!
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So childish. Male insecurities. It's our turn now! Why not vote for a FEMALE who is INdomitable, STrong, DEtermined and has the Ovaries to run our country and see for our safety than a racist and money deranged TRUMP! There are more important things to consider than the stupidity of emails.
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Not sure if this post is parody.
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It seems obvious to all intelligent people that Hillary Clinton at the very least is struggling to tell the truth about her emails. It is impossible to answer the same question about the same matter 59 different ways and be telling the truth each time, but that's where we are.
The American people want justice. If Hillary Clinton broke the law, which we already know she has, and if the Clinton Foundation operated out of the State Department as a pay for play racketeering scheme, which we already know it did, Hillary Clinton belongs in prison.
Loretta Lynch, the Attorney General of the United States, got her first big break from Bill Clinton, who appointed her US Attorney in NY state. She has a conflict of interest, and worse, she's an Obama appointee, and Obama is up to his neck in this because it happened on his watch. We may learn that pay for play activities flowing out of the Clinton Foundation helped Obama's 2012 campaign.
An independent prosecutor is the only way to get to the truth.
The American people want justice. If Hillary Clinton broke the law, which we already know she has, and if the Clinton Foundation operated out of the State Department as a pay for play racketeering scheme, which we already know it did, Hillary Clinton belongs in prison.
Loretta Lynch, the Attorney General of the United States, got her first big break from Bill Clinton, who appointed her US Attorney in NY state. She has a conflict of interest, and worse, she's an Obama appointee, and Obama is up to his neck in this because it happened on his watch. We may learn that pay for play activities flowing out of the Clinton Foundation helped Obama's 2012 campaign.
An independent prosecutor is the only way to get to the truth.
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What a great comment! You are obviously very knowledgeable in the law and understand what's going on in this humongous scandal that the mainstream media is ignoring for the most part. Thank you for your astute comments. Let's hope the voters wise up.
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If only Dinesh D'Souza could visit the storage room at Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in Los Angeles, Sacramento, Oakland and Chicago, it was Obama's biggest domestic client. Time for a little peek because that organization remains an enigma even to its own membership, legal and illegal.
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Question: How did all those people wanting access to SecState Clinton KNOW that the way to get in front of her was to pay a tribute to her though the foundations?
I'm pondering what the 90% Democratic Party-committed media members would have made of a Bush-family foundation offering to connect the wealthy with their government?
I'm pondering what the 90% Democratic Party-committed media members would have made of a Bush-family foundation offering to connect the wealthy with their government?
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I thought there was a huge concern about Clinton's use of a private email server due to the confidential nature of her communications as Secretary of State. I don't understand how we got from there to here, where her emails will be made public. It makes no sense. Also, why are her email practices not placed in context with those of former Secretaries of State, who supposedly operated in a similar fashion?
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Please read each of these and tell me if it's understandable:
1. Clinton's use of a private email server while Secretary of State does not make those emails private.
2. As with all Secretaries of State, her job-related correspondence belongs to the government and the public (us), not her.
3. If she'd used the government server, the government would already have those emails.
4. Previous secretaries of state used a private email address; like on gmail or aol. That's not the same as a server. Having your own server means having a private "gmail" or "aol."
1. Clinton's use of a private email server while Secretary of State does not make those emails private.
2. As with all Secretaries of State, her job-related correspondence belongs to the government and the public (us), not her.
3. If she'd used the government server, the government would already have those emails.
4. Previous secretaries of state used a private email address; like on gmail or aol. That's not the same as a server. Having your own server means having a private "gmail" or "aol."
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Whether you like it or not, Hillary will be exposed.
Now it is not about classified information, it is about using her position as Secretary of State as a profit center for the Clinton Foundation.
No previous Secretary of State in recent history has ever even been accused of similar activity.
Now it is not about classified information, it is about using her position as Secretary of State as a profit center for the Clinton Foundation.
No previous Secretary of State in recent history has ever even been accused of similar activity.
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Apparently we have to assume that the great share of Hillary devotees have not the slightest clue about the requirement to use government email for gov't business and the option to use AOL for example for friends to chit-chat.
The next question: Why did Hilary HAVE to keep her messages away from the government?
What did she know that she would be doing that HAD to be kept a secret from the people and their legal system?
The next question: Why did Hilary HAVE to keep her messages away from the government?
What did she know that she would be doing that HAD to be kept a secret from the people and their legal system?
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It seems obvious to most intelligent people that until Ken Starr is appointed and told he has until 2024 to run his "Starr Chamber" investigation of anything he can find that will smear Hillary Clinton, the radical right wing won't be satisfied.
I hear Ken Starr is recently out of a job, so fortunately he is available to do the job that Republicans insist must be done.
I hear Ken Starr is recently out of a job, so fortunately he is available to do the job that Republicans insist must be done.
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Intelligent people.
So you're not talking about Obama supporters.
So you're not talking about Obama supporters.
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If there is something in the mass of emails Secretary Clinton took such pains to hide, and pertains to national security or even a hint of impropriety-then the public deserves to know. Likewise, Trump should be held to the same scrutiny. These candidates are screaming for a remodel. Let's start over, shall we?
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Donald Trump's tax returns won't keep Hillary out of prison.
So please stop trying to change the subject.
So please stop trying to change the subject.
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Glad you have already convicted and sentenced her, DCBarrister. And if this fake investigation doesn't do it, surely you will support another 20 or 100 until finally one does.
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If you did the exact same things that we now know Hillary did, you'd be in prison by now. We are a nation of laws, unless your name is Obama or Clinton.
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Once again the low information voters change the subject and set up straw men arguments.
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we have become a nation of Gawkers. Wikileaks, Snowden, reality show TV. We have forgotten the value of privacy.
While a public figure has little to call his or her own realm of privacy, we should all take a deep breath and recognize that everything we say, write, and do that is in any connected electronically to something, whether through a passerby's cell phone camera or microphone, or that we voluntarily send out over our many free email channels or tweets or chats... all of it is no longer our own.
The Constitution's promise to keep us secure in our papers and effects is lost. So much the more if we do anything to rise or satisfy our ambition.
And yet, Trump will not release his tax returns. Is there no hacker group that will stoop to finding and releasing Trump's taxes to balance the R's efforts? (I mean the Russians and the Republicans).
If Hillary were really as Trump and the Republicans portray her, scheming and evil, surely this would have been a high priority Clinton effort by now.
While a public figure has little to call his or her own realm of privacy, we should all take a deep breath and recognize that everything we say, write, and do that is in any connected electronically to something, whether through a passerby's cell phone camera or microphone, or that we voluntarily send out over our many free email channels or tweets or chats... all of it is no longer our own.
The Constitution's promise to keep us secure in our papers and effects is lost. So much the more if we do anything to rise or satisfy our ambition.
And yet, Trump will not release his tax returns. Is there no hacker group that will stoop to finding and releasing Trump's taxes to balance the R's efforts? (I mean the Russians and the Republicans).
If Hillary were really as Trump and the Republicans portray her, scheming and evil, surely this would have been a high priority Clinton effort by now.
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Hi Johnny!
Would this be a bad time to mention that not one letter of one word written in English and considered law in the United States of America requires Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns? There hasn't been a second in the 240 year history of the United States where any human being breathing oxygen has authored or signed into law anything requiring Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns.
Not one word of any law in any country anywhere in the world that has ever been written dating back to the Ten Commandments requires Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns.
When no event in human history has ever created a legal requirement for Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns, it's obvious to me that you're howling at the moon.
What's not obvious to me is why.
Would this be a bad time to mention that not one letter of one word written in English and considered law in the United States of America requires Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns? There hasn't been a second in the 240 year history of the United States where any human being breathing oxygen has authored or signed into law anything requiring Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns.
Not one word of any law in any country anywhere in the world that has ever been written dating back to the Ten Commandments requires Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns.
When no event in human history has ever created a legal requirement for Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns, it's obvious to me that you're howling at the moon.
What's not obvious to me is why.
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DCBarrister,
Not one letter of one word says that people who are accused of a crime are guilty. And yet you have already tried, convicted, and sent Hillary Clinton to prison.
No doubt you support doing as many "investigations" as necessary until "guilt' is found. Weren't you calling for her imprisonment during the Benghazi 1 investigation? Or Benghazi 2? Or Benghazi 9? Or e-mail 1?
Glad to see you have a real grasp of the law. Guilty IF charged and if the first time doesn't work, maybe the 10th time will.
Not one letter of one word says that people who are accused of a crime are guilty. And yet you have already tried, convicted, and sent Hillary Clinton to prison.
No doubt you support doing as many "investigations" as necessary until "guilt' is found. Weren't you calling for her imprisonment during the Benghazi 1 investigation? Or Benghazi 2? Or Benghazi 9? Or e-mail 1?
Glad to see you have a real grasp of the law. Guilty IF charged and if the first time doesn't work, maybe the 10th time will.
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Every criminal law on the books, and even the common law and model penal code companions contain provisions that say proof beyond a reasonable doubt that people accused of a crime did that crime are guilty.
Example: I accuse you of burglary. That makes you the accused.
If the state proves beyond a reasonable doubt that you entered a home or a dwelling, without permission, after dark, with the intent of illegal possession and theft, then you are guilty of that offense. (of course you can raise an affirmative defense, but that's not the point of this example)
So RJ, I have to disagree with you, and go with the 240 years of existing laws that stand in direct opposition to your argument.
Call me a cynic.
Example: I accuse you of burglary. That makes you the accused.
If the state proves beyond a reasonable doubt that you entered a home or a dwelling, without permission, after dark, with the intent of illegal possession and theft, then you are guilty of that offense. (of course you can raise an affirmative defense, but that's not the point of this example)
So RJ, I have to disagree with you, and go with the 240 years of existing laws that stand in direct opposition to your argument.
Call me a cynic.
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Many ardent Clinton supporters simply don't care what she does or has done.
And many others are forced to overlook questionable behavior because the alternative is Trump.
A lot of this can be laid at the doorstep of the DNC, along with the MSM, which made Clinton the candidate long before the primaries.
We should have had other choices.
And many others are forced to overlook questionable behavior because the alternative is Trump.
A lot of this can be laid at the doorstep of the DNC, along with the MSM, which made Clinton the candidate long before the primaries.
We should have had other choices.
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Amen to that, Siobhan!
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Hear, Hear. I'd add Obama to the mix at whose doorstep this can be laid.
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Now we MUST have a schedule for Trump's tax return. That is the biggest disgrace going on in the campaign.
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Good morning from Capitol Hill David!
Just wanted to throw this out there, because as a Black lawyer in Washington DC, I have a habit of knowing the law, something we can both blame Harvard for.
Not one letter of one word of any sentence, phrase or statement made in any law written in English in the United States of America requires Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns before the election.
Let me repeat this.
The United States of America is 240 years old. There hasn't been a law, in existence for a split second in the history of the United States requiring Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns.
I'll try it again.
No human being involved in making any law that has ever existed in the United States of America in our 240 year history has ever written a law requiring Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns.
Are you getting my drift?
Meanwhile Hillary Clinton is being investigated by the FBI for racketeering activities with the Clinton Foundation. And RICO laws DO exist.
Just wanted to throw this out there, because as a Black lawyer in Washington DC, I have a habit of knowing the law, something we can both blame Harvard for.
Not one letter of one word of any sentence, phrase or statement made in any law written in English in the United States of America requires Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns before the election.
Let me repeat this.
The United States of America is 240 years old. There hasn't been a law, in existence for a split second in the history of the United States requiring Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns.
I'll try it again.
No human being involved in making any law that has ever existed in the United States of America in our 240 year history has ever written a law requiring Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns.
Are you getting my drift?
Meanwhile Hillary Clinton is being investigated by the FBI for racketeering activities with the Clinton Foundation. And RICO laws DO exist.
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DCBarrister,
Glad you are opposed to Donald Trump releasing his tax return. Just because every other candidate did so is definitely a good reason for you to oppose him doing it. No doubt you admire his honesty and trustworthiness. What convinced you of Trump's honesty? When he said that Obama wasn't a US citizen and his parents and grandparents had intentionally lied about his birth? Or when Trump explained that Ted Cruz' dad had killed JFK? Or when he explained that he had to tell small businesses he wouldn't honor their contract that they were free to spend lots of money trying to win in court or they could except a few pennies on the dollar for him now?
But if Republicans are doing their 10th or 15th Benghazi investigation of a "crime", then lawyer "DCBarrister" believes you are "guilty". Interesting perspective and no doubt a man like you would be a Trump supporter.
Glad you are opposed to Donald Trump releasing his tax return. Just because every other candidate did so is definitely a good reason for you to oppose him doing it. No doubt you admire his honesty and trustworthiness. What convinced you of Trump's honesty? When he said that Obama wasn't a US citizen and his parents and grandparents had intentionally lied about his birth? Or when Trump explained that Ted Cruz' dad had killed JFK? Or when he explained that he had to tell small businesses he wouldn't honor their contract that they were free to spend lots of money trying to win in court or they could except a few pennies on the dollar for him now?
But if Republicans are doing their 10th or 15th Benghazi investigation of a "crime", then lawyer "DCBarrister" believes you are "guilty". Interesting perspective and no doubt a man like you would be a Trump supporter.
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As usual with the Clinton's, the presentation is dynamic. That is to say it never seems to be complete and appears metered for the purpose of a defense in the court of popular opinion. I would like to see how many commenters Hillary has employed in the Breaking Barriers 2016 campaign PR organization and a log of where they participate...transparency, please!
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Guilty until proven innocent. Nothing nefarious has been uncovered yet the attackers (Priebus, etc) are considered worthy of news coverage equal (surpassing?) to the approach of objective journalism. False equivalency will be the end of us
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The media propped up Trump when he was bashing established GOP candidates. Now they have him as one of two people to be potentially be President. Media hammers him as he hammers himself with his own dumb comments. Problem is HRC may have some real not imagined ethical gaps and will be most likely President for four years. I went to law school as did HRC. There are classes that mention appearance of impropriety and conflict of interest. The concepts are not novel. How she operated in terms of their foundation while serving as SOS is a genuine ethical issue to be explored and investigated. This is not just another "Phony Scandal". Americans should know the truth of this.
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I am still waiting for Cheney's notes from the big oil companies right before the invasion of Iraq. Can we start with that crooked bunch first?
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@Kareena,
Yes we all know Cheney's not a warm fuzzy human being. What that has to do with Hillary's less then desirable antics is bewildering. Your comment is like the juveniles banter of "he did it first!" It's beginning to look like the pathetic candidates Clinton and Trump are all this country deserves.
Yes we all know Cheney's not a warm fuzzy human being. What that has to do with Hillary's less then desirable antics is bewildering. Your comment is like the juveniles banter of "he did it first!" It's beginning to look like the pathetic candidates Clinton and Trump are all this country deserves.
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The release of these emails should begin after Election Day, just as Trump's trial on fraud charges related to his Trump University swindle has been moved until after Election Day. Note that only one of these nominees is facing criminal charges, and it isn't HRC.
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Had HRC followed the law and turned her records, yes, email is a record, over to the National Archives in accordance with the Federal Records Act, a FOIA/PA request would have been required to see the records, and the emails would have been reviewed and redacted of all sensitive information. Also under the Presidential Records Act, she could ordered her records, as well as those of previous presidents, especially Obama's, off limits to researchers for at least the duration of her presidency. Actually, the laws which she believes she is above would have actually worked in her favor. Instead, by using a personal email server, she has drawn undue attention to herself.
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NYTimes commenters:
"Truth", like reality, is in the eye of the beholder.
Three blind men were asked to describe an elephant (from their respective locations.
There were all correct & they were all incorrect.
"Truth", like reality, is in the eye of the beholder.
Three blind men were asked to describe an elephant (from their respective locations.
There were all correct & they were all incorrect.
The excuses given by Clinton supporters trying to minimize her record of lying and corruption certainly lend weight to the argument that intelligence, logic and plain old common sense are in rare supply among most Democrat voters.
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Wait, Democrats have intelligence, logic and plain old common sense?
:-)
:-)
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In response to @Susan H in SC:
"As far as I've ever heard, the Clintons have only one house and no private plane or other toys of the wealthy".
Let me enlighten you:
The Clinton's tony Washington, D.C. home near Embassy Row (3067 Whitehaven St.) is 5,152 square feet (4 bedroom, six bath), with a market value of $5.76 million.
Their posh home at 15 Old House Lane in Chappaqua, NY has 5,232 square feet of living area. Zillow estimates the market value today at $2.3 million.
The Clintons also set their daughter, Chelsea, up in a $10.5 million apartment in NYC overlooking Madison Square Park. The palatial spread is 5,000 square feet, with four-bedrooms and five-and-half baths. It is located in The Whitman at 21 E. 26th St. It features a doorman, 10-foot ceilings, custom oak floors, Italian marble bathrooms and a private elevator, according to Vanity Fair. The Clintons also sprung for a $3 million wedding for Chelsea.
Just your average folks.
As for the private jet or drivers, Ms. Clinton needn't pay for any. She has the Secret Service to ferry her around, all on the taxpayer's dime. And soon, Air Force One.
"As far as I've ever heard, the Clintons have only one house and no private plane or other toys of the wealthy".
Let me enlighten you:
The Clinton's tony Washington, D.C. home near Embassy Row (3067 Whitehaven St.) is 5,152 square feet (4 bedroom, six bath), with a market value of $5.76 million.
Their posh home at 15 Old House Lane in Chappaqua, NY has 5,232 square feet of living area. Zillow estimates the market value today at $2.3 million.
The Clintons also set their daughter, Chelsea, up in a $10.5 million apartment in NYC overlooking Madison Square Park. The palatial spread is 5,000 square feet, with four-bedrooms and five-and-half baths. It is located in The Whitman at 21 E. 26th St. It features a doorman, 10-foot ceilings, custom oak floors, Italian marble bathrooms and a private elevator, according to Vanity Fair. The Clintons also sprung for a $3 million wedding for Chelsea.
Just your average folks.
As for the private jet or drivers, Ms. Clinton needn't pay for any. She has the Secret Service to ferry her around, all on the taxpayer's dime. And soon, Air Force One.
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And the G7s they fly around in are owned by the Clinton Foundation.
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Smackdown. Well done, Melinda.
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These emails are meaningless, just like the whole e-mail "scandal" is meaningless, and are only in the headlines because the far-right foundation Judicial Watch decided to make them an issue. They've been dogging the Clintons for over twenty years now, triggering endless investigations that cost us taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, and have never resulted in any convictions of any sort. Judicial Watch is not interested in convictions, just in raising doubts and casting flat-out smears at Hillary Clinton. Isn't it time Judicial Watch and their collusion with congressional Republicans was investigated with the same rigor that, so far, has exonerated Hillary Clinton of all charges?
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@David.,
Funny how power and clout have a way of making things either disappear.
Funny how power and clout have a way of making things either disappear.
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Us Provincials are always surprised when you people in the COLLECTIVE tell the truth about Hilly. She, along with Billy, OB and the other SocDemo clowns couldn't lie straight in bed yet y'all have been protecting them for years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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@Barbara:
"Is Hillary Clinton capable of telling the truth?"
In a word: no.
Corruption and controversy, and a never-ending lust for (yet more) money and power.
The pattern of actions and behavior about the Clintons says it all. When will their 'Clinton Foundation' be exposed for the slush fund it is?
This election cycle has produced two candidates who are unfit to become President. Both the Democratic and Republican parties must be held accountable for this sad spectacle.
"Is Hillary Clinton capable of telling the truth?"
In a word: no.
Corruption and controversy, and a never-ending lust for (yet more) money and power.
The pattern of actions and behavior about the Clintons says it all. When will their 'Clinton Foundation' be exposed for the slush fund it is?
This election cycle has produced two candidates who are unfit to become President. Both the Democratic and Republican parties must be held accountable for this sad spectacle.
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Actually nobody cares about Hillary's emails except republicanS and some Democrats who want to play "fair". It's so boring and so meaningless it's laughable. But the press feels the need to report it as if it's news. But it's only Republican talking points.
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@Mick,
It is news, because when it's the Republicans doing the "devious" Democrats are all over it. And what's wrong with playing "fair?" Most people I know who are voting for Hillary, are voting for her simply because she's not Trump, not because she's a worthy candidate. You should be elated that she's running against Trump instead of someone of character and depth.
It is news, because when it's the Republicans doing the "devious" Democrats are all over it. And what's wrong with playing "fair?" Most people I know who are voting for Hillary, are voting for her simply because she's not Trump, not because she's a worthy candidate. You should be elated that she's running against Trump instead of someone of character and depth.
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Putting "fair" in quote marks is a new touch.
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I'm also chagrined to know that we're spending so much time and energy in this election cycle on a candidate such as Trump -- who is not a politician nor a businessman with an exemplary financial record nor a man known to treat others calmly and with fairness. The level of discourse directed toward Trump pales beside the qualitative discussions going on about Clinton this or Clinton that. For about the last 30 years (at least), the GOP has tried to derail every Democratic candidate and every Democratic sitting president. That's an extremist representation of what Democracy is because these attacks are often vicious (instead of balanced) and (often) clearly self-serving. As a country, we need to be better than this. MUCH better. The hatred against Democrats that the GOP has is more self-serving than based upon fact That makes a mockery of our democratic system, which does not engender other countries to admire us -- the USA -- the country that truly is the best model in the world.
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I don’t quite know how (or if) this will all shake out, but the DNC made their own crucible via the sabotage of Sanders via the scheming duplicity of Wasserman Shultz. When HRC was announced as running, my first (and continuing) thought was “Who anointed her Queen?”
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So many of the Clinton Foundation donors are people or organizations that Clinton would have met with anyway. She did a lot of work helping and working with nonprofits and USAID. That was one of her strengths.
Would it be a scandal if the Prime Minister of England gave a donation--and at some point met with the Secretary of State? The media needs to make sure this is a real story.
Besides that, so far, I see Clinton aides being polite, but no actual favors resulting.
Would it be a scandal if the Prime Minister of England gave a donation--and at some point met with the Secretary of State? The media needs to make sure this is a real story.
Besides that, so far, I see Clinton aides being polite, but no actual favors resulting.
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Sure. Just normal Secretary of State stuff... so why did they have to go through the Clinton foundation to get that access?
Critical thinking skills should be used, I'm getting sick of the apologists.
Critical thinking skills should be used, I'm getting sick of the apologists.
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Why don't the Democrats and State Department and Pentagon put the Benghazi controversy to bed by doing a side by side of what was happening in Benghazi vs what the President, HRC, military, CIA etc were dong at the same time. That should answer all the questions.
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There is no word for the Republican Party chairman's accusations of truthfulness. No candidate in modern history has been found so lacking in truth by fact-checking organizations as the one that chairman is supporting--70% of what he says has been found to be false.
The FBI did its investigation. It was unprecedented that it gave a public editorial about it (and good luck getting people to testify privately in the future). There is a reason the Republicans keep coming back to a couple of issues. Eight investigations into Benghazi and millions of dollars spent trying to keep their PR campaign in the news. And successfully.
The FBI did its investigation. It was unprecedented that it gave a public editorial about it (and good luck getting people to testify privately in the future). There is a reason the Republicans keep coming back to a couple of issues. Eight investigations into Benghazi and millions of dollars spent trying to keep their PR campaign in the news. And successfully.
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We have a choice between a candidate with some rotten spots and a candidate with a rotten core, and the media is abetting the Republican move to make the rottennesses seem equivalent.
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Some choice. Well, the people deserve to know how far those "some rotten spots" go, because it is possible, except to those in total denial, that maybe those "spots" do go to the "core".
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The House Republicans are much like the Keystone Cops, scurrying from one alleged scandal to another, forgetting that Benghazi clearly didn't hurt President Obama's reelection. The simple fact is, the late Ambassador Stevens twice rejected the US military's offer for additional security prior to the attack on the US embassy in Benghazi. Facts are stubborn things.
While Republicans are becoming more adept at parroting the Fox News agenda to get free airtime, Democrats will be ensuring that Hillary Clinton's defeat of Trump will be yuuuuuuge.
While Republicans are becoming more adept at parroting the Fox News agenda to get free airtime, Democrats will be ensuring that Hillary Clinton's defeat of Trump will be yuuuuuuge.
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As I understand it, Hillary Clinton spent her years as Secretary of State writing thousands of email that she stored on a private server. She was so busy writing emails that she barely had time to travel about 100,000 miles, speak to and meet with dozens of world leaders, develop and strengthen State Department policies and programs that benefited women everywhere, and carry out all of the other duties of her office in a capable and competent way. Yes, all those emails, all written by her? How ever did she find the time? The State Department has no process or protocols to handle such matters? No staff? No government employees? No connections with other governmental offices? No one ever noticed her at her computer just busily writing writing writing emails? Seriously, this woman has to answer to everyone over everything, and she does so in a way that is respectful of the democratic process, while the GOP candidate hides his records, lobs insults and threats, alienates our allies, and probably is a mole for Putin.
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I suspect that 50% are truly personal emails and the rest is SPAM.
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Four brave Americans died in Benghazi and this has resulted in many millions of dollars and many thousands of hours of wasted time preparing paperwork, holding hearings, giving speeches and interviews about this subject of Clinton's emails. Time and money that could have been spent focusing on policies that will help American citizens.
Thousands of Americans have died, and are still dying, because of the unjust war in Iraq and subsequent destabilization of the Middle East. Hundreds of thousands of residents of the area have died, millions have been displaced throughout the region, and there is no end in sight.
Billions of dollars were misplaced by the US in Iraq. Corruption and recklessness have been documented in companies that top US officials had interests in. Security contractors, oil companies, engineering and construction contractors.
If what happened in Benghazi justifies the longest Congressional investigation in history over Clinton's personal emails, then what has happened across the Middle East and Europe as a result of the Iraq War must justify investigations into the personal emails of GWB, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and any politicians who were involved in the decision to start a war which has had a greater negative impact on the entire world by a factor of at least billions.
Thousands of Americans have died, and are still dying, because of the unjust war in Iraq and subsequent destabilization of the Middle East. Hundreds of thousands of residents of the area have died, millions have been displaced throughout the region, and there is no end in sight.
Billions of dollars were misplaced by the US in Iraq. Corruption and recklessness have been documented in companies that top US officials had interests in. Security contractors, oil companies, engineering and construction contractors.
If what happened in Benghazi justifies the longest Congressional investigation in history over Clinton's personal emails, then what has happened across the Middle East and Europe as a result of the Iraq War must justify investigations into the personal emails of GWB, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and any politicians who were involved in the decision to start a war which has had a greater negative impact on the entire world by a factor of at least billions.
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You are sooo right! Especially since Michael Morell has stated CIA briefings to Bush White House did not include some claims used to justify Iraq War.
Surely the hundred of thousands of lost lives, destabilization of region; mass migrations, and as some argue, resulting E.U. fragmentation (Brexit), warrant thorough inquiry?
Surely the hundred of thousands of lost lives, destabilization of region; mass migrations, and as some argue, resulting E.U. fragmentation (Brexit), warrant thorough inquiry?
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Hillary's house of cards feels as though it is about to collapse. In this year of shifting allegiance old alliances are out the window. As a life-long Democrat, who actually saw Kennedy as a small boy and have never voted for a Republican in my life (and wont this time) I still find Hillary's continuing email scandal a bridge too far. Her propensity to lie at all cost is the main sticking point. Throwing Colin Powell under the bus, a potential powerful supporter, show the depths she will go to in order to cover up her own wrongdoing. She had a very good chance after the convention to push the reset button. She could have said she learned from the FBI inquiry and would take on board all their points. That would have gone a long way in defusing that issue. Instead she continued to double-down. Think of the Fox News interview. Now we are likely to have impeachment proceedings from day one if she is elected. Amazing for me to say this but I simply can't support her until she come clean.
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I think you could should vote for Trump it's about time you became a Republican because you sound like one. I'm sure Hillary wants your bote but I don't think she needs it.
I guess my "bote" will cancel out your "bote".
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Timetable for release? How about, NOW.
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Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich started all this insane hatred back in 1995 with his "Republican Revolution".
Now we have to endure the insanity of the Trump phenomena.
Newt Gingrich is the modern day John Brown, reckless as can be.
Now we have to endure the insanity of the Trump phenomena.
Newt Gingrich is the modern day John Brown, reckless as can be.
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The Clintons are careless--they have always reminded me of Tom and Daisy Buchanan. However, they are also smart--I believe she in particular has a big stake in getting the Presidency right. I wish the election were over. But I want her--no starry eyes about it--a pragmatic choice. If she get impeached (which I'm pretty sure someone will try) then we get Kaine, who seems like a good guy.
Everything is OK unless we get Trump. And too much has been thrown at her--it's like the boy who called wolf. If something real did arise at this point, I wouldn't believe it.
Everything is OK unless we get Trump. And too much has been thrown at her--it's like the boy who called wolf. If something real did arise at this point, I wouldn't believe it.
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Hillary is not only unpopular, as former President Carter has described her. She is deeply flawed. Untrustworthy. Duplicitous. Corrupt. Lacking in candor and transparency. Why in the world did the DNC present her as our only choice? I for one will vote for anybody but Hillary. I'll vote for whoever seems to have the best chance to defeat her. Whoever he is.
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Oh, the irony...
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The article that I mention earlier can be accessed at the source-AP.
Here it is below:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CAMPAIGN_2016_CLINTON_FOUNDATI...
The article is titled: MANY DONORS TO CLINTON FOUNDATION MET WITH HER AT STATE
Here it is below:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CAMPAIGN_2016_CLINTON_FOUNDATI...
The article is titled: MANY DONORS TO CLINTON FOUNDATION MET WITH HER AT STATE
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Deniers will soon be explaining how they were going to meet with her *anyway*. It was just a coincidinky that they were donors.
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Ha, AACNY. You called it. Those explanations are already happening above.
Why don't these circumstances that surround the Clintons, Bill, and Hillary get the serious here we go again that is earned? If Clinton doesn't know how damaging perception is, even when it is not true (except perception for most is reality), she is not as smart as she is reported to be. These cases are pretty clear cut. If you say that you are not going to have conflicts between your donor dependent foundation and your dept of state job, don't have them or provide the appearance of such.
If Clinton hadn't made the wrong decision of having one email address from which to conduct her affairs or more than one phone, etc. she would not have an email issue but it would be something else she did that rises to the top of the presidential near-o'er scandal pile. Its August; what will we hear in late October? Clinton is not trustworthy! These emails will follow her all the way to the day after the election! She should have used better judgment, again. Now, its what everybody else is/was doing with their email so why couldn't I do it? Blaming Colin Powell as the initiator of her actions while she had her home office with its private server well underway before she spoke to him, does appear to be Clinton trying to pin her error on someone else.
If Clinton hadn't made the wrong decision of having one email address from which to conduct her affairs or more than one phone, etc. she would not have an email issue but it would be something else she did that rises to the top of the presidential near-o'er scandal pile. Its August; what will we hear in late October? Clinton is not trustworthy! These emails will follow her all the way to the day after the election! She should have used better judgment, again. Now, its what everybody else is/was doing with their email so why couldn't I do it? Blaming Colin Powell as the initiator of her actions while she had her home office with its private server well underway before she spoke to him, does appear to be Clinton trying to pin her error on someone else.
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Wrong.
Explaining that Powell and Rice purposely kept their e-mails private and off the state house server demonstrates that as usual, the Republicans are spending millions to investigate a non-crime that Powell and Rice did. Just like Benghazi.
And with all these investigations, what did they find? Nothing illegal!! At worst, it was "bad judgement" which is exactly the bad judgement that Colin Powell had and that you seem not to be bothered by.
Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi -- you wanted investigation #100 when 1-99 didn't show anything untoward going on. And now you want the same with e-mails. Maybe you can hire Ken Starr.
Explaining that Powell and Rice purposely kept their e-mails private and off the state house server demonstrates that as usual, the Republicans are spending millions to investigate a non-crime that Powell and Rice did. Just like Benghazi.
And with all these investigations, what did they find? Nothing illegal!! At worst, it was "bad judgement" which is exactly the bad judgement that Colin Powell had and that you seem not to be bothered by.
Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi -- you wanted investigation #100 when 1-99 didn't show anything untoward going on. And now you want the same with e-mails. Maybe you can hire Ken Starr.
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There's a very interesting article in the Canadian newspaper, The Globe and Mail.
*Citation:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/many-donors-to-clinton-foundat...
What surprises me is that the NYTimes has not yet (or will) publish an article
like this.
The article is titled: Many donors to Clinton Foundation met with Hillary when she was Secretary of State.
The article makes for very interesting reading, and I'm not sure where the information was found.
"The meetings between the Democratic presidential nominee and foundation donors do not appear to violate legal agreements Clinton and former president Bill Clinton signed before she joined the State Department in 2009. But the frequency of the overlaps shows the intermingling of access and donations, and fuels perceptions that giving the foundation money was a price of admission for face time with Clinton. Her calendars and emails released as recently as this week describe scores of contacts she and her top aides had with foundation donors.
The AP’s findings represent the first systematic effort to calculate the scope of the intersecting interests of Clinton foundation donors and people who met personally with Clinton or spoke to her by phone about their needs."*
*Citation:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/many-donors-to-clinton-foundat...
What surprises me is that the NYTimes has not yet (or will) publish an article
like this.
The article is titled: Many donors to Clinton Foundation met with Hillary when she was Secretary of State.
The article makes for very interesting reading, and I'm not sure where the information was found.
"The meetings between the Democratic presidential nominee and foundation donors do not appear to violate legal agreements Clinton and former president Bill Clinton signed before she joined the State Department in 2009. But the frequency of the overlaps shows the intermingling of access and donations, and fuels perceptions that giving the foundation money was a price of admission for face time with Clinton. Her calendars and emails released as recently as this week describe scores of contacts she and her top aides had with foundation donors.
The AP’s findings represent the first systematic effort to calculate the scope of the intersecting interests of Clinton foundation donors and people who met personally with Clinton or spoke to her by phone about their needs."*
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It is interesting how the foreign press can provide analysis that is less than flattering to Clinton, isn't it. The NYT is showing a bit of bias.
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This investigation is the biggest hoax since the radio broadcast of Welles' War of the Worlds. It hinges entirely on the fact that Hilary is a woman (and subject to higher levels of scrutiny) as well as the withering and frightened Conservative class, whose repressed rage and misogyny lead them to petty undermining. I always find it as unfortunate as I do alarming when reputable journalists steep into these scandals and regurgitate the story.
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Surely you jest?
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Last week Trump insinuated that she be assassinated- and that was just the cap- to an entire week's worth of gaffes and treachery (Russia, email hacking, gold star family, etc.).
This week, we're on our 3rd Trump shuffle. We're talking about "pivots."
Yes, I think there just may be a little . . . gender bias in the campaign. This non-story, about how this non-story itself may take down Clinton, has been up under the banner for 2 days . .
This week, we're on our 3rd Trump shuffle. We're talking about "pivots."
Yes, I think there just may be a little . . . gender bias in the campaign. This non-story, about how this non-story itself may take down Clinton, has been up under the banner for 2 days . .
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Let us be very clear on why this is happening at this most auspicious moment. The owner of Wikileaks, Julian Assange has admitted to not like Hillary Clinton due to her pursuit of him and his WIKI Leaks situation several years ago. While I agree with what he and WIKI did at the time, what he is doing NOW is in direct conflict with what his company was charged in doing. Are her email transgressions worthy of a non vote? No, I don't think so. But that it comes at a very carefully timed release just prior to a major and very dangerous election for this country is disingenuous to say the least. JA is NOT an American citizen, what he would stand to gain with a Trump POTUS has yet to be discussed. I would suggest he is beating the wolf while the lion looks on. Not very sound actions on his or his company's part. We will move on from this, as usual.
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"Has admitted"
Source please.
Source please.
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I have no source, but it's been an accepted idea that Assange got revenge on Clinton, with the DNC leaks.
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Have any former presidents been associated with a foundation while in office?
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“'Hillary Clinton seems incapable of telling the truth,' the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Reince Priebus, said in a statement." Well, it seems we have a serious case of the double standard here. Mr. Trump is allowed to wander all over the place without regard to 'truth' or falsity, and little to nothing is mentioned except in arcane 'truth-telling' sites, but Mrs. Clinton is allowed no interpretive statements whatsoever. If they want her to cut all ties with the Clinton Foundation, a non-profit organization that channels millions of dollars to 'good works,' why is Mr. Trump not asked to step down from his (in his own words) very profitable business operation. Double standard hardly comes close to the condition!
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Noticeably lacking from your defense of Hillary is anything suggesting that she is telling the truth. Calling Trump a liar does not make Hillary a truth-teller.
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We deserve better.
I'll vote Hillary. But grudgingly.
I'll vote Hillary. But grudgingly.
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Hillary Clinton is the most qualified candidate in this election.
I have never seen such dogged-determination to disqualify her candidacy.
We are not electing a candidate for sainthood, we are electing a trustworthy,time and again tested ,highly qualified,woman. This madness to under-mind and destroy her creditabilty is absurd.
I have never seen such dogged-determination to disqualify her candidacy.
We are not electing a candidate for sainthood, we are electing a trustworthy,time and again tested ,highly qualified,woman. This madness to under-mind and destroy her creditabilty is absurd.
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Doubtful those accolades apply to Hillary.
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Most qualified in bribery and corruption.
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Shadier and shadier HRC appears...like Abe Lincoln said..." You can't fool everyone all the time.My guess is people are start seeing thru the democrats charade...they have pulled the wool down too long and got away with it but the times are achangin so is Donald Trump's approach and rhetoric......watch out Hillary the hammer is gonna fall soon !
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In America, no good deed goes unpunished.
This is not the America I grew up in forty years ago.
This is not the America I grew up in forty years ago.
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What's the "good deed" here? Making $130 million dollars while in public service? Lying repeatedly about the email? Causing the government to incur millions of dollars in expenses investigating her lies?
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Okay, I'll bite. What's the "bad deed?"
"Making $130 million dollars?"
What, exactly, do you mean by "the email" in "Lying repeatedly about the email?"
And it was Hillary, you say, and not the house GOP, the confessed "poll numbers" conspirators, that "caused the government to incur millions of dollars in expenses investigating her lies?"
"Making $130 million dollars?"
What, exactly, do you mean by "the email" in "Lying repeatedly about the email?"
And it was Hillary, you say, and not the house GOP, the confessed "poll numbers" conspirators, that "caused the government to incur millions of dollars in expenses investigating her lies?"
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First there were three, then there was one.
The FBI has reclassified 2 of the 3 prior "classified" emails as not classified. So we have one - 1- email of several thousands - and this one may itself be reclassified. Who knows?
The FBI has reclassified 2 of the 3 prior "classified" emails as not classified. So we have one - 1- email of several thousands - and this one may itself be reclassified. Who knows?
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When will all the emails sent and received by 435 Representatives and 100 Senators be released? Personal and work related. Don't we have a "right" to see all those too?
If I weren't already voting for her I would for the blatantly partisan smear campaign that's been going on for years against Hillary.
If I weren't already voting for her I would for the blatantly partisan smear campaign that's been going on for years against Hillary.
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Congressional emails can be requested under the Freedom of Information Act, unlike Ms. Clinton's emails run through a home-brew server to avoid FOIA.
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With your indulgence, there is something I've been needing to get out of my system for a long, long time:
Can we PLEASE stop talking about this woman's email? For the love of God!
If, for one second, I felt Hillary did anything more egregious than what likely took place this very day in Washington, it would give me pause.
But no! While major issues go undiscussed, the world watches as we dither over server improprieties.
I don't care which party line you follow, can we please just move on!
Can we PLEASE stop talking about this woman's email? For the love of God!
If, for one second, I felt Hillary did anything more egregious than what likely took place this very day in Washington, it would give me pause.
But no! While major issues go undiscussed, the world watches as we dither over server improprieties.
I don't care which party line you follow, can we please just move on!
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I don't know why you're okay with a sitting Secretary of State using that office to line her own pockets.
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A junior employee of the State Department would be disciplined, if not terminated, for inadvertently allowing classified documents to be left unsecured. Why is Hillary so protected? Because she was so high-level? This doesn't wash. Someone has protected her to ensure her election, and I want to know who that was.
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See, that's funny. He said, he was sick of hearing about trivialities (I'll define that here as "things that FBI director Comey does not think are actionable offences"), and you interpret that as, he's okay with the SoS selling favors for money.
The thing is, what if someone doesn't agree with your premise- that she sold favors, for which there is no concrete evidence?
The thing is, what if someone doesn't agree with your premise- that she sold favors, for which there is no concrete evidence?
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So Trump should be elected.....
I would sooner dig up Mark Hanna and elect him than Trump?
I was not enthused about Hillary, but gawd they are making her so stark raving right!
I would sooner dig up Mark Hanna and elect him than Trump?
I was not enthused about Hillary, but gawd they are making her so stark raving right!
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Yes, despite Hillary being pilloried in the 11-hour Benghazi show trial/congressional hearing, turning over oodles of emails, surviving both the State Dept. review and the FBI probe, along with Director Comey's scolding non-indictment/indictment (which he walked back the next day), despite all of that, her enemies at Judicial Watch, just by suing for more emails, under FOIA, and getting a conservative judge to essentially intervene in the electoral process (why not?) . . . .we have:
"But the prospect of further disclosures from Mrs. Clinton’s emails suggests that the issue will not be put to rest so easily."
Clearly.
"But the prospect of further disclosures from Mrs. Clinton’s emails suggests that the issue will not be put to rest so easily."
Clearly.
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"...getting a conservative judge to intervene"?
At some point, the Clinton supporters need to stop making things up.
This judge was appointed by President Obama.
At some point, the Clinton supporters need to stop making things up.
This judge was appointed by President Obama.
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Sorry, but he was appointed by Clinton, not Obama, and in '94 Clinton was making a safe appointment, who had been already been appointed by Reagan in '84, as well as Bush 1, in '91.
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Someone else (don't remember who) noted on cable TV that the media is sanitizing Trump in order to continue to gain elevated ratings.
As far as I can read and hear, Trump has committed far more egregious actions over his lifetime than Hilary Clinton. All the media does, however, is continuously, persistently, endlessly talk about the e-mails and Benghazi.
For the media's information, as soon as I see Trump appearing on TV, I turn the channel to anything without him. I also avoid any Trump stories in print. I suspect that there are a lot of other people tired of the almost free ride the narcissist is getting.
Hillary Clinton is not perfect, but then there is not one human who is. Still, Hillary Clinton is a 1,000 times better potential president than the con-man Trump.
As far as I can read and hear, Trump has committed far more egregious actions over his lifetime than Hilary Clinton. All the media does, however, is continuously, persistently, endlessly talk about the e-mails and Benghazi.
For the media's information, as soon as I see Trump appearing on TV, I turn the channel to anything without him. I also avoid any Trump stories in print. I suspect that there are a lot of other people tired of the almost free ride the narcissist is getting.
Hillary Clinton is not perfect, but then there is not one human who is. Still, Hillary Clinton is a 1,000 times better potential president than the con-man Trump.
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You are so right! Trump disgusts me, and I look at his followers in amazement.
You know something? It's funny, but you can spot the Trump voter in your neighborhood. Someone soon is going to put up a sign and you'll say, as I did, "Figures." You see Trump supporters in traffic, and you say, "Figures." Trump people are noticeable, I'll give them that.
And the good news—which you all in the rest of the country need to know—I don't see a lot of Trump stuff down this way. A lot of people whose cars would be sporting bumper stickers blaring the name of their candidate right about now have pristine bumper stickers.
I like it.
Now let's all get out and vote.
You know something? It's funny, but you can spot the Trump voter in your neighborhood. Someone soon is going to put up a sign and you'll say, as I did, "Figures." You see Trump supporters in traffic, and you say, "Figures." Trump people are noticeable, I'll give them that.
And the good news—which you all in the rest of the country need to know—I don't see a lot of Trump stuff down this way. A lot of people whose cars would be sporting bumper stickers blaring the name of their candidate right about now have pristine bumper stickers.
I like it.
Now let's all get out and vote.
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Just show me one. Just one email that is "incriminating." And show it within its context. Every one if us in the corporate world commits email "crimes" daily. We write things that our corporate email policy does not allow. We use our private email accounts. Sometimes to expedite and sometimes to communicate important thoughts that might not be acceptable to the email police. The extent to which Hilary's minor, minor violations of an inflexible State Department email policy have been blown so far out of proportion is incredible. Worse yet, the gullability of the public, who buys it all. I just hope that voters have the intelligence to recognize the difference between a minor policy violation and blatant, blatant lying, as Mr. Trump has proved himself so good at.
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Bill Clinton says that he will leave the Clinton Foundation and they will stop accepting foreign money if Hillary wins.
But why? When everyone here in the NYT comments think it is fine?
But why? When everyone here in the NYT comments think it is fine?
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Would like to know if this impartial judge is a Republican appointment.
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So if he was appointed by a Republican, he'd be biased, but if he were appointed by a Democrat, he's be impartial? BTW, he was appointed by Obama.
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Appointed by Obama
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Assumed office in 2011 after being appointed by "Republican" Barack Obama.
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I am and have been a Clinton supporter in this election cycle. I do hope my candidate will not make a fool of me - like Mr. Trump consistently has made of his supporters. I do not expect perfection, but I do have - certain lines I won't cross or countenance my candidate crossing. So, Madam Secretary: what's it going to be? What's in the emails? Will I vote for you, a third party candidate or stay home in November? I've never failed to vote in a presidential election since I came "of age" many years ago - but this could be the year it happens. I will never, could never vote for your opponent. But, that does not mean, if you turn out to be too clever by half, that you'll get my vote by default. Please Hillary, don't live up to (or down to) the accusations of your opponents.
