2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWaPo: Dems really don't give a sh#t about Hillary's email
NOTE: THE ACTUAL March 4 WashPost HEADLINE is:
"Democrats simply dont seem to care about Hillary Clintons email server issue"
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haikugal
(6,476 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)1) Hillary did nothing illegal
2) her office was 80x more scrupulous than any GOP predecessor
2) no other official will ever come under similar scrutiny
4) when this one becomes a national laughing stock another nothing burger will be raised to the level of scandal until it too crashes and um . . . incinerates . . .
We'll know soon.
Recoverin_Republican
(218 posts)CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)How do you know that HRC didn't do anything illegal? There are scads of FBI agents attempting to answer those questions. You certainly aren't on the inside and don't have any idea.
What I am hoping is that the FBI wraps this up very, very soon.
For the good of our party, we need closure on this as soon as possible.
We can't have a Democratic Presidential candidate being investigated by the FBI--while stories about her colleagues being granted immunity in exchange for testimony--are leaked by the FBI to the press.
This cloud will continue to hang over our party and her candidacy as long as this is an open investigation.
I imagine that we should know a great deal more shortly. This testimony from Brian Pagliano--HRC's IT guy--should definitely tell us if this gets worse for Clinton or better.
We need closure, and we need it yesterday.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)meant to put this here:
Justice Department lawyers argued before a federal court that Hillary Clintons handling of her emails broke no laws.
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/09/11/hillary-clinton-email-scandal-crumbles-justice-department-laws-broken.html
..........
Yes we have a problem, but it is not with Hillary Clinton. Were you around in the 90s? Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose, so to speak.
CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)The Justice Department was specifically and ONLY talking about her deleting emails--when they said that Clinton didn't do anything illegal.
The quotes you cited were spoken the Justice Department argued in court that Clinton broke no laws when she deleted emails.
To suggest that the Justice Department made some sweeping general statement about Clinton breaking no laws, with respect to this ongoing investigation--is false.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)The word "plenty" is rather subjective. How many is "plenty" exactly? (The Washington Post pegs it at just 7% ... less than 1-in-10 ... that seems rather small to me.)
Go, Hillary! We love you!
haikugal
(6,476 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Go, Hillary! We love you!
haikugal
(6,476 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)I haven't attacked or insulted you. Why would you say something like that about me? (Don't worry, I'm not going to alert.)
Go, Hillary! We love you!
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)a girl ages about 9-14...too old for toys, but too young for boys.
Very easy to market to, will usually follow any fashion trend set for them, will most likely go through the phase of 'finding themselves' as they 'grow up'.
1. Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen's main fanbase are all tweens.
2.
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ucrdem
(15,512 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)Brian Pagliano being given immunity by the FBI, in exchange for his testimony, was a complete game changer.
More people are plugged into this story now. Many are paying attention, including Democrats, because this has the potential to be extremely bad for Clinton.
The FBI releasing this information to the public has ignited concern that her candidacy could affect our Democratic party, the election and the fear is that this could put Trump in the White House.
The good news? We should know more very soon. I imagine Pagliano's testimony will veer this investigation off in one direction or the other. So that is a positive.
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)But for the Democrats nationwide, not so much.
LonePirate
(13,424 posts)haikugal
(6,476 posts)I want us to win the GE and have real concerns about her ability to do that. This doean't even begin to address the fact that Clinton is on the wrong side of history in so many ways.
LonePirate
(13,424 posts)The people who want her indicted want her out of the race and this investigation is merely what they are grasping onto right now. If there was some other more likely event or cause that would push her out of the race, that's what people would glom on to instead. Any possible security breaches don't mean anything because it could be any issue at all. The fact that the actual subject of the investigation is irrelevant to these people suggests they really don't give a damn about the emails. They only care about the indictment and not the details associated with it.
haikugal
(6,476 posts)This is much bigger than you seem to know.
Here, I just read this and it says it well.
It might be worthwhile for supporters of Hillary Clinton to consider that, as of the last week or two, they are bedfellows with members of the most odious U.S. political movement in recent memory: neoconservatism. Thats rightin a not-so-surprising twist, Americas most vocal and unapologetic war-lovers are starting to imply allegiance to the doyenne of the Democratic Party.
Eliot Cohen, former official of George W. Bushs unholy State Department, called Hillary Clinton the lesser evil, by a large margin. The greater evil, of course, is Donald Trump, who in Cohens estimation would be an unmitigated disaster for American foreign policy. While it is perhaps axiomatic to state that Trump embodies some degree of evil, Cohens beef with The Donald isnt that hes racist or fascist or Hitlerian in temperament (favorite charges of the liberal media)its that hes not eager enough to kill people with bombs.
To his credit, Trump has made a ton of (desperately needed) sense on foreign policy. His characterization of the Bush 43 administrations Iraq war as a big, fat mistake that destabilized the Middle East is spot on. It was also a crime of extraordinary proportions (not merely a mistake), but Trumps comments are refreshing nevertheless. His fellow GOP candidates would sooner self-immolate than criticize a former Republican president, for to do so would be to bite off the hand that feeds them. Trump, as we all know, feeds himself; the only people he kowtows to are his potential voters (hence his stupid immigration rhetoric). The Republican establishment sucksas does the Democratic oneand Trump, to our delight, has no qualms about saying so.