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If you're still supporting Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, that ship has sailed...they've been making a fool of you for nearly a decade.
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There is nothing in the e-mails -- they have already been vetted.
Hillary Clinton did the same thing Colin Powell did and did not use the state dept. server. Powell has stated for the record that he chose to do it because it was easier. Whether he denies ever telling Hillary Clinton that is irrelevant because he already has told the entire world why he did it. Hilary did it for the same reasons. It was easier. And unlike Powell, whose e-mails were never looked through and destroyed as all Bush/Cheney e-mails seemed to be destroyed, Hillary's e-mails have been gone through with a fine tooth comb. To find nothing. Requests for help from donors that were DENIED. Requests for meetings that occasionally happened in which no action was taken.
Americans who believe Ken Start was right to keep investigating the Clintons until he found a sexual dalliance, support the Republicans who keep investigating Benghazi until they find "something". There have already been many investigations because it will continue endlessly if people like you don't say "enough". They want to slur her with innuendo and will "investigate" until they find what? Sex?
Hillary Clinton did the same thing Colin Powell did and did not use the state dept. server. Powell has stated for the record that he chose to do it because it was easier. Whether he denies ever telling Hillary Clinton that is irrelevant because he already has told the entire world why he did it. Hilary did it for the same reasons. It was easier. And unlike Powell, whose e-mails were never looked through and destroyed as all Bush/Cheney e-mails seemed to be destroyed, Hillary's e-mails have been gone through with a fine tooth comb. To find nothing. Requests for help from donors that were DENIED. Requests for meetings that occasionally happened in which no action was taken.
Americans who believe Ken Start was right to keep investigating the Clintons until he found a sexual dalliance, support the Republicans who keep investigating Benghazi until they find "something". There have already been many investigations because it will continue endlessly if people like you don't say "enough". They want to slur her with innuendo and will "investigate" until they find what? Sex?
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I disagree, but you get points for being snarky.
To play "fair" every Presidential candidate should release 15,000 of their personal e-mails - like tax returns. It could deter 99.99% of the candidates from ever considering. Having said this, I don't want to read any of Trumps e-mails. Just too scary.
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I am not by nature a defender of Clinton, but I think this is being made far more sinister than it is.
You write about "thousands of emails that Mrs. Clinton did not voluntarily turn over", which sounds like an act of defiance towards the FBI. But it seems like the only place these emails still existed were in someone else's inbox, or on a section of her hard disk where the FBI needed deep recovery algorithms to reassemble the pieces. I would not be able to "voluntarily turn over" a lot of emails and files of mine under similar circumstances.
You write about the "awkward ties" to the Clinton Foundation, and others use terms like "bribery". I won't pretend that there are no ethical issues here, but exactly how awful is it for a Secretary of State to help a global charity raise money? That is really all it amounts to if all that happened was that the Foundation sometimes asked her to meet with a big donor. If she sold State Department actions for donations that would be different, but there is little actual evidence of that.
You write about "thousands of emails that Mrs. Clinton did not voluntarily turn over", which sounds like an act of defiance towards the FBI. But it seems like the only place these emails still existed were in someone else's inbox, or on a section of her hard disk where the FBI needed deep recovery algorithms to reassemble the pieces. I would not be able to "voluntarily turn over" a lot of emails and files of mine under similar circumstances.
You write about the "awkward ties" to the Clinton Foundation, and others use terms like "bribery". I won't pretend that there are no ethical issues here, but exactly how awful is it for a Secretary of State to help a global charity raise money? That is really all it amounts to if all that happened was that the Foundation sometimes asked her to meet with a big donor. If she sold State Department actions for donations that would be different, but there is little actual evidence of that.
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How awful? It's called racketeering.
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Racketeering? So meeting with a donor to say thanks, and telling other donors No if they ask for favors is "racketeering"?
What do you call it when the Bush Administration invited donors to write "new" laws gutting environmental regulations and encouraging a military invasion with trumped up evidence? That's okay, but having a "meeting" to thank a donor in which results in nothing except a thank you note is "racketeering"? It's hard to understand the desire of certain ignorant Americans to see Trump elected.
What do you call it when the Bush Administration invited donors to write "new" laws gutting environmental regulations and encouraging a military invasion with trumped up evidence? That's okay, but having a "meeting" to thank a donor in which results in nothing except a thank you note is "racketeering"? It's hard to understand the desire of certain ignorant Americans to see Trump elected.
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Without the destroyed evidence how do you know these were just friendly meetings for photo ops and nothing more?
Especially when at least one known less than qualified person was assigned to high level office?
It stinks.
Especially when at least one known less than qualified person was assigned to high level office?
It stinks.
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Time to admit that both parties were just kidding us and that next month they will reveal their real candidates. Certainly time for a do over.
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As old man Parker said in A Christmas Story, "That's real news!"
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Hillary Clinton did not turn over all work related emails?.. Can not be as Mrs. I always tell the truth said so. It's amazing that this Lady can not tell the truth. It's because the FBI are finding the Pay for Play emails now... Poor Hilliary Clinton.. You just can't hide your breaking the law! No matter how hard the left wing media tries... People do not trust you
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Obama is honest . No corruption
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I don't believe lawbreaking is the correct term. However it feel the same. It's the grandiosity and aloof self centeredness of her and Bill that is most concerning. My question is have they gone so far awry from good judgement from the constitution and from common sense? It's saddening and distressing that she hasn't addressed the distrust and her off putting style. This leads to my next question. Is she (and Bill) so disconnected from reality and are their advisors too afraid to tell them straight facts. This madness over having a woman president is absurd.
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"Conservative watchdog group" is one of those phrases the keyboard types by itself. Judicial Watch is the very definition of extremism, complete with Richard Mellon Scaife pedigree. It would be nice if the occasional newswriter could spend a few more words in characterizing them.
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Judicial Watch are not operating much differently than George Soros...? Anyway, the emails are public domain by definition, so JW is just ensuring the law is followed. Isn't that what you want?
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If the emails are public domain then they can't be confidential. You seem to wanting to have it both ways.
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Nothing to see here.
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Right now Hillary Clinton could say she thinks Baseball is un-American and I would still vote for her. Nothing Trump or the RNC mud slinging, innuendo machine could produce would change that. There is no comparison between the two candidates. Period.
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Yup no choice . Comedian Rob Schneider said today on KTLA. Los Angeles and I quote: "it's a tough choice between the 2 most unlikable people in the world. Like choosing between (some dread disease) and gonorrhea." Funny but sadly true.
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She won't step out of the foundation. Is Bell expected to? I doubt it.
It's not good .
It's not good .
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Cheryl Mills did, opening access doors, without a security clearance, at "State."
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It got way creepier today with the revelation that 50% of her communications as Secretary of State were donors to the Clinton Foundation- the blur of lines is alarming yet the Times piece on Trumps finances and debts seemed worse.
These candidates seem more self serving in the quest than any I can recall.
These candidates seem more self serving in the quest than any I can recall.
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First, were these people she would have spoken to as Secretary of State. Next, phone calls are not favors, and so far there are no favors.
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JWL, no, they weren't! Your loyalties are blinding you. Read the article again.
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Try some more reading. They have found NOTHING illegal. I do believe in this country, that is the standard.
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It's more iimportant to see Trump's tax returns than all. Of Hilary's tax returns.
While we are at it we might seek to examine all the covenants and representations Trump made to the many lenders he failed to pay back.
While we are at it we might seek to examine all the covenants and representations Trump made to the many lenders he failed to pay back.
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Consider the large amounts of money raked in by the foundation. Proportionally they have done very little for people around the world. It looks to me like their main accomplishment is lining their and their friends pockets. Bill's handling of large sums of Haitian relief funds has been very questionable. Haitians are demonstrating outside of Hillary's NYC office every day asking "Where is the money?" If you Google along the lines of Clinton Foundation greatest accomplishments next to nothing returns. So many people posting here are blindly saying the Clinton Foundation is doing so many great things. Post some links from unbiased sites showing I'm wrong. At least do some real research before saying how wonderful the Clinton Foundation is.
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Charity watch says 88% of the money taken in by the Clinton Global Iniative goes to charity which is very good as charities go. Perhaps you should go to some unbiased sites?
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Have you checked on your own facts? Are they from "reputable sources" as you say?
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Those that extoll the Clinton Foundation never mention anything positive they have done, because there is not much positive.
Negotiating drug prices for African dictators? Wow. Collect a bribe from pharmaceutical companies to ensure a monopoly and share half with the corrupt dictator. How much has the Clinton Foundation spent? Nada.
Ask Haitians about all the "help" the Clintons have provided there.
Holding conferences which are thinly disguised money begging sessions? That must be good for poor people somewhere.
The vast majority of money is spent paying friends and associates and flitting around the world giving speeches.
Negotiating drug prices for African dictators? Wow. Collect a bribe from pharmaceutical companies to ensure a monopoly and share half with the corrupt dictator. How much has the Clinton Foundation spent? Nada.
Ask Haitians about all the "help" the Clintons have provided there.
Holding conferences which are thinly disguised money begging sessions? That must be good for poor people somewhere.
The vast majority of money is spent paying friends and associates and flitting around the world giving speeches.
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What matters to me this presidential election:
The next Supreme Court appointments. Presidential elections matter beyond the candidate.
Reagan defeated Mondale= Antonin Scalia on the SCOTUS for 30 years of conservative activism.
George H.W. Bush defeated Dukakis= Clarence Thomas and his anti-intellectualism and narrow mindedness on the SCOTUS for nearly two decades.
Why isn't there a push to have Trump's court case about Trump University fraud released as an October surprise? What about Trump's tax returns? Trump's college transcripts? Trump's 3rd wife's immigration paperwork?
Clinton's emails along with these bogus health reports is just a diversion from having voters look too hard at Trump's clown show.
Hillary 2016 for my President and Commander-in-Chief!
The next Supreme Court appointments. Presidential elections matter beyond the candidate.
Reagan defeated Mondale= Antonin Scalia on the SCOTUS for 30 years of conservative activism.
George H.W. Bush defeated Dukakis= Clarence Thomas and his anti-intellectualism and narrow mindedness on the SCOTUS for nearly two decades.
Why isn't there a push to have Trump's court case about Trump University fraud released as an October surprise? What about Trump's tax returns? Trump's college transcripts? Trump's 3rd wife's immigration paperwork?
Clinton's emails along with these bogus health reports is just a diversion from having voters look too hard at Trump's clown show.
Hillary 2016 for my President and Commander-in-Chief!
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This story is not about the content of the emails, it's about the server itself. Get to the bottom of why Clinton felt the need to use it - or why someone told / forced her to use it. That's the real story. The reason isn't even likely that she wanted to use her position as SoS to influence others to pay to play. If that was the reason, she would have simply used two email addresses- her official state department address for work and some other personal email address for pay to play. If the reason was to wield her influence, clearly she didn't need the @state.gov address, as she used @clintonemail.com. Seriously, get the the bottom of why, because it wasn't for pay to play.
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Release them soon, please
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Open letter to Hillary Clinton:
Dear Hillary;
Please, for heaven's sake, stop emailing. Anybody. Don't even text. If you absolutely must email, "cc" a copy to Paul Ryan or Reince Priebus or some other Republican who hates your guts. (Get a dartboard to decide which one.) If you find you need Bill to bring milk home from the store, call him on the phone; if it goes to voicemail, hang up.
A desperate nation awaits your lack of a reply.
Dear Hillary;
Please, for heaven's sake, stop emailing. Anybody. Don't even text. If you absolutely must email, "cc" a copy to Paul Ryan or Reince Priebus or some other Republican who hates your guts. (Get a dartboard to decide which one.) If you find you need Bill to bring milk home from the store, call him on the phone; if it goes to voicemail, hang up.
A desperate nation awaits your lack of a reply.
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The work of the Republican party to discredit and de-legitimize another Democratic presidential candidate, and possibly president, continues. If Mrs. Clinton is elected now, the Republican senators will use this as an excuse for denying hearings on her nominees to the Supreme Court. I wish she would simply apologize and get past this and stop providing raw meat to the political assassins working for the right wing. She could have handled this better, but the FBI filed no charges, and now the Republican Senate will second guess that and provide more theatre to distract from their own flawed candidate.
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How many times should Hillary Clinton apologize? It's enough!
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She HAS apologized a thousand times! She's said it was a mistake to use the private server. Where have you been?
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Can we get some perspective here?
1. These additional “roughly 14,900 emails” turned over by the FBI to the State Department have already been vetted by the FBI, which has already determined they do not warrant an indictment of Hillary Clinton.
2. If Hillary Clinton did not include these in the 30,000 emails she previously turned over to the State Department, is it because she believed that these 14,900 “Clinton Foundation” emails were not “work related” to her job as Secretary of State?
3. It seems to me that Republicans are scraping the bottom of Hillary Clinton’s email barrel here in the hopes of landing one that meets their definition of “pay for play,” just like those supposedly three “classified emails” marked with a “C” in their body text?
4. Hillary Clinton is the most investigated candidate in the history of our national politics – can we get members of Congress to similarly release their emails to the public, so we can expose real “pay for play” transgressions that routinely go on in D.C.?
It is pretty apparent that Trump is losing the presidential race on the merits and so Republicans are getting desperate – flinging all sorts of charges hoping that one might actually stick. If this presidential race focuses on substance, Trump loses by a mile, which is why he now has Steve Bannon, the ultra right-wing Breitbart guy running his campaign. It’s going to get really nasty and ugly after Labor Day – even making Lee Atwater turn in his grave!
1. These additional “roughly 14,900 emails” turned over by the FBI to the State Department have already been vetted by the FBI, which has already determined they do not warrant an indictment of Hillary Clinton.
2. If Hillary Clinton did not include these in the 30,000 emails she previously turned over to the State Department, is it because she believed that these 14,900 “Clinton Foundation” emails were not “work related” to her job as Secretary of State?
3. It seems to me that Republicans are scraping the bottom of Hillary Clinton’s email barrel here in the hopes of landing one that meets their definition of “pay for play,” just like those supposedly three “classified emails” marked with a “C” in their body text?
4. Hillary Clinton is the most investigated candidate in the history of our national politics – can we get members of Congress to similarly release their emails to the public, so we can expose real “pay for play” transgressions that routinely go on in D.C.?
It is pretty apparent that Trump is losing the presidential race on the merits and so Republicans are getting desperate – flinging all sorts of charges hoping that one might actually stick. If this presidential race focuses on substance, Trump loses by a mile, which is why he now has Steve Bannon, the ultra right-wing Breitbart guy running his campaign. It’s going to get really nasty and ugly after Labor Day – even making Lee Atwater turn in his grave!
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Clinton has only been "exonerated" from criminal charges for using a private server. There has been no such exoneration from charges for using the Foundation in a "pay-to-play" capacity.
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Do you even know what "pay to play" means? The Supreme Court recently exonerated former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell, who had been convicted by lower courts on "pay to play" charges, because it found the "pay to play" connection tenuous and ill-defined. The worst that the Clinton Foundation emails reveal is discussions by Hillary's staff of official State Department channel access to high-profile foreign dignitaries, who had made contributions to the Clinton Foundation. Pretty lame stuff in politics and especially in the world of diplomacy!
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I'd love to see the emails between Trey Gowdy, Jason Chaffetz and Kevin McCarthy...the ones my tax dollars paid for.
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If Clinton foundation business is to cease with Clinton in the White House, it seems to me it was not okay with Clinton in the State Department. Clinton and the DNC should have seen this coming and nominated Sanders, or drafted Biden. Hubris? Now we have millions of progressives turning to third parties that have no news coverage. What a disaster.
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The Clinton Foundation actually does excellent work, it would be criminal to shut it down.
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In what world does the person who loses the primary get the nomination? The reality is that Capital-P Progressives are currently a minority in the Democratic Party, and an even smaller minority witin the general electorate.
Have you noticed those red southern states Clinton swept in the primaries may be competitive this year? The red states that Bernie discounted may end up heralding the blue wave. And it's Clinton who earned their loyalty through years of building trust and getting to know their communities.
Have you noticed those red southern states Clinton swept in the primaries may be competitive this year? The red states that Bernie discounted may end up heralding the blue wave. And it's Clinton who earned their loyalty through years of building trust and getting to know their communities.
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Like what?
Enough about the emails. How about an investigation into the tyrant Trump? Suggested Clinton's assassination. Both Russia and China hold most of his debt, who do you think will pull his strings? Asked Russia to hack into government emails, ties to the mob, unpaid suppliers, Trump U, a fine example of fraud.
Donald Trump assails with playground slurs, because that's all he has. An ignorant con man with personality disorders. So please, anyone, why are we talking about emails???
Donald Trump assails with playground slurs, because that's all he has. An ignorant con man with personality disorders. So please, anyone, why are we talking about emails???
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- Tim Kaine (from 2005 campaign radio ad)
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"The Bible teaches we can achieve great things when we work together. I'm Tim Kaine, and I've devoted my life to bringing people together to get things done. As a Christian missionary in Honduras, I saw how my work changed children's lives. As mayor of Richmond, I cut taxes, cut crime, created jobs, and built new schools. As Lt. Governor, I worked with Mark Warner, Democrats, and Republicans to get our financial house in order and move Virginia forward. Now I'm running for governor, and my opponent, Jerry Kilgore, is attacking my religious faith and distorting my public record. The truth is, I cut taxes as mayor of Richmond, I’ll enforce the death penalty as governor and I’m against same-sex marriage. I’m conservative on personal responsibility, character, family and the sanctity of life. These are my values, and that’s what I believe.”
- Tim Kaine (from 2005 campaign radio ad)
Enjoy!
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Now, if we use logic, instead of emotional reasoning, it might go like this.
Hillary would be the safest person with email security in the White House, having already been through the wringer on the email issue. Trump, on the other hand, is absolutely incompetent with being given nuclear codes due to his documented temperament, his ignorance of world affairs, his strange ties with Manaforte who had Ukranian underhanded political deals and his strange love for Putin. But now we ha e a NYT onslaught of reader responses, just after Trumps shake up and new people at the helm, who are soo screaming about Hilary's emails so we forget all about Trump... Oh how the game is played all on screamin emotional appeal. Trump, you and your kind are the lowest common denominator. God help you.
Hillary would be the safest person with email security in the White House, having already been through the wringer on the email issue. Trump, on the other hand, is absolutely incompetent with being given nuclear codes due to his documented temperament, his ignorance of world affairs, his strange ties with Manaforte who had Ukranian underhanded political deals and his strange love for Putin. But now we ha e a NYT onslaught of reader responses, just after Trumps shake up and new people at the helm, who are soo screaming about Hilary's emails so we forget all about Trump... Oh how the game is played all on screamin emotional appeal. Trump, you and your kind are the lowest common denominator. God help you.
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Don't forget HRC's connection to he Saudi's other Middle Eastern nations and their wonderful donations and documented support of equality for women !
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The Saudis didn't donate to Clinton. They donated to a foundation she does not run and gets no money from....a foundation that works toward women's equality around the world. Tell me again why this is immoral...because I just can't see it.
Many donors to Clinton Foundation met with Hillary at the State Department.
How can Clinton supporters excuse that? The decent thing to do would be to step aside and let any other candidate take her place.
How can Clinton supporters excuse that? The decent thing to do would be to step aside and let any other candidate take her place.
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The decent thing? Heck no, I voted for Hillary because I wanted her, as did millions of other Democrats. I've seen no evidence she did favors for anyone she met with.
Give it up. Even if she did "step aside," Sanders would not be her replacement.
Give it up. Even if she did "step aside," Sanders would not be her replacement.
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Did Hilary Clinton send clasifiied information to the Clinton foundation in order to help foreign nations and private corporations donors to the foundation.If that is so Miss Clinton should not be elected. In that situation the foundation was a disguised lobyist selling clasified information and access to the Secretary of state. This should be investigated by the media that is showing bias against Trump. I am a centrist democrat and dont agree with Trump But i believe in fairness and decency
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The FBI has seen all of the emails. There's no evidence that Hillary compromised classified info for any reason. All we have from the FBI is "bad judgement", not pay to play or treason. Get the heck over it.
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When are the we going to find and investigate the twenty-two *million* missing emails from the Bush Administration? Oh, never mind, they weren't women so they get a free bye.
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Not everyone you encounter in life is sexist. Stop living as a victim.
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Not everyone, Josh, but a whole helluva lot of them, especially toward older women. Demanding equal treatment is not playing victim.
But never mind -- why would women know anything about the prevalence of sexism that you don't?
But never mind -- why would women know anything about the prevalence of sexism that you don't?
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I know, let's get Ken Starr to investigate!
That's something I know Republicans will get behind 100%.
If I recall, Starr's investigation was "helped" by the very same groups that are "helping" his successors in how to try to subvert democracy with endless faux "investigations".
No doubt they can find a sex scandal since they can't find any evidence of these "meetings" resulting in one illegal thing.
That's something I know Republicans will get behind 100%.
If I recall, Starr's investigation was "helped" by the very same groups that are "helping" his successors in how to try to subvert democracy with endless faux "investigations".
No doubt they can find a sex scandal since they can't find any evidence of these "meetings" resulting in one illegal thing.
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It's so "nineties!"
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Assuming Clinton survives her latest unforced error long enough to win the election, her presidency will be engulfed in scandal -- real or faux -- within the first 100 days. The conservative hit machine, flush with cash and battle tested from the Obama years, will have a field day with her. And she'll make it easy for them, too: Perhaps she'll give Cabinet positions to the top ten donors to the Clinton Global Initiative.
I think that by her very presence in the White House, Clinton will resurrect the GOP after November. They'll have so much fodder to rally their base that they won't have any problem at all retaking the Senate in 2018 and then the White House in 2020. By then, the GOP will be so insane and dangerous, that we may well end up wishing that Trump didn't lose.
I think that by her very presence in the White House, Clinton will resurrect the GOP after November. They'll have so much fodder to rally their base that they won't have any problem at all retaking the Senate in 2018 and then the White House in 2020. By then, the GOP will be so insane and dangerous, that we may well end up wishing that Trump didn't lose.
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Doubtful
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Vote the GOP out, you will have nothing to fear.
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Yes, the GOP will be so insane and dangerous in 2018, . . . . that we should just give them, and Trump, the White House now.
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This is the kind of thing that is bound to happen when a party nominates the spouse of a former president: lots of old baggage. Yet another reason not to have presidential dynasties.
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Given Mrs. Clinton's permanent defensive crouch and serial aversion to forthrightness, perhaps President Obama might consider borrowing a page from a predecessor, Gerald Ford, and granting something along the lines of "a full, free and absolute pardon unto Hillary Clinton for all offenses against the United States that she has committed or may have committed or taken part in during her term as 67th secretary of state from January 21, 2009, through February 1, 2013."
That should clear the air, wipe the slate (not to be confused with the home-brew server) clean, satisfy the naysayers and, once and for all, wrap up and tie a bow around all those conflicts of interest at the State Department, shouldn't it? Although the timing could be tricky.
That should clear the air, wipe the slate (not to be confused with the home-brew server) clean, satisfy the naysayers and, once and for all, wrap up and tie a bow around all those conflicts of interest at the State Department, shouldn't it? Although the timing could be tricky.
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The worst I have seen from the emails is the suggestion that, while in office, she met with people who donated to the Clinton Foundation. Egads! I assume the next headline will be that reporters have discovered that members of Congress have met with donors to their election campaigns!
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It is extremely troubling that there is a "pay to play" thread running through Mr. Band's entreaties for favors to be done on behalf of Clinton donors. He requests a meeting between the Secretary of State and the crown prince of Bahrain? This is corruption, no matter the political party.
FOIA is law and should not have been "circumvented"; not by Clinton and not by anyone else. I am glad that this has come to light. The public has a right to these documents.
FOIA is law and should not have been "circumvented"; not by Clinton and not by anyone else. I am glad that this has come to light. The public has a right to these documents.
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I'm curious as to where in the Constitution it says nine appointed people get to choose the President. Granted, Bush v. Gore did establish stare decisis regarding the issue, but that was clearly the result of an activist Court, something conservatives have properly railed against (in theory, not in practice.)
Sadly but not surprisingly the Supreme Court is viewed by most people as merely a supra-legislative body, one they hope will establish or prevent whatever policy folks were for or against that the ordinary political process did not accomplish to their satisfaction. The last thing the Court needs, the last thing America needs is the Court involved in the 2016 election. If the District Court judge forces the issue, an appellate court will be asked to issue a stay. Likely, that court would then punt to the Supremes. No matter what then happens, America loses.
It will be fascinating twenty-five years from now to see how the public and historians think of and describe this election.
This is all exacerbated by the absurd length of the campaign. Canada does it in 11 weeks. The problem is campaigns are big business. When you add together the activities of advertisers, consultants, pollsters, media, lobbyists, and a hundred other things, you have an industry that is more than a blip in the G.D.P. Many people's business is related to campaigning, and the longer the campaign, the more business they have. Basically, all these people function as lobbyists for longer campaigns.
Sadly but not surprisingly the Supreme Court is viewed by most people as merely a supra-legislative body, one they hope will establish or prevent whatever policy folks were for or against that the ordinary political process did not accomplish to their satisfaction. The last thing the Court needs, the last thing America needs is the Court involved in the 2016 election. If the District Court judge forces the issue, an appellate court will be asked to issue a stay. Likely, that court would then punt to the Supremes. No matter what then happens, America loses.
It will be fascinating twenty-five years from now to see how the public and historians think of and describe this election.
This is all exacerbated by the absurd length of the campaign. Canada does it in 11 weeks. The problem is campaigns are big business. When you add together the activities of advertisers, consultants, pollsters, media, lobbyists, and a hundred other things, you have an industry that is more than a blip in the G.D.P. Many people's business is related to campaigning, and the longer the campaign, the more business they have. Basically, all these people function as lobbyists for longer campaigns.
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The reason that she is in the dock and not Powell or Rice is because the Republicans carried out a futile politically motivated witch hunt on Ben Ghazi while in the name of unity, the President and the Democrats did not seek an infinitely more justified investigation on how these two facilitated lying us into a war that has cost well over a half million lives. Compare that to whatever "ethics violation" they will try and pin on Secretary Clinton.
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Benghazi needed THREE investigations and isn't there a fourth happening?
This is only the second or third on the e-mails, and surely the Republicans have a dozen more in the wings when these don't find any corruption.
This is only the second or third on the e-mails, and surely the Republicans have a dozen more in the wings when these don't find any corruption.
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Compared to Trump's many bankruptcies, abuse of the "guest worker' laws, hints that gun nuts should kill Clinton, and his racist, anti-immigrant agenda, Clinton's emails are trivial.
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Enough now , you are innocent until proven guilty and as yet there is no evidence of any crime or conflict of interest committed by Ms Clinton or the Clinton Foundation.
Sure the Clinton Foundation has received donations from wealthy foreigners and in turn they have done a great deal of good for people in need around the Globe
They have disclosed this . To my mind they are a little bit like Robin Hood taking from the rich to give to the poor.
On the other hand Trump has borrowed from China , Germany and most likely Russia, we only know part of the story as he refuses to release his tax returns and his financial disclosure form is inadequate.
He has taken from foreign banks not to help others but to help himself .
Now I agree the Clinton Foundation should be merged with other Foundations so the good work can continue . Do it now Bill set the example
Trump and his family should also disengage themselves from all their Trump ventures should he win the election
Sure the Clinton Foundation has received donations from wealthy foreigners and in turn they have done a great deal of good for people in need around the Globe
They have disclosed this . To my mind they are a little bit like Robin Hood taking from the rich to give to the poor.
On the other hand Trump has borrowed from China , Germany and most likely Russia, we only know part of the story as he refuses to release his tax returns and his financial disclosure form is inadequate.
He has taken from foreign banks not to help others but to help himself .
Now I agree the Clinton Foundation should be merged with other Foundations so the good work can continue . Do it now Bill set the example
Trump and his family should also disengage themselves from all their Trump ventures should he win the election
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He's not going to win.
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Is not The Donald a liar telling the most lies in the history of the world and a big stiffer of those working for him, specifically and especially if they are immigrant workers?
Hillary comes in a distant second to The Donald as an inveterate liar.
Hillary comes in a distant second to The Donald as an inveterate liar.
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Hillary was supposed to be serving the people of this country and not trying to enrich herself. She was "selling " access to the State Department. Is that what elected officials are supposed to do? When Bill was paid an exhorbitant amount for speeches during her tenure, that was a potential conflict of interest. You saw the amount he received increase when Hillary became Secretary of State. What does that imply?
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People donate to politicians, meet with them, and ask them for favors ALL THE TIME. If we called that illegal, we'd have no politicians.
If the politician does no favors except talking to people, and never acts on the requests outside of normal procedure -- there is no crime. If you think Bill's fee is "exorbitant," I suggest you take it up with the speaker's bureau that books them. Trump said he charged $1.5M for speeches he made when he knew he was going ro run.
So much outrage over Clinton. So little over congressional Republicans investigating Clinton while Zika spreads and the average yearly temperature get hotter...
If the politician does no favors except talking to people, and never acts on the requests outside of normal procedure -- there is no crime. If you think Bill's fee is "exorbitant," I suggest you take it up with the speaker's bureau that books them. Trump said he charged $1.5M for speeches he made when he knew he was going ro run.
So much outrage over Clinton. So little over congressional Republicans investigating Clinton while Zika spreads and the average yearly temperature get hotter...
one has to wonder..?
as many have already said.
.these are not new releases
the FBI has already seen them..
yes they now have ..a potentially suspiciously timed.."schedule"
of release to the public...
But I`d like to know
Who`s behind...this ..
(quite possibly politically manufactured)..
news blurb ?
and ..who`s behind...this release schedule ?
as many have already said.
.these are not new releases
the FBI has already seen them..
yes they now have ..a potentially suspiciously timed.."schedule"
of release to the public...
But I`d like to know
Who`s behind...this ..
(quite possibly politically manufactured)..
news blurb ?
and ..who`s behind...this release schedule ?
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This entire article seems sourced only from GOP operatives, politicians and surrogates. Of course, they must insist the sky is falling. Really an article that presents basically a narrative that is so one-sided can hardly be considered objective. Everybody knows that HRC mishandled her emails badly. The RNC and it ideological minions and surrogates what us to believe that this is all a sinister plot to subvert government to private interests. But really, essentially this is all the GOP campaign has. The only other thing left is Donald Trump one of the most admittedly self-serving capitalist crony to run for the presidency. I think we will find in the final analysis that people will look at the desperate attack via the emails and ultimately conclude, "so what?". Its just amazing though how the Republicans are so adept at using the judicial and governmental processes which they so love to deride, so cynically and manipulatively in an attempt to bend an election.
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Republicans disrespect the legal system because they spend their lives bending it to suit their interests.
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Why is there not more attention given to the fact that the State Dept. knew Hillary was using her own server, indeed, apparently even set it up for her, and everyone concerned knew she was using her own server for FOUR years? Does the State Dept. not need to bear responsibility for its own lack of security? Are there no State Dept. information technology protocols for national security?
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"Does the State Dept. not need to bear responsibility"
Yes. Who was in charge there? Who was Sec of State?
Yes. Who was in charge there? Who was Sec of State?
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Who was in charge of Hillary? President Obama put her in that job knowing there was a conflict of interest with her Foundation. He never oversaw her activities or demanded transparency -- for example, demanding that she make good on her promise to disclose her donors annually to him.
As for State, it didn't know she had her own server. All those claims by Clinton and State that all emails had been provided turned out to have been untrue.
As for State, it didn't know she had her own server. All those claims by Clinton and State that all emails had been provided turned out to have been untrue.
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The State Department now has rules regarding the use of servers. When Hillary and Powell and Rice were there, there were no such rules. Hillary is being accused of violating a law made after she used the servers. ( ex post facto -- you can't be convicted of violating an ex post facto law under the US constitution).
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The ardent defenders of Hillary: "There is no evidence."
And then there was.
And then there was.
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We're still waiting...
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"Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory" comes to mind. Hats off to whomever first uttered the phrase.
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Bahrain. "Good friend if ours." Terrinle. .Clinton should step down as the Democratic candidate. This type of correspondence with the State Department is unacceptable.
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Neither major candidate for President is fit to hold that office. Could we start the whole primary season over again and make better choices? Who would be the ideal candidate from both major parties today? Kasich, Cruz, Sanders, Biden? It is obvious the GOP didn't want another Bush in there. The Democrats shouldn't want another Clinton either. I demand a do-over.
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"The American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails."
That is all.
Wait, one more thing: it's a charitable foundation, right? So....the money doesn't go to support the Clintons, correct? So....where is the corruption?
If this is corruption, so is lobbying of every single elected official in Washington.
Sheesh.
That is all.
Wait, one more thing: it's a charitable foundation, right? So....the money doesn't go to support the Clintons, correct? So....where is the corruption?
If this is corruption, so is lobbying of every single elected official in Washington.
Sheesh.
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It does go to support the Clintons. Very little is given to third parties. It is spent on Clinton Family travel and expenses and paying the Clintons and friends. That is not "administration" because it is not spent to get the money. That is what the money is used for, to support their "doing good things."
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You are simply wrong about the Clinton Global initiative. Charity watch - which rates charities, says the Clinton foundation has a 12% overhead which is quite good for charities. So check it out before you make wild claims.
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Lja NYC -- What you call overhead is what I call administration in my comment. Yes, it is low. They bring in that money at little expense to the charity.
But what do they spend the money on? They spend it on Clintons. They pay Clintons to do things, and they pay their expenses to do them. They pay them a lot. That is the non-overhead operations of the "charity."
But what do they spend the money on? They spend it on Clintons. They pay Clintons to do things, and they pay their expenses to do them. They pay them a lot. That is the non-overhead operations of the "charity."
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Clinton's handling of her email controversy has been so incompetent and careless that it is truly shocking. Like Trump who creates his own daily controversy, she is the one who would not let this issue die. Dragging Powell into this controversy was shockingly stupid. But the good news for her is that Trump is so dangerous that the voters may have to choose incompetency over clear and present danger.
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So far, the content of the emails shows absolutely nothing, upon nothing! Is this anything different from any president that we have records about from Lincoln through Johnson? All were using back channels, independent, non-governmental channels. We don't have emails for them; but we have letters (Lincoln), diaries (see Hay-Nicolay for Lincoln), tapes (FDR, Truman, Ike, JFK, LBJ, Nixon). We don't need it for Bush the Decider - - - we have 3000 U.S. dead in Iraq and 100,000 dead Iraqis, plus the Twin Towers down, and the destruction of New Orleans. So, these emails are no big deal.
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The word Scandal has become so cheap and with daily usage - more used than 'please' and 'sorry' it has become meaningless. While I and many like minded people are becoming nauseous with continued use of the email as something a great scandal that would bring down the most respected and qualified person , not to think about first woman and prevent from becoming the president of the US. For what? A personal emil server ? And give a pass to Mr Trump's continues praise of Mr Putin and others-perhaps the worst adversary of the US! Please Stop using the email as a Scandal which it is Not!
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I definitely will vote for Hillary. However, I don't understand how a smart competent person who knew that she was planning on running for President after President Obama left office did not discuss the ramifications of having a server in her home with a technology expert. She also should have not had any involvement with the Clinton Foundation while she was Secretary of State. This is not looking at her problems in hindsight but saying that a person in her position with every type of expert and support at her disposal did not think smart.
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You mean she should have thought she could not have had a charital foundation like the Bush's had one during both terms of the Bush presidency's?
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or ... she thought as people did way back in ... 2011?
technology, awareness, hacking - increased tenfold since then.
Perspective helps. So does trying to put oneself in those other shoes way back then ... and following the standard practice of previous holders of the post one is appointed to.
Perspective.
technology, awareness, hacking - increased tenfold since then.
Perspective helps. So does trying to put oneself in those other shoes way back then ... and following the standard practice of previous holders of the post one is appointed to.
Perspective.
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My career was in technoiogy and I can assure you that the community was very well aware of the hacking threat way before 2011. Any expert with far more experience than I would have advised her of the threat of hacking in 2011.
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We seem to be in murky water area now. The FBI already did its investigation and the head of the FBI testified in Congress. This has now become a political issue brought on by the Republicans. They have a dimwit, dangerous candidate so they are trying to win by any means. Sounds much like the 2000 election that was determined by the Republican Supreme Court.
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The FBI investigation looked only at the issue of whether she committed a crime by dealing with her email the way she did. The FBI did not look at influence-peddling allegations.
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It's likely the FBI is currently looking into her influence peddling problem.
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"The lady doth protest too much, me thinks", for had she not assumed she's above following the rules, while it wouldn't have necessarily derailed her critics who claim she's blurred the line between her governmental responsibilities and the Clinton Foundation's coffers, it would have given them a smaller target to shoot at. I feel sorry for the third party candidates like Gary Johnson, as people who may have been inclined to vote for them may feel compelled to vote for Clinton just to keep Trump out. Such is the sad state of our political landscape in America. There is reason to blame here...her defenders ire notwithstanding.
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The fact that Mrs. Clinton did not follow State Department email protocol has resulted in a lengthy review and classification of emails, which could have been avoided if she had followed the rules. The review process is expensive but the cost should not be bourne by the taxpayer, rather it shoud be paid personally by Mrs. Clinton. She admitted the mistake now she needs to own the direct cost.
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Just a simple question to everyone.
How many of you have ever deleted your entire history of personal emails?
If you have, there must have been a reason for doing so.
The fun is just getting started with those emails that she thought were gone for good.
How many of you have ever deleted your entire history of personal emails?
If you have, there must have been a reason for doing so.
The fun is just getting started with those emails that she thought were gone for good.
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Wow! A rich person seeks attention from a politician and gives money to get attention!!! like Claude Raines, i am shocked, shocked, by such behavior. Voters: get a grip on reality. This behavior has been going on since the Roman Empire (at least). The issue is should be whether the access that was bought provided any illegal or shabby result. As one California politician once said, "If you can't take their money. . .and then vote against them, you don't belong in politics."
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Interesting comment.
Fortunately for those of us in the legal profession, whether the result was shabby isn't the point of RICO statutes. Pay for play government fraud is a crime.
Fortunately for those of us in the legal profession, whether the result was shabby isn't the point of RICO statutes. Pay for play government fraud is a crime.
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The Roman Empire? Examples, please,
Read your Cicero.
Has anyone mentioned there was never a problem when Bush Sr had his Point of Light Foundation, while president! Funny, no RNC member ever said a word, no one single word.
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Both candidates have shown themselves capable of utterly blowing it. So the presidency will be won in the final weeks before the election, by the candidate who self-destructs less.
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I love this woman. Please, let's allow her to be our leader.
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What a despicable outpouring of hatred in these comments.
I will be preparing to defend my home against marauding mobs of Trump followers should Hillary Clinton win in November.
I don't think I'm paranoid. They really are dangerous and unhinged.
I will be preparing to defend my home against marauding mobs of Trump followers should Hillary Clinton win in November.
I don't think I'm paranoid. They really are dangerous and unhinged.
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"Representative Jason Chaffetz, Republican of Utah...said in an interview..." Something highly partisan and of dubious veracity.
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Now why do you suppose these "watchdog" groups came down so hard on Clinton yet gave Powell, when he was Secretary of State, and Rice, when she was National Security Adviser, a free pass over their "private" email accounts...oh, that's right, they were Republicans.
Don't you just love the reeking stench of hypocrisy in the morning?
Don't you just love the reeking stench of hypocrisy in the morning?
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I seriously suspect you don't realize just how technologically ignorant your comparison of personal servers to e-mails is.
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Yes they had private email accounts. That's normal. But did they have private SERVERS? I believe that's the issue AND the apparent lack of a boundary by Hillary Clinton as SOS while also part of the Clinton Foundation. It's the "pay to play" that's got the public up in arms. And many of us were once ardent Clinton fans, me included. So don't assume we're all for Trump. We aren't.
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Explain why private e-mails are okay but private servers are not.
You can't.
There was no "pay to play". In fact there is EVIDENCE in the e-mails that they said no to big donors who asked for favors.
A meeting to say thank you? A refusal of a visa request? That sounds like good government. And I don't need to see the destroyed e-mails of Colin Powell and company to know that their lying to the American people about Saddam having WMD was what corruption really is. Not a thank you not for a donation. Corruption is changing policy and lying about it to benefit people in the defense industry who want the billions a military war will send their way.
You can't.
There was no "pay to play". In fact there is EVIDENCE in the e-mails that they said no to big donors who asked for favors.
A meeting to say thank you? A refusal of a visa request? That sounds like good government. And I don't need to see the destroyed e-mails of Colin Powell and company to know that their lying to the American people about Saddam having WMD was what corruption really is. Not a thank you not for a donation. Corruption is changing policy and lying about it to benefit people in the defense industry who want the billions a military war will send their way.
Seriously people need to get a clue. Republicans are trying to do anything they can to make a scandal. Government computers, and emails have been hacked numerous times . Personal information on all government employees have been hacked. Lets talk about so real issues, and make Americans lifes better.
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Hillary or Donald? They're both more suited to running a dictatorship than even a compromised version of American democracy.
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There's hasn't been anything in Clinton's other emails and there won't be anything in these. When is this nonsense going to end? When are the media, the NYT not least, going to find something of substance to put under a headline?
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If I were a high ranking government official, I would be working 14 to 16 hours every day of the week, and don't you think it would be inevitable that my personal life would mingle during those waking hours? Do you get phone calls from your husband or wife and kids during the day at work? Do you call the shop to talk about your car repair? Do you email your boyfriend or girlfriend during your waking hours?
To expect a high profile hard working official to separate their personal and professional lives when they devote all their waking hours to the profession just doesn't make sense? I just don't see that the outrage is justified. It is of course, political witch hunting.
You can't separate her personal and professional lives because she devoted her entire life to being Secretary of State. She was entitled to some personal tasks.
To expect a high profile hard working official to separate their personal and professional lives when they devote all their waking hours to the profession just doesn't make sense? I just don't see that the outrage is justified. It is of course, political witch hunting.
You can't separate her personal and professional lives because she devoted her entire life to being Secretary of State. She was entitled to some personal tasks.
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Missing the point entirely.
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I think you're missing the point which seems to be the pay to play crossover between the foundation and state department. Nobody begrudges her to have overlap. That's not the issue.
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Comments like this one prove we are doomed. America as we know it had 10 years left. 12 tops.
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I agree with Robert from "Out West". I don't like that "pay to play" is part of American politics, but that is the reality. Does anyone seriously believe that it does not apply to Republican politicians, and that they are not owned by their rich and powerful pimps? Does anyone seriously doubt that the purpose of "Citizens United", which the Republicans love so much, was to expand "pay to play" by orders of magnitude?
The hypocrisy is stunning!
And in the context of Trump's near treason, incitement to violence, bigotry, pathological lying, and overt psychopathy, I can not imagine anything in the emails that would seem other than microscopic.
But the absolute last thing the Republicans want to do is discuss the ideas and merits of the two candidates. Hence the endless smear campaigns against Hillary Clinton, as well as the long history of Republican dirty tricks to win elections. Consider
- Nixon's multiple crimes, including but not limited to Watergate.
- Ronnie Reagan's high treason of negotiating with the Iranians to delay the release of our embassy hostages until his inauguration day.
- George H. W. Bush's exploitation of racist insanity with the "Willie Horton" ad.
- George W. Bush's theft of the 2000 (which he lost), and in 2004 his "swift boating" of John Kerry.
The last Republican to run an honorable campaign was Barry Goldwater in 1964, and he lost in a landslide. From then on, it has been one scummy Republican campaign (and candidate) after another.
The hypocrisy is stunning!
And in the context of Trump's near treason, incitement to violence, bigotry, pathological lying, and overt psychopathy, I can not imagine anything in the emails that would seem other than microscopic.
But the absolute last thing the Republicans want to do is discuss the ideas and merits of the two candidates. Hence the endless smear campaigns against Hillary Clinton, as well as the long history of Republican dirty tricks to win elections. Consider
- Nixon's multiple crimes, including but not limited to Watergate.
- Ronnie Reagan's high treason of negotiating with the Iranians to delay the release of our embassy hostages until his inauguration day.
- George H. W. Bush's exploitation of racist insanity with the "Willie Horton" ad.
- George W. Bush's theft of the 2000 (which he lost), and in 2004 his "swift boating" of John Kerry.
The last Republican to run an honorable campaign was Barry Goldwater in 1964, and he lost in a landslide. From then on, it has been one scummy Republican campaign (and candidate) after another.
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Sorry not to mention Gerald Ford, who also ran an honorable campaign in 1976. But he lost as well.
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According to the article, these emails were already evaluated by the FBI in the course of their investigation, and thus were clearly not regarded to represent any security or criminal breach. So what is the big deal here? If the FBI didn't find anything of relevance, neither will the State Department. The witch hunt continues....
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The US State Dept. is J. Kerry and T. Blinken, two sell outs, who may get into hot water by releasing any compromising emails belonging to Hillary the pathological liar. The Democrats would not like that very much. Clearly something is fishy, the SD is delaying the release of the emails and claiming the necessity of reviewing the material before making it available, for "security" reasons. Who's security,
the question is. Trump is right, our system is corrupt.
the question is. Trump is right, our system is corrupt.
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In one respect, the timing of this drip, drip, drip of conflicts of interest that continuously seep out of the all-too-familiar Clinton Inc. stonewalling labyrinth couldn't be worse for our political process, coming only 11 weeks before Election Day. But on the other hand, as the editors of The National Review pointed out Tuesday morning, it could:
"Yes, it is awkward to conduct a criminal investigation during a presidential campaign. It is more awkward to conduct one involving a sitting president."
"Yes, it is awkward to conduct a criminal investigation during a presidential campaign. It is more awkward to conduct one involving a sitting president."
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Oh well, we already had that last time.
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I can't imagine voting for Trump so in all likelihood will end up voting for Clinton. That said I'm stunned at how cavalierly most of the commenters here are treating the obvious pay to play that went on between the foundation and State Department. Relatively nickle dime stuff so far but more significant instances may well follow. It begs the question whether this was one of the reasons for the private server in the first place. Terrible lapse in judgement. Under any other circumstances would be a disqualifier.
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Want to chew on a scandal? Why hasn't Judge Merrick Garland been granted a hearing by Mitch McConnell's Senate Judiciary Committee? That's a major national security issue.
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Hillary, don't be a fool - release each and every email in your personal account. Let the chips fall where they may, but please PLEASE get rid of this albatross NOW.
As it is, you've waited too long and are about to hand over the lead you have over that ignorant, arrogant narcissist you're pitted against.
Please do us all a favor - come clean NOW.
As it is, you've waited too long and are about to hand over the lead you have over that ignorant, arrogant narcissist you're pitted against.
Please do us all a favor - come clean NOW.
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Come clean now, impossible.
Surely you jest.
Ain't gonna happen for you since we have asked from the start of the primary season; she just digs deeper and deeper.
Surely you jest.
Ain't gonna happen for you since we have asked from the start of the primary season; she just digs deeper and deeper.
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Trumpees are willing to excuse any number of gaffes, treasonous threats, shady relationships with foreign governments, endorsements from enemies, racism, bankruptcy, a possible first lady that might have been an escort, a campaign that is run by Fox "news" (but apparently all OTHER media is corrupt) - but when it comes to Hillary's e mail server all of the sudden out come the high morals.
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At least 85 of 154 people from private interests who met or had phone conversations scheduled with Clinton while she led the State Department donated to her family charity or pledged commitments to its international efforts.
If this isn't play to play politics reeking of corruption, I'm not sure what is.
If this isn't play to play politics reeking of corruption, I'm not sure what is.
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Talking on the phone with a donor is corruption?
Wrong. Corruption is letting your donors write the law. Corruption is firing US Attorneys who don't trump up an investigation on the person running against the candidate your donors want to win.
Corruption is doing something that is against US interests because your donors tell you to. It isn't a "meeting". It isn't a "phone conversation". If it was, you might as well arrest every single politician in US history.
Wrong. Corruption is letting your donors write the law. Corruption is firing US Attorneys who don't trump up an investigation on the person running against the candidate your donors want to win.
Corruption is doing something that is against US interests because your donors tell you to. It isn't a "meeting". It isn't a "phone conversation". If it was, you might as well arrest every single politician in US history.
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Hint to Hillary Supporters: Changing the subject to Trump's taxes will not make this scandal go away.
I do not support Trump, but on the tax issue I will give you back your own answer when you are asked why Hillary has avoided having an open press conference since way back on December 4, 2015: "There is no law requiring a candidate hold press conferences."
Very good. And likewise, there is no law requiring a candidate to disclose tax returns.
Sauce for the goose, anyone? Such sauce makes eating one's words less painful.
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I do not support Trump, but on the tax issue I will give you back your own answer when you are asked why Hillary has avoided having an open press conference since way back on December 4, 2015: "There is no law requiring a candidate hold press conferences."
Very good. And likewise, there is no law requiring a candidate to disclose tax returns.
Sauce for the goose, anyone? Such sauce makes eating one's words less painful.
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Amen. Amen.
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So, where are Donald's taxes and what is he hiding except enormous debt, which we do know about, and that he is not worth anything like he says. Regardless, if you are going to put Clinton under the microscope every 5 minutes, you need to investigate the taxes and the manager who worked for a foreign government in an anti-west capacity.
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You didn't pay attention, did you?
BTW, We, the US Citizens, owe other nations about $6 trillion. You did know that, right?
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BTW, We, the US Citizens, owe other nations about $6 trillion. You did know that, right?
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I want to know what damage has her emails done. This is looking for a needle in a haystack. If the damage is zero or inconsequential, it's time to move on. We have more really dangerous issues like Paul Manafort's Russian connection and hacking of Democratic Party's emails by Russia. And why are the court's getting involved into what is essentially political grandstanding? What, another Bush-Gore in the offing? Very ominous indeed!
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What a load of hooey. There is no evidence whatsoever of anything inappropriate. This is a GOP-led witch hunt and fishing expedition.
Meanwhile, we don't know what we don't know about Trump's health. The letter from his "doctor" that was released last year seems bogus.
Meanwhile, we don't know what we don't know about Trump's health. The letter from his "doctor" that was released last year seems bogus.
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We've seen this show before. Nothing major will turn up, but there will be just enough minor revelations from time to time for Mrs. Clinton's adversaries to justify continuing the investigations until January 20, 2025.
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I'm not as concerned with the emails, as I am with Donald Trump's business loans and ties with Chinese banks, loans from Russian oligarchs with unsavory ties, German bank's possible illegal loans, and his foreign debt; to me Trump is a National security risk and has dangerous conflicts of interest and subject to coercion from foreign foe.
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"The order [to release the previously hidden emails], by Judge James E. Boasberg of Federal District Court, came the same day a conservative watchdog group separately released hundreds of emails from one of Mrs. Clinton’s closest aides, Huma Abedin, which put a new focus on the sometimes awkward ties between the Clinton Foundation and the State Department."
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This marks is a new low in Orwellian doublespeak: "the sometimes awkward ties between the Clinton Foundation and the State Department."
There was nothing "awkward" about a well-planned scheme that involved Hillary Clinton deliberately obtaining a waiver so that Huma Abedin could be employed simultaneously by the State Department AND the Clinton Foundation.
What was Abedin doing on both sides of the fence?
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This marks is a new low in Orwellian doublespeak: "the sometimes awkward ties between the Clinton Foundation and the State Department."
There was nothing "awkward" about a well-planned scheme that involved Hillary Clinton deliberately obtaining a waiver so that Huma Abedin could be employed simultaneously by the State Department AND the Clinton Foundation.
What was Abedin doing on both sides of the fence?
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What do you Republican women think of your men holding such hatred of Hillary Clinton?
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So far I only have seen one Trump bumper sticker und zero Clinton stickers in town. When Obama run for office there where Obama signs everywhere. What a bad decision the DNC made with supporting the - doubtless - corrupt Clinton.
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I'm not sure that bumper stickers are a good measure of how things are going. Most people probably prefer to keep their politics relatively private, so as not to invite road rage.
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renate from Austria, im guessing ?
rare name, even rarer spelling
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Kind of like thinking the candidate who gets the most people to attend rallies will win. Historically, there's no correlation between rally attendance and actual votes. A lot of very reliable voters aren't into rallies or bumper stickers, but they make darn sure ro be at the polls on Election Day.
And you throw in "doubtless" -- though NO PROOF of any corruption has ever been found.
And you throw in "doubtless" -- though NO PROOF of any corruption has ever been found.
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From comments here, it's clear that people will stubbornly go ahead voting for HRC, irrespective of any evidence against her that may come to light during the next months.
They will use any possible excuse to justify their own decision ("we can't have Bernie", "Trump is bad anyway", "it's just a sexist witch hunt", "we are all human beings", etc. - you choose).
So, in November you are deliberately voting for a corrupt candidate: you knew it, you won't be able to say later on that you ignored it. You are accountable.
They will use any possible excuse to justify their own decision ("we can't have Bernie", "Trump is bad anyway", "it's just a sexist witch hunt", "we are all human beings", etc. - you choose).
So, in November you are deliberately voting for a corrupt candidate: you knew it, you won't be able to say later on that you ignored it. You are accountable.
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On the other hand, if I vote for Trump, I'll be voting for a despicable excuse for a human being. I'll vote Hillary and take my chances.
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How is she corrupt again? She may have missed some emails. Corrupt is if the emails showed she was spying for Putin, is divulging state secrets to North Korea, etc.
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Well Renby, the biggest thing is that the only real alternative to Mrs. Clinton is the disastrously ignorant Trump. Mrs. Clinton might be somewhat corrupt in office, although I highly doubt it. Trump would bring about the destruction of America and possibly the end of civilization through nuclear war. There's no question that we are stuck with choosing Mrs. Clinton at this point, rather than the downfall of our nation.
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If an extensive and exhaustive investigation into Clinton's e mails reveals nothing---if there really was something the Republican controlled Congressional committees would have put it all over Faux News. What about Trump's tax returns, his over inflated estimate of his personal wealth, the scam that was Trump University and Trump's known ties to a shady political operative who worked for Russian oligarchs and possibly Vladimir Putin?
Congress and the FBI should investigate Trump too. The IRS is already in the very beginning stages---an audit.
If
Congress and the FBI should investigate Trump too. The IRS is already in the very beginning stages---an audit.
If
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Based on the trove of emails available to the FBI its director James B. Comey came to the conclusion that Hillary Clinton had "mishandled classified information" but recommended no criminal charges be brought against her.
Now the GOP and the Judicial Watch, an organisation that has been pursuing her for many years are rubbing their hands with delight, hoping to uncover a huge scandal, something shocking and mind-blowing among the newly discovered 15,000 emails that would bring her down.
I hope Hillary Clinton will weather this storm, because she will emerge stronger. This will make her even more resilient.
Now the GOP and the Judicial Watch, an organisation that has been pursuing her for many years are rubbing their hands with delight, hoping to uncover a huge scandal, something shocking and mind-blowing among the newly discovered 15,000 emails that would bring her down.
I hope Hillary Clinton will weather this storm, because she will emerge stronger. This will make her even more resilient.
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There are almost 3500 comments. Where are Trump's taxes? That's what I want to know?
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I can tell you what is in Trump's taxes. Lots of depreciation expenses, acceleerated depreciation and rapid write offs, all authorized under the tax code.
As stated by Judge Learned Hand in the case, Gregory v Helvering,
"Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as
possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the
treasury. There is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes.
Over and over again the Courts have said that there is nothing sinister
in so arranging affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everyone
does it, rich and poor alike and all do right, for nobody owes any
public duty to pay more than the law demands."
Now, the real question: Where are Hillary's speech transcripts? What does she tell those "speech listeners" behind closed doors? And when she meets with big Wall Street donors, what does she tell them? Why is the Press excluded from these meetings?
As stated by Judge Learned Hand in the case, Gregory v Helvering,
"Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as
possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the
treasury. There is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes.
Over and over again the Courts have said that there is nothing sinister
in so arranging affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everyone
does it, rich and poor alike and all do right, for nobody owes any
public duty to pay more than the law demands."
Now, the real question: Where are Hillary's speech transcripts? What does she tell those "speech listeners" behind closed doors? And when she meets with big Wall Street donors, what does she tell them? Why is the Press excluded from these meetings?
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Hint to Hillary Supporters: Changing the subject to Trump's taxes will not make this scandal go away.
I do not support Trump, but on the tax issue I will give you back your own answer when Hillary supporters are asked why she has avoided having an open press conference since way back on December 4, 2015: "There is no law requiring a candidate hold press conferences."
Very good. And likewise, there is no law requiring a candidate to disclose tax returns.
Sauce for the goose, anyone?
Such sauce makes eating one's words less painful.
https://emcphd.wordpress.com
I do not support Trump, but on the tax issue I will give you back your own answer when Hillary supporters are asked why she has avoided having an open press conference since way back on December 4, 2015: "There is no law requiring a candidate hold press conferences."
Very good. And likewise, there is no law requiring a candidate to disclose tax returns.
Sauce for the goose, anyone?
Such sauce makes eating one's words less painful.
https://emcphd.wordpress.com
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Press are excluded from Hillary's speeches because they are private speeches done by a civilian. You rather do it the Trump way? Make all the media illegal except for the ones that are biased toward him, and spy on his opponents, kind of like what his BFF Putin does?
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Enough. I don't care about emails. The government and state department cannot ever fend off hackers. Corporations cannot stop hackers so claiming Sec of State Clinton was being unsafe is laughable. Move on and try focusing on things that actually matter.
Show us all your taxes Donald !!!
Show us all your taxes Donald !!!
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Keep moving, folks. Nothing to see here. Just a multi-billion dollar influence-peddling operation run out of the US State Department. That's right, folks. Keep moving.
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Yes, just like Benghazi. And it needs to be investigated as many times as necessary until that "influence peddling" is revealed, even if that is 100 times.
Unfortunately, no one can come up with any influence that was peddled! Unless turning down a visa request by a donor is called peddling influence. Why? Because the turn down was polite?
Unfortunately, no one can come up with any influence that was peddled! Unless turning down a visa request by a donor is called peddling influence. Why? Because the turn down was polite?
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No, there's nothing to see because there's nothing to see.
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Hillary's e-mails. Wow! There is nothing here! Enough!
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While Jason Chaffetz and all the rest of the Republicans squander (abuse) their power on the House Committee on Oversight and Governmental Reform trying to bring Hillary Clinton down, assault weapons are being sold to madmen for the next mass shooting, drug companies are price-gouging us blind, and the concentration of heat-trapping gasses continues to rise. Did Hillary Clinton's use of a private server really hurt the American people? Is it so unusual to use money and power to gain influence? Republicans have lost all sense of reason and proportion. What really hurting the American people is healthcare costs out of control, absence of good paying jobs, and failure to protect us global warming. As long as Republicans run the House and Senate thousands of us are quite literally doomed to die from gun violence, unaffordable drug prices, and heat stroke. They say there's no way Democrats can win back the House, but are there any sane Republicans in safe districts who will vote for Democrats just to deliver us from this death panel of a Congress?
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The Clinton's scheme for maintaining and enhancing their political and economic power is quite clever indeed but can only work in a system where the rule of law no longer applies to the well connected. As a society we are quickly moving to oligarchical rule- where power effectively rests with a small number of individuals, families, and their front institutions, who typically pass their influence from one generation to the next. Citizen compliance is secured through ideological and cultural control, think MSM, and a myriad of institutions that purport to serve the public good but in fact work to preserve and enhance the interests of the oligarchs.
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We are ALREADY an oligarchy. Pay attention, there'll be a quiz later.
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Nothing really serious GOP can achieve.
Louisiana under water, 20 billion USD damage, FEMA is there but I believe it needs something extra to cover this disaster,
Zika in florida, WH stressed this issue last spring , it needs to be money for preventing outbreak.
But GOP focused on Hillary's emails, Gowdied hard find nothing, FBI told them no-head with sanity can open law suit about this emails and related issues.
But Comey described very clear the issue, NO sane head bring this in court.
We all know GOP is INSANE, KFC ing same subject again again meanwhile losing the party to TRUMP.
after all It seems Trump was right , GOP politicians are just INSANE, they cannot read their people, they are sore losers.
Louisiana under water, 20 billion USD damage, FEMA is there but I believe it needs something extra to cover this disaster,
Zika in florida, WH stressed this issue last spring , it needs to be money for preventing outbreak.
But GOP focused on Hillary's emails, Gowdied hard find nothing, FBI told them no-head with sanity can open law suit about this emails and related issues.
But Comey described very clear the issue, NO sane head bring this in court.
We all know GOP is INSANE, KFC ing same subject again again meanwhile losing the party to TRUMP.
after all It seems Trump was right , GOP politicians are just INSANE, they cannot read their people, they are sore losers.
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The real issue in this article is whether there was a conflict of interest between the Clinton Foundation and Hillary Clinton's role as Secretary of State, by granting special favors to major donors of the Clinton foundation through her office.
This did indeed happen, when a next day appointment with Hillary Clinton was offered to Bahrain's crown prince by Abedin, a top Clinton aide, in writing to Band, a Clinton Foundation executive who made the request. It does not matter that Abedin also contacted the prince through official channels. The fact that she responded with an appointment in writing to a Clinton Foundation executive is outside the bounds of acceptable protocol, and is clearly a conflict of interest along the lines of pay to play.
This has nothing to do with the fact that Trump is a pathological liar, has no ethical standards and is not presidential material, or that Hillary is a woman, a Clinton and a Democrat. These are parenthetical issues to conflicts of interest and influence peddling, and Hillary Clinton has no one to blame but herself for once again demonstrating remarkably poor and self-destructive judgment. There will likely be additional damaging information to come, which is unfortunate, because Clinton should crush Trump in this important election, but may ultimately defeat herself.
This did indeed happen, when a next day appointment with Hillary Clinton was offered to Bahrain's crown prince by Abedin, a top Clinton aide, in writing to Band, a Clinton Foundation executive who made the request. It does not matter that Abedin also contacted the prince through official channels. The fact that she responded with an appointment in writing to a Clinton Foundation executive is outside the bounds of acceptable protocol, and is clearly a conflict of interest along the lines of pay to play.
This has nothing to do with the fact that Trump is a pathological liar, has no ethical standards and is not presidential material, or that Hillary is a woman, a Clinton and a Democrat. These are parenthetical issues to conflicts of interest and influence peddling, and Hillary Clinton has no one to blame but herself for once again demonstrating remarkably poor and self-destructive judgment. There will likely be additional damaging information to come, which is unfortunate, because Clinton should crush Trump in this important election, but may ultimately defeat herself.
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A meeting is not "peddling influence". Selling out US interests and firing US Attorneys because your big donors want you to is peddling influence.
A meeting where you tell a donor who asks for something "no" is just that. A meeting. Quit making it look like a scandal. The American people are sick of it.
A meeting where you tell a donor who asks for something "no" is just that. A meeting. Quit making it look like a scandal. The American people are sick of it.
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You speak for yourself, not the American people. You missed the key point that setting up this meeting was a conflict of interest, while Clinton was Secretary of State. To deny this is to ignore reality.
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What a no-brainer. This micro-focus on Hilary Clinton's emails is nothing more than the conservative Republican Party seeking to undermine the well-credentialed Democratic Presidential Candidate so that their completely incompetent and racist Republican Presidential Candidate will somehow shine in comparison. What's so undeniably wrong with this election is the contempt the Republicans show toward the American people. They will do anything to elect a Republican, even the most vile personage as Trump. Where are your scruples and integrity, Republican party?
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what scruples? what integrity?
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What do the emails on Hillary's private server show? They show she and her staff did not use her private server to handle confidential state secrets. After scouring tens of thousands of emails, only a minuscule number were found to have marginally important but not very significant classified information. Yawn. The representatives that Republicans sent to Washing should be do the job they were hired to do -- Govern the country. Instead they have pursued partisan vendettas against the Clintons for more than 20 years.
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Whoa!!!!!!!!!!! What right does this federal judge have to make public these e-mails? Especially at this time. Seems that the judiciary is once again overstepping its jurisdiction.
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especially since Judge Curiel was so restrained in delaying the Trump University fraud trial
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Public records. What's your point?
By not mentioning that the Clinton Foundation is a world-wide non-profit philanthropy from which the Clintons derive no financial benefit in it's stories about alleged "pay for play" emails, WaPo contributes to a public misconception fed by the right wing that the Clinton Foundation is a political slush fund. Fairness requires it to be properly identified. I hope we'll see an article soon about the good the Foundation does.
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Whoops! Meant NYTimes, but WaPo is just as quilty.
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11 million people suffering from AIDS are still alive because of them. How's that?
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Centuries later, historians or anyone interested will have a very hard time understanding how nonsense like this led to the unraveling of the political institutions of the most powerful nation on earth. It's such an embarrassment. Can we move on and talk about something that matters?
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The Washington Post is now featuring an Associated Press article that reveals “more than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money - either personally or through companies or groups - to the Clinton Foundation. It's an extraordinary proportion indicating her possible ethics challenges if elected president.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/23/now-hillary-ha...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/23/now-hillary-ha...
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The Clinton campaign has responded by saying the analysis "cherry picked" and ignored all the world leaders and people in government she had met with.
In other words, they have no defense, since the analysis is specifically about people outside government.
In other words, they have no defense, since the analysis is specifically about people outside government.
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How many direct donors do Senators, Congressmen, Governors, and state legislators meet with? I don't like the system at all, but this tells us absolutely nothing about Secretary Clinton. Besides many of the donors politicians and officials meet with have conflicting interests and advocate opposing points of view. I'm so sick of this pretended holier than thou moralizing.
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That is the most ridiculous charge I have ever heard. The Clinton Foundation does good work. I suspect those funders also gave just as frequently to the Red Cross and the United Way.
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The latest reports that Hillary Clinton is saying Colin Powell recommended to her private email is outrageous. If she were a Republican woman blaming an African-American man for her own corrupt behavior, the Left would be screaming racism.
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Give me a break.
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That contention of closet racism is a reach, and a silly one at that. The validation Sec Clinton is actually seeking is that of one of the most respected public figures in the country--Sec Powell. That is the same imprimatur Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld sought when they sent him to the UN to make the case for invading Iraq armed with bogus intelligence.
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Colin Powell used a private email server during his time as secretary of state, just as Hillary did-- apparently it was common practice at the state department...but Republicans want to "Lock Her Up", so they have to drum up some sort of charge against her; anything at all, really, even the thinnest gruel will do, eh?
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Are the emails mentioned in this article "new" or newly disclosed. As I read the article the emails are not "new" but only newly disclosed. They have been read by the FBI and unless the FBI has some definite, concrete accusation to make, a provable violation of the law, I fail to see for the life of me why this is even worth talking about, unless, of course, you belong to the Greed Only Party and are giving it one last attempt to discredit Mrs Clinton before she wins the election. Currently it is estimated that she is the odds on favorite by 89% to 11%.
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...or you are the Obama appointee who ordered the emails be disclosed.
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So when will Mr. Trump release his tax returns? Actually is there a date when the Internal Revenue Service has completed its audit?
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Has he been required by a federal judge to do so?
Because a federal judge (an Obama appointee at they) has required that Hilary's emails be disclosed.
Because a federal judge (an Obama appointee at they) has required that Hilary's emails be disclosed.
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When I saw this article early this morning, I thought to myself -- "This will bring out the Clinton Apologists in droves." --
"It's because she's a woman"
"Everybody deletes emails - most of them are probably spam anyway"
"I mean, she may have routinely abused her position and power but so what." (Actual commentor quote)
"Bush and his pals did much worse and got off"
"This is not the business of the Judiciary and the judge should just stay out of it"
And my fave ---
"You better be careful lest you really damamgr her chances and we end up with Trump winning the election"
Informed voters all...
"It's because she's a woman"
"Everybody deletes emails - most of them are probably spam anyway"
"I mean, she may have routinely abused her position and power but so what." (Actual commentor quote)
"Bush and his pals did much worse and got off"
"This is not the business of the Judiciary and the judge should just stay out of it"
And my fave ---
"You better be careful lest you really damamgr her chances and we end up with Trump winning the election"
Informed voters all...
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She may be a crook but she's OUR crook. It's just U.S. democracy, in action and circling the drain for 75 years.
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Absolutely brilliant. thank you. of course those who need their eyes open are incapable of it. so blinded by their righteousness.
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Yes just like Bill Clinton was a "crook".
And the US had its best 8 years in recent history.
And the US had its best 8 years in recent history.
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E-mails are like herpes and condos in that you can't get rid of either one. I don't think it will matter much how far Hillary is ahead in the polls when October rolls around because it will be so easy for Donald Trump to label her as being either stupid or crooked. She will make a good president if she can ever get there. The smart money stays on the sidelines until October.
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I was listening to Fresh Air this afternoon. The show featured the authors of "Trump Revealed". They mentioned the Republican candidate's business dealings as the complete opposite of what I hear his supporters view of him as "a successful businessman".
Too bad it will never make the front page of the NY Times.
Too bad it will never make the front page of the NY Times.
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Welcome to the New York Times! It seems this is your first day here. The NYT has had multiple, front page stories on Trump's "record of success" over the last few months.
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Enough already. I do not hoot about Hillary Clinton's email. There is one and only one priority upon which we should be focusing on now, and that is making damn sure that Donald Trump not only loses this election.
Beyond that, I would like to see Trumpism and the entire fascist/conservative "movement" destroyed utterly and for all time. I would like to see Trump, the Murdochs, Hannity, and their ilk, reduced to having to sleep on the floor of a bus depot, to be awakened with the tap of a nightstick by every cop who strolls by.
Beyond that, I would like to see Trumpism and the entire fascist/conservative "movement" destroyed utterly and for all time. I would like to see Trump, the Murdochs, Hannity, and their ilk, reduced to having to sleep on the floor of a bus depot, to be awakened with the tap of a nightstick by every cop who strolls by.
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that sounds like a lot of hate. if a republican said all that about democrats, you would all be calling them a hateful, racist, sexist bigot. dems like you are exactly the same as the hateful Republicans.
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Sometimes, Critic, one has to fight fire with fire. Yes, the left isn't always 'nice'. But then, just look at all the garbage republicans have engaged in over the years-- makes the left look like nuns.
More false equivalencies. It's just not working like it used to, is it?
More false equivalencies. It's just not working like it used to, is it?
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Underhill, this did not have to be a fire.
Wow. I finally get it. Even if Hillary is kinda crooked she's still better then Trump who is at best inept.
Hoping for some really inspiring choices in 2020.
I'll miss Obama and already miss Sanders.
Just disgusted with most of the comments too.
What about Bush. What about Trump. What is about this one or that one. We know all the monsters that have come and gone but having to comparing Hillary to them is really pitiful
Hoping for some really inspiring choices in 2020.
I'll miss Obama and already miss Sanders.
Just disgusted with most of the comments too.
What about Bush. What about Trump. What is about this one or that one. We know all the monsters that have come and gone but having to comparing Hillary to them is really pitiful
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The following statements are examples of false equivalence:
"They're both soft, cuddly pets. There's no difference between a cat and a dog."
"We all bleed red. We're all no different from each other."
False equivalence is occasionally claimed in politics, where one political party will accuse their opponents of having performed equally wrong actions.[2] Commentators may also accuse journalists of false equivalence in their reporting of political controversies if the stories are perceived to assign equal blame to multiple parties
"They're both soft, cuddly pets. There's no difference between a cat and a dog."
"We all bleed red. We're all no different from each other."
False equivalence is occasionally claimed in politics, where one political party will accuse their opponents of having performed equally wrong actions.[2] Commentators may also accuse journalists of false equivalence in their reporting of political controversies if the stories are perceived to assign equal blame to multiple parties
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What is any presidential election if not a comparison?
And you really don't get it, do you? Republicans don't attack Clinton because they actually think she's a terrible, dangerous person. They attack her because she is the toughest, most determined liberal Democrat they've met, better than anyone they can offer. And they're scared. If they couldn't find flaws after exhaustive partisan investigation, they'd just MAKE STUFF UP. Dukakis, Mondale, Gore Kerry...all downed by lies and diatortions.
And you should be glad it's not Bernie in Clinton's place. If it were, they'd be praising Clinton to the skies, since she'd no longer be a threat to them. They'd be dissecting Bernie and Jane, molecule by molecule, turning every molecule into part of a vaguely plausible and totally damning narrative.
Make no mistake, he's got baggage too, visible to anyone who isn't infatuated. I like Bernie, and I support his goals, but I can look at him objectively and see big problems. Jane is breathing a sigh of relief, all their tax returns except 2014 still locked safely in the darkness of their file cabinet. The GOP would have eaten him alive.
And you really don't get it, do you? Republicans don't attack Clinton because they actually think she's a terrible, dangerous person. They attack her because she is the toughest, most determined liberal Democrat they've met, better than anyone they can offer. And they're scared. If they couldn't find flaws after exhaustive partisan investigation, they'd just MAKE STUFF UP. Dukakis, Mondale, Gore Kerry...all downed by lies and diatortions.
And you should be glad it's not Bernie in Clinton's place. If it were, they'd be praising Clinton to the skies, since she'd no longer be a threat to them. They'd be dissecting Bernie and Jane, molecule by molecule, turning every molecule into part of a vaguely plausible and totally damning narrative.
Make no mistake, he's got baggage too, visible to anyone who isn't infatuated. I like Bernie, and I support his goals, but I can look at him objectively and see big problems. Jane is breathing a sigh of relief, all their tax returns except 2014 still locked safely in the darkness of their file cabinet. The GOP would have eaten him alive.
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"I'll miss Obama". But the same Republicans told us that Obama was also corrupt. Remember how he lied about Benghazi. Remember Tony Rezko?
The Republicans tried these same tactics with Obama. They tried them with Bill Clinton for 8 years. They got a sex scandal trumped up by the guy that covered up for rapists on his college campus (Ken Starr).
The Republicans tried these same tactics with Obama. They tried them with Bill Clinton for 8 years. They got a sex scandal trumped up by the guy that covered up for rapists on his college campus (Ken Starr).
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Vote Jill Stein 2016
Dr. Stein is the Green Party candidate who wants a green New Deal.
She's against fracking, wars, the big banks. She want to bring back the Glass Stiegal Act. Forgive student debt and a host of other Progressive reforms.
With the fracking ambassador to the world, Clinton, and as a supporter of disastrous coups, she is unfit to be president.
Vote Jill Stein 2016!
Dr. Stein is the Green Party candidate who wants a green New Deal.
She's against fracking, wars, the big banks. She want to bring back the Glass Stiegal Act. Forgive student debt and a host of other Progressive reforms.
With the fracking ambassador to the world, Clinton, and as a supporter of disastrous coups, she is unfit to be president.
Vote Jill Stein 2016!
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Al Gore said do not vote 3rd party if you care about environmental issues.
This lady has about 1% support if that.
This lady has about 1% support if that.
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Excuse me, but please explain why student debt should be forgiven?
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It doesn't matter one rint iota what Jill Stein is for or against. She has precisely NO chance of getting elected. Ergo, she has ZERO power to enact any of those policies or even veto the opposition.
If you want progressive policies, vote Clinton to appoint the next justices, and vote the most viable, leftish candidates all the way down the ballot. Voting for President is not what determines the legislative agenda -- Congress does that.
If you want progressive policies, vote Clinton to appoint the next justices, and vote the most viable, leftish candidates all the way down the ballot. Voting for President is not what determines the legislative agenda -- Congress does that.
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Are there any instances in which it is even remotely possible that Clinton did something that benefited the person making the request?
Are there any e-mails from Clinton herself that indicate that she was even aware of any of these "requests"?
Just wondering, because of all the stories I have read, I have yet to see examples of the above.
Are there any e-mails from Clinton herself that indicate that she was even aware of any of these "requests"?
Just wondering, because of all the stories I have read, I have yet to see examples of the above.
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Ask those questions of the federal judge who ordered these emails be released.
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Read the article...the crown prince of Bahrain got a meeting scheduled for the next morning.
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I am a Clinton supporter, but you know if this was happening to Donald Trump, I would honestly say, enough all ready. The Republican party has admitted that this is a political witch hunt. She has met with Congress. They have examined her emails, her computers. She met with the FBI, which stated that even though it was extremely careless, they see no reason to go further. The Attorney General has met with her and with congress. Now a judge puts his two cents in so this will continue while she tries to campaign. If this was Trump, I would say, enough is enough.
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For the republicans and their very wealthy clients, there is never 'enough'. They do not know what the word means.
This is a witch hunt. If it weren't emails, it would be something else. Geez, leave her alone.
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You are the one who called her a witch, not me.
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Hey, New York Times: if you're truly committed to balanced reporting, when will we see front-page investigations into the far-right zealots initiating these frivolous lawsuits specifically designed to relentlessly attack and weaken Democrats who support progressive values for all?
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Judicial Watch is a right-wing extremist organization founded by Larry Klayman and whose sole mission is to destroy any government not aligned with their extreme ideals, a mission begun during and specifically aimed at the Clinton Adminstration. He's a founding member of the "vast right-wing conspiracy", an Islamiphobic birther with hatred of Obama, and is in league with anti-gay groups, Cliven Bundy nativist types, and more. He also consistently calls for "Second Ammendent" solutions and this isn't a major part of the news story?!
Why is it that I can easily see this has been a 20 year, never-ending witch-hunt but have to investigate these details myself? This is your job! Stop undermining democracy by giving these groups a silent free pass and start featuring their destructive, anti-American work as a major part of these non-stories. It's time for the rest of the country to learn about this destructive network set-up solely to halt and reverse all progress in civil, religious, and human rights.
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/larry...
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/category/organizations/judicial-watch
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Judicial Watch is a right-wing extremist organization founded by Larry Klayman and whose sole mission is to destroy any government not aligned with their extreme ideals, a mission begun during and specifically aimed at the Clinton Adminstration. He's a founding member of the "vast right-wing conspiracy", an Islamiphobic birther with hatred of Obama, and is in league with anti-gay groups, Cliven Bundy nativist types, and more. He also consistently calls for "Second Ammendent" solutions and this isn't a major part of the news story?!
Why is it that I can easily see this has been a 20 year, never-ending witch-hunt but have to investigate these details myself? This is your job! Stop undermining democracy by giving these groups a silent free pass and start featuring their destructive, anti-American work as a major part of these non-stories. It's time for the rest of the country to learn about this destructive network set-up solely to halt and reverse all progress in civil, religious, and human rights.
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/larry...
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/category/organizations/judicial-watch
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Our judges and even office of DOJ are scared of big mouth extreme right wing Republican congress members and FOX TV. They should stay out of politics and do the right thing. The voters have developed some kind resistance or boredom. We are really tired of Benghazi and email. Enough is enough. After so many and so much investigation, these Republican did not find anything significant. We do not care any more. People are getting annoyed with those hyperactive hyper partisan Republicans.
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Democrats, where are the persistent demands for Trump's tax returns? Where is the condemnation for his business practices? Where is the call for his medical records?
Why do I feel the disappointment that Trump and the Republicans can scream and accuse ( the issue of Hillary's emails for more than a year) and the Democrats can barely squeak against them?
Why do I feel the disappointment that Trump and the Republicans can scream and accuse ( the issue of Hillary's emails for more than a year) and the Democrats can barely squeak against them?
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I am so tired of hearing about these EMAILS!
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That's why Bernie lost the nomination.
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Can't blame this one on the Russians....
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The only aspect of this which equals the reality of a major party candidate who has been called a liar by the the FBI director, the the State Dept and,now, even Colin Powell is the willingness of her supporters to rationalize and ignore the lying and corruption which are the hallmarksof her career. A fact which was noted by the distinguished former NY Times columnist Bill Safire over 20 years ago in a famous column.
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Colin Powell is one to believe...with his lies that got us into the war in Iraq! His lies cost us and others over 100,000 lives.
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It's extraordinary, isn't it; in her supporters eyes, she is worthy, regardless her egregious deeds.
And this never-ending mantra, that she is preferable to Trump is beyond comprehension; both have no redeeming qualities, and neither should be considered for any public service position.
I can't think of any candidate in our history, less qualified than these two charlatans.
And this never-ending mantra, that she is preferable to Trump is beyond comprehension; both have no redeeming qualities, and neither should be considered for any public service position.
I can't think of any candidate in our history, less qualified than these two charlatans.
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Colin Powell, who told us we needed to invade Iraq because Saddam absolutely truthful had WMD. And Bill Safire, who wrote the words that "honest" Spiro Agnew and Richard Nixon spoke.
Yes, that's the kind of "honest" leaders we need. Not someone who turns down a request from a donor for special treatment and actually has the chutzpah to meet with a donor and say thank you in person!
Yes, that's the kind of "honest" leaders we need. Not someone who turns down a request from a donor for special treatment and actually has the chutzpah to meet with a donor and say thank you in person!
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Scrap this horror show and let Obama stay on for a third term. Neither of the two candidates is fit to lead a PTA meeting.
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I didn't vote for Obama - and even I agree with that.
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If only. God if only.
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Dear NYT - enough with this email rehash. And why are you giving Trump a pass on tax releases, Russia, China, and all the rest?
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Can someone explain to me... what is the big deal over these emails?
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Sorry, but if you don't understand it by now, there's nothing anyone can do to help you. Hope you don't vote!
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i dont think any of you realize that its not the fact that she deleted the emails. its what was in the emails that are important. are you guys seriously this ignorant saying that there is nothing sinister here. the emails have everything including proof she sent guns and money to isis. why dont you stop letting other people tell you what to believe and actually read threw them yourselves.
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Give us a link or something or be quiet
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Sadly, we are in a situation where an Olympic athlete is held to a higher standard in telling the truth than the Liberals want Hillary held to.....and his punishment is swift and it is going to be debilitating to him for the next 4 years.
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This is a non-issue. I take Hillary over a man who continues to cozy up to Russia, the KKK, ALT-Right and refuses to release his taxes. Donald Trump owes Russia over $650 million dollars. Whose interest is the Donald going to watch out for. Judicial Watch is a partisan GOP hit squad! Hillary 2016...her stuff is out in the open, whereas lying Donald continues to hide his deals with the Kremlin.
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The US treasury owes the Russian government $90 billion as of July.
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Since the e-mail server was specifically for unclassified content, the sin the Republicans seek to identify is "errors in judgement" related to subject matter that could be (but was not) classified by the sender or receiver. The "crime" depends on whether the sender or receiver was "read-in" on classified information that appeared on the unclassified e-mails.
1-If a sender (read-in) sends classified information on an unclassified system, that is a "security violation".
2-If a sender (not read-in) sends classified information on an unclassified system, that is a not "security violation", since the sender had no way to know there was classified information in the first place.
3-If a read-in receiver gets classified information from a read-in sender and fails to use security measures to guard the classified, that is a security violation.
4-If a read-in receiver gets classified information from a not read-in sender and fails to use security measures to guard the classified, that may/may-not be a security violation. Public conjecture/knowledge confirmed by security measures that expose the security apparatus to the public are better left "neither confirmed nor denied".
Newspaper articles sometimes are found in classified documents where the reporter's comments refer to classified information the reporter was not aware was classified.
1-If a sender (read-in) sends classified information on an unclassified system, that is a "security violation".
2-If a sender (not read-in) sends classified information on an unclassified system, that is a not "security violation", since the sender had no way to know there was classified information in the first place.
3-If a read-in receiver gets classified information from a read-in sender and fails to use security measures to guard the classified, that is a security violation.
4-If a read-in receiver gets classified information from a not read-in sender and fails to use security measures to guard the classified, that may/may-not be a security violation. Public conjecture/knowledge confirmed by security measures that expose the security apparatus to the public are better left "neither confirmed nor denied".
Newspaper articles sometimes are found in classified documents where the reporter's comments refer to classified information the reporter was not aware was classified.
2-If a sender (not read-in) sends classified information on an unclassified system, that is a not "security violation" should read 2-If a sender (not read-in) sends unmarked classified information on an unclassified system, that is a not "security violation"
At some point, the electorate needs to critically evaluate this candidate's choices and make a judgment. A CEO who engaged in the this type of payment scheme would be immediately dismissed the Board. HRC's responsibility at the time was to the USA, not to her family enrichment foundation.
How can people possibly think that this type of ethical lapse (knowingly or even worse...unknowingly) is not a disqualifying event for the highest office in the land? Or even town clerk?
Shameful.
How can people possibly think that this type of ethical lapse (knowingly or even worse...unknowingly) is not a disqualifying event for the highest office in the land? Or even town clerk?
Shameful.
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The bottom line
At this moment, we all know what is inside the Hillary's emails.
Re-classified ones are not disclosed and FBI didn't report that these emails fall in wrong hands which means wasn't hacked by Russians or Chinese.
We are talking about Nothing (criminality aspect)
we are beating the bush in terms of procedural mistakes.
at the end , it is all about nothing.
Keep Trey Gowdying this issue, November is just 2 months away.
At this moment, we all know what is inside the Hillary's emails.
Re-classified ones are not disclosed and FBI didn't report that these emails fall in wrong hands which means wasn't hacked by Russians or Chinese.
We are talking about Nothing (criminality aspect)
we are beating the bush in terms of procedural mistakes.
at the end , it is all about nothing.
Keep Trey Gowdying this issue, November is just 2 months away.
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This is getting silly. She used a private server - probably because she's ambitious and wanted to have email communications that weren't susceptible to FOIA requests and almost certainly not because she wanted to jeopardize national security (but clearly partly because she was too casual in protecting national security and too cavalier about complying with the rules [rules that had changed very much since Colin Powell's tenure as secretary of state - that's a false equivalency]). There were no violations that rose to chargeable offenses - not because of politics (the FBI is unlikely to have decided to squander its integrity on Hillary Clinton), just because they didn't rise to that level.
We all know these characterizations to be true. The next story that runs ought to either have something new in it about this whole affair or be edited out of the paper - there needs to be something new to continue running these stories. It's "all the news that's fit to print" - note the word "news" - it's "all the news..." people.
We all know these characterizations to be true. The next story that runs ought to either have something new in it about this whole affair or be edited out of the paper - there needs to be something new to continue running these stories. It's "all the news that's fit to print" - note the word "news" - it's "all the news..." people.
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Silly. It hasn't been about news for a long time.
It's about clicks. How many clicks did this or that story get. More clicks = more $$
It's about clicks. How many clicks did this or that story get. More clicks = more $$
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She was not charged because her husband appointed the AG to her first big time position
Don't fool yourself.
Don't fool yourself.
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Here's what I don't get, and perhaps it's the million dollar question that's never been answered: What was the point of her using a private email server? One argument is that it was so she could keep all of her state department emails private and out of the public records reach. But she could have done that with her @clintonemail.com account anyway. Why did she find it necessary to route ALL of her email through @clintonemail.com? If she wanted to use her position as SoS to influence people into donating to the Clinton Foundation, why wouldn't she have just used her private email for that purpose and used her @state.gov email for official SoS business? It's already been proven that she used two different devices anyway, so it's not like her initial explanation that she wanted to have only one device and that one device could only have one email account set up on it is valid (notwithstanding the fact that any device can have multiple email accounts on it).
So the big question, the one that is of paramount importance is: why did she use the private server for official SoS emails anyway? If her goal was to use her position as SoS to influence people into donating to her foundation, she could have easily done that with a @clintonemail.com account and still used a @state.gov email account for "official" business. There's something missing here in all of this. Perhaps that something is way bigger than any of us can imagine?
So the big question, the one that is of paramount importance is: why did she use the private server for official SoS emails anyway? If her goal was to use her position as SoS to influence people into donating to her foundation, she could have easily done that with a @clintonemail.com account and still used a @state.gov email account for "official" business. There's something missing here in all of this. Perhaps that something is way bigger than any of us can imagine?
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What was the reason the Colin Powell did? He told her it was easier to do so. Is he lying or corrupt?
I fear you may be correct. Perhaps it's much more far-reaching than we think. I'm not a conspiracy type but I agree w you. Something is "off" here.
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Because she is just like Nixon, paranoid and knew she could not keep them apart because she is "easily confused"
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Next Story..........F.B.I. investigates criminal behavior in Trump's Twitter postings and rallies.
Have you noticed the F.B.I. didn't investigate Trump for incitement?
Hey! almost three thousand comments, mostly vicious hatred of Hillary, I'll be partisan too.
Have you noticed the F.B.I. didn't investigate Trump for incitement?
Hey! almost three thousand comments, mostly vicious hatred of Hillary, I'll be partisan too.
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I see that the Right's still pretending to be shocked, shocked, to find that...hold onto yer aluminum-foil beanies, kids...politicians do favors for other politicians and for wealthy donors.
Sorry and all, but whoop-de-do. Of considerably more concern to me is the Right's absolute refusal to talk about reality, or even admit that there is such a thing. For those clowns, it's all hatred, hallucination, and Ann Coulter's latest screech.
But then, that's the point. To stop anything real getting discussed, anywhere, any time. Can't even have any of the LEGITIMATE criticisms of Hillary Clinton, because then, maybe we'd take a good hard look at the shabby likes of Donald Trump or the loopy economic plans of Paul Ryan.
Was the private server a mistake? Sure, and kind of a dumb one. Has she handled this well? Not particularly, though given the level of nutty hatred out there, it's pretty hard to see what would have worked better. Should pols be handing out favors? Mostly not, though a) hard to see how you run a government without, and b) you people think the same doesn't go on in every town in this country? Really? Are you dense?
Still waiting on real stuff:
1. Trumpy's oft-promised tax returns.
2. Zika funding.
3. An infrastructure bank and funding.
4. Tax reform.
5. Rational criminal justice reform.
6. Immigration reform.
7. Cutting pointless military weapons systems.
8. Universal background checks.
You know...trivial little things, all much fewer funsies than.
Sorry and all, but whoop-de-do. Of considerably more concern to me is the Right's absolute refusal to talk about reality, or even admit that there is such a thing. For those clowns, it's all hatred, hallucination, and Ann Coulter's latest screech.
But then, that's the point. To stop anything real getting discussed, anywhere, any time. Can't even have any of the LEGITIMATE criticisms of Hillary Clinton, because then, maybe we'd take a good hard look at the shabby likes of Donald Trump or the loopy economic plans of Paul Ryan.
Was the private server a mistake? Sure, and kind of a dumb one. Has she handled this well? Not particularly, though given the level of nutty hatred out there, it's pretty hard to see what would have worked better. Should pols be handing out favors? Mostly not, though a) hard to see how you run a government without, and b) you people think the same doesn't go on in every town in this country? Really? Are you dense?
Still waiting on real stuff:
1. Trumpy's oft-promised tax returns.
2. Zika funding.
3. An infrastructure bank and funding.
4. Tax reform.
5. Rational criminal justice reform.
6. Immigration reform.
7. Cutting pointless military weapons systems.
8. Universal background checks.
You know...trivial little things, all much fewer funsies than.
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There is no evidence of FAVORS. They met. She said thank you. Unlike the Republicans who invited their donors to make energy policy and gut environmental laws, what "favors" did those donors get? A meeting?
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Oh my God! Emails!
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She came, she saw, she messed up...again.
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No she didn't.
That is your misperception.
That is your misperception.
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new story.. WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money - either personally or through companies or groups - to the Clinton Foundation. It's an extraordinary proportion indicating her possible ethics challenges if elected president...
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CAMPAIGN_2016_CLINTON_FOUNDATI...
Talk about completely and thoroughly unethical behavior. I don't think anyone with ethics would do something like this. I suspect the new emails will show the depth of this "money for access" scam.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CAMPAIGN_2016_CLINTON_FOUNDATI...
Talk about completely and thoroughly unethical behavior. I don't think anyone with ethics would do something like this. I suspect the new emails will show the depth of this "money for access" scam.
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Wow. This may be worse than anyone thought.
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Everyone should just relax. We all know Hillary scrubbed everything bad before any oversight happened. I mean isn't that the point of the private server?
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I am so frustrated by the misleading headlines this article has. If you just read the headline, it sounds as though there is a new discovery of e-mail messages! But no. The FBI already had them when it conducted its investigation and reached its conclusions. Nothing new. Just an opportunity for a new headline? And an opportunity to mislead the public.
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By keeping this comments section open (and not really monitoring it), the Times gives the wing nuts leeway to spew more of their lies in cyberspace. What's the point of pretending to monitor if you just let the lies by some commenters pile up? This is how the MSM perpetuates the smears.
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Like it or not, they have a right to their opinions just like we do.
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Just a livin in my NYT bubble... loving my safe space. No opposing views allowed here ....reality aint got nothing on me.
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Actually, they ARE monitoring and have specifically NOT posted my comment regarding the Times failure to investigate and publish the extreme right-wing background of Judicial Watch, while they DID post another LATER comment I made in the SAME section regarding Bernie's suitability over Hillary against Trump.
In the Judicial Watch comment I not only called out the Times on its failure but included links to the Southern Poverty Law Center's page on its wing-nut founder, information that is salient to the story and the history of the movement that has made destroying the Clintons its sole mission. I've resubmitted it as sometimes in the past, a different moderator will relent and allow the post.
I'm blown away, frankly, that a paper that's considered center-left wouldn't want this extreme right-wing association made public and investigated as thoroughly as Clinton's emails. Perhaps, its Manhattan proximity to Trump Tower is more important than service to the truth that's been obvious for the past 20 years but never consistently investigated. It's very dark times for the Fourth Estate.
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/larry...
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/category/organizations/judicial-watch
In the Judicial Watch comment I not only called out the Times on its failure but included links to the Southern Poverty Law Center's page on its wing-nut founder, information that is salient to the story and the history of the movement that has made destroying the Clintons its sole mission. I've resubmitted it as sometimes in the past, a different moderator will relent and allow the post.
I'm blown away, frankly, that a paper that's considered center-left wouldn't want this extreme right-wing association made public and investigated as thoroughly as Clinton's emails. Perhaps, its Manhattan proximity to Trump Tower is more important than service to the truth that's been obvious for the past 20 years but never consistently investigated. It's very dark times for the Fourth Estate.
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/larry...
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/category/organizations/judicial-watch
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I doubt anything particualrly damning will come out. If 0.00x% had some questionable items, that rate stacks up pretty good if we could compare it to any other public official, even when it comes to classified material, it seems. My earlier article discussing the earlier e-mail is here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/definitive-clinton-e-mail-benghazi-scanda...
I'm all for Clinton, but I'm sorry - when you're in government service you use the email account they gave you, because the work emails are not your property. They belong to the public as part of your public service. There is no private option, you use the government work email account.
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The Times' candidate will return us to the Clinton backwaters of sleaze and corruption. Shame on the Editors for continuing to look away.
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I wish the FBI spent a fraction of the time they've spent on Clinton on Trump.
He is the real criminal.
He is the real criminal.
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Let's see Don the Con's tax returns. Then we can take his returns apart page by page, and dig, dig, dig! Russian connection? Shady deals? And, we were promised a look at Mrs. Don's immigration paperwork. Where is that! DId she work illegally in the U.S. Maybe she should be deported! Don has nothing good planned for the U.S. All he can do is call names, and try to tarnish the good name of Sec. of State Clinton!
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The State Department doesn't have time or resources to fight ISIS because its members are all busy scouring Hillary's emails.
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Boy, ain't THAT the truth!
Only 77 more days left, boys and girls!
Only 77 more days left, boys and girls!
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The Republican witch hunt against Hillary Clinton continues: a quarter century and counting. Show me the Democrat witch hunts against Republicans? No one can. Why? Because Democrats believe in GOVERNMENT as a legitimate part of civilized society. Is government broken? Sometimes; but, if it is, then fix.
The Republican response isn't to break government; rather, it's to USE government for their nefarious ends. Result of Republican meddling in government: Donald T. Trump as their standard bearer. What a record. #scandal
The Republican response isn't to break government; rather, it's to USE government for their nefarious ends. Result of Republican meddling in government: Donald T. Trump as their standard bearer. What a record. #scandal
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The first phrase of deception by the wacky left is "Witch Hunt".
any attempt to investigate the corruption and greed of the Clinton's is to label it a witch hunt.
not that long ago we were told that this entire email Fiasco was a manufactured Scandal by those nasty Republicans.
as it happens now the New York Times and Washington Post have actually had to criticize a candidate they are otherwise working full time for.
it is not conservatives who live in a bubble but Leftist who have a comfortable other world that they refuse to let be penetrated. they would like a safe place extended to the entire world where opposing thoughts are never more.
any attempt to investigate the corruption and greed of the Clinton's is to label it a witch hunt.
not that long ago we were told that this entire email Fiasco was a manufactured Scandal by those nasty Republicans.
as it happens now the New York Times and Washington Post have actually had to criticize a candidate they are otherwise working full time for.
it is not conservatives who live in a bubble but Leftist who have a comfortable other world that they refuse to let be penetrated. they would like a safe place extended to the entire world where opposing thoughts are never more.
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The fact that you believe the NY Times is "working full time" for Hillary speaks to your tin foil hat beliefs. Right, just like they were "working full time" for Bill Clinton when reporting every non-crime that Ken Starr spent years and millions investigating until he finally found a (semi-) sex scandal.
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Your type, not bright enough to understand the pervasive bias of this paper, can't tolerate the few times they actually do journalism. You would have been thrilled living in the Soviet Union reading Pravda daily and never encountering a challenging thought. Liberals love diversity in everything EXCEPT thought.
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Let me get this straight. TFBI "scoured" her server and as well as others to turn up emails that are almost guaranteed to be irrelevant. Excellent use of your time, FBI! And the theory is that Hillary somehow masterfully hid them, as opposed to them, oh I dunno, being scattered on multiple servers? If true, the woman is a technological genius. Considering I have a logistical headache every year just gathering the 20+ forms I need for tax returns, it just seems ridiculous to me that this administrative kerfuffle is of interest to ANYONE unless the have a nice big axe already ready-made for grinding.
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Now, there's your mistake, ironkurtin, rounding up those 20+forms. You should be like Trump - He don't need no stinkin' forms! He just makes up his value, applies a zero-tax to it and sends it in. That's why he's always being audited. In an alt-universe, he owes nothing. He can prove it. It's only in this reality he has a problem, but not for long: It has been the dream of the Alt-Whacks to get rid of the IRS. Donny's going to do that, just for the fun of it. It will be awesome. You just wait and see!
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"That's why he's always being audited."
Once you've sobered up, think about what you said! If he is always being audited, then you don't think that Obama's IRS would be dishing every piece of dirt from them? The fact that there has not been any action against him would indicate, to most sane individuals, that they have nothing.
Once you've sobered up, think about what you said! If he is always being audited, then you don't think that Obama's IRS would be dishing every piece of dirt from them? The fact that there has not been any action against him would indicate, to most sane individuals, that they have nothing.
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Or maybe Democrats are honest.
I guess that's a concept you can't understand. Because under Bush Cheney, all government was open to the highest bidder. Want us to fire some US Attorneys who won't investigate the politician you don't like? We'll appoint someone who will!
I guess that's a concept you can't understand. Because under Bush Cheney, all government was open to the highest bidder. Want us to fire some US Attorneys who won't investigate the politician you don't like? We'll appoint someone who will!
Hillary sells out our State Department to the highest bidder and all the sheeples can say is "No Big Deal." We get the government we deserve. Good bye America.
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Whoa! I thought it was the Foundation that she sold out! Gee, I must have missed another one of those FOX/Ailes?Hannity/O'Reilly/Beerbart newsflashes!
Well, alt-right! I'll get right on that!
Well, alt-right! I'll get right on that!
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I'm sorry, but when you make these blanket, unsubstantiated claims like "Hillary sells out our State Department to the highest bidder"...exactly WHAT does that comment mean?
Sold out HOW? Sold to WHOM? Sold for WHAT end?
I'm all for debate here but enough of the ridiculous FOX News talking points.
Sold out HOW? Sold to WHOM? Sold for WHAT end?
I'm all for debate here but enough of the ridiculous FOX News talking points.
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Once White house sold the America to Halliburton for a pitiful war in somewhere between Asia, Europe and Africa.
it was 4 trillion USD. the price.
Cheney name the price.
it was 4 trillion USD. the price.
Cheney name the price.
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Obama should pardon Trump for any tax violations that might occurred duing the years being audited. Then release Trumpxs tax returns.
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Neither the President nor the IRS has the authority to release a private person's tax returns.
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Front page NYT smear. Feeding the nuts with more ammunition, blanks but propaganda just the same. Trump fans have a faithful outlet in the Times.
Comments here are a real mix. More propaganda, Clinton (all by herself) killed 1 million Iraqis, started the Iraqi war, used e-mail, did something with Benghazi, and had the gall, as woman, to run for POTUS. We are in deep kemshi.
Comments here are a real mix. More propaganda, Clinton (all by herself) killed 1 million Iraqis, started the Iraqi war, used e-mail, did something with Benghazi, and had the gall, as woman, to run for POTUS. We are in deep kemshi.
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Nope..no shadow..Just media exaggeration of logical and reasonable communication and relationships that should not be surprising but to those who live in a bubble. Nothing illegal proven..only innuendo to keeps a stupid meme going for entertainment in a political year.
The Bushes and Romneys had/have their foundations..no one ever questioned them..but they were "Bushes" and "Rumneys"..and did not spell their surname
C L I N T O N
Enough already!
The Bushes and Romneys had/have their foundations..no one ever questioned them..but they were "Bushes" and "Rumneys"..and did not spell their surname
C L I N T O N
Enough already!
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Theirs wasn't run through the state Department, are you a heavy drinker? Or just that dense!
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Is there a Bush or a Romney running for President?
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The NY Times has noted a "shadow" over Clinton's campaign? It is actually
pitch black and she expect more trouble.Perhaps Sanders will win after all.
pitch black and she expect more trouble.Perhaps Sanders will win after all.
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It is so sad that the attacks on this woman never stop. OK, so she lied a few times. Used her positions of power to trade access. Mishandled top secret emails and lied about them, too. Did not exercise character, judgment, ethics and integrity in key moments of her political career. But then, show me someone who does not have these flaws?
So she used a private email server to hide her questionable activities. But wouldn't you do the same if you were in her position? They were practically broke after his presidency so she had to do that, you see. I mean, she may have routinely abused her position and power but so what. Others have done the same thing and so would you.
She was and is just working hard to try to put food on her family by trading access and by giving those speeches. That is no crime. In fact, she didn't even ask for the money. That's what they offered. She did not do anything that others before her did not do. Comments like Teflon Clinton is just mean. In fact, Teflon has nothing on her.
I mean, she just wants to be president. Why don't the media, the different investigators and those who are not her supporters just let her become the first female president instead of raising these annoying questions. OK, so she really has not accomplished much despite her long career, but neither have others who became president or wanted to be president. If you keep pointing out her lies and flaws, Trump might win. Have you thought of that. I mean, just back off.
So she used a private email server to hide her questionable activities. But wouldn't you do the same if you were in her position? They were practically broke after his presidency so she had to do that, you see. I mean, she may have routinely abused her position and power but so what. Others have done the same thing and so would you.
She was and is just working hard to try to put food on her family by trading access and by giving those speeches. That is no crime. In fact, she didn't even ask for the money. That's what they offered. She did not do anything that others before her did not do. Comments like Teflon Clinton is just mean. In fact, Teflon has nothing on her.
I mean, she just wants to be president. Why don't the media, the different investigators and those who are not her supporters just let her become the first female president instead of raising these annoying questions. OK, so she really has not accomplished much despite her long career, but neither have others who became president or wanted to be president. If you keep pointing out her lies and flaws, Trump might win. Have you thought of that. I mean, just back off.
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Sarcasm at its finest.
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Your definition of "lie" is very different from most patriotic Americans.
See, you don't think Bush Cheney "lied" when they insisted that Saddam Hussein had Weapons of Mass Destruction. They didn't "lie" when they denied knowing that they received an intelligence briefing that an attack on the US was being planned by Osama bin laden ONE MONTH before 9/11.
But Hillary Clinton "lied" because she said Colin Powell told her that's what he did and while that was true, he used AOL instead of his own server so it was a lie! a lie! Colin Powell refused to use the state department server just like Hillary, but since he used AOL that makes it all okay. And Hillary is a liar and Powell claiming Saddam had WMD is all the truth.
See, you don't think Bush Cheney "lied" when they insisted that Saddam Hussein had Weapons of Mass Destruction. They didn't "lie" when they denied knowing that they received an intelligence briefing that an attack on the US was being planned by Osama bin laden ONE MONTH before 9/11.
But Hillary Clinton "lied" because she said Colin Powell told her that's what he did and while that was true, he used AOL instead of his own server so it was a lie! a lie! Colin Powell refused to use the state department server just like Hillary, but since he used AOL that makes it all okay. And Hillary is a liar and Powell claiming Saddam had WMD is all the truth.
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Why is this photo used with this article? That meeting was not about this subject at all. This makes it look as if the law enforcement officials are questioning her, it's very misleading.
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I'm not clear about that photo either because the woman in that photo is not Hillary Clinton. Are we supposed to believe that the woman in the green jacket is Hillary Clinton?
"New Clinton Emails Raise Shadow Over Her Campaign"
Quite impressed by the Fox News impersonation by the NYT.
An added bonus was the photo of what appears to be a seriously concerned Hillary Clinton surrounded by equally seriously concerned folks.
I looked hard for the phrase 'Lock her up" in the accompanying story and was sorely disappointing that it was either cut out or I had missed it.
I did feel some measure of comfort when the quote “Hillary Clinton seems incapable of telling the truth” appeared.
I can't wait for Maureen Dowd's humorous (but fair and balanced) take on this latest gaffe by Mrs. Clinton this Sunday.
Quite impressed by the Fox News impersonation by the NYT.
An added bonus was the photo of what appears to be a seriously concerned Hillary Clinton surrounded by equally seriously concerned folks.
I looked hard for the phrase 'Lock her up" in the accompanying story and was sorely disappointing that it was either cut out or I had missed it.
I did feel some measure of comfort when the quote “Hillary Clinton seems incapable of telling the truth” appeared.
I can't wait for Maureen Dowd's humorous (but fair and balanced) take on this latest gaffe by Mrs. Clinton this Sunday.
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The NYT is as liberal as the DNC. They are basically one and the same. They have virtually ignored every mistake and flaw with Obama and HRC for the last 8 years. Maybe they know something is coming down?
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So exactly how many more of these drum head trials are we supposed to go after?
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The root problem is political figures profiteering off of providing access or lobbying between, or after stints in power. This is by no means exclusive to the Clintons (though they are the most "$ucce$$ful" at it). To our peril, it is now par for the course for both parties, and extends beyond elected officials to military brass and other bureaucrats. Greed and careerism are powerful forces that undermine a healthy society. It also makes for strange bed-fellows, like the upcoming spectacle of Obama standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Mitch McConnell to shove the TPP down our throats.
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The administration of George W. Bush et al did infinitely more damage to America with their failed invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, with their deceitful proclamations of 'mushroom clouds' and 'aluminum tubes', than Hillary Clinton and her emails. There is no comparison, the Bush sins are as some have said, 'the worst foreign policy decision', possibly ever, by any U.S. president.
This is a new round of Swift Boating by those who loathe and fear Hillary Clinton, just as happened to John Kerry when he ran for president. Republicans will do anything, absolutely anything, to win an election.
This is a new round of Swift Boating by those who loathe and fear Hillary Clinton, just as happened to John Kerry when he ran for president. Republicans will do anything, absolutely anything, to win an election.
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"The administration of George W. Bush et al did infinitely more damage to America with their failed invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan,"
Interestingly enough HRC voted for all of that but I guess she gets a pass. Is it because she is a women?
Interestingly enough HRC voted for all of that but I guess she gets a pass. Is it because she is a women?
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Tired of this argument. What is your point? George W. Bush left office in 2009. It's 2016- ya know, the year that Hillary Clinton wants to be president.
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A major reason I have supported the Clintons so strongly for 30 years was the constant, stupid and groundless attacks on them from the right had me just as constantly jumping to their defense.
But after this primary season I finally get it. This is now driven by the left and outfits like the NYTimes. Why else would anyone vote for the establishment Democrats after they have been so exposed for what they are?
But after this primary season I finally get it. This is now driven by the left and outfits like the NYTimes. Why else would anyone vote for the establishment Democrats after they have been so exposed for what they are?
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Every get the feeling we are all just being played? Trump is down, so now the media hits Hillary till her numbers go down. Then they will be back to hitting Trump with whatever his latest gaff is. And it will all finish with Hillary winning with about 43% of the popular vote. And the republicans will say she did not get the majority so they don't have to work with her. Same old, same old. Except I am getting a lot poorer while they are getting a lot richer.
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By lumping every attack as right wing conspiracy, she avoids answering the questions. If she has to answer, then she tells whatever comes to her mind at the time irrespective of true or false. So, the Republicans are having tough time to keep up with her changing story lines. It doesn't take much of an effort to dodge all questions if you ignore them. That is one way to survive in politics I suppose. Poor Republicans looking for smoking gun which they never going to find.
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So why do we not get a decision on Trump "University" prior to the election? And why does Judicial Watch have the power to get this done?
I recognize the fact that Hillary Clinton made a mistake in using personal emails; in fact, in the job from which I retired, I had the worst time in convincing attorneys that it was not a good idea to use emails to communicate on sensitive issues, because those documents were FOIL-able. They went ahead and did it, anyway. Attorneys were the worst offenders. But why are we overrun with this email stuff and not talking about the direction in which the country is going? Why aren't we talking about poverty, inadequate child care, health care, stopping wars, fixing the infrastructure? This is "swift-boating," all over again.
Clinton needs to stand up to these people and say, "ENOUGH!" And get her PR machine moving. I did PR for 40 years, and I keep asking where her people are on all of this. I would have handled this entire thing completely differently from the beginning. As it is right now, it's the gift that keeps on giving to the Republicans. And no matter how much flip-flopping Trump does, he never gets accused of it. Ever. Why?
So where are his tax returns? Why isn't Trump University going to be on trial prior to the election? As James Comey said before Congress: If Hillary Clinton WERE to be tried for the emails, it would be applying a double standard. Indeed.
I recognize the fact that Hillary Clinton made a mistake in using personal emails; in fact, in the job from which I retired, I had the worst time in convincing attorneys that it was not a good idea to use emails to communicate on sensitive issues, because those documents were FOIL-able. They went ahead and did it, anyway. Attorneys were the worst offenders. But why are we overrun with this email stuff and not talking about the direction in which the country is going? Why aren't we talking about poverty, inadequate child care, health care, stopping wars, fixing the infrastructure? This is "swift-boating," all over again.
Clinton needs to stand up to these people and say, "ENOUGH!" And get her PR machine moving. I did PR for 40 years, and I keep asking where her people are on all of this. I would have handled this entire thing completely differently from the beginning. As it is right now, it's the gift that keeps on giving to the Republicans. And no matter how much flip-flopping Trump does, he never gets accused of it. Ever. Why?
So where are his tax returns? Why isn't Trump University going to be on trial prior to the election? As James Comey said before Congress: If Hillary Clinton WERE to be tried for the emails, it would be applying a double standard. Indeed.
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James Comey is not a prosecutor you do understand that don't you? Secondly, it's the liberal media that keeps reporting and debating this issue. If you guys are tired of beating a dead horse then perhaps a few letters to the editor should be written....
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They were deleted because they were of no interest to anyone. After all this, we'll be looking at discount offers for Viagra and Ray Ban
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I can totally believe that. I work for the Government and I get tons of emails that are just junk.
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The Clintons and their surrogates are pathological liars. Even as late as Sunday political shows, they were still peddling Colin Powell as a comparison and excuse for what Hillary Clinton did with her emails despite the fact that Powell NEVER used a private server.
Clintons have given us nothing more than trouble and scandals for the last 25 years, yet the media preoccupies itself with Trump instead of looking into the corruption that comes with Clintons and their self-serving foundation.
Clintons have given us nothing more than trouble and scandals for the last 25 years, yet the media preoccupies itself with Trump instead of looking into the corruption that comes with Clintons and their self-serving foundation.
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This article is not News and the information in it should not be reported at all. We already know that there is a judge who thinks we should we continue dragging this out. That all we need to know. Talking about what might be discovered just gives Hillaryphobes one more excuse to repeat ad nauseum the same old refuted accusations. When and if these emails reveal something new ( I won't hold my breathe on that one) then write an article about it. Until, then stick to news which is actually new.
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Isn't this ironic? A liberal, from Berkeley of course, is complaining about the NYT reporting "too much information." Who do you think ought to be deciding "what people need to know" - the Minister of Propaganda? The First Amendment is a wonderful thing, except when the press reports things that you don't like, right?
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The proper name for what Clinton has done is influence peddling. If a Republican had done the same thing, the national media would be in a white-hot feeding frenzy.
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not really, republicans spin everything , so Even the Iraq war become legitimate.
I wonder how many cat videos are going to be in those 15000 emails?
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Newly released information from Flint, Michigan reveals that a greater number of children are sicker than originally thought and that plans to fix the water system are being thwarted by bureaucratic squabbles between state and local agencies.
Further, the FBI investigation of wrongdoing was put on hold to commit more resources to re-reading Clinton emails so they could possibly, this time around, piece together the exact sequence of Clinton Foundation vs. State Department meetings and notifications about them.
When asked to comment on plans for reforms that would ensure that the Flint-like fiascos don't happen in other cities around the country, Representative Jason Chaffetz, the Republican chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, replied: "Where is Flint and what happened there?"
Meanwhile, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Reince Priebus, said in a statement: "We owe it our country to follow Ken Starr's playbook and try to destroy Hillary Clinton, even if it means spending many more millions of dollars of the tax-payers' money to get the job done. After all, it is not too often that we have an opportunity to elect a narcissist with Fascist tendencies to be our next President."
Ken Starr, who this past May was fired by the Baylor University for turning a blind eye to the school's rampant culture of sexual harassment and multiple rape allegations against its athletes, declined to comment.
Further, the FBI investigation of wrongdoing was put on hold to commit more resources to re-reading Clinton emails so they could possibly, this time around, piece together the exact sequence of Clinton Foundation vs. State Department meetings and notifications about them.
When asked to comment on plans for reforms that would ensure that the Flint-like fiascos don't happen in other cities around the country, Representative Jason Chaffetz, the Republican chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, replied: "Where is Flint and what happened there?"
Meanwhile, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Reince Priebus, said in a statement: "We owe it our country to follow Ken Starr's playbook and try to destroy Hillary Clinton, even if it means spending many more millions of dollars of the tax-payers' money to get the job done. After all, it is not too often that we have an opportunity to elect a narcissist with Fascist tendencies to be our next President."
Ken Starr, who this past May was fired by the Baylor University for turning a blind eye to the school's rampant culture of sexual harassment and multiple rape allegations against its athletes, declined to comment.
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Thank you, Glen. Well done.
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Well done, indeed.
When will we see Donald Trump's emails (and tax returns). Probably never.
He has told the courts, when the courts asked him for documents related to lawsuits, that he rarely uses email. And that he "destroys" his monthly planner at the end of the month. Way to go to hide any evidence of shady deals and fraud. More reason that he should be pressured to release his tax return!
"In 2006, when a judge ordered Donald Trump's casino operation to hand over several years' worth of emails, the answer surprised him: The Trump Organization routinely erased emails and had no records from 1996 to 2001. The defendants in a case that Trump brought said this amounted to destruction of evidence, a charge never resolved.
"Judge Jeffrey Streitfeld was stunned. “He has a house up in Palm Beach County listed for $125 million, but he doesn’t keep emails. That’s a tough one,” he said, according to transcripts obtained by USA TODAY. ...that doesn’t make any sense to me and causes me to have a concern about their credibility in the discovery process, ..., and I am really having a hard time with this.”
"In a March 2006 hearing, the Trump company's lawyer, Robert Borrello, said Trump didn’t use email himself and his company didn’t retain emails. “My understanding from speaking to my client is that there are no emails,”
"Streitfeld, who has since retired, told USA TODAY he remembers the case. “I was a bit incredulous that an organization of that significance doesn’t do email,”
He has told the courts, when the courts asked him for documents related to lawsuits, that he rarely uses email. And that he "destroys" his monthly planner at the end of the month. Way to go to hide any evidence of shady deals and fraud. More reason that he should be pressured to release his tax return!
"In 2006, when a judge ordered Donald Trump's casino operation to hand over several years' worth of emails, the answer surprised him: The Trump Organization routinely erased emails and had no records from 1996 to 2001. The defendants in a case that Trump brought said this amounted to destruction of evidence, a charge never resolved.
"Judge Jeffrey Streitfeld was stunned. “He has a house up in Palm Beach County listed for $125 million, but he doesn’t keep emails. That’s a tough one,” he said, according to transcripts obtained by USA TODAY. ...that doesn’t make any sense to me and causes me to have a concern about their credibility in the discovery process, ..., and I am really having a hard time with this.”
"In a March 2006 hearing, the Trump company's lawyer, Robert Borrello, said Trump didn’t use email himself and his company didn’t retain emails. “My understanding from speaking to my client is that there are no emails,”
"Streitfeld, who has since retired, told USA TODAY he remembers the case. “I was a bit incredulous that an organization of that significance doesn’t do email,”
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So just so we're clear. Every couple of weeks you will be bringing this irrelevant email issue up, to continue to attempt to excoriate this strong, highly intelligent, capable, compassionate women.
Comparing these two is actually an insult. How about a list of all the good things Trump has done for humanity? How about his taxes? How about an article for every lawsuit he is currently engaged in? How about indepth articles interviewing the people he hasn't paid. A separate article for each and every one.
Insinuating something nefarious at CGI is ridiculous too. The world is lucky it exists, with or without any missteps. What would the world be like if everyone acted like Trump? The thought of that is beyond dim and disturbing.
Comparing these two is actually an insult. How about a list of all the good things Trump has done for humanity? How about his taxes? How about an article for every lawsuit he is currently engaged in? How about indepth articles interviewing the people he hasn't paid. A separate article for each and every one.
Insinuating something nefarious at CGI is ridiculous too. The world is lucky it exists, with or without any missteps. What would the world be like if everyone acted like Trump? The thought of that is beyond dim and disturbing.
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On what planet are possible federal racketeering charges irrelevant?
Not Earth.
Not Earth.
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Republican planet.
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DCB, there aren't any racketeering charges here nor reason for them. Give it up already.
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I'm at a loss as to why this is still a story. More emails? Of course there are. More emails that will be reclassified as Top Secret by the State Department? Of course there will be. Republicans drawing out investigations? Of course. The fact that Condoleezza and Colin used the same set-up. Let's ignore this.
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They did not use the same set up. No one has EVER done what Hillary Clinton has done.
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Condoleeza and Colin used the same set up. <--- 100% fabrication.
Colin Powell had to go public last week and say Hillary Clinton was trying to set him up for her crimes. Yet Obama liberals, who never met a crime they didn't want to commit or ignore, are blatantly lying to cover for Hillary's lies.
So with the left you have liars lying for a liar's lies.
Colin Powell had to go public last week and say Hillary Clinton was trying to set him up for her crimes. Yet Obama liberals, who never met a crime they didn't want to commit or ignore, are blatantly lying to cover for Hillary's lies.
So with the left you have liars lying for a liar's lies.
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"The fact that Condoleezza and Colin used the same set-up. Let's ignore this."
Fact? Far from it neither Condy nor Powell had a private server. HRC is that you? Maybe one of her surrogates?
Fact? Far from it neither Condy nor Powell had a private server. HRC is that you? Maybe one of her surrogates?
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Judicial Watch discovered the Clinton Secret email by accident when Blumenthal had to produce his emails in their lawsuit.
Just imagine.
If not for that, the Clintons could have waltzed away with their ill gotten hundreds of millions without anybody being the wiser.
The real question is, where was the media.
Where were they 8 years ago when all of this was going on.
Just imagine.
If not for that, the Clintons could have waltzed away with their ill gotten hundreds of millions without anybody being the wiser.
The real question is, where was the media.
Where were they 8 years ago when all of this was going on.
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The State Department was claiming it had turned over all her emails all the while not even being aware of her private server.
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And Obama liberals are freaking out because THAT is a crime.
Under oath, Hillary Clinton said she'd turned over all emails requested by criminal investigators. She lied. That's perjury.
The State Department deliberately certified they'd turned over all the documents requested. That was a lie. (providing false information to law enforcement during the course of an investigation/obstruction of justice)
And we haven't even gotten to pay for play RICO.
The hits just keep on coming.
Under oath, Hillary Clinton said she'd turned over all emails requested by criminal investigators. She lied. That's perjury.
The State Department deliberately certified they'd turned over all the documents requested. That was a lie. (providing false information to law enforcement during the course of an investigation/obstruction of justice)
And we haven't even gotten to pay for play RICO.
The hits just keep on coming.
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8 years ago? The question is where was the media 16 years ago when all those Secretaries of State started using private email servers? Imagine all those 16 years of "lost" emails. Imagine all the mysteriously erased Bush White House emails gaining this much press coverage. The unbiased media is indeed a culprit simply by NOT investigating conservatives because conservatives refuse to play by any rule book. There only rule is - don't answer and refuse to cooperate and eventually it will just go away.
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In a way, I think she is fortunate. The continued emphasis on her poor judgement relating to the emails keeps people from analyzing her pathetic foreign policy record. Remember, folks, she voted for the Iraq war. OK, many people did. So she learned? No way. "Assad must go." That worked out well. I bet she finally learned. Nope. Let's screw up Libya more than it already was. What will be her next act of stupidity? Stay tuned.
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Well, she could destabilize Jorden or Lebanon for starters.
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Good. After learning just who is on her transition team I'd rather have the dreaded Orange Clown. At least with the OC we know how bad it's gonna get right from the start which means proactive and constant participation in the rebuking of his Fascistism. With Clinton, who brought on board one of the biggest oil and gas men to run her team we maybe cradled into thinking that her presidency isn't the finale nail in our collective planet's future.
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Been hearing about these emails for over a year now. I'm just thinking of my own personal and business life, and the number of emails that I delete daily, which are a lot. The other thing I think about is the relative 'newness' of email technology over 20 years, which really isn't that long.
I feel that this issue is just more of the Clinton Derangement Syndrome, which has been around longer than email itself.
Why doesn't Rep. Chaffetz do something like create actual laws for government email usage, instead of wasting tax payer monies on witch hunts?
I feel that this issue is just more of the Clinton Derangement Syndrome, which has been around longer than email itself.
Why doesn't Rep. Chaffetz do something like create actual laws for government email usage, instead of wasting tax payer monies on witch hunts?
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People seeking a meeting with government officials and politicians (but no evidence of an improper quid pro quo). Wow, what a scandal. That rarely happens. Deserving of screaming front page headlines. Lock her up!
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People making million dollar contributions to Hillary Clinton in EXCHANGE for meetings with government officials = evidence of improper quid pro quo and pay for play, and racketeering.
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Dc Barrister, Gongress is in your hands, Goady Gowdy did everything in hand, he couldn't succeed to bring any law suit against her.
If you have something worth to qualify for evidence, bring it on, or cut the MALARKEY please..
If you have something worth to qualify for evidence, bring it on, or cut the MALARKEY please..
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If Hillary's emails are suspected of harboring classified information which, if released, could pose a security risk for the nation, why would it be in the country's interest to make them public?
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What was it that Obama said--the very first day of his presidency--about releasing public records promptly?
I guess that was then, this is now. It shouldn't take until October to release these emails, nor should it take a judicial order.
I guess that was then, this is now. It shouldn't take until October to release these emails, nor should it take a judicial order.
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It's rather ironic that the use of private email server to protect her planned run for POTUS has come back to hurt her rather badly during the actual run for President. She might have been better off resisting the temptation to act in questionable ways and hiding that.
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It seems unreasonable to me that Hillary Clinton is taking so much flak about her emails when everything she did was intended to help her country or humanity, whereas Donald Trump is getting away with not submitting his returns (and many other questionable acts) and has harmed many others while acting solely for personal gain.
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October, meet surprise. Then again, with anything Clintonian, it really wouldn't be a surprise, would it? Just affirmation.
So where would that leave us? If Mrs. Clinton's candidacy does indeed implode by the sheer weight of all the cumulative deceit and duplicity and she is forced to withdraw, would Sen. Kaine automatically fill the vacuum? Or could there still be an opening, as runner-up in the nominating process, for Sen. Sanders? Or even Vice President Biden? When might the deadline be for adjusting ballots before Nov. 8?
There must be Democratic Party and/or FEC rules for such a contingency, mustn't there? Wondering what they are, and if The Times could tell us.
So where would that leave us? If Mrs. Clinton's candidacy does indeed implode by the sheer weight of all the cumulative deceit and duplicity and she is forced to withdraw, would Sen. Kaine automatically fill the vacuum? Or could there still be an opening, as runner-up in the nominating process, for Sen. Sanders? Or even Vice President Biden? When might the deadline be for adjusting ballots before Nov. 8?
There must be Democratic Party and/or FEC rules for such a contingency, mustn't there? Wondering what they are, and if The Times could tell us.
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Or will we find out that Trump's campaign manager works for Russian interests? Oops that already happened. And that the new guy Bannon is an outright propagandist? Oops. Or that Roger Ailes will be helping elect Trump while fighting about 20 allegations of his gross conduct with his female employees? The GOP Dream Team I guess.
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The email controversy is what it is and not much else.
The F.B.I. has investigated Clinton and made timed comments probably meant to harm her standing. After all, the F.B.I. is most likely predominantly Republican employees. I note that the F.B.I. failed to take action when Don Trump incited riots, promoted criminal activity, and made veiled threats of revolt against a future Clinton government. These are legitimate concerns and I note the absence of any criminal investigations of Trump.
To me that is proof positive that the F.B.I. is Republican and the political arm of the Pentagon who undoubtedly would love to have a military school graduate as President.
The F.B.I. has investigated Clinton and made timed comments probably meant to harm her standing. After all, the F.B.I. is most likely predominantly Republican employees. I note that the F.B.I. failed to take action when Don Trump incited riots, promoted criminal activity, and made veiled threats of revolt against a future Clinton government. These are legitimate concerns and I note the absence of any criminal investigations of Trump.
To me that is proof positive that the F.B.I. is Republican and the political arm of the Pentagon who undoubtedly would love to have a military school graduate as President.
I'm a non-affiliated voter who decided to vote for Hillary on the day she won the Democratic nomination. Republican and right-wing arguments and declarations that she can't be trusted (for oh so many reasons) were all briefly considered, but the sources of these tall tales (lies) rely on outrageous conspiracy theories, pure fantasy, and an obvious malevolence that they aren't even vaguely credible. I don't believe any of them, least of all Whitewater, Vince Foster, Benghazi, the Clinton Foundation, the private email server, or health issues.
I've read the facts. I know who are the alternatives. There's nothing that will change my vote. I'm with her.
I've read the facts. I know who are the alternatives. There's nothing that will change my vote. I'm with her.
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1) Donald Trump has nothing to do with the facts of this story.
2) How and where the GOP choose to politicize this has nothing to do with the facts of this story.
3) Hillary's political party affiliation and genitalia have nothing to do with the facts of this story.
4) What Hillary's predecessor(s) may or may not have told her have nothing to do with the facts of this story.
In violation of federal law (most notably FOIA), in violation of federal regulations on state employee communications, without the consent of any of the information technology or cyber security officials in the federal government, HRC made a unilateral decision to have a private email server installed in her home. She used the server for personal communications, work related communications regarding his position as SOSl, and communications regarding the Clinton Foundation and those in and out of government who were involved in its operations. Her staff then made a unilateral decision in deciding which of these thousands of emails were "personal" and which were not, deleting the former in the process -- again, in violation of numerous laws and regulations.
Now we know much of what they deleted was not, in fact, "personal". and that the classified material she was sharing was vulnerable to foreign and domestic attacks due her use of this private server. Every step of the way, instead of determining what actually happened, she lied. We can either address the reality of that, or we can keep making excuses.
2) How and where the GOP choose to politicize this has nothing to do with the facts of this story.
3) Hillary's political party affiliation and genitalia have nothing to do with the facts of this story.
4) What Hillary's predecessor(s) may or may not have told her have nothing to do with the facts of this story.
In violation of federal law (most notably FOIA), in violation of federal regulations on state employee communications, without the consent of any of the information technology or cyber security officials in the federal government, HRC made a unilateral decision to have a private email server installed in her home. She used the server for personal communications, work related communications regarding his position as SOSl, and communications regarding the Clinton Foundation and those in and out of government who were involved in its operations. Her staff then made a unilateral decision in deciding which of these thousands of emails were "personal" and which were not, deleting the former in the process -- again, in violation of numerous laws and regulations.
Now we know much of what they deleted was not, in fact, "personal". and that the classified material she was sharing was vulnerable to foreign and domestic attacks due her use of this private server. Every step of the way, instead of determining what actually happened, she lied. We can either address the reality of that, or we can keep making excuses.
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Thank you for clarifying points 1- 4 above. Many commenters here seem incapable of grasping these points.
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Amen. Deliberate obstruction. Careless obstruction. What difference does it make, Madame Secretary?
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What difference does it make?
About 10-20 years if you add RICO to Hillary's rap sheet.
About 10-20 years if you add RICO to Hillary's rap sheet.
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It's time for Clinton to demonstrate a very high level of integrity by putting her presidential aspirations aside, and for the purpose of preventing a Trump presidency, announce that she is withdrawing her candidacy.
This is getting embarrassing for the party and for the public.
This is getting embarrassing for the party and for the public.
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in one sound-bite we hear how critical it is to have a more secure server, in the next sound-bite we hear details of exposed emails from the same fervant admonishers of HRC's carelessness.
meanwhile, some of the same admonishers declaring the Clinton Foundation and State Department don't have sufficient walls of separation fervishly submit bills on behalf on their 'money is free speech' donors who draft the bills in the first place.
not too long ago an independent investigator named Ken Starr spent millions of dollars and years searching for just one item in an old land deal gone sour to legally, or politically, excoriate a sitting president--when none was found he did the next best thing, he cued up a personal trap.
this current email rat-hole will end up in a similar hypocritical destination whether it comes from new 'leaks' from the self-congratulatory Assange or new found FBI emails. It will be one item, and it will be enough to sink HRC.
meanwhile, some of the same admonishers declaring the Clinton Foundation and State Department don't have sufficient walls of separation fervishly submit bills on behalf on their 'money is free speech' donors who draft the bills in the first place.
not too long ago an independent investigator named Ken Starr spent millions of dollars and years searching for just one item in an old land deal gone sour to legally, or politically, excoriate a sitting president--when none was found he did the next best thing, he cued up a personal trap.
this current email rat-hole will end up in a similar hypocritical destination whether it comes from new 'leaks' from the self-congratulatory Assange or new found FBI emails. It will be one item, and it will be enough to sink HRC.
"The White House possesses no archived e-mail messages for many of its component offices, including the Executive Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President, for hundreds of days between 2003 and 2005, according to the summary of an internal White House study that was disclosed yesterday by a congressional Democrat (H. Waxman)".
GW Bush and friends illegally destroyed millions of emails to avoid FOIA discovery - no FBI investigation was ever launched. Republican hypocrisy knows no bounds. Trump is additional living proof of this sad reality.
GW Bush and friends illegally destroyed millions of emails to avoid FOIA discovery - no FBI investigation was ever launched. Republican hypocrisy knows no bounds. Trump is additional living proof of this sad reality.
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GW Bush and friends did not operate a pay for play RICO enterprise out of the State Department.
Hillary Clinton did.
Sorry, "b-b-but Bush did it too" is not a defense.
Hillary Clinton did.
Sorry, "b-b-but Bush did it too" is not a defense.
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DCB, Mrs. Clinton didn't either. I don't understand why you're able to get away with constant lying on this thread, and I can't respond to it. You sicken me with your constant lies.
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How can we know the scale of the fraud scheme Bush was running - all the evidence was illegally destroyed. No problem you say, he's not Hillary.
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A corporate executive who was using a home email server to conduct business, who was ordered by Law Enforcement Officials to hand over all the emails sent to or from that server, who handed some percentage over, who claimed that the rest had been "accidentally" deleted, and whose hard drives yielded 25% more of the "deleted" emails, would not have their actions characterized as "extremely careless". The corporate executive would be fired and - hopefully - in jail.
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The executive wouldn't be fired for deleting the emails, he'd be fired for being caught.
Doesn't matter why the corporate executive got fired - the corporate executive does something wrong, and bad things happen to her.
Apparently that doesn't happen to the Democratic nominee for POTUS. Is that the kind of POTUS you want? Someone who ignores the law, someone who ignores protocol because she doesn't feel it applies to her?
How much would you like to bet that HRC's home email server password was totally different from her state.gov password? Yeah, I thought not.
Apparently that doesn't happen to the Democratic nominee for POTUS. Is that the kind of POTUS you want? Someone who ignores the law, someone who ignores protocol because she doesn't feel it applies to her?
How much would you like to bet that HRC's home email server password was totally different from her state.gov password? Yeah, I thought not.
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There will be a special place in hell for Hillary if she dragoons all the Sanders voters into supporting her only to throw the election to Trump as her email coverup explodes and puts Ted Cruz on the supreme court in place of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She will have single-handedly gutted the democratic party's hope of ever unifying.
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How about this: Both Clinton and Trump simultaneously resign from the presidential race. One hopes. Oh, one hopes.
The GOP nominates Pence and the Dems nominate Kaine.
The choose Veep candidates.
Let the campaigning continue.
Aren't they better choices than the two we now have?
Never, in my life have I felt more concerned for the future of my country than I do now.
The GOP nominates Pence and the Dems nominate Kaine.
The choose Veep candidates.
Let the campaigning continue.
Aren't they better choices than the two we now have?
Never, in my life have I felt more concerned for the future of my country than I do now.
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Great. This is all we need to expose all--past, present, and future--confidential and classified information to the public and to those who threaten the security of our nation. The timing is a clear effort to sway public opinion not only in regard to the upcoming election but, moreover, in regard to information and national security. I'm ashamed. I'm ashamed of the judicial system and the lack of common sense.
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For those who read and respond to hundreds of e-mails every single day of the week a miss-read note maybe rare, but not unheard of. Of the 30,000 or so e-mails thus reviewed by the FBI for Sec. Clinton there were three (3) with a "c" classified marking at the time of their use or roughly an error rate of 0.01%. Anyone, no everyone, associated with e-mail security in any government or company would be thrilled with such a low figure. Appreciate the need to sell advertising, but aren't the "we said, they said, who said?" articles beneath the standards of the New York Times when they can add real value to the article with some real data for a tangible perspective?
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How do you misread a top secret email?
"Re: War Plans"
"Re: Nuclear Codes"
No really liberals, your excuses are starting to veer off into the world of the less than sane.
"Re: War Plans"
"Re: Nuclear Codes"
No really liberals, your excuses are starting to veer off into the world of the less than sane.
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If only nuclear weapon systems and war plans were secret then your argument would make obvious sense, but except with the three with a “c” on them all the others were classified as confidential or secret after they had been dispositioned. This implies nothing as clearly vital as nuclear weapon codes, but a detail that would be preferred unpublicized for political rather than purely strategic or tactical concerns. In short, there is “secret” and there is “SECRET” and assuming one or another is an assumption. The real time miss rate, ~0.01%, is a measurable fact.
The issue is not classified information.
What we are going to see in the emails she labeled personal are the communications between her and Clinton Foundation staff that clearly show the favors being performed for people willing to donate large sums of money.
Hold on to your hats.
What we are going to see in the emails she labeled personal are the communications between her and Clinton Foundation staff that clearly show the favors being performed for people willing to donate large sums of money.
Hold on to your hats.
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Does anyone think that any other Democrat would not have been targeted by the relentless right-wing Propaganda Machines and somehow been less "scandalous" that Hillary? Dream on. This is not about Hillary, it's about how anyone can be turned into a monster, or at least damaged goods in the eyes of solid Democrats, by a massively funded 24/7 disinformation campaign. Even the heroic efforts and courage of a highly-decorated Ivy League grad to serve his country in combat was turned into a scandal by this Propaganda Cyclops. There is no one alive or dead whose reputation cannot be disfigured by the diamond-tipped drill bits of this Supreme-Court induced plague on our democracy.
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This email controversy strikes me as a side show and distraction by the GOP and media to the truly important issues facing our Nation and the world. Donald Trump and Co. are going without serious scrutiny and without having to pay for publicity. Where are Trump's taxes? To whom is he beholden and who can yank his chain? I'm wondering if Donald Trump is bought and paid for yet the media seems fearful or unable to deal with it.
The Clinton Foundation is an international focused charitable foundation. If that foundation is so fortunate to have an "in" with the Secretary of State or any other government official, then good for them. Perhaps an HRC Administration could facilitate liaisons with other such foundations and philanthropists and hopefully use private resources to supplement governments in solving many dire global problems. The United States is blessed to have both Hillary and Bill Clinton and should treasure their contributions and continued willingness to serve the good of the country and of humanity in the face of vitriol, allegations, investigations and abuse they have endured. What has Donald Trump done for the good of the Nation or the world?
The Clinton Foundation is an international focused charitable foundation. If that foundation is so fortunate to have an "in" with the Secretary of State or any other government official, then good for them. Perhaps an HRC Administration could facilitate liaisons with other such foundations and philanthropists and hopefully use private resources to supplement governments in solving many dire global problems. The United States is blessed to have both Hillary and Bill Clinton and should treasure their contributions and continued willingness to serve the good of the country and of humanity in the face of vitriol, allegations, investigations and abuse they have endured. What has Donald Trump done for the good of the Nation or the world?
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Electing a known liar and person of questionable ethics IS an extremely important issue. If Hillary is elected, our country will be dragged into the gutter and mired in controversy for four years. There will be NO progress made on any issues as her lies will become the focus of our entire government.
The Clintons are not a blessing. They are a scourge.
The Clintons are not a blessing. They are a scourge.
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How to build a Clinton scandal:
1) Make up an accusation, and demand that it be investigated.
2) find some kind of unrelated suboptimal behavior. Every organization has rules that everyone breaks; The chances that a Clinton has broken one of those rules are very high.
3)People who work for any organization know that certain rules can be safely bent, and don't worry about it. But the general public, including you and me, have no way of making intelligent judgments about this. The rule always looks good on paper, or it never would have gotten onto paper in the first place. So the next step is to point out the possible dangers of breaking this rule in as hysterical tone as possible, and claim that no one who feels entitled to break that rule should ever be trusted with public office.
4) When someone points out that numerous other public officials have done the same thing, you have two available strategies:
A) Find some difference between the Clinton's behavior and the other case, and claim that this difference is essential. It doesn't matter how trivial the difference is. The distinction between essential and accidental is impossible to define anyway, so table pounding is always the best strategy for drawing it.
B) Claim that if you had your way, these other public officials would also be prosecuted. This is an easy claim to make, as you don't have the power to prosecute, and most of the other officials are either retired or dead.
1) Make up an accusation, and demand that it be investigated.
2) find some kind of unrelated suboptimal behavior. Every organization has rules that everyone breaks; The chances that a Clinton has broken one of those rules are very high.
3)People who work for any organization know that certain rules can be safely bent, and don't worry about it. But the general public, including you and me, have no way of making intelligent judgments about this. The rule always looks good on paper, or it never would have gotten onto paper in the first place. So the next step is to point out the possible dangers of breaking this rule in as hysterical tone as possible, and claim that no one who feels entitled to break that rule should ever be trusted with public office.
4) When someone points out that numerous other public officials have done the same thing, you have two available strategies:
A) Find some difference between the Clinton's behavior and the other case, and claim that this difference is essential. It doesn't matter how trivial the difference is. The distinction between essential and accidental is impossible to define anyway, so table pounding is always the best strategy for drawing it.
B) Claim that if you had your way, these other public officials would also be prosecuted. This is an easy claim to make, as you don't have the power to prosecute, and most of the other officials are either retired or dead.
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You neglected to mention that the initial building block of every Clinton scandal is an unethical act by a Clinton.
Bill Clinton engaged in an illicit act and lied about it under oath. Hillary Clinton engaged in an unethical act, which was to set up a personal email system to avoid detection of her commingling of Foundation and State business. She then lied about it.
Unethical behavior followed by lies and obfuscations. Those are the building blocks of the Clinton scandals.
Bill Clinton engaged in an illicit act and lied about it under oath. Hillary Clinton engaged in an unethical act, which was to set up a personal email system to avoid detection of her commingling of Foundation and State business. She then lied about it.
Unethical behavior followed by lies and obfuscations. Those are the building blocks of the Clinton scandals.
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As the emails are showing, more than half the people HRC met with while ostensibly representing all of us as Secretary of State were people who had made donations to her foundation. She then followed us by directing her staff to look into their requests. Check out an AP story on this, since the New York Times is lagging badly.
That doesn't strike you as a scandal? Then you are blinded by political partisanship.
That doesn't strike you as a scandal? Then you are blinded by political partisanship.
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How to build a Clinton scandal
1. Add a Clinton
2. Sit back and watch.
1. Add a Clinton
2. Sit back and watch.
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Oh boy, more emails! Well look, I think that by now we can all, supporters and detractors alike, stipulate that yes, Hillary is unethical and corrupt; further corroboration of what we already think is not necessary. These new emails won't change any minds unless there is an actual indictment. Unlikely. I can hear Bill now: "Don't MAKE me come down to your plane again, Loretta!"
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I have a solution. Make public all unclassified (at this moment) government emails, private and work related, including those of Congress. Let's check it all out. For example, are there any links between Republican Congresspersons, the RNC, Fox, Breitbart, Judicial Watch, and the Trump campaign/business enterprise. Some people are suggesting collusion. I don't know, but maybe we need a special prosecutor. There's something fishy here. And where's there's fish there's fire.
There's
There's
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On the day this lying, arrogant woman finally gets her comeuppance (and she will), it will be a great day for America. And if she is elected president, the New York Times, Hill's head cheerleader, will be partially responsible. When the nation realizes just how deep her cynicism and corruption really goes, we are going to wish we'd elected anyone else, even Trump, warts and all. She creates scandals and blatant conflicts of interest wherever she goes, breaks the law and leaves human wreckage in her wake as she skates away, with the press giving her a pass every single time. Disgusting.
Huma Abedin, editor of a radical Muslim journal? Turns out she WAS, and her excuse couldn't be more mealy mouthed and disingenuous. Zero coverage in this news entity. If this was Trump's aide, the story would be front page news, but it's Hillary so the story gets another collective yawn from this thoroughly compromised, partisan rag. Your readers deserve better. Hillary corrupts everything she touches and that now includes the once mighty New York Times. Hang your heads.
Huma Abedin, editor of a radical Muslim journal? Turns out she WAS, and her excuse couldn't be more mealy mouthed and disingenuous. Zero coverage in this news entity. If this was Trump's aide, the story would be front page news, but it's Hillary so the story gets another collective yawn from this thoroughly compromised, partisan rag. Your readers deserve better. Hillary corrupts everything she touches and that now includes the once mighty New York Times. Hang your heads.
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The more egregious fact re: Huma to me is how she was able to collect some $350K a year as a consultant for Teneo (run by Clinton Foundation exec Doug Band) and then also collect $150K working for the State department.
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and was it really a mere outstanding professionalism and fluent arabic that got huma from saudis into a direct access to the body
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If you read this article and think "Clinton is evil", it's OK, you've been inundated. If you read this article and think "Clinton is still 'the best person for the job'," it's OK, you've been inundated.
However frightening Trump is, in Reality he has not done anything wrong yet, whereas Clinton has in Reality killed 1,000,000 Iraqis, rejected gay-rights until about two years ago; and is corrupt and compromised. Wait until Assange's next emails. I say this so the Clinton supporters understand, not because I think she's a bad person.
There is one candidate qualified for the presidency. That's Jill Stein, M.D.
Don't say "this is how it is". This is never "how it is". If people could free their minds, we would really be free.
However frightening Trump is, in Reality he has not done anything wrong yet, whereas Clinton has in Reality killed 1,000,000 Iraqis, rejected gay-rights until about two years ago; and is corrupt and compromised. Wait until Assange's next emails. I say this so the Clinton supporters understand, not because I think she's a bad person.
There is one candidate qualified for the presidency. That's Jill Stein, M.D.
Don't say "this is how it is". This is never "how it is". If people could free their minds, we would really be free.
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Please speak to Dr. Stein and vaccinations.
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@Kay- 4 yrs without vaccinations is nothing compared to what is really coming from clintons
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The Clintons always stonewall, but say they have nothing to hide. Then it comes out that they had something to hide, but they say it’s not that important, and it’s all a witch-hunt by some no-name Republican yahoo in Congress.
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Once again, it's only wrong if the Clintons do it. When the Bush administration fired 8 States Attorneys in an unprecedented power play, Congressional attempts to obtain White House emails were thwarted by their use of a private email server, one run by the RNC no less. In spite of the Bush administration's best efforts, 22 million emails related to this scandal were "lost". My my what a shame.
http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1610414,00.html
http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1610414,00.html
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You wouldn't elect another Bush would you? Then please don't expect us to elect another Clinton.
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Clinton will be elected despite the hatred shown towards her by hardliners.
Wonder when they are going to read a man's emails. Any man, any of them at all. Sexism is alive and well.
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Yes, please. Bring out 15K emails so that media pundits can parse the danger, (the OMG danger), of Hillary's aides reminding each other to put away documents left on the car seat. Better yet, let's keep media pundits busy counting up how many times Hillary's aides are called to do a favor for The Clinton Foundation team, as if 150 calls over two years isn't a fraction of the calls for favors that every high ranking politician gets each year.
Call me crazy, but HRC's email controversy is almost as mind-numbing as searching through my own email history. Find a million more of Hillary's emails, I could care less and I guarantee I will become more sympathetic as I shudder to think what click-bait pundits might find if they read through four years of my email history.
Obama, the DOJ, the FBI and HRC seem well ahead of this altright email frenzy, happy to chew up the next few months with inane parsing of deeper email weeds. Game: HRC.
Call me crazy, but HRC's email controversy is almost as mind-numbing as searching through my own email history. Find a million more of Hillary's emails, I could care less and I guarantee I will become more sympathetic as I shudder to think what click-bait pundits might find if they read through four years of my email history.
Obama, the DOJ, the FBI and HRC seem well ahead of this altright email frenzy, happy to chew up the next few months with inane parsing of deeper email weeds. Game: HRC.
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How on earth could Hillary, in 2008, not have anticipated that the Clinton Foundation's foreign donors would create the appearance of impropriety for a future presidential campaign? To a lesser degree, the same is true of her private email server: how hard would it have been to get this cleared with the State Department's legal counsel, or even with President Obama? Do Bill and Hillary not have a single aide willing to point out the obvious perception problems that result from their decisions?
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Or do they not have the requisite judgment to figure this out for themselves?
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If it hadn't been these items attacked by the other side, it would have been something else. It's impossible to insulate yourself 100% from future attacks (especially if it is the right wing doing the attacking) and still DO anything. Had she never served her country, with great distinction, as a Senator and Secretary of State, there would be nothing to attack now--except I'm confident the right wing would have attacked her lack of experience in that case. And what was Bill supposed to do at his young age, sit on his hands after leaving the White House? Go into private legal practice? Only accept money from people and institutions that right wingers couldn't attack in the future? That's a short list.
The e-mails are a non-story. The computer system at the state department was slow and unwieldy. It made sense for Mrs. Clinton to use a private e-mail account and server, which were more efficient and secure than the government system.
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The FBI should have been investigating their own responsibilities in this case. If they thought this was such a big issue why they did not insisted enough? Such a silly case.
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Where is the proof that any actual harm has been caused by her action? Trump has defrauded thousands with his bankruptcies,university,underhanded stock dealing and more.Plus his egomania,quick temper,and constant flip flopping,refusal to show his tax returns and more make him a very poor choice for the most important job on this planet.
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Good afternoon from Capitol Hill Dr. Rothstein.
From one doctor to another (albeit my doctorate is in law) I would like to answer your question.
There are two harms.
Hillary Clinton has harmed the public trust by likely running a pay for play RICO enterprise out of the State Department. That harm is documented, and obvious, regardless of the degree of favor or influence purchased by foreign actors.
The Clinton Foundation's bank statements reflect the other harm--actual pay for play monetary transactions that if proven, violate the RICO statute--the second harm.
So harming the public trust as Sec of State + violating the law (a second harm) = criminal
There is not a sentence of federal law that requires Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns before the election. None. Zip. Nadda.
From one doctor to another (albeit my doctorate is in law) I would like to answer your question.
There are two harms.
Hillary Clinton has harmed the public trust by likely running a pay for play RICO enterprise out of the State Department. That harm is documented, and obvious, regardless of the degree of favor or influence purchased by foreign actors.
The Clinton Foundation's bank statements reflect the other harm--actual pay for play monetary transactions that if proven, violate the RICO statute--the second harm.
So harming the public trust as Sec of State + violating the law (a second harm) = criminal
There is not a sentence of federal law that requires Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns before the election. None. Zip. Nadda.
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The examination of Hillary Clinton's emails was supposedly to determine whether national security had been compromised or whether she could have done more to avoid the Benghazi tragedy. How do those questions somehow justify every email she wrote on any subject at all in the past several years being exposed to public view? When do we get to see Donald Trump's emails? Could it be that a standard is being applied to Hillary that no one else could possibly live up to?
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If Chaffetz and Gowdy really cared about our nation's security, they would pass a bill to to upgrade the outdated computer systems used by State and many other agencies. (Some use 8" floppy disks -- remember those? I do, from my first job out of college. I'm middle-aged now.)
If Chaffetz and Gowdy cared about hacking, the would make sure federal agencies had the resources to establish specific and secure IT standards across all agencies and funnel ALL hardware/software setups and changes through IT groups with some independent authority to reject noncompliant requests. That is what companies everywhere do to protect their systems -- I know, because I worked in an IT group that did exactly this.
But Chaffetz and Gowdy won't do any of this, because they don't care abouut national security. They care only about discrediting Clinton herself so they can install a Republican in the White House.
If Chaffetz and Gowdy cared about hacking, the would make sure federal agencies had the resources to establish specific and secure IT standards across all agencies and funnel ALL hardware/software setups and changes through IT groups with some independent authority to reject noncompliant requests. That is what companies everywhere do to protect their systems -- I know, because I worked in an IT group that did exactly this.
But Chaffetz and Gowdy won't do any of this, because they don't care abouut national security. They care only about discrediting Clinton herself so they can install a Republican in the White House.
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This is your country on Clintons.
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Enough already with the emails. I don't care if it's a million emails, I would still vote for her over Trump. Get real people, this is nothing more than the same old tired witch hunt. I am so sick of this newspaper being led around by the Republicans with their fake outrage just so they can damage Mrs. Clinton. What will it take to get the media to think for themselves and stop letting the neocons set the message!!! I am sick of it!!!!!
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Before a "shadow is cast". shouldn't we wait until we find out what is in them?
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I've heard people say that Hillary is accusing Colin Powell of suggesting she use a private email for her State emails, except Classified correspondence. I read people say "I believe it when Mr Powell says he never told her to do any such thing". I remember this same Colin Powell lying before the UN in 2002 claiming Iraq had mobile chemical weapons vans, all over Iraq producing deadly gases. That lie led to convincing the American people to invade Iraq. This led to the deaths of 4500 US Soldiers and 33,000 wounded US Soldiers for nothing. I believe Hillary.
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So obviously, the Republicans have decided that the only way to win this election is to drag Hillary through the mud with a never-ending stream of bogus accusations. And they are correct. The Grand Old Party has died and left America with the bigoted Tea Party. So sad.
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I wish the NYT would dedicate the space for this non story to highlighting and comparing the plans and proposals of the candidates. It would be of much more value to your readers.
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No one cares about the darn emails.
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Lots of people care
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And it's also the so-called Clinton Foundation.
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"Sure she's flawed. Sure she's made mistakes. So has everyone else."
Wait—she's at the bottom rung, even among the sordid world of politicians.
[And the lust for wealth in the political arena is quite extraordinary. "We were dead broke."]
Wait—she's at the bottom rung, even among the sordid world of politicians.
[And the lust for wealth in the political arena is quite extraordinary. "We were dead broke."]
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Shame on you, New York Times. This is incredibly misleading. By your own admission in your graphic, these are NOT NEW emails - they were part of Comey's report and have been thoroughly reviewed. The only new thing here is that they are being released - which Clinton has been requesting since they were sent to Congress. If I could trust any media outlet to carefully consider and present the facts, I thought it was the Times. Evidently I was mistaken.
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Instead of more elusive emails information, what about a NYTimes analysis of why the fight against the Zika virus was not approved by Congress before their recess? Why not a blow by blow with helpful graphic article on each congressperson who voted against/for the funding.
This could end with a state by state scorecard that every American voter could consult as he/she decides how to vote in his/her local elections this November. Now that would be worthwhile. Both plain spoken Jefferson and passionate democrat Jefferson would approve. Rise above the Fox and the Breithbart!
This could end with a state by state scorecard that every American voter could consult as he/she decides how to vote in his/her local elections this November. Now that would be worthwhile. Both plain spoken Jefferson and passionate democrat Jefferson would approve. Rise above the Fox and the Breithbart!
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OMG! Just now, people are discovering how government works in the United States! Oh, boy, you mean people with big money have better access to government officials than those who are less fortunate? Who knew? I thought lobbyists were just folks who handed out fliers in the lobby. You mean they influence Congress with...money? You mean folks who donate huge sums of cash to their favorite candidate during elections have an ulterior motive? I'm shocked. Shocked! People, grow up.
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Whether you are a Democrat or Republican (or affiliated with some other political party) you have to admit that Hillary Clinton's decision to approve the setup a private email server and use in the manner that has been alleged has got to be one of dumbest moves anyone could make. Didn't anybody and teller her it's probably not a good idea to do that. Maybe someone did, who knows. Now we can look forward to another flurry of Hillary's communications in the media/public domain based a time of critical importance in selecting our country's next leader and focusing our time on critical public/foreign policy issues. What an avoidable mess that was poorly handled from the very beginning by Clinton and those around her, including the DNC.
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She did not need anyone to tell her her private communications system was a bad idea. Competence in handling government information is required for those in the federal service.
This is not a distraction from selecting the next leader of the country. The kind of judgment demonstrated with the private server is part of the mix.
This is not a distraction from selecting the next leader of the country. The kind of judgment demonstrated with the private server is part of the mix.
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Shadows aren't raised, they are thrown.
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What a waste of tax payer dollars, just to keep a woman from becoming President. I don't give a rat's behind about those emails.
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It is embarrassing that someone as corrupt and dishonest as Clinton would have the gall to believe that she is qualified to be the president of this country. She makes America look like a third world country. She should resign immediately in shame.
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Funny you should mention "third-world countries." My father's family settled safely in a corrupt third-world dictatorship in 1932 and had little trouble. My grandparents lived out long lives there.
Had they stayed in their own country after it elected a bigoted grandiose sociopath promising a return to national greatness, respect for the working man, and the expulsion of undesirables -- they would all have been dead by the early 1940's.
The choice between candidates seems crystal clear to me. Thanks, Grandpa Hugo, Grandma Lucy, and Dad, for seeing clearly.
Had they stayed in their own country after it elected a bigoted grandiose sociopath promising a return to national greatness, respect for the working man, and the expulsion of undesirables -- they would all have been dead by the early 1940's.
The choice between candidates seems crystal clear to me. Thanks, Grandpa Hugo, Grandma Lucy, and Dad, for seeing clearly.
And Donald Trump? Con Man extraordinaire? No comment for his "qualifications".
Right.
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Oh and Clinton's 15,000 e mails are just like Trump's "business savvy".
All sound and fury signifying nothing.
All sound and fury signifying nothing.
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What stands out for me about all the emails - and there are thousands of them - is that that is how wastefully our trusted government employees are spending their precious time and our precious money.
No wonder we are in such bad shape internationally and fiscal-wise. If people "in charge" spent more time on action and less time on talking about irrelevant stuff, perhaps we would get more done. That's just a theory. But its born out by how I spend my own life - emails are so easy to do, and can be done at any time, that it is all too easy to email when it isn't necessary. I think as a nation, and as a government, and as individual companies/non-profit groups, we were a lot more effective when there was a lot less unnecessary communication.
You have only to compare Franklin's or Jefferson's letters to be sent by sail boat to North America, to the emerging US government while they acted on behalf of the colony/continental government to see how much more they covered with fewer words. Too many emails just become distracting noise.
Enough of the emails. The media should be discussing issues of importance, not responding like pigeons to the clever news management of Roger Aisles and Mr. Breitbart (whatever his real name is...) now in Charge of Trump media, which, like Fox News, is death by a thousand small slights to Hillary Clinton. Enough already!
No wonder we are in such bad shape internationally and fiscal-wise. If people "in charge" spent more time on action and less time on talking about irrelevant stuff, perhaps we would get more done. That's just a theory. But its born out by how I spend my own life - emails are so easy to do, and can be done at any time, that it is all too easy to email when it isn't necessary. I think as a nation, and as a government, and as individual companies/non-profit groups, we were a lot more effective when there was a lot less unnecessary communication.
You have only to compare Franklin's or Jefferson's letters to be sent by sail boat to North America, to the emerging US government while they acted on behalf of the colony/continental government to see how much more they covered with fewer words. Too many emails just become distracting noise.
Enough of the emails. The media should be discussing issues of importance, not responding like pigeons to the clever news management of Roger Aisles and Mr. Breitbart (whatever his real name is...) now in Charge of Trump media, which, like Fox News, is death by a thousand small slights to Hillary Clinton. Enough already!
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'She can't tell the truth!'
Said the pot to the kettle.
Said the pot to the kettle.
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Was the pot a member of the President's cabinet?
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The pot is republicans.
who sold us yellow cake,
who exposed covert CIA agent
Who let go OBL
eventually who blow up Middle east.
who sold us yellow cake,
who exposed covert CIA agent
Who let go OBL
eventually who blow up Middle east.
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Republicans have spent two decades trying to damage the career and credibility of HRC. And these emails will probably not show anything sinister; what it does is keep the news cycle going for another 48 hours or so. I think Reps would prefer if they're not released because it allows for their favorite tactic: conspiracy theories.
Presidential campaigns often devolve into win or lose today, count them up at the end (summarized best by the last season of West Wing). Trump can't lose if it's bad news for HRC. What most of us realize is that Trump has lost so many days already that at this point it's like closing the hatch on the submarine after you're underwater...
Presidential campaigns often devolve into win or lose today, count them up at the end (summarized best by the last season of West Wing). Trump can't lose if it's bad news for HRC. What most of us realize is that Trump has lost so many days already that at this point it's like closing the hatch on the submarine after you're underwater...
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As a very few readers will recall, some of us commenters have been demanding an FBI investigation for weeks here into the Clinton Foundation's donations. We suspected that many foundation donors were individuals seeking access and favors from the Secretary of State or her government supporters.
And an FBI inquiry was necessary to determine whether any of our corruption laws were broken by Hillary and Bill Clinton. For important as Mrs. Clinton's emails are to such an investigation, her husband's emails during her tenure at State are equally if not more so of value to investigators. You can't just investigate Bonnie; you must also investigate Clyde. The Clintons were a corporate partnership, equally liable or equally innocent. To investigate only Bonnie's emails and ignore Clyde's would suit Clyde just fine.
Let's see Bill Clinton's emails while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State ---- while he was raising money for the Clinton Foundation ----- and let's see who he communicated with for donations, and what he traded with them in return.
And an FBI inquiry was necessary to determine whether any of our corruption laws were broken by Hillary and Bill Clinton. For important as Mrs. Clinton's emails are to such an investigation, her husband's emails during her tenure at State are equally if not more so of value to investigators. You can't just investigate Bonnie; you must also investigate Clyde. The Clintons were a corporate partnership, equally liable or equally innocent. To investigate only Bonnie's emails and ignore Clyde's would suit Clyde just fine.
Let's see Bill Clinton's emails while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State ---- while he was raising money for the Clinton Foundation ----- and let's see who he communicated with for donations, and what he traded with them in return.
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No, we don't want to spend taxpayer money on this ridiculous Republican smear campaign.
Another investigation. That's the ticket.
And lets see Don the Cons tax returns so we can take them apart page by page, line by line. I'm sure there's a Russian connection! He's hiding his tax returns. Why? And were are his wife's immigration paperwork. He said that he would show that a few weeks ago. Was she working illegally in the U.S.? Maybe she should be deported!why did he take down her on-line page?
If you don't think Clinton is corrupt than you're delusional. I mean come on! The Private server, Huma Abedin as liaison who had 3 different jobs at one time, a foundation that served their interests of money, the fact that public servants for the last 30 years are worth $110 million dollars! How does one get to be worth so much money in public service? Why does one get $300,000 for a "speech", a speech. What Co. would pay that in a time of cost cutting, layoffs, restructuring? Unless there was a definite return on investment. Sure the foundation probably did a few good things just like the mafia fun pizza joint served pizza and was a front for other things as well. All a front and scam. Im no GOP supporter but i can knowingly vote for some like this. They're like Latin American politicians who lie and cheat and claim they love the little people outside Chappaqua
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Much ado about nothing, continuing forever.
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"Criminal"?
I'd like to know exactly how many thousands of man(and woman) hours of government employees' time is being spent by State Dept staff, FBI staff, House members' staff reviewing, culling, and censoring these thousands of emails, just so Gowdy or Chaffetz can stand in front of a podium and respond when asked what they've found: "nothing." Again.
And yet, these people can't seem to find the time to pass infrastructure renewal, immigration reform, gun safety, or voting rights legislation.
Under GOP rule, the House of Representatives has become the House of Fetishists.
I'd like to know exactly how many thousands of man(and woman) hours of government employees' time is being spent by State Dept staff, FBI staff, House members' staff reviewing, culling, and censoring these thousands of emails, just so Gowdy or Chaffetz can stand in front of a podium and respond when asked what they've found: "nothing." Again.
And yet, these people can't seem to find the time to pass infrastructure renewal, immigration reform, gun safety, or voting rights legislation.
Under GOP rule, the House of Representatives has become the House of Fetishists.
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The AG is a democrat who received her first big time appointment from Hillary's husband. Should be no surprise to anyone that she is not being prosecuted.
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These emails are a misdemeanor compared to so many felonies committed by male politicians, but because it's Hillary Clinton they're enough cover for misogyny, fear of a strong leader (especially female), issues with Bill Clinton, petty gripes about her looks, her hair, her voice, (there's that misogyny again), etc.
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And yet it's a federal judge appointed by Obama who is requiring her to release these emails.
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Oh, enough of the nonsensical excuse of male vs. female. Her genitalia is not a passport for criminality.
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And there is no smoking gun in the emails or even a misdemeanor!
Hillary ought to hope they are released asap as these 15000 will be shown to have nothing more than the already 32000+ 1200 or so examined emails except for the one paragraph in one email marked with (c) but was also easily missed (as Comey implied) missed because the email was not marked at the top with Confidential indicating there was something confidential in the content. The one email in question was a received email, not sent. None of the ones sent by Hillary were classified to any degree.
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if shes elected its going to be another 4 years of unrelenting hate attacks, even worse than those on Obama
have fun w more nonfunctional govt, folks
watch your country swirl down th drain
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The real problem here is that the whole mess shows Clinton to not be a very good administrator. The concept of keeping her private emails private is legitimate, how in the world did she get it so wrong? Who did she hire to set up such a terrible system? Of course, she can't say, "I got really bad advice", but that's what happened. Which raises the question, why doesn't she have people around her who can protect her from this kind of stuff? Perhaps she is too loyal to Huma. Additionally, she didn't look through all those emails, who is responsible for not disclosing 15,000 emails and now making her look like a fool or worse. I'm not defending her or turning her into a victim, but the emails are sort of besides the point: how did she allow herself to become the victim of events caused by people who were working for her? I know lots of tech people who say they never would have set her up that way. Bad administration.
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Stop with these emails! Nobody cares!
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People who look the other way at corruption and lying don't care, the rest of us do.
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Apparently you're wrong.
Over 49 million hits on Hillary Clinton scandal over the last 48 hours.
And those don't include the international numbers.
Over 49 million hits on Hillary Clinton scandal over the last 48 hours.
And those don't include the international numbers.
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considering that she's running against the worst presidential candidate in US history, Mrs. Clinton should be killing it in the polls... the fact that she's just narrowly leading is testimony to the flaws in her personality and her past and the fact that the electorate is turned off by all this nonsense... the appeal of relatively clean third and fourth party candidates will determine the outcome of this election and they should be given their rightful place on the debates podia
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This campaign is all smoke and mirrors and layers of distraction. It's devolved into bad political theater. In truth it's business as usual for the press and the industry we sadly call party politics . . .
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There is nothing surprising when someone who has access to a government official asks for help with a problem or a goal. It is hypocritical for anyone in government to pretend otherwise, because it happens all the time and in fact our money-based political system is powered by the expectation that you can buy access.
The significant distinction is between using access to ask for something, and getting what you ask for because of something you did for the government official. There is nothing wrong when an official receives a request. When an official grants a request that would otherwise be inappropriate, because of a favor s/he received, that's bribery. Nothing in the article describes misconduct of that type.
Government officials perform services for individuals and meet with people all the time. It's part of their job. Is there anything wrong with the Secretary of State meeting with the Crown Prince of Bahrain? Of course not.
When Republicans in Congress criticize Mrs. Clinton, perhaps they should make public all the requests they received from donors and disclose how they responded.
The sad fact is that in our system it pays to have connections, and sometimes one can pay to have connections. The greatest damage is done in Congress and in state and local governments, and the problem has only gotten worse since the Supreme Court opened the floodgates in Citizens United.
The significant distinction is between using access to ask for something, and getting what you ask for because of something you did for the government official. There is nothing wrong when an official receives a request. When an official grants a request that would otherwise be inappropriate, because of a favor s/he received, that's bribery. Nothing in the article describes misconduct of that type.
Government officials perform services for individuals and meet with people all the time. It's part of their job. Is there anything wrong with the Secretary of State meeting with the Crown Prince of Bahrain? Of course not.
When Republicans in Congress criticize Mrs. Clinton, perhaps they should make public all the requests they received from donors and disclose how they responded.
The sad fact is that in our system it pays to have connections, and sometimes one can pay to have connections. The greatest damage is done in Congress and in state and local governments, and the problem has only gotten worse since the Supreme Court opened the floodgates in Citizens United.
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So Citizens United is to blame for Hillary Clinton's alleged pay for play racketeering? So why aren't any Supreme Court Justices being investigated by the FBI?
Your words betray you.
When you say "it pays to have connections" that is the reason Hillary could go to prison. It's ILLEGAL to "pay" for connections to the government.
Your words betray you.
When you say "it pays to have connections" that is the reason Hillary could go to prison. It's ILLEGAL to "pay" for connections to the government.
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Nobody can question that Ms. Clinton is the most qualified person in the country to be president, and only an idiot or racist sociopath would vote for Trump. Regardless of any mistakes she has made, she will be our next president, thank God, because the alternative is so much worse.
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I've got a few questions for Hillary Clinton.
1) Why were you using the State Department to conduct a pay for play racketeering enterprise?
2) Have you ever told the truth about anything in your entire life?
Until she can answer those questions, she's not qualified to park my car.
1) Why were you using the State Department to conduct a pay for play racketeering enterprise?
2) Have you ever told the truth about anything in your entire life?
Until she can answer those questions, she's not qualified to park my car.
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If Hillary does get elected, and enough repubs remain in congress, perhaps they can break the record for time & money wasted during their investigation into Bill's sexual mischief ! ... But wait ! the repubs have another record to break, which is the level of obstruction they indulged in during the past 8 years of the Obama presidency ... Why don't they just quit and go home ? ... Oh, how silly of me, they need to stay in D.C. to collect their hard earned fees from big pharma, big oil, the list goes on ...
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From another vantage point, the past 6-8 years have been a cabal of devisiveness carried out in the name of inclusiveness, but in reality a lot of class warfare; race baiting and inciteful immigrant "envy". America has, for the most part, been inclusive despite racial tensions; ethnic bias & historical wrongs. Our track record vis a vis the rest of the world is envious & we are prototype nation of immigrants. This, however, does not fit the current Democratic narrative or agenda. The operation of this "plantation" requires that the "downtrodden" to believe that the "man" has had them down; that the so-called 1% (note that the Clintons as well as Trump are 0.1%'ers) is the only reason there is not total economic equality; and that we have no need of sovereignty; a unique culture; or (god forbid) pride in our exceptionalism. All politicians, by definition almost, have no pragmatic skill set; they're job is to try to remain entrenched & convince the voting public every 2-6 years that "they" (democratic, republican, tea party or libertarian etc.) are better than the "other guy/gal". Bernie & Trump are 2 sides of the same coin. When career politicians emphasize their "experience"..well, guess what, it's been a bad experience of gridlock, empty pandering & waste!
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Not everyone will know everything on this. That is the one sure thing. So it is funny that we the sheep are even having a "conversation" here.
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This could be the first Presidential election in American History where the first candidate to make bail wins the White House.
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Trump is not going to win the White House. Don't worry.
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Well it IS the first for a GOP candidate to have a communist father in law, with business ties to Russia, and a campaign manager who collects paychecks working for pro-Russia interests in Ukraine.
Peculiar indeed. Old Ronald is rolling in the grave.
Peculiar indeed. Old Ronald is rolling in the grave.
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The rank hypocrisy of the left is astounding. Forgiving corruption in government because someone is on your team is disgraceful and beneath all of us.
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Sorry, but there is NO evidence of corruption here!
"The rank hypocrisy of the right is astounding. Forgiving a history of business frauds, bigotry, and advisors from racist conspiracist circles, because someone is on your team is worse than disgraceful. It's beneath everything this nation stands for.
Fixed that little gem for you.
Fixed that little gem for you.
its email FFS, not high treason. Get a grip
Girlfriend be working hard. She read and sent 30,000 emails for her job?! You get it, girl!
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Such a ridiculous article and equally as dumb comments from your "readers". Nothing is new here. It is the same old Hillary who has been lying to the American public for 40 years.
She is a liar, she is corrupt, dishonest, unethical, lacks personal character and integrity, is in a business, not a marriage and has no core besides money, money, money and power. Love her newest lie, blaming Colin Powell for her e-mails, when she was doing it a year before their reported conversation. Just more pathological lies.
Why the Times supports and adores her is beyond me. The truth is the American public dislike both candidates in unsurpassed numbers. She is who we will end up with because Trump is just a buffoon, insecure and immature and that is that.
4 more years of this pathetic, secretive, uncaring, regulation filled government is hopefully going to force some real, dramatic change in America, finally. Maybe even get some candidates who are qualified and relatively honest!
She is a liar, she is corrupt, dishonest, unethical, lacks personal character and integrity, is in a business, not a marriage and has no core besides money, money, money and power. Love her newest lie, blaming Colin Powell for her e-mails, when she was doing it a year before their reported conversation. Just more pathological lies.
Why the Times supports and adores her is beyond me. The truth is the American public dislike both candidates in unsurpassed numbers. She is who we will end up with because Trump is just a buffoon, insecure and immature and that is that.
4 more years of this pathetic, secretive, uncaring, regulation filled government is hopefully going to force some real, dramatic change in America, finally. Maybe even get some candidates who are qualified and relatively honest!
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There will be no one "qualified" or "relatively honest" so long as the Republicans want to weaken government for the benefit of their zillionaire donors.
If Republicans decided to pass legislation that the public actually wants and would benefit from, they wouldn't need the "politics of personal destruction," or voter suppression, gerrymandering and and legislative nullification. If they concentrated on FIXING problems instead of using them as ammunition, we'd get a higher level of politics. But that won't happen with a GOP in thrall to Kochs, Waltons, Adelsons, and others in that stratosphere who believe their money and power count more than the lives of hundreds of millions citizens.
If Republicans decided to pass legislation that the public actually wants and would benefit from, they wouldn't need the "politics of personal destruction," or voter suppression, gerrymandering and and legislative nullification. If they concentrated on FIXING problems instead of using them as ammunition, we'd get a higher level of politics. But that won't happen with a GOP in thrall to Kochs, Waltons, Adelsons, and others in that stratosphere who believe their money and power count more than the lives of hundreds of millions citizens.
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How's about some commenters who are qualified (as in looking at the facts and not swallowing the propaganda) and relatively honest?
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Good grief. Please don't mistake your tantrum for anything to do with the truth.You seem to be some sort of expert on money and power. Save some of your wrath for the GOP disaster offering of Donald Trump, who actually IS "secretive, uncaring, and pathetic".
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Donald never answered by allegations that have been made on Russia, hackers and taxes, Why Hillary should they?
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Because a federal judge (appointed by Obama) is requiring her to. That's why.
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Yeesh. And Trump claims the political process is rigged? Let's look at the nature and timing of these disclosures, from Russian-gathered data from DNC hacking all the way through to this very interesting time table associated with the release of emails.
Perhaps the election process is rigged. But it's undoubtedly rigged against Clinton at this point.
Perhaps the election process is rigged. But it's undoubtedly rigged against Clinton at this point.
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Today's political news? Yesterday's news about the e-mails, and a fluff-speculative piece about what constitutes a "landslide." Nothing of course analyzing the candidates' policies and the effect of those policies on the future of the country. Nothing that would require in-depth research or analysis. PLUS unlimited comments on Clinton's emails, and no comments allowed on the "landslide" story or the story about Guantanamo torture. All of this adds of up business-side driven journalism that doesn't serve readers as well as it could.
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This fishing expedition has got to end. It is a worthless pursuit (except by Trump and the right wing). This chronic disease of speculation that we might find something in thousands of emails is no different than starting rumor. Until there is real evidence drop this chronic speculation. Even if there was an email related to national security, so what? She was Secretary of State, serving her country. What? she didn't follow protocol. How did Hitler win his election? He won by creating a chronic disease of speculation, rumors and lies. NY
Times, please report real news and Don't give Trump the opportunity to state garbage that might get him elected.
Times, please report real news and Don't give Trump the opportunity to state garbage that might get him elected.
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Bernie Sanders, where are thou?
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He started campaigning much too late and didn't get enough votes. I suspect Jane Sanders might be breathing a sigh of relief that their tax returns all remain safely in the file cabinet except for 2014. They will not have to disappoint their supporters and delight the GOP with whatever those returns might show.
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He's in his third house, a vacation house that he just bought in Vermont for close to $600,000.
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So Trump invites the Russians to hack her emails, and Putin and Assange want to mess with our elections, but that's FINE because, you know, the greatest danger we face is that nefarious "Killary.
Not Zika, not climate change, not Russia, not turmoil in the Middle East, not underemployment, aging infrastructure, student loan debt, unaffordable prescription drug prices, etc etc etc. Nope. Clinton and the emails could wipe out the entire U.S. based on the unlimited resources Chaffetz and Gowdy devote to investigating and neutralizing it.
Why are my tax dollars apparently being donated directly to campaign efforts for a political party I oppose? Did the Republican House swear its oath to the RNC instead of the American people?
Not Zika, not climate change, not Russia, not turmoil in the Middle East, not underemployment, aging infrastructure, student loan debt, unaffordable prescription drug prices, etc etc etc. Nope. Clinton and the emails could wipe out the entire U.S. based on the unlimited resources Chaffetz and Gowdy devote to investigating and neutralizing it.
Why are my tax dollars apparently being donated directly to campaign efforts for a political party I oppose? Did the Republican House swear its oath to the RNC instead of the American people?
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"Trump invites the Russians"? Evidence please. You seem to have the order of events a bit confused.
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AAC:
Trump: " Russia, if you are listening"- I guess you missed it.
Trump: " Russia, if you are listening"- I guess you missed it.
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Kay Johnson:
By then experts assumed her emails had already been hacked. The absence of evidence, according to them, was to be expected. They didn't expect to find a trace of hackers.
By then experts assumed her emails had already been hacked. The absence of evidence, according to them, was to be expected. They didn't expect to find a trace of hackers.
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Enough with the email already. If Donald Trump is elected president, all media outlets in the U.S. will need to understand that they, as a collective, has done everything to make this happen, and next to nothing to avoid it. Trump should have been ignored and relegated to the back pages as a curiosity, not a serious candidate. Instead, every media outlet, including the NYTimes, gave him all the free coverage in the world, for the sake of ratings, and not for the sake of not allowing this to happen. If anybody ever wondered how Hitler got elected, wonder no more: complacency on the part of everybody until it was too late. Will history repeat itself?
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Another fake "Bengazi" stake-burning of the "Witch of Washington". Didn't the obvious misogyny of the Olympics show us something? Apparently it's better to have an ignorant sociopath as President than an experienced, exceptionally capable woman. If HRC is brought down by another "swiftboating" maneuver I really feel sorry for all the young girls who will be forced to realize that indeed, in the "land of the free" they are still second-class citizens.
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Don't worry. The smart 'girls' will understand that this is not about Hillary being a woman. Rather, it is about her being dishonest.
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"Land of the free" if you are a war criminal like Cheney, rummy and shrub.
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A swiftboating maneuver ordered by a federal judge appointed by Obama.
hillary haters need to hate hillary to justify their voting for th a vapid mean spirited clod like trump
why bother w th hate
you love trump, he will save you and fix everything bc he loves america so much , so vote for him and then bathe in th splendor of an america ruled by trump, where everyone will be in th top 1 %
im sure it will be everything you imagined it would
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This whole email and email server are serious issues. We need to decide if we are a nation of laws or a nation of politicians who think they are above the law.
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They are not serious issues, and they've already been investigated to death!
Read some of the comments and roll your eyes that the conspiracy types are on their high horse about emails- they don't know what they say or if there is some big whoop in them, or even if they are new. Never mind that other SoS folks have done exactly the same, but they were Republican so it was OK.
But let Trump have a pro-communist bonafide agent guy MANAGING his campaign and diddling around in anti-western campaigns in Ukraine and they are as peaceful as in the arms of the sweet baby Jesus.
Find Trump's taxes and get back to us.
But let Trump have a pro-communist bonafide agent guy MANAGING his campaign and diddling around in anti-western campaigns in Ukraine and they are as peaceful as in the arms of the sweet baby Jesus.
Find Trump's taxes and get back to us.
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It's not OK because they were republicans, it's OK because they are not currently running for President. So who cares?
But Hillary is running for President based on her "experience". Seems to me like this experience is riddled with inaccuracies.
But Hillary is running for President based on her "experience". Seems to me like this experience is riddled with inaccuracies.
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Ein: We had a GOP president and vice pres who got rid of a MILLION emails regarding Iraq. This is obviously about throwing stuff at the wall.
If the GOP did not care that Trump had a guy who was working for a foreign government- a pro-Russia guy no less- they sure don't actually care about emails.
If the GOP did not care that Trump had a guy who was working for a foreign government- a pro-Russia guy no less- they sure don't actually care about emails.
the e mails are a small problem which should have been dealt with earlier with a sense of urgency and finality. Of course, this issue will be used when whining Don says the system is 'rigged' ... And in the universe of him and his followers, the suggestion equals fact ... stay tuned !
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If these emails are so innocent, then all democrats should welcome their release before the election. That way everybody can feel good about voting for Hillary.
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Even if they are innocent, the right wing anti-Hillary party will find a way to spin something to have another investigation using Americans tax dollars of those who do pay taxes, unlike Trump, to uncover more NOTHING.
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Since we are essentially forced to vote for one or the other -- and Trump is borderline insane -- Clinton will still win. Bottomline. Sad too.
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We have a timetable for this, but nominating a Supreme Court Justice can wait...
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Well this is racketeering, perjury and obstruction of justice by a Presidential Candidate 11 weeks from election day. So yeah we may be pumping the gas pedal here...
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Right, because both moves are to further the goal of a fascist America.
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That is clearly the preferred step for both parties in the Senate. The Harry Reid Rule holds that all nominations a year and a HALF before Presidential elections must be ignored. Just ask Miguel Estrada.
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The election process has been scuttled by the antics of Mr Trump and general populace fixation upon Mrs Clinton's E-mails (an issue already thoroughly investigated and reported on by the FBI - an agency never known for it's liberal leaning).
The election process MUST begin to produce discussions about how the USA will meet its obligations to education, healthcare, economy, safety -internal and from outside-, foreign policies, energy, and an equitable tax policy that promotes working versus collecting dividends & interest.
To date, these issues have been over shadowed by adolescent sniping and fear mongering and the majority of voters appear, by viewership numbers, to be entranced by this reality TV show.
America is reflected in its political choices. The present reflection is wretched.
The election process MUST begin to produce discussions about how the USA will meet its obligations to education, healthcare, economy, safety -internal and from outside-, foreign policies, energy, and an equitable tax policy that promotes working versus collecting dividends & interest.
To date, these issues have been over shadowed by adolescent sniping and fear mongering and the majority of voters appear, by viewership numbers, to be entranced by this reality TV show.
America is reflected in its political choices. The present reflection is wretched.
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I’ve been a skeptic of both of the Clintons since the 90s and the relentless inability of the GOP to actually get anything to stick on her has actually improved my image of Hillary Clinton quite a bit. After rooting around in her garbage for over 20 years what they’ve come up with is that her assistant routinely told people seeking favors to either use official channels or to pound sand (in a polite manner). That’s… not incriminating. At all. That’s far better than I would actually expect for any politician – and has raised my estimation of Clinton’s honesty up another notch.
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I agree, llama. There has been no one more scrutinized than Hillary in our country's recent history. And all they can come up with is an unending investigation into emails?? Even I have more to hide than that!
We'll never see the content in these emails before the election. Political and legal wrangling / deal making will keep any meaningful content hidden for months, if not forever.
And, by the way...it's not a witch hunt if you're guilty as charged. And I for one don't take stupidity lightly...this woman wants to be the next president. My question is, why did the president let her get away with it...he's the boss...is he really that stupid. But, what can you expect from a community organizer. No experience...none...nada...as far as understanding the first thing about the way we shoiuld interact with the rest of the world.
Face it, we've elected a bunch of crooks and dummies. And, I doubt it will change.
If there's any way that someone can rationalize our ignorant politicians putting us $20 trillion in debt...and want more of the same...let me know. If so...put another one in office.
And, by the way...it's not a witch hunt if you're guilty as charged. And I for one don't take stupidity lightly...this woman wants to be the next president. My question is, why did the president let her get away with it...he's the boss...is he really that stupid. But, what can you expect from a community organizer. No experience...none...nada...as far as understanding the first thing about the way we shoiuld interact with the rest of the world.
Face it, we've elected a bunch of crooks and dummies. And, I doubt it will change.
If there's any way that someone can rationalize our ignorant politicians putting us $20 trillion in debt...and want more of the same...let me know. If so...put another one in office.
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The emails aren't really "new", are they, since they were either turned over to the FBI earlier this year or reconstructed by them our of millions of fragments. That is, they've been "known" to the FBI for some time.
I guess they ARE new to Chaffetz and the rest of those in the congress who have access to them.
There's nothing more than Clinton can do. It's the State Department that is setting the time table for their publication. Hillary Clinton has asked that all of them be released at once. That won't happen because some of the material is classified, but it would be a good idea.
As it stands, Clinton faces the worst possible outcome -- a rolling disclosure in which those who hate her will pick up every hint of misdoing and demand a special prosecutor.
The GOP has called the DOJ "the political arm of the Democratic party." The last special prosecutor, Ken Starr, did an excellent job of performing as the political arm of the GOP. Commissioned to investigate Whitewater, Starr managed to find a path to a back room bj and the impeachment of the president.
Who knows what the next special prosecutor will bring? He'll be like a great big pinata, full of nothing but good surprises.
I guess they ARE new to Chaffetz and the rest of those in the congress who have access to them.
There's nothing more than Clinton can do. It's the State Department that is setting the time table for their publication. Hillary Clinton has asked that all of them be released at once. That won't happen because some of the material is classified, but it would be a good idea.
As it stands, Clinton faces the worst possible outcome -- a rolling disclosure in which those who hate her will pick up every hint of misdoing and demand a special prosecutor.
The GOP has called the DOJ "the political arm of the Democratic party." The last special prosecutor, Ken Starr, did an excellent job of performing as the political arm of the GOP. Commissioned to investigate Whitewater, Starr managed to find a path to a back room bj and the impeachment of the president.
Who knows what the next special prosecutor will bring? He'll be like a great big pinata, full of nothing but good surprises.
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As I recall Bill got that "backroom bj" all by his lonesome; it's not like Ken Starr set him up.
Do you really have to wonder what was actually discussed on AG Lynch's government jet before Director Comey's statement about HRC's email. Or is that still a conspiracy theory bridge too far for you?
Do you really have to wonder what was actually discussed on AG Lynch's government jet before Director Comey's statement about HRC's email. Or is that still a conspiracy theory bridge too far for you?
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Someone asked why the DNC didn’t vet Clinton more thoroughly. Do you really think that vetting Clinton more extensively would have made any difference? The GOP would have fabricated something, anything, to try to destroy her. There is always something in someone’s life which can be developed into a conspiracy theory against them. On the other hand we have Trump - a presidential candidate who is in debt to the China Bank and Goldman Sacks, just to name a few. He is basically owned by them. There is no other way to put it. He lied about the amount of debt he has and he refuses to release his tax returns. He also ran a scam called Trump University and he's racially profiling the judge in charge of the lawsuits against him. Why in God's name is everyone so uptight about Hillary's emails when we have a mentally deranged clown as her opponent?
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Goldman SacKs?
Next time just use the cut and paste function on you computer. Cut from the democrat party's talking points and paste into the comments section. That way your ignorance will remain a mystery.
Next time just use the cut and paste function on you computer. Cut from the democrat party's talking points and paste into the comments section. That way your ignorance will remain a mystery.
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" The State Department released the original emails in monthly installments over nearly a year, through February, though it missed several court-ordered deadlines as its staff and other agencies scrutinized the documents for classified information."
Wait... I thought Hillary assured us, over and over and over that there was no classified material on her unsecured server. And yet it is taking State months and months of several staffers having to review them for classified material before releasing them. And everytime they release some, there are classified and redacted emails. Every time. I thought we were told over and over and over that the only emails deleted were personal and dealt with yoga classes, recipes and wedding plans.
Ok Hillary supporters, how is that not evidence of her lying, why is that not a problem, and why is it not illegal???
Wait... I thought Hillary assured us, over and over and over that there was no classified material on her unsecured server. And yet it is taking State months and months of several staffers having to review them for classified material before releasing them. And everytime they release some, there are classified and redacted emails. Every time. I thought we were told over and over and over that the only emails deleted were personal and dealt with yoga classes, recipes and wedding plans.
Ok Hillary supporters, how is that not evidence of her lying, why is that not a problem, and why is it not illegal???
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You don't abide liars, but will vote for trump?
There's a sucker born every minute
There's a sucker born every minute
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These e-mails were deleted and gotten off the hard drive. I'm imagining all kinds of unimportant or trivial things advertised. What have you deleted from your e-mails?
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You're perfectly right about some of her e-mails may have been classified when she was Secretary of State. If the e-mails were of no concern, how come many of the e-mails have been redacted and blacked out in parts?
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Unequal scrutiny. Hillary, a public service has years of records to pick apart, Trump a rich guy that dazzles with bombast doesn't release tax returns (even old ones not being audited). Before we get a Breitbart sanctioned media lynch mob for Hillary, can we please get serious scrutiny on Trump transparency?
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There is no transparency with Trump. He's hidden behind walls of complex paperwork and shady financial dealings his whole life. And the fact that he lies almost every time he opens his mouth makes it hard to decide which lie to look into!
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He wasn't the Secretary of State nor is he being asked by a federal judge to release his tax returns. He is under no obligation to release his tax returns and, in my opinion, should never do so. You aren't going to vote for him anyway.
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At the same time, how often has Trump been criticized for not doing anything for blacks or women even though he hasn't been a politician with access to government funds (ex., someone else's money) to give away?
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I don't care if it's ever proven that Secretary Clinton is a crook. Or if any number of people the Clintons touch wind up damaged for life.
I don't care if it turns out the Clinton Foundation took money from outside interests who received favors from the US Government while Hillary Clinton was US Secretary of State.
They do the same thing in other countries. In some nations it's called baksheesh. See? What a nice word, baksheesh.
I don't care if Secretary Clinton and/or her Staff attempted to destroy evidence of wrongdoing, and/or obstructed justice.
I don't care if the Justice Department is permanently soiled because the disbarred attorney spouse of the subject of a criminal investigation by the FBI met secretly with the Attorney General of the United States ( who was once hired for an important job by said disbarred attorney spouse ) only a few days before the FBI interviewed the subject of said criminal investigation.
Because, you know, Donald Trump. And electing a crook is better than electing a porcine capitalist who is supported by known white racists. Sheesh!
I don't care if it turns out the Clinton Foundation took money from outside interests who received favors from the US Government while Hillary Clinton was US Secretary of State.
They do the same thing in other countries. In some nations it's called baksheesh. See? What a nice word, baksheesh.
I don't care if Secretary Clinton and/or her Staff attempted to destroy evidence of wrongdoing, and/or obstructed justice.
I don't care if the Justice Department is permanently soiled because the disbarred attorney spouse of the subject of a criminal investigation by the FBI met secretly with the Attorney General of the United States ( who was once hired for an important job by said disbarred attorney spouse ) only a few days before the FBI interviewed the subject of said criminal investigation.
Because, you know, Donald Trump. And electing a crook is better than electing a porcine capitalist who is supported by known white racists. Sheesh!
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Hillary Clinton: I don't care what she's done
Nice campaign theme.
Nice campaign theme.
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I don't suppose it occurred that neither is a particularly brilliant option for America?
Bill Clinton's hubristic affair with Monica Lewinsky and his subsequent lying to cover it up helped cost Gore and the Democrats the 2000 election. Had Gore's majority been bigger, it's a safe bet that, at a minimum, we would never have invaded Iraq and destabilized the Middle East and thus set the stage for ISIS gaining a foot hold in western Iraq and Libya.
And, given George W. Bush's negligent reluctance to deal with the threat of AQ until he finally agreed to meet to talk about the threat on . . . September 9, 2001, it is also possible that with Gore at the helm, 9/11 might even have been prevented. Al Qaeda managed to attack the WTC under Clinton's watch, remember, in 1993?
Assumptions about what would be "better" are really presumptuous. You might be very surprised by how much damage someone "legitimate" can do.
Bill Clinton's hubristic affair with Monica Lewinsky and his subsequent lying to cover it up helped cost Gore and the Democrats the 2000 election. Had Gore's majority been bigger, it's a safe bet that, at a minimum, we would never have invaded Iraq and destabilized the Middle East and thus set the stage for ISIS gaining a foot hold in western Iraq and Libya.
And, given George W. Bush's negligent reluctance to deal with the threat of AQ until he finally agreed to meet to talk about the threat on . . . September 9, 2001, it is also possible that with Gore at the helm, 9/11 might even have been prevented. Al Qaeda managed to attack the WTC under Clinton's watch, remember, in 1993?
Assumptions about what would be "better" are really presumptuous. You might be very surprised by how much damage someone "legitimate" can do.
Enough about the stupid emails already.
Lets talk about the private servers and 22 million emails dumped by the Bush Jr White House. They set the stage for all this, likely for Jeb- though that didn't quite go as planned.
Lets talk about the private servers and 22 million emails dumped by the Bush Jr White House. They set the stage for all this, likely for Jeb- though that didn't quite go as planned.
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Clinton painted herself into a corner. You reap what you sow. Even if she is elected, here trustworthiness and honesty will always be a concern. Over 60% of the American people see her untrustworthy. That's not the type of person you want to take office on opening day. Pityful!
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Even more Americans distrust Trump.
So how did Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump get elected in their respective parties?
These 2 either have something going for them, or the general public voters are quite naive.
These 2 either have something going for them, or the general public voters are quite naive.
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Why are Secretary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation so cozy with the Crown Prince of Bahrain?
Please see the latest Human Rights Watchreport.
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2016/country-chapters/bahrain
and how many weapons do we sell to this country?
Please see the latest Human Rights Watchreport.
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2016/country-chapters/bahrain
and how many weapons do we sell to this country?
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america has been selling th arab nations bill in weaponry every year for decades
billions flows to them for oil
th billions flow back for weapons
you were unaware of this ?
Headline on first page of online edition: "New Clinton Emails Raise Shadow Over Her Campaign."
No, they don't, and that headline is completely misleading. Yes, the issue of emails is up once again. On the other hand, Benghazi keeps coming up, after 8 investigations which found nothing. So if Benghazi comes up again, are you going to write a headline saying "New Accusations About Benghazi Raise Shadow Over Her Campaign"?
How about "New Questions About Vince Foster Raise Shadow Over Her Campaign?" Or "New Questions About Whitewater Raise Shadow Over Her Campaign"? Or "New Questions About FBI's Statement That She Will Be Indicted Raise Shadow Over Her Campaign"? (Especially since the New York Times was complicit in those two efforts to put Clinton down.)
Once again, you're writing about the horse race and not about policy. I don't see you writing "Questions About Purple Heart (or Khizr Khan or ... well, fill in the blank with any of the 300 terrible things Trump has said or done) Raise Shadow Over Trump's Campaign" - why is that?
If the emails hurt Clinton, or if they help Clinton, that will all be decided in due course. Why toss your subjective view into it? It's almost like you're trying to be "Fair and Balanced."
No, they don't, and that headline is completely misleading. Yes, the issue of emails is up once again. On the other hand, Benghazi keeps coming up, after 8 investigations which found nothing. So if Benghazi comes up again, are you going to write a headline saying "New Accusations About Benghazi Raise Shadow Over Her Campaign"?
How about "New Questions About Vince Foster Raise Shadow Over Her Campaign?" Or "New Questions About Whitewater Raise Shadow Over Her Campaign"? Or "New Questions About FBI's Statement That She Will Be Indicted Raise Shadow Over Her Campaign"? (Especially since the New York Times was complicit in those two efforts to put Clinton down.)
Once again, you're writing about the horse race and not about policy. I don't see you writing "Questions About Purple Heart (or Khizr Khan or ... well, fill in the blank with any of the 300 terrible things Trump has said or done) Raise Shadow Over Trump's Campaign" - why is that?
If the emails hurt Clinton, or if they help Clinton, that will all be decided in due course. Why toss your subjective view into it? It's almost like you're trying to be "Fair and Balanced."
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The FBI has been through these emails. Why is this front page news? There is currently a major public health catastrophe developing in Florida. While Obama took money from Ebola research to develop a Zika vaccine, Republicans in Congress have completely dropped the ball. They have done NOTHING! Why are Republicans taken seriously in this country?
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Because spending money will stop mosquitoes from biting people?
"Why are Republicans taken seriously in this country?"
Because of the damage they do to America!
Because of the damage they do to America!
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Not following established rules? I guess. Sloppy? I suppose. But dangerously reckless? That's a stretch. Throughout the whole saga I'm still waiting for someone to unequivocally prove evil intent on Hillary's part or how the Republic was endangered.
Until then I'm treating it for what it is...a partisan witch hunt.
Until then I'm treating it for what it is...a partisan witch hunt.
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Maleficent intent would be much worse than incompetence. But incompetence still raises questions regarding her fitness to hold office.
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The Republicans feel endangered and well might they with Trump as their nominee.
Hillary wonder's why she's not trusted. Fifteen thousand hidden e-mails that she refused to acknowledge even existed. She tried to erase them. Now she expects us to trust her. For what? For her honesty and integrity?
While we're at it, why her silence over the slaughter of innocents in Syria by Assad and his barrel bombs? Why her silence when Russian bombers kill children, launching those attacks from Iran?
Hillary's silence and withholding of previously unknown information speaks volumes of her lack of moral character and lack of character. Hillary is not trustworthy. I want to make clear that I do not support Mr. Trump in anyway and I'm not some ranting conservative on a mission to discredit Hillary. I am a registered Democrat and have been for almost 50 years. However I find the actions and inactions as well as the lack of truth from Hillary repugnant and disgusting.
Bernie Sanders is a decent and honest man. Step aside Hillary and let Mr. Sanders resume the Democratic Party quest for the presidency.
While we're at it, why her silence over the slaughter of innocents in Syria by Assad and his barrel bombs? Why her silence when Russian bombers kill children, launching those attacks from Iran?
Hillary's silence and withholding of previously unknown information speaks volumes of her lack of moral character and lack of character. Hillary is not trustworthy. I want to make clear that I do not support Mr. Trump in anyway and I'm not some ranting conservative on a mission to discredit Hillary. I am a registered Democrat and have been for almost 50 years. However I find the actions and inactions as well as the lack of truth from Hillary repugnant and disgusting.
Bernie Sanders is a decent and honest man. Step aside Hillary and let Mr. Sanders resume the Democratic Party quest for the presidency.
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Jay, I fear The Rabid Right smear machine will blast Sanders with such a dung storm that he won't know what hit him the moment he'd step up. Doesn't matter if it's true or not, they'll find something to "swift-boat" him with. At least Hillary Clinton has proven she can survive such an onslaught - for decades no less - and now even be ahead in the polls. Which is probably the reason those emails are revived from their grave again after having been combed over by the FBI.
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How about you reveal every e mail, personal and professional that you have written over the last decade.
And then, have everyone who hates you orhas been conditioned to find you untrustworthy read them all, dissecting out words and minute details and finding evidence of conspiracy. And then you can sit before a committee and grilled for 11 hours by people who are craven and stupid. How about that?
Enough with the perfect Bernie garbage already.
And then, have everyone who hates you orhas been conditioned to find you untrustworthy read them all, dissecting out words and minute details and finding evidence of conspiracy. And then you can sit before a committee and grilled for 11 hours by people who are craven and stupid. How about that?
Enough with the perfect Bernie garbage already.
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marylouisemarkle State College
Ok, fine. You can have all my e-mails. I have nothing to fear. You can also still find my work related e-mails that are part of archival documentation for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the Department of Environment Protection. There's nothing there that is incriminating or that violates any policy or administrative rules of the Commonwealth. Nothing is erased, altered or secretive. Nothing. Go ahead Marylou, knock yourself out.
Now, tell us why Hillary hid 15,000 e-mails and also tried not only to keep their existence secret but also, she tried to erase them.
How does that instill confidence in her honesty and integrity? What is she so afraid of that she held on to the e-mails until there was a court order to release them? What is she hiding? Tell us Marylou.
Ok, fine. You can have all my e-mails. I have nothing to fear. You can also still find my work related e-mails that are part of archival documentation for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the Department of Environment Protection. There's nothing there that is incriminating or that violates any policy or administrative rules of the Commonwealth. Nothing is erased, altered or secretive. Nothing. Go ahead Marylou, knock yourself out.
Now, tell us why Hillary hid 15,000 e-mails and also tried not only to keep their existence secret but also, she tried to erase them.
How does that instill confidence in her honesty and integrity? What is she so afraid of that she held on to the e-mails until there was a court order to release them? What is she hiding? Tell us Marylou.
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All 3 branches U.S. government dominated and run by lawyers. This is known as U.S. legal caste. The Clintons and Obamas are all lawyers. Donald Trump isn't a lawyer. Late American newspaper publisher Edward W. Scripps wrote: "if there is such a thing as true freedom and democracy then the road to that goal lies over and through the ruin and annihilation of the legal caste."
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well stated by a ruling plutocratic
i wonder, how many lawyers did he employ ?
I still support Bernie. Sorry to say it again, but Bernie would beat Trump in a runaway. Hillary will probably lose to Trump now.
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Are you kidding? Bernie would have been eaten alive by not only Trump but the vast right-wing network of witch-hunt groups. He's never been under any sort of true investigative spotlight before and his socialist past that began in the left-wing atmosphere of 60s University of Chicago is rich for the pickings. If Obama's church minister's sermons were brought out during his campaign, can you imagine the kind of "lefty" lectures that would be dug up from Bernie's uni days? He would be torn apart in minutes by these thugs.
For better or worse, Clinton is battle-hardened and field-tested through and through. For some real world perspective on Trump's chances of winning, follow Nate Silver's blog that looks at all polls daily and has a winning streak of accurately predicting previous elections.
http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/?ex_cid=mobil...
For better or worse, Clinton is battle-hardened and field-tested through and through. For some real world perspective on Trump's chances of winning, follow Nate Silver's blog that looks at all polls daily and has a winning streak of accurately predicting previous elections.
http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/?ex_cid=mobil...
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Fox News and Breitbart would beat the Bernie the Commie drums until it hurt. They would roast him in the press as being a scary Socialist, trying to undermine American Values. Bernie was my first choice, but realistically? I'm not sure he could sway the fearful to his side.
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This is the lead story on the home page? And nothing on Trump desperately trying to escape from the box he has placed himself in on immigration during a year and a half of campaigning? Let's see how his endorsement of Obama's immigration policies on O'Reilly last night goes over with his supporters.
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Trump said his plan would be different as it would have more "energy".
Help me understand why this Judge and the FBI felt it so necessary to ensure that this information is in the public domain prior to the election but the IRS can't expedite an audit to "allow" Trump to also allow his information to be scrutinized? I think it is callous and shameful. I don't think either candidate is perfect (by far) but I do think that a race to expose one candidate's laundry only is the hallmark of a banana republic.
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Trump is still a private citizen. Anything Billary wrote on the job while SoS is the property of the citizens of the U.S. and is subject to FoIA requests. It's not rocket science.
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Because Donald Trump has not and will not be required by a federal judge to release his tax returns. There is no requirement that he do so. In my opinion, he shouldn't release them.
People like you aren't going to vote for him anyway.
People like you aren't going to vote for him anyway.
Have we determined that Hillary's emails were less safe on her private server than on the State Department's server? I don't think so!
Perhaps, in a small twist on Marc Antony's words in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: We should praise Hillary, not bury her.
Perhaps, in a small twist on Marc Antony's words in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: We should praise Hillary, not bury her.
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Hillary's private server was less secure than someone's Gmail account according to FBI Director Comey.
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AAC: well in the end, as per Powell, it was more secure than the NSA system. I'm sure that is a great comfort to you. Lol.
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It's clear from the evidence we already have that Hillary is burying herself.
Et tu Comey?
:-)
Et tu Comey?
:-)
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She is reaping what she has sown. She would have been so much better not lying under oath and to the American public. It has further tarnished her image among moderates and only makes people wonder what is under the carpet. Many here do not care...to them she is just better than the alternative. That may not be for a large swath of undecided moderates who view this election as a choice about the lesser of two evils.
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She isn't remotely evil.
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Yawn. Another Judicial Watch witch hunt. Again, let's see what's actually in these, how many are duplicates, etc. My money's still on this mountain being yet another molehill.
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How many bites of the apple does the FBI get? Mr. Comey declared before the congress that HRC's mistakes lacked criminal intent or indifference. This continual reopening of the investigation is nothing less than political harassment by the government. It is an abuse of due process and should be collaterally estopped, if not subject some form of res judicata.
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Apparently a federal judge disagrees with you.
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And as a Black lawyer in Washington DC, I can tell you that federal judge is one of the best in the business. Boasberg = boss.
Best in the business? Repetitive investigation of the same matter isnt due process, procedurally and/or substantive. Your ad hominem bias about the judge vouchsafes nothing.
DNC,
Why did you deliver to us a candidate with so much baggage?
Why did you deliver to us a candidate with so much baggage?
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Emails.
This is just a self-propagating story. The goal is not 'the truth'. The goal is 'the investigation'. This is such pathetic small beer. I wish we could take a quick snapshot of every congressman's emails. What would we find? Glad-handing, backslapping, and pay for service. The Supreme Court (including several liberal jurists) has just thrown out the Virginia governor's case: where he used his office to help out people who gave him stuff. SC said 'that's politics'. I don't like it, you don't like it, but they all do it. It's what we have.
This is just a self-propagating story. The goal is not 'the truth'. The goal is 'the investigation'. This is such pathetic small beer. I wish we could take a quick snapshot of every congressman's emails. What would we find? Glad-handing, backslapping, and pay for service. The Supreme Court (including several liberal jurists) has just thrown out the Virginia governor's case: where he used his office to help out people who gave him stuff. SC said 'that's politics'. I don't like it, you don't like it, but they all do it. It's what we have.
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As long as the member of Congress wasn't using his or her private email account to conduct official business, all you need to do is submit a freedom of information act request and you can get a snapshot of his or her emails.
All I can say is by the time this woman takes the White House, she'll have survived more hangings in the press than Jackson!
I feel sorry for Putin, this woman has got balls of brass cast in aluminum and I'm not tubing!
I feel sorry for Putin, this woman has got balls of brass cast in aluminum and I'm not tubing!
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What the NYT's screaming headline implies is that there was a quid-pro-quo, pay to play situation involving the SOS and donors. A careful reading of the article (necessarily careful because of the breathless framing of the article) you see that that was simply not true, although plenty on the right side of the spectrum now has fuel to argue otherwise, thanks to the NYT's and Post's similar musings.
What isn't mentioned is that the Clinton Foundation is a direct charity, from The Hill: "The numbers and figures that often go unreported put the life-changing work of the Clinton Foundation in a context that matters. Today, for example, almost 10 million people in more than 70 countries have access to life-saving medicines through the Clinton Health Access Initiative(CHAI). In the U.S. 17 million children in more than 29,000 schools now have healthier food and more physical activity options. And through the Clinton Global Initiative, partners have made nearly 3,200 Commitments to Action that have improved the lives of over 430 million people in more than 180 countries. "
How about some context from the authors of this drivel?
What isn't mentioned is that the Clinton Foundation is a direct charity, from The Hill: "The numbers and figures that often go unreported put the life-changing work of the Clinton Foundation in a context that matters. Today, for example, almost 10 million people in more than 70 countries have access to life-saving medicines through the Clinton Health Access Initiative(CHAI). In the U.S. 17 million children in more than 29,000 schools now have healthier food and more physical activity options. And through the Clinton Global Initiative, partners have made nearly 3,200 Commitments to Action that have improved the lives of over 430 million people in more than 180 countries. "
How about some context from the authors of this drivel?
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No, they (the emails), don't.
This is an example of my beloved NYTimes writing "catastrophizing" ( ie., If it bleeds, it leads), headlines.
If you polled human beings, you would find that you are in "error".
This is an example of my beloved NYTimes writing "catastrophizing" ( ie., If it bleeds, it leads), headlines.
If you polled human beings, you would find that you are in "error".
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I am sick to death of Hillary's email issue. Let's take a look at Trump: he's the guy who insulted John McCain for getting captured in Viet Nam - a war where Trump never served. He's the guy who advertised Lindsay Graham's cell phone number, he's the guy who insulted a Gold Star family, insulted the judge who is sitting on Trump U. case and on and on, one faux pas after another. Republicans can say all they want about Hillary's emails - she has my vote.
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If these 15,000 emails belonged to Trump and not to Clinton, this NYT article would have a very different tone. Let us not forget the related fact that Clinton's own foundation was taking in tens of millions of Dollars from foreign nations while she was the United States Secretary of State! Just imagine if the head of the FDA had a family foundation that was taking in tens of millions of Dollars from the very pharmaceutical companies for which he or she was was approving drugs. What a dirty business.
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If the head of the FDA had the last name of "Clinton", nothing would happen.
Just imagine a candidate like Donald Trump who bought a piece of real estate for $40 million, and then sold it to a Russian oligarch for $100. That is, a candidate that engaged in money laundering and indebted himself to Vladimer Putin and his crony-capitalist allies.
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Bottom line, is any variation of "Pay to Play" ok?
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Probably not, but since there's no evidence of that with Mrs. Clinton, it's not a concern here.
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More evidence of Hillary's lies, crimes, and corruption. Nobody should want someone like Hillary Clinton as president.
Keeping Hillary out of the white house is the only reason anybody should need to vote for Trump.
Keeping Hillary out of the white house is the only reason anybody should need to vote for Trump.
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Wrong, there's no evidence here of lies, crimes or corruption. But since you support Trump, I guess you have no recourse but to lie.
When will the Trump Tax Investigation be completed?
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Neither Trump nor any other candidate is required to release tax returns.
Apparently a federal judge thinks otherwise when it comes to Hillary using a personal email account to conduct official business. this would be grounds for dismissal in any regulated industry. An employee's corporate emails belong to his or her employer. Hillary's employer was us, the taxpayers.
Apparently a federal judge thinks otherwise when it comes to Hillary using a personal email account to conduct official business. this would be grounds for dismissal in any regulated industry. An employee's corporate emails belong to his or her employer. Hillary's employer was us, the taxpayers.
Why can't we see the cookie recipes and yoga routines that were supposed to be in these emails? Mrs. Clinton's cookies are supposed to be legendary. I think I can make better use of them than this Clinton Foundation garbage
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deeply troubling and very very dissapointing and frankly puts the entire campaign in jeopardy
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This election is a disaster. Ethically I can not support either of the major party candidates. The non-major candidates have no chance of winning. Either way the next 4 years will result in further polarization of the citizens of my country.
The only reason to vote now is the Supreme Court nominations. Trump will nominate only people who will energize his base to help with reelection. They will likely be people who are despicable, anti-American.
Clinton will likewise feed her base, but she may nominate people who will perform favors for Clinton Foundation donors. And, I cannot, in good faith, vote for Hillary after Wasserman Schultz gave the nomination to her by shutting out Bernie. She should be punished, banished from politics for that but instead is welcomed by Clinton.
It's a disaster.
The only reason to vote now is the Supreme Court nominations. Trump will nominate only people who will energize his base to help with reelection. They will likely be people who are despicable, anti-American.
Clinton will likewise feed her base, but she may nominate people who will perform favors for Clinton Foundation donors. And, I cannot, in good faith, vote for Hillary after Wasserman Schultz gave the nomination to her by shutting out Bernie. She should be punished, banished from politics for that but instead is welcomed by Clinton.
It's a disaster.
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i supported Bernie, but he lost the primary, Wasserman-Schultz notwithstanding. Get over it.
How about the Trump University lawsuit discovery material? Why can't we look at that too -- and his tax returns? And whether he has loans from the Russians or other foreign powers? That is certainly relevant to his dealings with other nations if he were elected president.
This election is between Trump and Clinton. I promise you, even a corrupt sane candidate is better than a megalomaniac fraud who whips up crowds by appealing to bigotry and promising to make them "winners" again. Ask a German how well that turned out for their country.
This election is between Trump and Clinton. I promise you, even a corrupt sane candidate is better than a megalomaniac fraud who whips up crowds by appealing to bigotry and promising to make them "winners" again. Ask a German how well that turned out for their country.
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The Russian government own $90 billion of US treasuries. As such, I don't think there is anything untoward about owing money to Russians.
And as for his tax returns, he is under no obligation to release them, Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, has been asked by a federal judge to release her emails.
And as for his tax returns, he is under no obligation to release them, Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, has been asked by a federal judge to release her emails.
Everybody knows Clinton is corrupt. Her secret but lucrative talks to Wall Street show that. But she's not crazy and Trump is. So hold your nose and vote for her.
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Judicial watch which is funded by the Sarah Scaife Foundation, the Carthage Foundation and John M. Olin foundation.
Is an extremist propaganda machine designed to keep the oligarchs in power. These rich foundations want to destroy any forms of liberalism in America which they feel will steal their money in taxes.
The freedom of information act is available to Liberal watch dogs as well. Why aren't
they investigating corruption against the likes of Donald Trump. They should not have to dig too deep.
Is an extremist propaganda machine designed to keep the oligarchs in power. These rich foundations want to destroy any forms of liberalism in America which they feel will steal their money in taxes.
The freedom of information act is available to Liberal watch dogs as well. Why aren't
they investigating corruption against the likes of Donald Trump. They should not have to dig too deep.
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The FBI investigated the email issue and concluded there wasn't anything criminal about it. The GOP House investigated Benghazi several times. The bottom line is they didn't find fault with Hillary. Her rivals -- Gingrich, Graham, Huckabee -- have called her one of the best secretaries of state ever. An ex-interim CIA director said she's the reason we haven't had another 9-11-type attack on the homeland. So she takes money from people and gives them access. That's the definition of politician. If you disagree with her on her vote on Iraq, her cozy ties with Wall Street, her support of DOMA, that's one thing. But she's by far the superior candidate and shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath as that narcissistic buffoon who is being abandoned by his own party. It's high season for character assassination, but I'm not buying any of it. I'm with her all the way.
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The e-mails are past their shelf-life.
On the other hand, where are Donald's tax returns?
I repeat: Where are Donald's tax returns?
On the other hand, where are Donald's tax returns?
I repeat: Where are Donald's tax returns?
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Hillary's work emails are public records, subject to subpoena and FOIA. Trump's tax returns are private, subject to neither, and there is no law that obligates him to disclose them.
I repeat:Hillary's work emails are public records, subject to subpoena and FOIA. Trump's tax returns are private, subject to neither, and there is no law that obligates him to disclose them.
I repeat:Hillary's work emails are public records, subject to subpoena and FOIA. Trump's tax returns are private, subject to neither, and there is no law that obligates him to disclose them.
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Has a federal judge asked for his tax returns in the same way that he has asked for Hillary's emails?
He will not release them, he is not required to release them, and in my opinion - releasing them would be a bad idea.
He will not release them, he is not required to release them, and in my opinion - releasing them would be a bad idea.
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In the midst of this political kerfuffle it is amazing that so little attention is being paid to the extraordinary humanitarian work the Clinton Foundation actually does. I know a few individuals who have worked for the Clinton Foundation doing field work as physician researchers and clinicians in Africa. This work has had a huge impact both saving lives and improving living conditions for millions around the world. What a shame if these efforts were shut down as Mr. Trump has demanded, merely to quell the political whims of a political opponent and an ill-informed public. It is my understanding that the Clintons have released their tax returns which should make tracking the sources of their income a rather straightforward process.
The contrast between the work and accomplishments of the Clinton family and the Trumps is remarkable. Will the political leverage of a vicious presidential campaign be applied to victimize the millions around the globe who would otherwise benefit from the good work of the Clinton Foundation?
The contrast between the work and accomplishments of the Clinton family and the Trumps is remarkable. Will the political leverage of a vicious presidential campaign be applied to victimize the millions around the globe who would otherwise benefit from the good work of the Clinton Foundation?
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But Trump and his acolytes would rather beneficeries of the Clinton Foundation die than Hillary elected.
I don't care about the emails or the foundation. Everything she has been accused of is small potatoes compared to what he has and will bring down on the US and the world. She is the only choice. Not even a matter of better. He would be a disaster. He is a sleaze ball and that is not to dismiss Bill's own disgusting past. Why doesn't anyone ever mention his sexual exploits and serial marriages, each time with a much younger women. He is a cliche.
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Obama, the Justice Department, the FBI admitting to Hillary lying yet doing nothing, having to sue to get public information, etc.
Nothing to see here???
Nothing to see here???
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Why is Ryan Lochte held to a higher standard than Hillary Clinton?
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She never vandalizef a bathroom at a gas station.
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How can anyone vote for Hillary. She is the epitome of corruption, dishonesty, lying, and deception.
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Actually it is the GOP that hounds her every move is as you describe.
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enjoy life under th rule of trump
im sure you will
Because Devoid Trump has all those vices you outlined. You can cry now or cry later, but HRC will be our next President.......
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Let's face it: The Clinton Foundation has been taking money for access to the Senator, the Secretary of State and to the leading candidate for President for years.
It's not a question of what is known, it's a question of what can be proven.
This is yet another example of how the Clinton's have never respected the difference between what is morally right versus what is legal. In short.. the rules don't apply to them.
It's not a question of what is known, it's a question of what can be proven.
This is yet another example of how the Clinton's have never respected the difference between what is morally right versus what is legal. In short.. the rules don't apply to them.
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I dislike Hillary; but not because of her alleged accusations.
But, let's not kid ourselves, either. While I'm not necessarily defending them, let's be fair
about this. The Clintons have been subjected to Republican witch hunts disguised as everything from inquiries, investigations, and even an impeachment, for roughly the last 25 or so years. In the end, it was Newt Gingrich, and just very recently, Ken Starr who have been shamed for their hypocrisy.
Enough already!!!!!
But, let's not kid ourselves, either. While I'm not necessarily defending them, let's be fair
about this. The Clintons have been subjected to Republican witch hunts disguised as everything from inquiries, investigations, and even an impeachment, for roughly the last 25 or so years. In the end, it was Newt Gingrich, and just very recently, Ken Starr who have been shamed for their hypocrisy.
Enough already!!!!!
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What's with her emails. Let's get on with life already. I really don't even see why her emails is anyone's business but her own.
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Are you serious? Even a distant Canadian can readily understand that a Sec. of State using a private server to avoid Freedom of Information access to her official correspondence is every American's business. That part is easy.
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I want to vote for Hillary Clinton but ACCOUNTABILITY is everything when it comes to serving as POTUS. I am tired of the ALL games surrounding the coming political season. Trump hasn't submitted his taxes, new emails connected to Hillary keep surfacing. I am tired of the games. Both Mr. Trump and Ms. Clinton are playing manipulative cat and mouse games with the American political system and frankly the American Democratic System. It is sickening and depressing. Sorry, as experienced, accomplished and hard-working as Hillary is... she is also dishonest and extremely manipulative. She should step down. Trump should be forced to step down. Bernie and Pence should be allowed to run, if only to preserve democracy. TRUST? TRANSPARENCY? Right now it just doesn't exist within the American Political System.
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You got played for a fool by the Republicans.
There were 3 investigations of Benghazi and each time there was "new" evidence of extreme corruption. And yet, nothing.
And now there will be endless e-mail investigations under the pretense of "new evidence" of extreme corruption. In order to convince Americans to vote for a man who constantly tells the American people that his opponents' fathers killed JFK or that his opponents' parents lied about his birth on US soil.
When the American people stop believing in these kinds of investigations that are only done by Republicans, they will stop and we can have real governing. She isn't any more "dishonest" than Colin Powell who now is retracting his former statement that he told Hillary he chose NOT to use the state house server because it was BETTER.
There were 3 investigations of Benghazi and each time there was "new" evidence of extreme corruption. And yet, nothing.
And now there will be endless e-mail investigations under the pretense of "new evidence" of extreme corruption. In order to convince Americans to vote for a man who constantly tells the American people that his opponents' fathers killed JFK or that his opponents' parents lied about his birth on US soil.
When the American people stop believing in these kinds of investigations that are only done by Republicans, they will stop and we can have real governing. She isn't any more "dishonest" than Colin Powell who now is retracting his former statement that he told Hillary he chose NOT to use the state house server because it was BETTER.
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Why would a democrat attorney general who received her first big time appointment from Hillary's husband prosecute her?
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..............Judge J.E.B.
Really folks, we just can't make this stuff up. Lewis Carroll was a realist indeed.
Really folks, we just can't make this stuff up. Lewis Carroll was a realist indeed.
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More emails? Ho-hum. Let's get on to matters that are really important.
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What a hot mess this election has become. Trump could be indicted for fraud, Hillary for perjury. Wikileaks sitting in the wings. Potential October surprises everywhere. I'm voting for Hillary.
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Clinton needs to finally get out in front of this thing. She needs to acknowledge that the private server was a mistake and she learned her lesson to be fully transparent. There can be no equivocation in her statement. The campaign needs to defuse this issue before a truly damaging email is revealed. Yes, the haters will try to use an apology as ammunition, but any moderate will consider it cased closed.
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...uh, Peter?
She did.
Guess you missed that, huh?
She did.
Guess you missed that, huh?
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There already was the insulting statement of equivocation. With the added sarcastic fillip of wiped"like with a cloth"?
Yes, I must have missed it. Please let me know when that happened.
I've been paying close attention since the start and recognize this as a likely GOP smear. However, the only statements I've heard from Hillary about the issue have been legalese. Instead of leaving the Comey remarks, she tries to spin it. Tries to explain what he really mean. Last night on Kimmel she's out there trying (badly) to make jokes about it. Just say "It was a mistake. I'm human. I won't do it again." Memorize these lines. Repeat them every time the issue comes up. Period.
This is about attracting the hearts of Americans - not defending someone in a court of law. Both Hillary and Bill have repeatedly fallen into this bad habit of doing things that are technically legal but stink to high heaven. Of course the Republicans are smearing her. She's got to stop helping them.
I've been paying close attention since the start and recognize this as a likely GOP smear. However, the only statements I've heard from Hillary about the issue have been legalese. Instead of leaving the Comey remarks, she tries to spin it. Tries to explain what he really mean. Last night on Kimmel she's out there trying (badly) to make jokes about it. Just say "It was a mistake. I'm human. I won't do it again." Memorize these lines. Repeat them every time the issue comes up. Period.
This is about attracting the hearts of Americans - not defending someone in a court of law. Both Hillary and Bill have repeatedly fallen into this bad habit of doing things that are technically legal but stink to high heaven. Of course the Republicans are smearing her. She's got to stop helping them.
A crook is a crook. The real truth about Hillary Clinton's illegal use of a personal server will be revealed in time. I wonder if the Justice Department will prosecute her when she is president?
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The 'real truth' was revealed months ago when Dingbat Douty revealed that the Benghazi Hearings were timed to discredit her Prez run. So much for all that patriotic blather coming from the Cons.
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Paul, don't be silly. There's no illegality here whatsoever.
Let's see, she "may" have used her influence to help a "non profit". Meanwhile Trump jacks the rents on his campaign headquarters, you guessed it, in Trump Tower, thereby soaking Republican donors. Commit the crime in broad daylight so that it is hidden.
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I want to see every email of every republican in the Congress.
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Please note, if you haven't already, that the latest assault on Clinton's emails (and the Clinton Foundation) coincides with Trump's new political operatives, whose only goal is to force a switch in election coverage from their bull in a china shop to his Democratic opponent.
The media is being played like a ukulele at a luau.
The media is being played like a ukulele at a luau.
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I have 844 emails waiting today to be opened
If I open them it will only encourage them to breed like rabbits tomorrow.
The internet allows many working in the state department to cover their rears and send a note on every detail imaginable
If I open them it will only encourage them to breed like rabbits tomorrow.
The internet allows many working in the state department to cover their rears and send a note on every detail imaginable
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Big deal. The emails show that the donors got access to Hillary Clinton and her inner circle during her tenure at the State Department, but nothing else.
The donors and friends did not always get what they wanted, particularly when they sought anything more than a meeting. Despite Republican Party - and alt -right - conspiracy theory accusations and allegations, there were no favors for donations.
Let's move on - again and again.
The donors and friends did not always get what they wanted, particularly when they sought anything more than a meeting. Despite Republican Party - and alt -right - conspiracy theory accusations and allegations, there were no favors for donations.
Let's move on - again and again.
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And you can prove they didn't always get what they wanted? How do you know that?
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Knock yourself out Marge - go ahead and prove it. Another wild goose chase. Good luck.
The vast right-wing conspiracy - 25 years and counting.
And with nothing to show for it.
The vast right-wing conspiracy - 25 years and counting.
And with nothing to show for it.
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It seems that no matter what Clinton does, there is always a way the Republican cabal will twist it. No matter what she says, they will twist it and say she didn't say enough...or she said too much. Poor Hillary. She is like the kid who gets labelled as a troublemaker in school, with a teacher who just takes a dislike to him or her. If Clinton rolls her eyes she is disrespectful. If she says, "Yes, maam", she is mocking. She can't win. Even after she comes back from the Principal's Office, after she sits in the corner for 15 minutes, dusts the erasers, and stays after school she still cannot win a place in the heart of the Republican Party. The Party of NO, will always be the Party of NO and they don't want a YES for the American polity. They vowed to destroy President Obama and they vowed to destroy the Clintons. They will always vow to kill any and all Democratic Candidates. Like the teacher who hates a certain student because of the smirk on his/her face, the Republican Party, the Party of NO will never put down their ax. Grinding, grinding, grinding, they move the world toward oblivion.
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Oy put the story of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in this top spot please. Enough already with the emails..and I don't even love Clinton!
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That was a great article.
Maybe the FBI should be investigating the broken treaties?
Maybe the FBI should be investigating the broken treaties?
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After Louisiana, it should be the top story. I remember Wounded Knee.
It would appear, clearly, that Mrs. Clinton risked appearing to be compromised by drawing contributions to her family foundation while serving as sec. of state. Not only did the Clinton's cash in on the time when she was out of office, it appears they cashed in, for their foundation, on her four yrs. of service.
On the other side, Trump, there is nothing there to be compromised. He is a money grubbing, wheeling dealing, occasionally bankrupt businessman who offers himself as savior to the world with little proof he could save anything. With Mrs. Clinton, we will know she has been tried and tested, hard, and, it is hoped, has learned some valuable lessons from difficult experience. Even her foundation based friendships around the world might prove very valuable to her as president, since she knows the players.
On the other side, Trump, there is nothing there to be compromised. He is a money grubbing, wheeling dealing, occasionally bankrupt businessman who offers himself as savior to the world with little proof he could save anything. With Mrs. Clinton, we will know she has been tried and tested, hard, and, it is hoped, has learned some valuable lessons from difficult experience. Even her foundation based friendships around the world might prove very valuable to her as president, since she knows the players.
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The so-called email 'scandal' is hardly a scandal. Now the Republicans are expressing outrage over perceived overlap between the Clinton Foundation's interests and Hillary's role at State. I certainly think it would have been a wiser course for Hillary to consider the 'appearances' while she was in that role... However, I really haven't read a thing that is any different than what all politicians do every day. There isn't anyone, on either side of the aisle, that doesn't open its doors each week to lobbyists, 'friends of friends' and other influentials. They call it 'hearing all sides of an issue.' We call it 'pay to play.'
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This election is about voting for the lesser of two evils, and speaking only for myself, I'm happy to be an American and will vote for the one who will give the same opportunity that was give to my parents to be citizens of this proud lady that sits in lower Manhattan.
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There is no such equivalence in this election.
The woman who brought the CHIP program to sick children is not the same as the con man who swindled people out of their savings for Trump U (not) and their small businesses in his multiple bankruptcies.
The woman who brought the CHIP program to sick children is not the same as the con man who swindled people out of their savings for Trump U (not) and their small businesses in his multiple bankruptcies.
More invented Clinton scandals equals more opportunities for the GOP to scam the rubes in its base for cash. I can only imagine all the fundraising appeals that have been set out by all the greedy groups that populate the "con"servative universe. Between these groups, the scam that it is the Trump campaign and the fantastically wealthy televangelists selling salvation, it's any wonder that a GOP regular has money left over to eat.
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Just wondering what would happen if the Judge ordered me to produce all records related to a specific issue and I "missed" 14,900 of them? Just asking.
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You'd be in jail for contempt of court (violating a court order) at best, or facing felony time for obstruction of justice...and if you declared in open court that you'd already produced the records and it turned out you were off by 14K?
Think Shawshank, with the warden winning this time.
Think Shawshank, with the warden winning this time.
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"The past is a predator" wrote Margaret Feitlowiz in her work on the "guerra sucia" in Argentina waged by a series of military dictatorships in Argentina decades ago, and the same goes, necessary differences being observed, for the Clintons and their long history of corruption. How many hundreds of millions of dollars has this couple earned selling their influence in government for large sums of cash from private donors interested in having favors done?LBJ left the WH with 14 million in 1968, which is paltry compared to the fortune that the former First Couple has accumulated since they left office in 2001.Yet nothing sticks, and barring the unforeseen,HRC will become the 44th President. Public is beyond being shocked.Polling is probably accurate, and HRC is not only winning, but will be inaugurated in January 2017.With the liberal media supporting her, it would be hard to lose. HRC gives almost no press conferences,draws on the average 347 spectators per rally, and Trump draws several thousand per rassemblement, yet DT is losing big time.It is as if the liberal left had been subjected to a "lavage du cervau"from pre-K going forward, and it is inconceivable to them for anyone to hold a dissenting view and if they do, the "gauchisants " set out to destroy them. One writer fulminated that "Trump is rotten to the core!"Yet paper calls this journalism, rather than propaganda."On n'en revient pas!"
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Good point!
Was the country better off after 8 years of Bill Clinton?
Or was the country better off after 8 years of Bush/Cheney?
Let's make the election about that.
Was the country better off after 8 years of Bill Clinton?
Or was the country better off after 8 years of Bush/Cheney?
Let's make the election about that.
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Unless these E-mails reveal that she is really the anti-christ I will be voting blue in November. I do not believe they will amount to anything significant. Trump on the other is really scary.
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I routinely delete emails from my system after reading them and archiving the important ones. Sometimes that's the only way I can be sure that I have read all the important ones. The implicit assumption that this article and the attendant comments from Republican leaders reported in it seem to make is that Hillary Clinton deliberately deleted these emails to prevent them from being read, and therefore this is part of a lie and a coverup. Of course, that's the most politically expedient position for them to take to discredit her and her presidential campaign, but it is much more likely that they are the natural result of reading and deleting emails over the period of her service as Secretary of State.
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Are you routinely using the State Department and the federal government to run a pay for play RICO scheme? Are you routinely under FBI investigation for mishandling classified materials? Are you routinely lying to Congress about your disclosures? Are you routinely attempting to destroy evidence during a criminal investigation?
I ask this not as a Black lawyer in Washington DC (yes from that Harvard)...I ask this as a fellow human being: Are you being serious right now Jack?
I ask this not as a Black lawyer in Washington DC (yes from that Harvard)...I ask this as a fellow human being: Are you being serious right now Jack?
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"The implicit assumption [...] is that Hillary Clinton deliberately deleted these emails to prevent them from being read, and therefore this is part of a lie and a coverup. " This comment actually made me laugh out loud! What, in the documented history of Billary's behavior in, oh, I don't know, say the past 30 years or so, would suggest otherwise to you? Ever hear of Occam's Razor?
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DCB, we know you're not a black lawyer in DC, because you don't argue like a lawyer would, and don't appear to have a full-time job. But none of the allegations you make here are in the least bit true, just like your made-up biography.
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Before everyone cries "republican conspiracy" keep in mind this judge is an Obama appointee.
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And a Republican
I am still wondering what the goal of all of this. What exactly does the GOP, the the Feds, the FBI and RNC and the haters think is going to be uncovered here? Are we talking about criminal masterminds who plotted to overthrow the government, the state department to make money?
We are talking about email and privacy. Most of us do email. Some is private, some is not. In Clinton's case she was the SOS and her email is more scrutinized than any of ours would be. After all this time what are we hoping to find? Did she plot with foreign leaders? Did you commit crimes against humanity? You would think a terrible security breach occurred but I have seen no evidence of that in any of the reports.
I question why Clinton is under a microscope still while the haters and political opportunists look for dire examples of breaking the law. On the other side, why is Trump allowed to skate without showing his taxes, his financial arrangements with foreign entities. I would question his judgement about hiring Manafort, Gates, and now Bannon. How much more anti American values can you be when you collude with Russia secretly?
You see, it's very easy to take these leaps if you have that goal. The character of one candidate is not in question while the other candidate who's character is questionable gets a pass. Follow the money.
As for Clinton, yes she made some regrettable choices but if treason is the question, you're wasting your time.
We are talking about email and privacy. Most of us do email. Some is private, some is not. In Clinton's case she was the SOS and her email is more scrutinized than any of ours would be. After all this time what are we hoping to find? Did she plot with foreign leaders? Did you commit crimes against humanity? You would think a terrible security breach occurred but I have seen no evidence of that in any of the reports.
I question why Clinton is under a microscope still while the haters and political opportunists look for dire examples of breaking the law. On the other side, why is Trump allowed to skate without showing his taxes, his financial arrangements with foreign entities. I would question his judgement about hiring Manafort, Gates, and now Bannon. How much more anti American values can you be when you collude with Russia secretly?
You see, it's very easy to take these leaps if you have that goal. The character of one candidate is not in question while the other candidate who's character is questionable gets a pass. Follow the money.
As for Clinton, yes she made some regrettable choices but if treason is the question, you're wasting your time.
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Just your standard, run of the mill, public records being retained per law. Freedom of Information Act stuff. Try to keep up.
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Donald Trump is plainly "incapable of telling the truth", which is why Republicans project that onto Hillary.
In fact, all Republicans are incapable of telling the truth about Hillary.
In fact, all Republicans are incapable of telling the truth about Hillary.
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Hillary Clinton has been lying about her emails since 2013.
In just the last 6 months, we have 11 different versions of Hillary's explanation for the same email server and emails.
When you peddle 11 different explanations for the same thing, that's not exactly who I'd call as a character witness. :-)
Just saying.
In just the last 6 months, we have 11 different versions of Hillary's explanation for the same email server and emails.
When you peddle 11 different explanations for the same thing, that's not exactly who I'd call as a character witness. :-)
Just saying.
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And lying about pretty much everything else since the '90s. As far as I know; maybe longer.
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I guess this will consolidate the Witch Hunt part of the GOP base, i.e. the one not on board after Trump's 2 ex-campaing managers were fired, one for being up to his ears in Russian political intrigue, Trump being billions in debt and upping his rent to his own party 4-fold and his waffling on "deportations" and hiding his taxes.
What is that - maybe 2 people not already OK with a guy who is the pick of the KKK? Alrighty Then.
Silver has his chances at 12%.
What is that - maybe 2 people not already OK with a guy who is the pick of the KKK? Alrighty Then.
Silver has his chances at 12%.
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For the record, I would like to point out that Donald Trump could not possibly be a worse president than Hillary Clinton.
For starters, he can differentiate between a private enterprise and the federal government, unlike Hillary Clinton who treats one like the other.
Trump has actually run an organization and "built that". Hillary ran one group, State, and bungled it. She couldn't even follow her own rules on protecting classified information. She accomplished little if anything, except for getting caught in a disgraceful lie (disgraceful because it involved the families of Americans killed in the line of duty).
Trump's using his own money. Clinton wouldn't give up one penny and didn't care about the conflict of interest involved in mixing her Foundation and State Department activities
She's unfit. Period. He's a gamble. I'll take my chances with him.
For starters, he can differentiate between a private enterprise and the federal government, unlike Hillary Clinton who treats one like the other.
Trump has actually run an organization and "built that". Hillary ran one group, State, and bungled it. She couldn't even follow her own rules on protecting classified information. She accomplished little if anything, except for getting caught in a disgraceful lie (disgraceful because it involved the families of Americans killed in the line of duty).
Trump's using his own money. Clinton wouldn't give up one penny and didn't care about the conflict of interest involved in mixing her Foundation and State Department activities
She's unfit. Period. He's a gamble. I'll take my chances with him.
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Donald Trump is a scam artist funny you don't see his character flaws.
I miss Bernie.
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I've learned enough about Don Trump to wonder if he extorts people in deals by threatening legal action. How many times has he threatened to sue that we know of? Even his wife threatened to sue a publication.
I think we all know enough about him now to realize "The Art of the Deal" may not appeal to us and we might want to avoid any deals with Don Trump. He certainly is a masterful salesman, but that's where we should start to worry.
Don Trump wasted no time pouring the gas on the email fire as soon as news of the release of 15,000 was announced. He's not smart, he's reflexive and that's dangerous.
I think we all know enough about him now to realize "The Art of the Deal" may not appeal to us and we might want to avoid any deals with Don Trump. He certainly is a masterful salesman, but that's where we should start to worry.
Don Trump wasted no time pouring the gas on the email fire as soon as news of the release of 15,000 was announced. He's not smart, he's reflexive and that's dangerous.
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What we should avoid is another Clinton presidency. We've already seen how it will end. We are previewing it right now. How many times are we going to have to witness the Clintons in action before we decide, "No more!"
The Clintons represent a danger to our nation's stability. All progress will be stalled if she is elected. It will be 4 years of lying, perjury and ultimately impeachment.
No more Clintons in the White House! Been there. Done that. It was and will be a disaster.
The Clintons represent a danger to our nation's stability. All progress will be stalled if she is elected. It will be 4 years of lying, perjury and ultimately impeachment.
No more Clintons in the White House! Been there. Done that. It was and will be a disaster.
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If it's not Bengazi, it's the emails. If it's not the emails, it'll be something else. The GOP will always try to find something to pick on Hillary Clinton. They've been trying for the last 25 years. "How dare she try to push for health care reform, it's not a first lady's place!" They said. "She has to sit down, instead of standing for 8 hours a day while making speeches. There must be something wrong with her!" I'm usually a political junkie, but this election season has proven to be too much. I'm turning off the news. Nov 8th cannot come soon enough!
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The latest wave of e-mails will be released, Hillary will endure, roughed up but unbowed, surviving wounds both self-inflicted and suffered through partisan overkill. So, Donnie, about that tax return ...?
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I'll keep it simple so Obama liberals can understand.
If you did the exact same things Hillary Clinton's done over the last 3 years, you'd be doing 15 to 20 in a federal prison today.
Period.
If you did the exact same things Hillary Clinton's done over the last 3 years, you'd be doing 15 to 20 in a federal prison today.
Period.
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Apparently you did not listen to what the FBI director said. Period. Before you convict someone there has to be evidence of a crime.
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Nope.
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Good point W.A. Spitzer!
I am a terrible listener. That explains why I graduated from college and law school Magna Cum Laude...because I needed to hear it twice.
I heard exactly what FBI Director James Comey said in his press conference. Hillary Clinton broke the law and the FBI chose to not recommend the DOJ prosecute her. Discretion not to prosecute is not exoneration. Worse still? Comey reserved the right to continue the investigation into the Clinton Foundation for RICO violations. Hence today's bombshell.
I really appreciate the pointers on listening. I promise to redouble my efforts.
I am a terrible listener. That explains why I graduated from college and law school Magna Cum Laude...because I needed to hear it twice.
I heard exactly what FBI Director James Comey said in his press conference. Hillary Clinton broke the law and the FBI chose to not recommend the DOJ prosecute her. Discretion not to prosecute is not exoneration. Worse still? Comey reserved the right to continue the investigation into the Clinton Foundation for RICO violations. Hence today's bombshell.
I really appreciate the pointers on listening. I promise to redouble my efforts.
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Why is Judicial Watch referred to as "the conservative 'watchdog' group"? Is it because that is how they identify themselves? Why not the conservative "pitbull" group, which in my view would be a more accurate characterization?
The point is that The Times has no business putting its thumb on the scale.
The point is that The Times has no business putting its thumb on the scale.
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All of you who continue to brainlessly defend Clinton must understand that she is a proven liar and corrupt lifelong politician whose list of scandals and perversion of justice is mind boggling.
If that is the kind of president you want I worry about the wisdom of democracy. Good luck with that.
If that is the kind of president you want I worry about the wisdom of democracy. Good luck with that.
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If the Democrats somehow manage to win back the Senate in November, I hope the first thing the new leader (Schumer) does is call for an investigation into the lies that led us into war in Iraq.
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Dam people I didn't relize you were looking for perfect !! Humm I didn't know perfection existed expecially in political parties...Hillary Clinton is the Best person for president so what if some things aren't posh or as good as perfect ...no one is ..she has been our First lady and she was dam good she has helped a lot of people she is a decent person who is trYing to help this great nation please for the love of humanity stop the bashing of this woman and look in the mirror Your not perfect why does she have to be ? she isn't proposing anything that's going to damage the nation ...or hurt us in any way ..unlike ....other presidential candidate..I won't name ..just all I ask is you open your eyes leve the past in the past and look forward from now on she is the best we got ..and I say she deserves our vote..you may ask who am I well I'm a mother of 3 children a average low income family ...in most considerations a no body but I belive I should be heard ...it is people just like me every day struggling to survive and we want Hillary God bless and good luck ...
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Get ready for President Trump or President Pence. Hillary's self-destructiveness is going lose this election for her.
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Here's the main difference between Trump and Clinton: Trump did some stuff that is questionable when he was a private citizen. Clinton did questionable stuff while she was SECRETARY OF STATE.
If you don't understand the magnitude of differences, then you definitely deserve the garbage you will elect.
If you don't understand the magnitude of differences, then you definitely deserve the garbage you will elect.
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Hillary's "questionable stuff" as Secretary of State pales in comparison to what Republicans Bush and Cheney did. It pales in comparison to what Barack Obama did! Remember Tony Rezko? The rest of the so-called "political corruption" that Obama was guilty of just like Hillary Clinton?
If you don't understand the magnitude of difference between a witch hunt and real corruption, then you should certainly elect Ken Starr as our next President.
If you don't understand the magnitude of difference between a witch hunt and real corruption, then you should certainly elect Ken Starr as our next President.
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It's like being stoned to death with popcorn.
Republicans continue to be grasping, desperate and really kind of pitiful.
Republicans continue to be grasping, desperate and really kind of pitiful.
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The sorrow of this election is that we're going to elect a President who has lied, dissembled and flipped on various issues. There are two main differences. One is context: Trump has been an ethically questionable business bully, while Clinton has been an ethically questionable government elitist. The other is temperament. Trump is inflammatory and excitable. Clinton is more measured. We need a spread sheet of flaws to help sort out which candidate is less horrible.
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I'm so sick of this stupid witch hunt. When will someone in a position of authority do something to put a stop to it? This is nothing more than another in the endless stream of dirty tricks that the GOP relies on to try and advance its warped agenda; they can never hope to win with ideas and defensible policy and they know it, so they try to win by hacking away at the legitimacy of the American government.at any spot where can get a toe-hold. They are despicable, and must be recognized once and for all as the treasonous charlatans they are. And if, as a result as this email insanity, Donald Trump should win this election and bring this country to its knees, Mr. Comey, you and the Repub henchmen at Judicial Watch will see the blame for the disaster laid squarely at your door. Deservedly so. Now in the name of all that is decent, knock it off!
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Seriously? The GOP??
The one person who could have put a stop to all this was President Obama. He allowed it to happen.
From his selection of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State to his turning a blind eye toward her mingling of State and Foundation business, he has singlehandedly been responsible for the mess we now have.
The one person who could have put a stop to all this was President Obama. He allowed it to happen.
From his selection of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State to his turning a blind eye toward her mingling of State and Foundation business, he has singlehandedly been responsible for the mess we now have.
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AACNY,
So John Kerry is a liar, Barack Obama is a liar, Hillary Clinton is a liar.
But Donald Trump is an admirable man.
We now understand the values you have. And hopefully most Americans will reject your values.
So John Kerry is a liar, Barack Obama is a liar, Hillary Clinton is a liar.
But Donald Trump is an admirable man.
We now understand the values you have. And hopefully most Americans will reject your values.
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Well said Rj!!!
While I agree with a previous commenter that Trump and Hillary are not "the same" and should not be "lumped in together," it couldn't be more apparent to me that of all the Dems that could have been put up against Trump, Hillary is, if not the worst, at least one of the worst three or worst 5 who could have been chosen. Were it not for a) this whole email scandal and b) Benghazi, Trump would never have stood a chance. I don't believe she wasn't "vetted properly," but rather was vetted a long time ago as she has already run for President before and held several offices before that. So there has been this Hillary Train in motion careening towards the Presidency for so long that no one stopped to think, in light of Trump-- perhaps in part because it took so many of us so long to even accept that he was a real threat-- that perhaps Hillary ought to sit this one out and try again in 2020. Many other Dem possibilities for POTUS would have successfully crushed the Trump "movement" months ago.
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Wrong. Remember what the Republicans did to John Kerry, the traitor/coward in Vietnam?
It's naive to think that this has anything to do with there being a better candidate.
It's naive to think that this has anything to do with there being a better candidate.
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RJ:
The takeaway from Kerry's disgrace was that if you are going to present yourself as a war hero to the American public, you should not have gone into combat with a photographer by your side nor have received an award for an injury that required only Bacitracin and a band-aid.
Americans can smell a phony "war hero" a mile away.
The takeaway from Kerry's disgrace was that if you are going to present yourself as a war hero to the American public, you should not have gone into combat with a photographer by your side nor have received an award for an injury that required only Bacitracin and a band-aid.
Americans can smell a phony "war hero" a mile away.
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AACNY,
Your reply speaks volumes.
Attacking John Kerry for being a coward is perfectly fine, just like attacking Hillary Clinton for dishonesty is perfectly fine.
Because to Donald Trump supporters, Mr. Trump is more "honest" than Hillary Clinton and John Kerry is a lying traitorous coward whose service in Viet Nam is shameful, unlike Mr. Trump's admirable record.
Scary how you define "phony" and that Donald Trump is "real" to you.
Your reply speaks volumes.
Attacking John Kerry for being a coward is perfectly fine, just like attacking Hillary Clinton for dishonesty is perfectly fine.
Because to Donald Trump supporters, Mr. Trump is more "honest" than Hillary Clinton and John Kerry is a lying traitorous coward whose service in Viet Nam is shameful, unlike Mr. Trump's admirable record.
Scary how you define "phony" and that Donald Trump is "real" to you.
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someday th collected emails of hillary clinton will be available to th public
either 1, 200, 000 printed pages or fits neatly on a 1 terabyte h/d
perfect beach reading, and can also be used as a doo0r stop and roach killer
Where was the Republican outrage: The Bush White House email deleting surfaced in 2007 during the controversy involving the dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys. Congressional requests for administration documents while investigating the dismissals of the U.S. attorneys required the Bush administration to reveal that not all internal White House emails were available. Over 5 million emails may have been lost. Greg Palast came up with 500 of the Karl Rove emails, leading to damaging allegations. In 2009, it was announced that as many as 22 million emails may have been lost.
The administration officials had been using a private Internet domain, called gwb43.com, owned by and hosted on an email server run by the Republican National Committee, for various communications of unknown content or purpose.
The administration officials had been using a private Internet domain, called gwb43.com, owned by and hosted on an email server run by the Republican National Committee, for various communications of unknown content or purpose.
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That is perfectly okay because those are Republicans and no need to investigate. They are perfect. And if a dozen investigations can't turn up anything bad about a Democrat, then we need a dozen more.
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I don't really follow this subject closely, so i wouldn't have known there was a shadow. It's like, here we go again, just like when Bill was our commander and chief. I thought He wouldn't have stood for such chananagans from the Red Meat Eaters, but he did. And then, here's a great pic of a woman leader if there ever was one.! Is this, Emailgate, her first chance to quash the issue, or to look hogtied and cooperative, like Bill did. If the Clintons did not know how to fight back, now they have Trump as an example, no excuses it can be done. What's next, all the texts......
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So far neither the FBI nor the right-wing committee headed by Alfalfa have found any thing damaging. Emails are all personal type messages, so what is the big brouhaha created by FOKS The News and company?
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The emails that won't go away and the explanation that keeps changing gives new meaning to "pulling a lochte".
Mrs Clinton should hold a news conference and come clean about this email server once and for all. The more you hide, it gives your enemies more reasons to dig.
Mrs Clinton should hold a news conference and come clean about this email server once and for all. The more you hide, it gives your enemies more reasons to dig.
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Same old same old: Clinton screwed up (which she did), she said so, the dogs are howling their shock at finding that golly, politicians do favors, no evidence of anything illegal, doesn't matter because the absence of evidence prives that there's evidence, too many too gutless and ignorant to take her on in terms of policies and facts.
And Trump, same old same old same old. Loud, ignorant screaming, phony pivots. Promised to release tax returns then reneged, promised to build a wall and now reneging or not depending on who he's talking to, pumping out smokescreen to hide lousy business record, insane approach to reality, cheerleading for Putin and dictators, business ties to China and Saudi, flimsiness of campaign, collecting campaign funds and oaying them back to himself, employment of open racists, so what, none of his white people care.
Gimme Hillary Clinton's shortcomings over lunacy any old day.
And Trump, same old same old same old. Loud, ignorant screaming, phony pivots. Promised to release tax returns then reneged, promised to build a wall and now reneging or not depending on who he's talking to, pumping out smokescreen to hide lousy business record, insane approach to reality, cheerleading for Putin and dictators, business ties to China and Saudi, flimsiness of campaign, collecting campaign funds and oaying them back to himself, employment of open racists, so what, none of his white people care.
Gimme Hillary Clinton's shortcomings over lunacy any old day.
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I feel most Americans are over the emails, is this all the Republicans have to offer... hate and emails? No candidate is perfect, but no candidate or American has been investigated inside and out like Hillary Clinton. There really is a triple standard here I'm beyond sick of it. BTW when is Trump going to release his tax returns?
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"Truly personal?" Surely, by her continuing dishonesty, Clinton has forfeited any claim to privacy here. All of her emails should have been screened by an independent, nonpolitical panel to exclude those that directly endanger national security. The rest should have been made public long before she was the nominated candidate. Now we're stuck with her or a Trump catastrophe looking for a time and place to happen.
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How about a news conference where Clinton can honestly answer the public's questions? Why does she refuse to speak to the press in this format or give interviews, and why is this not an issue itself in the campaign?
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Why are the readers here conflating two issues. The private email server/classified info. versus the direct pipeline between the State Dept. & Clinton Foundation - highly more troubling.
The first wouldn't be an issue if it wasn't for the second. It was the very definition of pay to play with the donations coming from some of the worst human rights abusers and corrupt businessmen currying favor with our gov't.
I cannot for the life of me understand that someone of her intelligence would be so egregious in their lack of judgment - or they collectively (Clintons) are living in a bubble of yes men and women. In any event this woman does not have the integrity to serve - if it came with enough $000s - even if these people had been rebuffed elsewhere (Senator Feinstein's office) it was above board for the Foundation & State.
The first wouldn't be an issue if it wasn't for the second. It was the very definition of pay to play with the donations coming from some of the worst human rights abusers and corrupt businessmen currying favor with our gov't.
I cannot for the life of me understand that someone of her intelligence would be so egregious in their lack of judgment - or they collectively (Clintons) are living in a bubble of yes men and women. In any event this woman does not have the integrity to serve - if it came with enough $000s - even if these people had been rebuffed elsewhere (Senator Feinstein's office) it was above board for the Foundation & State.
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Wow - let's see, a foundation doing good works has a "direct pipeline" to the state house.
Or:
Polluting energy officials and Ahmad Chalabi has a "direct pipeline into the state house".
In one case, we have "meetings" going on! How dangerous!
In the other case, we have the US fighting a war under false pretenses and oil and defense contractors raking in billions.
Sorry if I can't feel the outrage that someone got a meeting. I guess it's similar to the outrage you don't feel about all the US servicemen dying for a war based on lies.
Or:
Polluting energy officials and Ahmad Chalabi has a "direct pipeline into the state house".
In one case, we have "meetings" going on! How dangerous!
In the other case, we have the US fighting a war under false pretenses and oil and defense contractors raking in billions.
Sorry if I can't feel the outrage that someone got a meeting. I guess it's similar to the outrage you don't feel about all the US servicemen dying for a war based on lies.
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Intelligence and corruption are hardly mutually exclusive. Hillary knew very well what she was doing when she decided to put a computer server in her house for the purpose of evading record keeping acts and FOIA. It was the only way she could wheel and deal to her heart's content.
Too many of her adoring zealots try to hide the "why" of what she did behind the "what."
Too many of her adoring zealots try to hide the "why" of what she did behind the "what."
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Apparently, FBI read through the emails recovered to see if there is any classified information and whether they are work-related at all. The fact that the agency turned over the emails to the State shows that at least most of them are work-related. So, Hillary did not turn over all work-related emails as she claimed repeatedly, and she DID send information marked classified and sensitive.
Even if she were to be elected president, this issue will create a needless distraction that will prevent her from fulfilling her liberal agenda.
And, considering that the CGI servers were also hacked, potentially damaging leaks should be expected in September / October.
Why is she not doing a press conference to deal with all the questions our 'free press' has to ask of her? What is she afraid of?
Even if she were to be elected president, this issue will create a needless distraction that will prevent her from fulfilling her liberal agenda.
And, considering that the CGI servers were also hacked, potentially damaging leaks should be expected in September / October.
Why is she not doing a press conference to deal with all the questions our 'free press' has to ask of her? What is she afraid of?
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Especially since the "free press" has been her lapdog for the past decade or so.
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'“Hillary Clinton seems incapable of telling the truth,” the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Reince Priebus, said.' I think the GOP needs to take the speck out of their own eye (Trump et el) instead of claiming there is this huge log that the DNC needs to remove. This has become a very political issue and the justice department should tread this needle very carefully. Election tampering?
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If Clinton's emails raise shadow, Trump's hatred is total darkness, 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year.
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"HILLARY'S SERVER MORE SECURE THAN THE NSA'S SERVER".
Exactly. And the reality is that no information, from your grocery list to the codes in the president's "football" (the briefcase that contains missile launch codes), is totally secure once it has been digitized. We now live close together in houses with paper walls - get used to it. Regardless of Hillary's carelessness or cluelessness, this will all look so silly in a few years.
Exactly. And the reality is that no information, from your grocery list to the codes in the president's "football" (the briefcase that contains missile launch codes), is totally secure once it has been digitized. We now live close together in houses with paper walls - get used to it. Regardless of Hillary's carelessness or cluelessness, this will all look so silly in a few years.
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Why is Hillary who is so smart so stupid?? It is more than painful for her supporters.
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She is not stupid at all. Corrupt, duplicitous, a power monger, yes. But not stupid.
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How can Hilary Clinton possibly still be a viable candidate. These emails clearly indicate that the State Department under Hilary Clinton established a clear pattern of favoritism and availability based on contributions to the Clinton Foundation. Not only is this appalling - it also smacks of outright Treason. The fact that people who paid the Clinton Foundation later showed up as super delegates as reported this morning on the liberal-leaning ABC News is equally outrageous. She absolutely belongs in a prison cell and she and her foundation should be required to give back all of the monies received from foreign entities during her tenure with the state department. In addition as a result of the emails that should have been sent on a classified server, Clinton should face the same sort of personal heavy fines that the former navy seal who wrote a book about the Bin Laden raid has been forced to pay.
I am disgusted by her ability to tell outright lies but even more so for her blatant disregard for what it means to be a true public servant.
I am disgusted by her ability to tell outright lies but even more so for her blatant disregard for what it means to be a true public servant.
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"These emails clearly indicate that the State Department under Hilary Clinton established a clear pattern of favoritism and availability based on contributions to the Clinton Foundation."....In order to be credible you need to provide examples that support your claim.
The most pointed example made public Monday involves a request by Crown Prince Salman of Bahrain, after first trying normal channels, to meet with the secretary of state. The emails suggest the meeting was confirmed only after intervention by the Clinton Foundation, to which his government had given $50,000 to $100,000.
On June 23, 2009, Band wrote top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin to alert her that the prince would be in town and was “asking to see her [Clinton].”
“Good friend of ours,” Band wrote.
On June 23, 2009, Band wrote top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin to alert her that the prince would be in town and was “asking to see her [Clinton].”
“Good friend of ours,” Band wrote.
It's even more disgusting that so many people are OK with the blatant disregard.
Is anyone out there as tired of Jason Chaffetz as I am? He was unable to uncover anything as the oh-so-eager questioner on the Benghazi witch hunt committee; he then took another tack insisting that the FBI investigate whether Mrs. Clinton lied and demanded to see copies of the agency's notes on her interviews. Now he wants to know why there were redactions in the material sent to him. He doesn't appear to want to legislate, only to investigate all Clinton all the time. How can we put a stop to this nonsense?
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Jhc in Wynnewood, pa
I am as tired of Jason Chaffetz as you are. You have really hit the nail on the head. I am also tired of Behghazi witch hunt and all this other witch hunt activity. I agree 1000% that the nonsense must stop. If you find out how we can stop it, let us all know. It is killing our country.
I am as tired of Jason Chaffetz as you are. You have really hit the nail on the head. I am also tired of Behghazi witch hunt and all this other witch hunt activity. I agree 1000% that the nonsense must stop. If you find out how we can stop it, let us all know. It is killing our country.
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They (the Republicans in Congress and elsewhere) know that Hillary Clinton will most likely be elected our next President. So, my guess is that the point of this will be to make her presidency as ineffectual as possible....Just like they tried to do to Bill Clinton, and most recently with Barack Obama. Keep the focus on emails, Benghazi and what ever non-issues they can dredge up, so no one realizes that the important business of governing isn't happening. Modern day Republicans simply cannot govern, and when they try to, they just ruin things (see, eg, Kansas).
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Not even Mister Trump has come under such scrutiny as has been aimed at Hillary Clinton for, hard to believe, over two decades. What could be the motivation for the relentless attacks? Because she's a woman and Trump is a man? No doubt in my mind that the nearly eight-year attacks on President Obama is a clear sign the the USA is not ready to accept Black Americans in positions of authority, even though there have been and are such citizens in positions of authority. But the straw that has broken the camel's back of racism and bigotry is a Black American in the White House. It's as simple as the nose on anyone's face, but it's the truth no one dare speaks or makes an issue about. We just let the obstructionism go on and on, all the while, blaming the President for the lack of legislation, appointment of judges, take your pick. Hillary Clinton has devoted her adult life to politics, and she has survived the natural stresses and responsibilities of the offices she held, not to mention the knives-in-the-back from all those brave Republican politicians, pundits and billionaires. Americans complain about the abuses and limitations imposed upon women in other countries, but in many cases, we are no better.
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We may very well be witnessing the end of our archaic two party system. The system is but a framework for corruption and only gives voters the choice between black and white. So-called "centrists" are but a muddled color of grey. Meanwhile, the real world is full of color.
A multi party system would help avoid the fear mongering we see perpetuated by both the Democrats and Republicans: "the other guy is bad so vote for me because I am not as bad is him/her". We can do better.
The need for a multi party system is reinforced by survey data reflecting the fact that many more voters are registered as independent than are registered for either major party. In other words, voters are sick and tired of mediocrity and gridlock.
A multi party system would help avoid the fear mongering we see perpetuated by both the Democrats and Republicans: "the other guy is bad so vote for me because I am not as bad is him/her". We can do better.
The need for a multi party system is reinforced by survey data reflecting the fact that many more voters are registered as independent than are registered for either major party. In other words, voters are sick and tired of mediocrity and gridlock.
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I don't know what goes on in Oregon but here in New York City we have a multi-party system. When I go to the polls, I see maybe six or seven parties on the ballot. Some of them run separate candidates, some support other parties' candidates.
If you don't have such a full ballot in Washington, really want one and feel it will work better than what you seem to see is a mediocre two-party system, do something about it.
If you don't have such a full ballot in Washington, really want one and feel it will work better than what you seem to see is a mediocre two-party system, do something about it.
Reince Priebus, McConnell, Ryan, et al seem incapable of not persecuting Democrats. He knows the Republican platform is odious to most people. He knows his party can't win on the merits of their ideas or their candidates. So he and his buddies have to resort to innuendo and calumny in their attempts to smear their opponents.
Disgusting. Vote the lot of them out. Sweep the Congress clean of these time- and money-wasting, incompetent and obnoxious nincompoops. I never want to see their faces in any public office again.
Disgusting. Vote the lot of them out. Sweep the Congress clean of these time- and money-wasting, incompetent and obnoxious nincompoops. I never want to see their faces in any public office again.
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This breathless story by Mark Landler and Steven Lee Myers seems to lack any information that would enable us to know whether this is anything important. It has been know for a long time that there were many other emails that were personal emails. Is there any reason to believe these emails are anything other than the FBI recovering personal emails? It would be good if the NYT reporters could provide some information in their story. Instead they conflate this with recycled tidbits about other previously released emails. Are there any editors at the NYT? We should expect the NYT to have higher standards.
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The reporters re-wrote the press release from the same right-wing funded organization that constantly sued to keep Bill Clinton fighting "scandals".
And we saw who the corrupt person was -- Ken Starr. Who couldn't find anything except a sex scandal to "get" Bill Clinton and yet didn't have a problem covering up for rapists in his university.
It might be nice if these reporters did more than spout the press release of Judicial Watch.
And we saw who the corrupt person was -- Ken Starr. Who couldn't find anything except a sex scandal to "get" Bill Clinton and yet didn't have a problem covering up for rapists in his university.
It might be nice if these reporters did more than spout the press release of Judicial Watch.
The nasty light is provided by the "private server" aspect of this but the content of the actual emails is probably par for this course. I would like to see emails to/from the secretary of state (and other cabinet positions) during the Bush administration as a reference, particularly those regarding the Bin Laden family.
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Does it matter at this point? No sane person could vote for Trump so we effectively have a banana republic election with one candidate.
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The Dubya administration used at least three private email servers to do the majority of their official emailing. They had gwb43.com at the RNC, with the top 88 members of the administration having accounts, georgewbush.com, and rnchq.com. Karl Rove used gwb43.com and also had rove.com. He used private email sites for 95% of his official government emails.
When the Senate was investigating the firing of 8 U.S. States' Attorneys and again when they were investigating the exposure of CIA covert operative Valerie Plame Wilson, they subpoenaed the Bush administration's emails. The White House claimed to have lost or "accidentally" deleted over 5 million emails (later revised up to 20 million) covering all email activity in a period of a year and a half. On the gwb43.com server, 51 of the 88 accounts were completely lost or deleted. Investigators even found a memo from a Bush aide to Jack Abramoff (later given a 6 year sentence for mail fraud and bribery of public officials) to use only the private email addresses and avoid the .gov email system to hide his tracks.
Funny that the GOP found nothing wrong with the Bush Administration's coverup of political corruption and possible treason in outing Valerie Plame Wilson for the purpose of ginning up the invasion of Iraq.
Now, these same GOP slime will be poring over every Hillary email trying to find anything that could be used or twisted into a scandal.
Two different standards of morality in the GOP? IARIYAR.
When the Senate was investigating the firing of 8 U.S. States' Attorneys and again when they were investigating the exposure of CIA covert operative Valerie Plame Wilson, they subpoenaed the Bush administration's emails. The White House claimed to have lost or "accidentally" deleted over 5 million emails (later revised up to 20 million) covering all email activity in a period of a year and a half. On the gwb43.com server, 51 of the 88 accounts were completely lost or deleted. Investigators even found a memo from a Bush aide to Jack Abramoff (later given a 6 year sentence for mail fraud and bribery of public officials) to use only the private email addresses and avoid the .gov email system to hide his tracks.
Funny that the GOP found nothing wrong with the Bush Administration's coverup of political corruption and possible treason in outing Valerie Plame Wilson for the purpose of ginning up the invasion of Iraq.
Now, these same GOP slime will be poring over every Hillary email trying to find anything that could be used or twisted into a scandal.
Two different standards of morality in the GOP? IARIYAR.
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This in a nutshell.
Quit making little things into "scandals" when a Democrat does them while overlooking real and dangerous corruption when Republicans do them.
Quit making little things into "scandals" when a Democrat does them while overlooking real and dangerous corruption when Republicans do them.
To Beartooth Bronsky
Thanks for putting all of this information together about the Bush Administration's use of private email servers and "losing" of the emails. At the time I thought of Nixon's tapes. I have been wondering why the many news media persist in failing to do any comparative reporting, preferring to sensationalize trivia instead. Can it be that no one remembers?
Indeed, how many times does a person have to be exonerated before they are considered "clean?" Poor Hillary. No matter what she does she will be vilified. It is a good thing the FBI guy who did not prosecute her is a Republican or they would be after him now, too.
Thanks for putting all of this information together about the Bush Administration's use of private email servers and "losing" of the emails. At the time I thought of Nixon's tapes. I have been wondering why the many news media persist in failing to do any comparative reporting, preferring to sensationalize trivia instead. Can it be that no one remembers?
Indeed, how many times does a person have to be exonerated before they are considered "clean?" Poor Hillary. No matter what she does she will be vilified. It is a good thing the FBI guy who did not prosecute her is a Republican or they would be after him now, too.
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Let's remember that these emails were uncovered by the FBI as part of its investigation that found NOTHING criminal. No breaches of national security. All we're hearing is innuendo which will be amplified by the likes of Larry Clayman.
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You, NYT, are "raising a shadow over her campaign." Not the Clinton Foundation, whose work across the globe raises the living standards and the health and welfare of millions of people around the globe. The Clinton's have draw zero income from this important work and there is no evidence of favoritism shown donors in terms of policy, nor would there ever be.
You sink Secretary Clinton's supposed "likeability" every time you imply wrongdoing, even when there isn't any. And your compare the poll ratings of a woman dedicated to working for women and children, with a man without a moral center, who owes billions to Goldman Sachs and China, makes millions from a fraudulent Ponzi-Scheme fake University, calls for the assassination of his opponent, calls upon his ally, Vladimir Putin, murderer and dictator, to conduct cyber warfare on America and flips his crazy mind over issues on an hourly basis.
Seriously NYT, enough! The Republican Candidate, with friends in conspiracy, is a proto-fascist with questionable mental health issues, even from the vantage point of a lay person watching him gesticulate and scream on an daily basis. Juxtapose these videos with those from the 1930s and the effect is chilling.
Please simply decide to stop talking about her e mails. Stop feeding the Clinton Foundation "frenzy," and get to work on the real business of investigative reporting.
mlouisemarkle
State College, PA
You sink Secretary Clinton's supposed "likeability" every time you imply wrongdoing, even when there isn't any. And your compare the poll ratings of a woman dedicated to working for women and children, with a man without a moral center, who owes billions to Goldman Sachs and China, makes millions from a fraudulent Ponzi-Scheme fake University, calls for the assassination of his opponent, calls upon his ally, Vladimir Putin, murderer and dictator, to conduct cyber warfare on America and flips his crazy mind over issues on an hourly basis.
Seriously NYT, enough! The Republican Candidate, with friends in conspiracy, is a proto-fascist with questionable mental health issues, even from the vantage point of a lay person watching him gesticulate and scream on an daily basis. Juxtapose these videos with those from the 1930s and the effect is chilling.
Please simply decide to stop talking about her e mails. Stop feeding the Clinton Foundation "frenzy," and get to work on the real business of investigative reporting.
mlouisemarkle
State College, PA
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"a conservative watchdog group separately released hundreds of emails"?
WHO'S the "conservative watchdog group," what's their own agenda, and how did THEY come by these? How can that bald statement appear like that in the second paragraph and not be clarified?
More Russian hacking at Trump's behest?
WHO'S the "conservative watchdog group," what's their own agenda, and how did THEY come by these? How can that bald statement appear like that in the second paragraph and not be clarified?
More Russian hacking at Trump's behest?
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This seriously stinks and is a good reason to vote against Hillary Clinton. However, the alternative is so bad that we need to be with her anyway.
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This is a "little" more concerning then Benghazi which was largely a red herring.
I think this more then anything plays into how arrogant Clinton is and above the law.
I think this more then anything plays into how arrogant Clinton is and above the law.
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Right. Three investigations and millions of dollars for Benghazi. And all because the Republicans insisted there was plenty of evidence of wrong doing.
And yet you believe them because the first investigation didn't go their way? Or the second?
And yet you believe them because the first investigation didn't go their way? Or the second?
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Benghazi involved disseminating a lie before an election. Democrats excused that behavior. Here we are again. More lies before an election. Democrats excusing it again.
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RJ:
When it comes to the Clintons, it takes several investigations to even get close to the truth.
All because the democrats allowed Hillary to abuse her government position. First, Obama appointed her to a role that he knew was vulnerable to influence peddling. He then allowed her to have a private server and mingle State and Foundation business.
Then democrats rallied to her defense, despite the impropriety of her actions. Calls for her to do the right thing are worthless but make democrats fake an appearance of concern.
Hillary has been thrust on us compliments of Obama. Send the bill to him.
When it comes to the Clintons, it takes several investigations to even get close to the truth.
All because the democrats allowed Hillary to abuse her government position. First, Obama appointed her to a role that he knew was vulnerable to influence peddling. He then allowed her to have a private server and mingle State and Foundation business.
Then democrats rallied to her defense, despite the impropriety of her actions. Calls for her to do the right thing are worthless but make democrats fake an appearance of concern.
Hillary has been thrust on us compliments of Obama. Send the bill to him.
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The e-mails I'd really like to see are the ones between Bush, Cheney, Rice and Rumsfeld discussing what they truly believed about Iraq and WMD, as opposed to what they were telling Congress, the American people and the rest of the world. If the Republicans are so distraught over the four Americans who died in Benghazi perhaps they might want to look into the conduct of a war that left over 40,000 Americans dead or maimed - as well as at least 200,000 Iraqis. Too bad those e-mails will probably never see daylight until long after all the principals are beyond the reach of justice.
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Steve don't you take anything away from that night of September 11 2012 sir . Im not a Democrat or Republican but don't you ever disrespect the my two brothers lost there EVER.
I don't think they were email savy, probably kinda like Hillary and servers.
You seem to only care about the lives of your "two brothers" and yet don't care at all about 2,000 US citizens who died on September 11, 2001.
Steve K said that the lives of 2,000 American citizens didn't get half of the investigation that Benghazi got. And you attacked him for it because the only lives you seem to think have value are of your "two brothers". Why?
Steve K said that the lives of 2,000 American citizens didn't get half of the investigation that Benghazi got. And you attacked him for it because the only lives you seem to think have value are of your "two brothers". Why?
The right has been doing the conspiracy/personal attack thing on the Clintons and Hillary since the early 90's. Even taking into account that some of the latters' difficulties are clearly self-imposed, and they lack the "purity" of the Obama's (who nonetheless are said to be Kenyan), most allegations have proved to be right-wing flailing, commonly characterized by innuendo and "conspiracy theory". Indeed, by now it appears that Hillary would be attacked if she attended a Girl Scout meeting.
So far, the email thing fits this historical pattern, just as does the newer allegation concerning Hillary's health (Hey, Giuiliani says it's true because it's on the internet!).
To sum up the current status of this matter of truth and character, if I had to buy a used car from Trump or Hillary, I'd surely pick Hillary over Cruz's "pathological liar" and Rubio's/Romney's "con man".
Of course, we could put all this aside and talk of policy in the manner of serious adults interested chiefly in the good of the nation and its people, but this would leave the Republican campaign without a voice. So, Trump's mental health??? It's on the internet.
So far, the email thing fits this historical pattern, just as does the newer allegation concerning Hillary's health (Hey, Giuiliani says it's true because it's on the internet!).
To sum up the current status of this matter of truth and character, if I had to buy a used car from Trump or Hillary, I'd surely pick Hillary over Cruz's "pathological liar" and Rubio's/Romney's "con man".
Of course, we could put all this aside and talk of policy in the manner of serious adults interested chiefly in the good of the nation and its people, but this would leave the Republican campaign without a voice. So, Trump's mental health??? It's on the internet.
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So far I haven't seen a single e-mail that was notable for anything at all. And now the NYT is gasping over e-mails to be released. And a "shadow over her campaign!" Lions and bears and tigers oh my! I think the NYT is playing all this as a soap opera, hoping to keep people hooked on a lop-sided race, with its "shadow!" and "this changes everything!" stories nearly every day, or every other day. It's just not worth it, NYT. When you have something to report, then report it, okay? You're reading like the Enquirer anymore.
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NYTimes is in the newspaper business - so seems whatever sell papers is 'fit to print.'
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If we're going to be fair, I want emails of all of Donald Trump's business dealings released, too. Because, as it's already been determined that Hillary broke no laws, the only light that will be shed by the emails is how far she pushed ethical or proprietary boundaries. Presumably, Trump has also not broken any laws in his business dealings. But we know that he has violated many ethical and proprietary boundaries. If we're going to examine the dirty laundry of one in detail, let's do them both. Otherwise, this is all stupid and astoundingly one-sided and unfair. I am so done with the ____ emails!
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We'll, not having one of the top jobs in the country is probably a big plus for Donald. Not sure what Hillary was thinking, or wasn't thinking. Has been an interesting election season. More popcorn and soda.
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This has probably been said before but if the documents have been ordered released then there is nothing confidential about them. Nothing new here - let's move on.
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Why wait until October? And why ask for comment from the head of GOP?! Of course, he's going to repeat the "Liar!" and "Lock her up!" that his constituents bank on bringing her down. The is nothing more than a political witch hunt, with Judicial Watch stoking the fire.
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No problem. She's more Teflon than Gotti.
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To slightly change the subject, this is reminiscent of Rush Limbaugh trashing the NYT. However, if the NYT publishes a story that supports his position, he says "according to the NYT", etc. etc.
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I will keep asking this question until somebody answers it.
Did Ms. Clinton's lawyers have a proper security clearance to review all the emails?
As the FBI stated, there were numerous emails that were sent and received by Ms. Clinton were classified at the time. I do not believe that attorney client covers classified material. Could this be a whole new crime? ...
Did Ms. Clinton's lawyers have a proper security clearance to review all the emails?
As the FBI stated, there were numerous emails that were sent and received by Ms. Clinton were classified at the time. I do not believe that attorney client covers classified material. Could this be a whole new crime? ...
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If Comey is willing to excuse Hillary's crimes, it's unlikely there will be any others charged.
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If email release can be accelerated, why is IRS not accelerating/concluding audit so Trump can release his tax records?
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The contents of these emails or where they were stored won't affect my life so I'm not really interested. I wish Ms. Clinton had a spotless record. Heck, I wish Trump had the skills to be president. It's not even an election, really, with two choices and one is Trump.
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Here we go again, lets beat this horse to death at least 20 times. Flay that beast! All they are doing is giving this self aroused buffoon The Donald more fodder for the grist mill. Here is an original thought I have read over the last few days where Mylan the maker of Epipens is raping the public with price increases making the Epipens almost unaffordable for most people like families with children suffering from life threatening allergies. Why don't we have some public hearings or investigation into this matter. Like something that is really really important to Americans instead of some old e-mails.
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What a disgusting and shameful reflection on 2016 America that this congenital liar and corrupt politician has succeeded in becoming the nominee of that equally corrupt political party, the Democrats.
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Sorry that last word should be "republicans". Take a good look at Trump sometime, if you dare.
Are you kidding me? Email technology is dynamic and constantly changing. Critics and even the FBI are charging a 60 year old person as if she were savvy as a 20-year old computer nerd. I challenge any of her contemporaries, even those in the FBI, to handle day-to-day tasks involving hundreds, maybe thousands day-to-day interactions without flaws.
For those who suggest that the emails controversy is all Mrs. Clinton's fault I would caution them to review how ferociously she has been attacked by her detractors. President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Secretaries of State Rice, Powell, and Albright never went through such scrutiny. As a former government employee, it seems odd that the FBI should be involved to the extent it is. Career employees, if left to them, would have resolved this long ago.
For those who suggest that the emails controversy is all Mrs. Clinton's fault I would caution them to review how ferociously she has been attacked by her detractors. President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Secretaries of State Rice, Powell, and Albright never went through such scrutiny. As a former government employee, it seems odd that the FBI should be involved to the extent it is. Career employees, if left to them, would have resolved this long ago.
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Nothing I didn't already anticipate or expect folks. I'm still with her. He's insane, racist , a liar, mysogynst and corrupt.
She's sane, not racist, less of a liar, less corrupt. But corrupt nonetheless, like all of them. I'll take her. I do believe I'll finally get equal pay under her administration.
If republicans get in, I'm seriously going to live abroad. And cry for this country.
She's sane, not racist, less of a liar, less corrupt. But corrupt nonetheless, like all of them. I'll take her. I do believe I'll finally get equal pay under her administration.
If republicans get in, I'm seriously going to live abroad. And cry for this country.
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I can imagine no other politician, federals, state or local, whose email and whose subordinates' email could have been subjected to the same level of scrutiny and turn up so laughably little. Far from casting doubt on Hillary Clinton's fitness for office, this empty-handed witch hunt confirms it. The American people have never had such a thorough vetting of a presidential candidate. And are certainly unlikely to get one of Mr. Trump. As far as "corruption" goes, Americans can vote for Hillary Clinton with unmatched confidence.
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Not 'work related?'
Wow, fourteen thousand emails is a whole lot of personal email in that period of time (on top of thousands of others that have already been determined to be 'personal.') Perhaps what comes out of this is that Mrs. Clinton spent more time sending personal email than she did being Secretary of State.
Wow, fourteen thousand emails is a whole lot of personal email in that period of time (on top of thousands of others that have already been determined to be 'personal.') Perhaps what comes out of this is that Mrs. Clinton spent more time sending personal email than she did being Secretary of State.
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This just points out once again that Hillary is "standard political slime".
And that, for a Democrat, is a good thing! I'm a big Trump supporter,
but given her attitude and close business ties, one strongly suspects that
she would not damage the economy, and unlike Obama, might help.
Its her other ideas, especially regarding the Supreme Court and illegal immigration, that are a serious worry. But these emails have no relation to that.
And that, for a Democrat, is a good thing! I'm a big Trump supporter,
but given her attitude and close business ties, one strongly suspects that
she would not damage the economy, and unlike Obama, might help.
Its her other ideas, especially regarding the Supreme Court and illegal immigration, that are a serious worry. But these emails have no relation to that.
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Shame on the NYtimes headline writer. Shame. Like every other newspaper the Times has a great deal of leeway in how it presents a story. "Casts a shadow over...?" You're not serious. Oh, but wait, you are serious. It looks to me like the Times is joining the irresponsible media dog-pile on this relative non-issue.
When the next piece of insignificant news about emailgate comes out, consider avoiding loaded phrases like "casts a shadow." All you're doing is chumming the waters. Are you trying to actively help little donnie's campaign?!
Publish the news, don't melodramatize it.
When the next piece of insignificant news about emailgate comes out, consider avoiding loaded phrases like "casts a shadow." All you're doing is chumming the waters. Are you trying to actively help little donnie's campaign?!
Publish the news, don't melodramatize it.
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Waiting for the other shoe to drop. Imagine this: In October the Russians, or Chinese, or Iranians, or North Koreans, or ISIS, or. . . reveal that they have the classified top secret emails. Comey's statement said, "[W]e assess it is possible that hostile actors gained access to Secretary Clinton’s personal e-mail account." We learn that Hillary, through recklessness and hubris, provided top secret information to the "enemy." "Top Secret" is "reserved for information that can cause “exceptionally grave” damage to national security if disclosed." What then? Could she continue the race? After all, she is seeking the highest security clearance there is in the USA.
P.S., NOT a Trump supporter.
P.S., NOT a Trump supporter.
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Or what if we learned that Trump's campaign ex-manager worked for pro-Putin types in Ukraine and that he helped dictators like Marcos clean up their images. And that manager was still on Trump's campaign when he got his first security briefing.
Oh Wait.
Imagine: In January 2017 the Russians and North Koreans tell newly elected President Donald Trump what he needs to do as their puppet President.
Or just imagine that they don't announce that they have the classified emails but use them to blackmail her for favorable treatment t.
Hillary absolutely deserves every bit of extra scrutiny that she is receiving and will be receiving in this matter.
Hillary believes she is above mundane things such as departmental regulations and policies, and her flamboyant lack of humility and remorse in flouting State security and policy, gross sloppiness in using only her private email servers as Secretary State to send sensitive, classified materials over her unprotected system, nonchalant behaviors that chilled her staff who had to filter their emails to her for years lest they include sensitive, classified materials that they knew could be hacked, and abhorrent responses on this topic over the past two years, gives many folks ample reason to seriously question her trustworthiness, her mindset, and her ability to make sound judgments when in office.
Imagine graduating from a top law school with top grades, passing the bar, then landing a job at DOJ….only to find yourself with say five other DOJ lawyers assigned to reviewing thousands upon thousands of emails and attachments to ensure that there is no classified material in the emails that Hillary was ordered to turn over to the FBI but instead deleted. What a way to encourage job satisfaction. ….all because Hillary was lazy and didn’t want to use DOJ’s email system for work emails.
Hillary believes she is above mundane things such as departmental regulations and policies, and her flamboyant lack of humility and remorse in flouting State security and policy, gross sloppiness in using only her private email servers as Secretary State to send sensitive, classified materials over her unprotected system, nonchalant behaviors that chilled her staff who had to filter their emails to her for years lest they include sensitive, classified materials that they knew could be hacked, and abhorrent responses on this topic over the past two years, gives many folks ample reason to seriously question her trustworthiness, her mindset, and her ability to make sound judgments when in office.
Imagine graduating from a top law school with top grades, passing the bar, then landing a job at DOJ….only to find yourself with say five other DOJ lawyers assigned to reviewing thousands upon thousands of emails and attachments to ensure that there is no classified material in the emails that Hillary was ordered to turn over to the FBI but instead deleted. What a way to encourage job satisfaction. ….all because Hillary was lazy and didn’t want to use DOJ’s email system for work emails.
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From landslide to ruin. Only the Clintons could create such a foolish unfathomable situation.
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The head of the RNC says Ms Clinton is incapable of telling the truth?! Has he listened to Trump his Republican candidate? The man piles lies on lies.
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Correct and RNC head, Rancid Pubis, the Eddie Haskel of repubicant party, should be the last one to pontificate about honesty.
I would be proud to have my children look at Hillary Clinton's life as a model of someone trying to make this country better.
I would be sickened to have my children look at Donald Trump's life as what a child should model themselves after if they want to become President.
That's the bottom line. And why the desperation of the right wing with their media lackeys to take the focus away from that fact is a terrible thing.
I would be sickened to have my children look at Donald Trump's life as what a child should model themselves after if they want to become President.
That's the bottom line. And why the desperation of the right wing with their media lackeys to take the focus away from that fact is a terrible thing.
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The Times should drop coverage of this non-scandal, as should the rest of the media. The nit-picking analysis is ridiculous. People of our generation are not particularly computer literate, and Secretary Clinton most likely did not consider that the use of her personal server was a "choice." I imagine that she would want to continue the most expedient, familiar way to communicate. "Choice" probably never came up, and it is only in hindsight that it has been turned into a big deal. Please leave it alone already.
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Was this woman really the best the democrats could do? Certainly makes Trump look good-comparatively.
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May be you should look what is the truth, not only the title, What these emails reveals?
NOTHING
move on.
This is how Washington works?
Does anybody asked what was the Powell, or Cheney or Bush's emails right after 9/11 talking with Saudi ambassador and flying all bin laden family out of the USA?
I am very proud in fact her emails spill in the media, we now know what did she do , how intransigent his actions, but all tells me one thing Hillary is angel compared to any given republican.
I really wonder Cheney's emails or office notes what it is saying. but hey he didn't caught , so it doesn't matter, lies about yellow cake, exposing a CIA agent , or Iraq war.
I am extremely proud of Hillary , her emails spilled out and we know all. It is absolutely a person who should be in White house.
NOTHING
move on.
This is how Washington works?
Does anybody asked what was the Powell, or Cheney or Bush's emails right after 9/11 talking with Saudi ambassador and flying all bin laden family out of the USA?
I am very proud in fact her emails spill in the media, we now know what did she do , how intransigent his actions, but all tells me one thing Hillary is angel compared to any given republican.
I really wonder Cheney's emails or office notes what it is saying. but hey he didn't caught , so it doesn't matter, lies about yellow cake, exposing a CIA agent , or Iraq war.
I am extremely proud of Hillary , her emails spilled out and we know all. It is absolutely a person who should be in White house.
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"Certainly makes Trump look good-comparatively." Yeah, but only if you're really stupid.
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How does this make trump look good ?
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Seems this election will lead me to cancel my TV, w/ cable news celebrating Trump spewing lies 24/7...they let him speak hours of mistruths, rarely with substantive rebuttals. As a staunch supporter of Hillary, based on decades of following her IMPRESSIVE "all action" pubic service life - yes, I said IMPRESSIVE, I could care less about her emails. Having lived in DC & seen many politicians up close (in those days very male-dominated), I can say she is a GEM. If only the rest of them had ever been investigated, scrutinized, showered with false innuendo and demonized in this way, none would not have survived - due to actual misdeeds, esp if looking at personal deeds. Trump insults military leaders & families, is shoulder to shoulder at weekly rallies w/ white supremacists, has questionable ties w/ Russia & Putin, myriads of bankruptcies, law suits against him...& then we have his taxes - or lack there of! But the front page is still Hilary's emails? When will journalists get off their egotistical "reality TV coasting" and truly investigate Trump? To their credit, the NYT has completed some investigative reporting of the like...yet much is overlooked & Trump's demagoguery dominates the media as the great star attraction. Such a sad moment in our Nation's history. Hillary Clinton is a great leader and mind. The world laughs at us as we squeeze her through a ringer & put Trump on center state to mislead and stain our nations character now & for decades to come.
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I agree with you. I find the British channels on PBS, even with old reruns, a welcome break from the constant braying from the media on a non-story.
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Well said. Clicks matter to the media, even if it means total destructive of a democracy in the end.
Why not delay the release of the emails until after the election, as is being done for Trump's fraud charge?
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And his tax returns!
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FLASHBACK:
Roughly 15 years and untold billions of dollars ago, Mrs. Clinton pled “not guilty” to selling out the country by reason of poverty.
She said at the time:
“We don’t own a house, we own half of a house…. He has his '68 Mustang and I have my '86 Cutlass. A recent magazine said that with our legal bills we are bankrupt. [NB: the MAGAZINE said it.] So, if we had intended to trade on my position, I’ve done a very poor job of it."
If a '68 Mustang, half a house and (magazine-claimed) bankruptcy are exculpatory, the inference as regards the Clintons' obscene wealth today is clear.
RICO cases—the intersection of the emails/server and the Clinton Foundation, for example—need only produce a pattern of behavior to prevail, not an explicit quid pro quo. This means Clinton SOP, spoliation of the evidence, will ultimately prove ineffectual.
A civil RICO case has been filed. Should a criminal RICO case go forward and prevail, the pair can be fined up to $25K and imprisoned up to 20 years per count. In addition, they must forfeit all assets gained through a pattern of racketeering activity.
It’s about time the Clintons “spread the wealth around,” don’t you think?
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Oh how I love Marian!
Especially when she talks shop.
And yes America, all that's required to establish a RICO case is a prima facie showing of a common plan, scheme or pattern of behavior consistent with the statute.
I agree with Rudy Giuliani. Hillary should be indicted.
Especially when she talks shop.
And yes America, all that's required to establish a RICO case is a prima facie showing of a common plan, scheme or pattern of behavior consistent with the statute.
I agree with Rudy Giuliani. Hillary should be indicted.
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Yikes - the Much Ado About Nothing crowd is loose ...again! I sincerely doubt that Representative Chaffetz really understands redaction or the grounds for same. Also, you can't "ask" the FBI to declassify its version of the report; there has to be some rationale that meets classification standards for declassification of any classified document. Plus, if the FBI classified a report because there was classified information contained therein (and not just to "protect" sensitive information - which could in itself violate sound classification standards), the original classifier has to be involved in the process to declassify. Never in the brief history of America have so many people known so little, and made so much noise.
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It sounds like a preparation for an impeachment of Hillary R. Clinton.
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They are laying groundwork for her administration to be dogged by investigations - so as to hamper her agenda.
The same was tried with Obama and 'selling' of his Congressional seat, but he did not take the bait! As if that was first time a seat in Congress was offered for sale.
The same was tried with Obama and 'selling' of his Congressional seat, but he did not take the bait! As if that was first time a seat in Congress was offered for sale.
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This farce against Hillary will never end aye my friend, never.
Entire email scam is a farce devised by Republicans, what did you get from these emails.
Is Hillary a Islamic terrorist
Is she selling secret information to Russia or China
is she dealing with rich people to get acces the Obama government so they get federal money.
is she making favor Bill CGI for organizing meetings and collecting millions
one single solid evidence my friend , show me one .
FARCE , like all other republican issues it is farce.
Benghazi was farce.
We shall put Hillary in oval office , you cannot do anything about it.
who are we?
We the people....!
Entire email scam is a farce devised by Republicans, what did you get from these emails.
Is Hillary a Islamic terrorist
Is she selling secret information to Russia or China
is she dealing with rich people to get acces the Obama government so they get federal money.
is she making favor Bill CGI for organizing meetings and collecting millions
one single solid evidence my friend , show me one .
FARCE , like all other republican issues it is farce.
Benghazi was farce.
We shall put Hillary in oval office , you cannot do anything about it.
who are we?
We the people....!
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Don't you say anything about Beijing !!! I lost two brothers there so.you shut your mouth about it !! That is on her and it always will.be !! You were not here sir so you don't know
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What Beijing?
The big question is if she will be able to keep her varied lies about the email debacle straight.
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If I work for a gov't agency, I shouldn't deleted that "cake in break room" email? What about the 10 "Having the conference call at 12:30 works for me." (no other information) messages?
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If you are a Democrat and you deleted those, you would be accused of covering up your own corruption.
If you are a Democrat and you didn't delete those you would be accused of being an inept government lackey who doesn't have the brains to know when something is worth deleting or not and personally responsible for the expensive bureaucracy we have.
If you are a Democrat, no matter what you do, the Republicans will spend however many hundreds of millions of dollars necessary to "investigate" whatever you do -- as many times as necessary. We had two whitewater investigations, with Ken Starr appointed when the Republican originally investigated didn't find a crime. We had at least 3 Benghazi investigations. And how many e-mails investigations will it take until something -- anything -- is found that can be presented in the worst light possible to imply corruption that isn't real
If you are a Democrat and you didn't delete those you would be accused of being an inept government lackey who doesn't have the brains to know when something is worth deleting or not and personally responsible for the expensive bureaucracy we have.
If you are a Democrat, no matter what you do, the Republicans will spend however many hundreds of millions of dollars necessary to "investigate" whatever you do -- as many times as necessary. We had two whitewater investigations, with Ken Starr appointed when the Republican originally investigated didn't find a crime. We had at least 3 Benghazi investigations. And how many e-mails investigations will it take until something -- anything -- is found that can be presented in the worst light possible to imply corruption that isn't real
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Especially if the "cake" was made out of stacks of $100 bills in $10,000 denominations and sent to Hillary Clinton in exchange for favors from the US government.
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Just more lies from DCB, made up from nothing at all. Disgusting.
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I sure hope this email witch hunt is extended for every executive administration member going forward. The Republicans are doing nothing for us with this.
Do something useful, Republican Congress! Spend some money on Infrastructure improvements. Increase real freedom for minorities. Stop sticking it to working Americans and Unions. Spread some love in the World!
Really - we already know there's no choice in November unless you're a Racist and willing to live under a Trump Nation.
Do something useful, Republican Congress! Spend some money on Infrastructure improvements. Increase real freedom for minorities. Stop sticking it to working Americans and Unions. Spread some love in the World!
Really - we already know there's no choice in November unless you're a Racist and willing to live under a Trump Nation.
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Are you kidding? We had a witch hunt under Clinton that found a dalliance with a 22 year old girl, no expense spared.
But when Bush II administration fired US Attorneys under orders from Karl Rove and intentionally deceived the American people with trumped up lies about Saddam Hussein and WMD, it was barely worth a few questions.
But when Bush II administration fired US Attorneys under orders from Karl Rove and intentionally deceived the American people with trumped up lies about Saddam Hussein and WMD, it was barely worth a few questions.
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Perhaps some emails will be revealed which will make Hillary Clinton unelectable. For example, she might mock someone with a disability.
She might urge someone to beat up a protester. She might accuse another candidate's father of being involved in the Kennedy assassination. She might hire people to investigate the veracity of Trump's birth certificate. Surely any of these would be disqualifying.
She might urge someone to beat up a protester. She might accuse another candidate's father of being involved in the Kennedy assassination. She might hire people to investigate the veracity of Trump's birth certificate. Surely any of these would be disqualifying.
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What I don't understand is why anyone would object to the prompt release of these new emails? It's not as if some of the already released emails didn't raise disturbing questions of special access given to Clinton Foundation donors while Mrs Clinton was Secretary of State. It would seem in Mrs Clinton's own interest to scotch the inferences that she erased emails in an attempt to conceal wrongdoing. Partizanship has its limits if it involves concealing facts that speak to a candidate's suitability for public office.
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Clinton spokesperons Fallon: “But if the State Department determines any of them to be work-related, then obviously we support those documents being released publicly as well.”
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Yeah! What other politician in Washington would give access to donors?
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We are not talking about political contributions here. Mrs Clinton's lifestyle and income depends on expenses paid for by her foundation and speaking fees. Politicians who give access for direct payments into their pockets go to jail.
Why is Powell not being investigated? Is this a partisan Republican action, under the guise of law?. After all Republican have been chasing Hillary for ages. To not avail, then and now. Have they no sense of shame?
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I think Powell destroyed all his e-mails.
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Hillary was smart to distract everyone with Powell. It clearly worked -- despite the fact that their cases are entirely different.
Powell didn't use his private email for classified work. He didn't have a private server either. Hillary ONLY used her private server. (If you cannot see the difference, you shouldn't be lecturing anyone on anything.)
Additionally, Powell's use of his email was before the rise of hacking and before State Department protocol was implemented which prevented such private use.
Powell didn't use his private email for classified work. He didn't have a private server either. Hillary ONLY used her private server. (If you cannot see the difference, you shouldn't be lecturing anyone on anything.)
Additionally, Powell's use of his email was before the rise of hacking and before State Department protocol was implemented which prevented such private use.
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Because Powell did not use a private server for his SOS communications. Nor did he ever advise Hillary to do so, which is another Clinton lie. Nor did he leverage the State Department to reap tens of millions of dollars for a personal foundation and enrich himself. That's why. Glad to help.
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Enough about the emails. Non-scandal. Are you trying to get me to cancel my subscription?
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So breaking the law and lying to the American People is no big deal right???
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Yes, if you bury your head in the sand long enough you will be convinced that she did not lie, that she did not break the law, and did not peddle benefits for cash!
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Nah, just to keep FOX from gnawing on their tail.
The email business swirling around Hillary is overblown. Similar cases involving others would attract no attention. The NYT seems to have a need to create proportionality where none exists between Hillary's positives and Trump's manifest liabilities. The only thing good about Trump is that he has forced the nation from stupor. The result should be a Clinton landslide that will only be subverted by the nudging organs like the Times undertake to induce us to see this as anything but a call to end this charade with a Democratic landslide. Such a landslide is a verdict on the GOP for two decades of perfidy.
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Yes, if a GS 13 at the US Department of Agriculture set up a private server and did a good slice of official business on his personal email it would not get that much attention.
But the media doesn't pursue this because she is Hillary Clinton.
The do so because she is running for President of the United States.
For the same reason the media explores decades-old bankruptcies and failed business dealings of the Donald.
If an ordinary real-estate crook did what the Donald did it would be back-page news.
They are both under the microscope because of their candidacies.
But the media doesn't pursue this because she is Hillary Clinton.
The do so because she is running for President of the United States.
For the same reason the media explores decades-old bankruptcies and failed business dealings of the Donald.
If an ordinary real-estate crook did what the Donald did it would be back-page news.
They are both under the microscope because of their candidacies.
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Good afternoon from Capitol Hill!
In my Harvard days, we studied similar cases to Hillary's in law school.
And the La Cosa Nostra (RICO) cases received quite a bit of publicity.
In my Harvard days, we studied similar cases to Hillary's in law school.
And the La Cosa Nostra (RICO) cases received quite a bit of publicity.
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WE should be discussing Hillary's war record and the indication, from her transition team appointments, of her intention to continue supporting war hawks and regime change. Bernie may have been wrong to dismiss her emails, but he was right in asking us to stick to the issues---and war or peace is the most important issue.
"The intervention in Kosovo not only riled the Russians, it also upset American allies. Shortly before the commencement of hostilities in Kosovo, France’s Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine declared that the United States was not only a superpower, but a “hyper-power.” According to Vedrine, the question of the American hyper-power was “at the center of the world’s current problems.”
"By the end of Bill Clinton’s tenure, the prudence exhibited by George H.W. Bush had long since vanished. Given her record, should Hillary Clinton win in November, the elder Bush’s foreign policy “realism” will have little chance of reappearing.
Fwd: A Clinton Family Value: ‘Humanitarian’ War – Consortiumnews
https://consortiumnews.com/2016/08/23/a-clinton-family-value-humanitaria...
"The intervention in Kosovo not only riled the Russians, it also upset American allies. Shortly before the commencement of hostilities in Kosovo, France’s Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine declared that the United States was not only a superpower, but a “hyper-power.” According to Vedrine, the question of the American hyper-power was “at the center of the world’s current problems.”
"By the end of Bill Clinton’s tenure, the prudence exhibited by George H.W. Bush had long since vanished. Given her record, should Hillary Clinton win in November, the elder Bush’s foreign policy “realism” will have little chance of reappearing.
Fwd: A Clinton Family Value: ‘Humanitarian’ War – Consortiumnews
https://consortiumnews.com/2016/08/23/a-clinton-family-value-humanitaria...
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Whatever the effects of all this will be it is just mind-blowing that such an intelligent woman could act so stupidly.
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Who said Hillary is so intelligent? She has not demonstrated intelligence in any job she's held. She can give an intelligent speech, but her performance is always mediocre not to mention borderline criminal.
If she's so smart, why is she always embroiled in controversy?
If she's so smart, why is she always embroiled in controversy?
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The decision to use a private server demonstrated poor judgement. Completely. But the subsequent effort to unearth some sort of smoking gun from the emails themselves has been an utter farce and one that continues solely because the Republicans have determined they have literally nothing besides this and Clinton's "health problems" to run on.
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Can't leaders just tell us the truth? We're taught that in grade school, it's just so basic and this isn't some joke. Clinton and Trump both disrespect the Office and the American people.
I've never been so disappointed in an election ever. We had 20 people running last year and somehow got the worst 2 possible candidates.
I've never been so disappointed in an election ever. We had 20 people running last year and somehow got the worst 2 possible candidates.
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@dc nj tRumpf is a despicably vile excuse for a human being, don't compare Hillary Rodham Clinton with that cretinous carnival barking buffoon.
Hillary supporters ignore two key facts. One is that Mrs. Clinton deliberately did the mental calculus that her privacy was more important than potentially compromising American national security. That alone is hugely troubling. The other fact is that Mrs. Clinton continually lied about the number of classified emails on the servers, as well as the number of servers and devices. Mrs. Clinton also deleted 30k emails for no real reason. She also lied about what the FBI director said about Mrs. Clinton's actions and statements. Mrs Clinton used poor judgment in putting American national security at risk. She also a exhibited familiar pattern of lying without impunity. Mrs. Clinton may be a better option than Donald Trump in November but ignoring these facts about the email scandal is ignoring very troubling behavior by a woman who wants to lead the United States.
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This is more irrefutable proof that Hillary Clinton is a serial liar who cannot be trusted. She surrounds herself with political and media hacks that will cover-up for her, irrespective the damage it does to the American people and our nation. A vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote for corruption and deception in our media and government; it is a vote against integrity and respect for the American people.
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And your boy Trump is always telling us the 'truth'?
You are not 'independent' and your 'candor' is nothing more than the words of a right wing sycophant.
You are not 'independent' and your 'candor' is nothing more than the words of a right wing sycophant.
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Hillary Clinton arrogantly thumbs her nose at the progressives in the Democratic Party. She takes their votes for granted because she is not Trump. Despite the advice of people in her own party the Clinton Foundation keeps chugging right along, saving one life at a time with money from one donor after another seeking access. Her stance on TPP is anything but clear, foreign policy advice comes from Kissinger and every week there is another drip from the email leak which she seems unable or unwilling to plug up. Republican manufactured scandals or not it shows extremely poor judgement on the part of Clinton and her advisers to get herself in this position since she has known since 1992 at least that she would run for president one day. She also shows that she never learns from her mistakes because she always gets away with them.
I have never voted for a third party candidate and have no plans to start this year. There are other choices out there however besides Clinton and Trump and I know a number of people, conservatives, centrist and progressive who will be taking the third way, which includes just not voting. Being taken for granted makes some people angry.
It is embarrassing to see liberals willing to excuse anything and everything from a candidate and in general acting like Ryan, McCain and the other Trumpers.
I have never voted for a third party candidate and have no plans to start this year. There are other choices out there however besides Clinton and Trump and I know a number of people, conservatives, centrist and progressive who will be taking the third way, which includes just not voting. Being taken for granted makes some people angry.
It is embarrassing to see liberals willing to excuse anything and everything from a candidate and in general acting like Ryan, McCain and the other Trumpers.
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What is this- some Brietbart ad? Trump "surrounded himself" with pro-Russia foreign agent Paul Manafort -- And that was his own campaign manager!!
Give it a rest with the innocent bit for Trump.
Give it a rest with the innocent bit for Trump.
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Powell recommended a private server. Others have used private servers. It has been said that her server was more secure than that at the State Department, (which has been hacked). So what's the biggie?
I'm fed up with hearing about these dxxn emails. And Bengazi. Hilary is the most vetted, beaten up, criticized (over nothing much) candidate in US history. Everyone makes small mistakes; no one is perfect. ---- And it's because she's a woman, and a Democrat.
If she'd been guilty of even ONE of Trump's laundry list (affairs, multiple marriages, bankruptcies, misogyny, racism . . .), she'd never have been nominated.
She will probably win, and if Congress doesn't go to the Democrats, she'll be hauled before hearing committees and have months of valuable time and energy wasted over the course of next 4 or 8 years, while the real work of governing the country, and dealing with a very dangerous world, will be obstructed.
Remember Bill and the Monica business? The business of government was stymied while a Republican Congress played gotcha over what was essentially a man's personal life. Remember Bin Laden? He and his cohort were busy getting ready to attack us, but were we paying strict attention? Noooooo. We were too busy busting Clinton over . . . essentially nothing.
Thanks for nothing, Republicans. Nothing is what you always give us.
Now will the people finally vote to give us a Democratic government that functions FOR THE PEOPLE?
I'm fed up with hearing about these dxxn emails. And Bengazi. Hilary is the most vetted, beaten up, criticized (over nothing much) candidate in US history. Everyone makes small mistakes; no one is perfect. ---- And it's because she's a woman, and a Democrat.
If she'd been guilty of even ONE of Trump's laundry list (affairs, multiple marriages, bankruptcies, misogyny, racism . . .), she'd never have been nominated.
She will probably win, and if Congress doesn't go to the Democrats, she'll be hauled before hearing committees and have months of valuable time and energy wasted over the course of next 4 or 8 years, while the real work of governing the country, and dealing with a very dangerous world, will be obstructed.
Remember Bill and the Monica business? The business of government was stymied while a Republican Congress played gotcha over what was essentially a man's personal life. Remember Bin Laden? He and his cohort were busy getting ready to attack us, but were we paying strict attention? Noooooo. We were too busy busting Clinton over . . . essentially nothing.
Thanks for nothing, Republicans. Nothing is what you always give us.
Now will the people finally vote to give us a Democratic government that functions FOR THE PEOPLE?
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No. Powell did NOT recommend a private server, nor did he use one. He created an AOL account which he occasionally used to send e-mails, which is probably bad idea, but not at all the same thing as running the ENTIRE State Department e-mail system on a server in someone's basement. You should do a little research to understand the difference, because it is a BIG difference. Furthermore, Colin Powell didn't delete tens of thousands of e-mails before having them independently vetted.
Oh, and it's nice to see that you also think that sexual harassment by a powerful man is A-OK if the powerful man's name is Clinton. No wonder you think anything Hillary does is A-OK too.
Oh, and it's nice to see that you also think that sexual harassment by a powerful man is A-OK if the powerful man's name is Clinton. No wonder you think anything Hillary does is A-OK too.
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(Sigh) Powell never recommended a private server. No one ever used a private server.
Some of us are sick of the "head in the sand" approach to the truth about Hillary Clinton. We'll be stuck with her because of people like yourself.
Some of us are sick of the "head in the sand" approach to the truth about Hillary Clinton. We'll be stuck with her because of people like yourself.
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Powell chose NOT to use the state department server. He recommended it. Are you seriously saying that using AOL server makes the fact that ALL his correspondence was outside of the state department service okay?
Pay to play. The Clinton Global Initiative (Foundation) has provided future ex-presidents the framework on how to enrich themselves boundlessly, while throwing America and all the little people under the bus. This is government corruption at its ugliest level played by the so-called Clinton Machine's ruthless power-hungry and heartless tactics.
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Yeah, I have to say, perhaps the single most disturbing fact about the Clintons is how they have become enormously wealthy after Bill's presidency.
They are apparently now centi-millionaires -- virtually all acquired after Bill left office.
How is this possible? The Clintons have done essentially nothing but politics their entire lives, supposedly serving the public interest. What do they have to offer worth over 100 million dollars but naked access to and influence over the very government that is supposed to be devoted to the public interest?
I don't see the Bushes trading shamelessly like this on their political influence. I certainly don't see Jimmy Carter doing so.
Whether or not what the Clintons have done is legal is almost beside the point.
It is the shameless greed that gets me. Why should they, or any politician, be able to or even want to accumulate 100 million dollars in this fashion? What kind of values could they possibly hold, to see making such an enormous pile of money as something they should aim for, and which the public should see as perfectly acceptable for a former politician?
It's a disgrace to the office.
They are apparently now centi-millionaires -- virtually all acquired after Bill left office.
How is this possible? The Clintons have done essentially nothing but politics their entire lives, supposedly serving the public interest. What do they have to offer worth over 100 million dollars but naked access to and influence over the very government that is supposed to be devoted to the public interest?
I don't see the Bushes trading shamelessly like this on their political influence. I certainly don't see Jimmy Carter doing so.
Whether or not what the Clintons have done is legal is almost beside the point.
It is the shameless greed that gets me. Why should they, or any politician, be able to or even want to accumulate 100 million dollars in this fashion? What kind of values could they possibly hold, to see making such an enormous pile of money as something they should aim for, and which the public should see as perfectly acceptable for a former politician?
It's a disgrace to the office.
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"ranger"
Your comment belongs on Fox "news" or the breitbart rag.
You and Trump can go commiserate on November 9th.
Peas in a pod: losers.
Your comment belongs on Fox "news" or the breitbart rag.
You and Trump can go commiserate on November 9th.
Peas in a pod: losers.
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Who says Mrs. Clinton's emails "cast shadows"? Not for me nor others like me who know this is more nonsense from the GOP.
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Exactly, what changed.
FBI director testified , and concluded his argument about the issue and it is definitive.
Benghazi don't bother at all.
So my friends in never Hillary group.
We are believe our candidate, she is the same person, we accept her with all her short comings and over comings.
You cannot shake our belief particularly when you are running behind a felon and racist, bombastic orange agent.
FBI director testified , and concluded his argument about the issue and it is definitive.
Benghazi don't bother at all.
So my friends in never Hillary group.
We are believe our candidate, she is the same person, we accept her with all her short comings and over comings.
You cannot shake our belief particularly when you are running behind a felon and racist, bombastic orange agent.
May be someone said this already, but how do you raise a shadow? Shadow is cast.
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And maybe, Bhagwat, you're blowing smoke.
There is NOTHING new about these emails.
The FBI reviewed them
There is NOTHING new about these emails.
The FBI reviewed them
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You know, I read about all these tens of thousands of emails flying all over the place supposedly relating to Hillary and/or the Clinton Foundation and I don't see any pattern. All I see are the same few emails about setting up a meeting for a donor, asking about a job for someone (ordinary political stuff and not illegal) and a request about getting someone a visa, (rebuffed as inappropriate) being recycled. Am I missing something or has all of this right wing hysteria about emails been just that - hysteria.
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Yes, you are milling a lot. Try Truthdig, OpEd News and Consortium.
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What you're missing is that the State Department was used as a turn key hedge fund for the Clinton's. No worries, Julian Assange will make this clear for you.
Hillary Clinton is a congenital liar. That is not me speaking. It is the late renowned NY Times columnist William Safire in 1996. Google it and see.
If this election comes to Clinton or Trump it proves one thing. The presidency is no longer relevant when two so unqualified people have risen this high. What a choice.
If this election comes to Clinton or Trump it proves one thing. The presidency is no longer relevant when two so unqualified people have risen this high. What a choice.
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It's hard for us to take seriously the characterization of William Safire, who made his career by working for Richard Nixon AND Spiro Agnew.
Safire specialized in helping very corrupt Spiro Agnew characterize anyone who questioned his corrupt policies as being a traitor or UnAmerican, or some other slur to distract people from the truth.
Coming from Safire, calling someone a "congenital liar" is a compliment. It means the person isn't one of Safire's "honest" political idols like Spiro Agnew and Nixon.
And coming from you, it is clear that "congenital liar" is reserved for politicians who are very different than the ones you admire like "honest" Donald Trump.
Safire specialized in helping very corrupt Spiro Agnew characterize anyone who questioned his corrupt policies as being a traitor or UnAmerican, or some other slur to distract people from the truth.
Coming from Safire, calling someone a "congenital liar" is a compliment. It means the person isn't one of Safire's "honest" political idols like Spiro Agnew and Nixon.
And coming from you, it is clear that "congenital liar" is reserved for politicians who are very different than the ones you admire like "honest" Donald Trump.
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Safire also called for the war in Iraq, predicted it would be "quick" and that Iraqis would greet their liberators.
So there is that to consider.
Renowned ??? The guy was never right about anything .
I admire Secretary Clinton and will vote for her. But it was clear from the time that she returned to federal service after four years of running the family foundation that she was not willing to leave behind the perks of private sector employment, namely money, privacy, and control. The private servers were installed to flout FOIA. There is no other explanation. And Clinton secured a sweetheart arrangement for Abedin (and possibly others), whereby Abedin would be a State Department employee but would be able to earn substantial amounts on the side as an employee of a Clinton-related business. Who would not want to work in government if one could be opaque, well-compensated, and offer their employees riches on the side? It does trouble me that she does not realize how bad this all looks.
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If any valid subpoena (or FBI request), seeks electronically stored information (ESI) you provide it, subject to well known protocols. You do the same if you can/should reasonably expect FOIA requests. a Rule 34 request, or House Subpoenas by a party trying to impeach you for almost three decades.
The determination of what is "relevant" is to be made by the receiving not producing entities. Transparency and immediate, high security production was needed. Why not retain a retired Republican federal judge to lead the preservation/production process? Maybe one from Texas.
Worry about e-mails before you hit send, not when they are being sought to win an election.
Digital images, such as e-mails and their attachments, have long proved to the the downfall of the parties sending or receiving them. This is not news.
When the "e-mail issue" first arose, this neutral third party should have gone immediately into preservation mode, made a 100% mirrored back up of EVERYTHING, and then produced every iota of data and metadata to screeners at State or FBI depending on the circumstances. Back ups should have been retained by all producing parties.
A global (senders/receivers) preservation mandate should have been initiated amid the strictest chain of custody protocols. Where was the legal foresight?
Procedurally, this looks like an avoidable hatchet job. Substantively, it gives the losing party fodder. Whether it sways the electorate remains to be seen.
The determination of what is "relevant" is to be made by the receiving not producing entities. Transparency and immediate, high security production was needed. Why not retain a retired Republican federal judge to lead the preservation/production process? Maybe one from Texas.
Worry about e-mails before you hit send, not when they are being sought to win an election.
Digital images, such as e-mails and their attachments, have long proved to the the downfall of the parties sending or receiving them. This is not news.
When the "e-mail issue" first arose, this neutral third party should have gone immediately into preservation mode, made a 100% mirrored back up of EVERYTHING, and then produced every iota of data and metadata to screeners at State or FBI depending on the circumstances. Back ups should have been retained by all producing parties.
A global (senders/receivers) preservation mandate should have been initiated amid the strictest chain of custody protocols. Where was the legal foresight?
Procedurally, this looks like an avoidable hatchet job. Substantively, it gives the losing party fodder. Whether it sways the electorate remains to be seen.
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I surmise timetable for emails release will coincide with debate and election schedule just as previous releases were timed to primaries and caucuses.
Also, seems to me there is an undertone of sexism here; a woman cannot be trusted to keep secret(s).
Also, seems to me there is an undertone of sexism here; a woman cannot be trusted to keep secret(s).
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Or the sexism could be that the poor little lady shouldn't have to bother her pretty little head about technical things like computers and emails so we'll just give her a pass.
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Undertone of what? FBI stated she was reckless in handling classified information. The blame of trust falls directly on herself.
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The victim card again? When exactly do Democrats actually have to take responsibility for their illegal actions?
Many commenters appear to be missing the import of the latest batch of Clinton emails. The State Department and FBI have already established that Hillary violated federal regulations by routing work-related emails—including some that classified information—to her private home server. The issue now is whether the new batch of email message supports allegations that Clinton used her position as Secretary of State to generate donations to the Clinton Foundation.
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Of course they are missing the point.
These are Obama liberals, they've been missing the point for nearly a decade.
And these are 15,000 of the 33,000 emails Hillary deleted and initially claimed didn't exist--the same emails Hillary tried to destroy during a criminal investigation.
We are about to see what Hillary was in such a hurry to hide that she was willing to break the law to hide it.
These are Obama liberals, they've been missing the point for nearly a decade.
And these are 15,000 of the 33,000 emails Hillary deleted and initially claimed didn't exist--the same emails Hillary tried to destroy during a criminal investigation.
We are about to see what Hillary was in such a hurry to hide that she was willing to break the law to hide it.
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Hillary's emails shouldn't be released until Donald Trump releases his tax returns.
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He has "released" them. To the IRS. No FOIA required to get him to do what he is legally required to do.
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Trump's tax returns, while highly relevant to choosing to vote for him, don't compromise national security. Hillary, with her unsecured server and her "extremely careless" handling of the vast amounts of information on it, did exactly that. I want to see both.
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Hillary Clinton worked for us when she was secretary of state. We were her employer and her emails (at least those which have not been redacted due to national security) are subject to our scrutiny. Or at least this is what a federal judge believes.
Donald Trump is not required to release his tax returns. And he won't if he knows what is good for him.
Donald Trump is not required to release his tax returns. And he won't if he knows what is good for him.
Like Bernie, I'm tired of hearing about Clinton's emails. She has baggage, but I'm certain Trump has more. Let's hear more about his baggage.
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No, Bernie dod not calll for more discussion on anyone's baggage. Bernie called for discussion of the issues. There is no more important issue than war or peace. Hillary is a proven war hawk.
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........."sometimes awkward ties between the Clinton Foundation and the State Department" The biased NYT never ceases to amaze me. To call something inappropriate at best and outright against the law at worst "awkward" brings you to a new low.
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Dear Mr. Chaffetz, considering the alternative, Hillary Clinton "could shoot someone in the middle of 5th Avenue" and I would still vote for her!
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How does that make you any brighter than those supporting the alternative?
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So you think Hillary being President is more important than anyone's life or whether she is a murderer?
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Didn't mean to offend - just using a little satire to lampoon Donald Trump's ridiculous statement about his own popularity. You may recall he said, "I could shoot someone in the middle of 5th Avenue and still be elected". My point was that even though Mrs. Clinton may have mishandled her e-mails, she is eminently more qualified to serve as President of the United States than the candidate supported by Mr. Chaffetz' party.
I am a Democrat, and will definitely vote for a Democrat. But I wish we had a better candidate to vote for. Why were people so enthusiastic about Clinton running for president a year or two ago? Just because she is a woman? Because it's a name we recognize? Was this a good job of marketing on the part of the DNC? She definitely lacked judgment with this email server thing. Can't she and Trump resign from their campaigns and we start over? Our options at this point are really disappointing.
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No, Bernie.
We used excellent judsment in voting for Bernie. However, Hillary rigged the Democratic primary election for President and stole votes 6 ways to select herself the nominee. See Election Justice USA for a detailed substantiation of this charge.
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"I am a Democrat, and will definitely vote for a Democrat."
Party uber alles?
Party uber alles?
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Enough! Our media should stop wasting time on trivial pursuits. They should have the courage to see through the continuous distractions from the serious act of governing. Congress does not have the time to pass Zika legislation, or provide funds for flood victims or wildfire victims, or pass a single funding bill - but they have endless time to read hacked private and personal emails day and night. The media of course loves it - more readers and advertising dollars for them. Fiddle while the country burns!
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The only things they read day and night are their bank statements.
Describing Judicial Watch as "a conservative watchdog group" seems overly generous on the part of The Times, given its record. One might add "that has made its principal cause an almost maniacal pursuit of the Clintons that has produced more heat than light. One might also focus on the principals leading the organization who appear to have some ethical peccadilloes in their own backgrounds.
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Plenty of light has been uncovered but it can't be seen by blind partisans.
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Their mailings are like political porn. I'm embarrassed to pass it on to my sister the way they plaster their propaganda all over the outside cover. Serious observes have to ask if it feels good to think you share a secret scandal? I know I'm stuck on one the press finds boring. Is that because everyone does it? Hides corporate corruption by mixing business with pleasure in their own personal servers?
Hilary seems not to care much about conflict of interests. As a career politician with such a high profile name, she made a LOT of disastrous mistakes. All these give her enemies rightfully plenty of ammunition.
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Yet she's still standing, even after sitting through ridiculous grand standing by the GOP while Petraeus is still hiding at events where he's not likely to get Trumpeted. He shares most of the blame wiht Hillary, but she's taken all his punches. Judy, Judy, Judy! You can't beat her down!
This has turned in to a Rorschach test.
I see the Clinton family, The US Dept. of State, The DNC under her watch, The Hillary Clinton Campaign and The Clinton Foundation all as tentacles of the same squid.
AKA Clinton Inc.
Why does it look that way to me?
Because they all shared the same employees, inside access and peddling of influence. Our government on the take at the highest levels.
And they earned over $100 million in personal wealth in 15 years running the racket. And it is/was a racket.
By comparison Jimmy Carter has dedicated his post presidency to charity and good works for much longer and is worth something like $5 million.
That is the difference between actual good and actual greed.
The Democrats should re-boot the server that served us this nominee.
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Even that, entire Clinton Franchise is good for America while Republicans wrecking it in every opportunity.
that is very sad part.
that is very sad part.
Well you said it. You saw what you looked for.
Meanwhile Trump, billions in debt, tied to Russian anti-West concerns gets the Giant Pass from the GOP. Reboot indeed.
Meanwhile Trump, billions in debt, tied to Russian anti-West concerns gets the Giant Pass from the GOP. Reboot indeed.
It is a very sad state of affairs when we hold an Olympic athlete to a higher set of standards for telling the truth than we do the former Sec of State who is running for the highest office in the land....it is embarrassing and an outright shame! And he is being swiftly punished.....Liberals ignore the serial-lying and want to put her on a pillar.
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no pillar , chuckie
sean hannity has rotted your brain
they just dont want trump as president
but you do
have fun w trump in command