This has pissed off a lot of political elites in this country, the movers and shakers who actually operate and profit from the American political machine. A major component of said machine is the Military-Industrial complex, the guardian (or guarantor) of perpetual warfare. The neoconservatives love the Military-Industrial complex because it ensures that their lust for war and carnage and mayhem will always be satisfied.
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Therefore, the neocons are throwing in with Hillary. This is completely understandable. After all, she voted in favor of the Iraq war, and refused to acknowledge the mistake for years afterwards. Her line on Iran is exceptionally hawkish. She wants to implement a no-fly zone over Syria. She led NATOs successful efforts to topple Gadaffi in Libya (now arguably the worst place in the world). As First Lady, she encouraged her husband to bomb Serbia, and bragged about it in her book. Shes vehemently anti-Palestinian, and vehemently pro-Israeli apartheid. Shes a neocons wet dream, in other words.
more
http://dissidentvoice.org/2016/03/in...rvative-torch/
Found here..
http://jackpineradicals.org/showthread.php?5627-In-the-Wake-of-Trump-Hillary-is-Poised-to-Carry-the-Neoconservative-Torch&p=30747#post30747
LonePirate
(13,424 posts)She has not been indicted. There has been no trial. All of the evidence and information about the investigation has not been released and you're ready to send her to prison. As I said, the details of the case (the emails and any possible security breaches) don't matter at all. It is simply about punishing Clinton. Thank you for making my point for me that you don't care about the emails.
haikugal
(6,476 posts)By the same token you're declaring the entire thing as meaningless when the results haven't come in yet.
LonePirate
(13,424 posts)I have no issues with the investigation continuing. If there is criminal activity, then I would support an indictment. If there is nothing criminal, then it should be dropped entirely. So yes, the whole thing is meaningless until evidence of a crime has been uncovered.
TeddyR
(2,493 posts)Are worried about the rule of law?
LonePirate
(13,424 posts)If they were worried about the rule of law, they wouldn't be rushing to convict her, which they are obviously are.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)And I care because of rule of law I know, this is alien
LonePirate
(13,424 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)On DoJ and IG are about? Never mind the actual witch hunt that has allowed discovery to proceed. (That be Judicial watch)
You know, from reading about Watergate, partisans made the same exact arguments. None cared, until it exploded. Back then only nerds followed it too until well, it exploded.
LonePirate
(13,424 posts)For some people, simply being investigated is tantamount to a guilty conviction and prison sentence. If you want to go down the path about partisans making certain arguments, the vast majority (if not all) of the people who have already convicted her without all (or any evidence) or highly partisan - they are either Republicans or Bernie or Bust voters. You don't get much more partisan than that.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)I understand why the details of this are beyond comprehension. The press has yet to do a nuts and bolts. For the record, I can't or I would have awhile ago. This is actually more complex than that third rate burglary incidentally. If there is anything here though, like that one, it is not the crime, but the coverup. 30,000 personal emails were deleted. I am willing to bet the farm FBI techs have been busy little beavers st Quantico rebuilding all that data. Incidentally that be the 4rth leg, the foundation.
randome
(34,845 posts)Painful.
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nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)That is born classified is not because it was not marked that way. This has been explained a thousand times. Yup pretty much. Either people are obtuse. Or this is way too complex. Your choice
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)About bush. We just don't change our moral centervaccording to letter behind a name oh and for the record, wanting an investigation to clear or indict is what people here should want before the nominating. If you think this will be dropped by the R's. Well then
Vinca
(50,278 posts)scscholar
(2,902 posts)If they had something, they would have acted long agai.
Vinca
(50,278 posts)And I disagree that they would have acted long ago. There are, reportedly, 100 or more agents working on the case so they must have their reasons for whatever is taking so long to either clear her or indict her. I assume she will be cleared, but if not the ads will write themselves.
basselope
(2,565 posts)I have 1000 other reasons I would never vote for her.. which server e-mails were stored on just doesn't hit the list compared to the political corruption, Iraq war vote, bungled foreign policy, etc..etc..
djean111
(14,255 posts)Chichiri
(4,667 posts)basselope
(2,565 posts)She could no more control the events in Benghazi than I could.
Her bungle in Libya is a whole other story.
She simply doesn't have the foreign policy chops to be commander in chief. Bad call after bad call.
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)Any achievements there other than a vote against the Iraq war?
basselope
(2,565 posts)He's gotten it right time and time again.
Clinton ALWAYS seems to get it wrong.
She has about a 100% fail rate when it comes to foreign policy.
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)If he has so many, how about listing a few?
basselope
(2,565 posts)Both Iraq wars.
Spoke AGAINST Lybia overthrow.
Been fighting for YEARS for more normal relations with cuba.
Against full normalization with China on trade
2 state solution.
He's just on the correct side of the issues.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Not to mention, (but, I will) my concerns about her ties to Wall Street, her support for fracking, and her corruption in other spheres.
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)Those are getting to be tired stereotypes.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Being a Buddhist (aka: agnostic) I'm not influenced by religious notions. I don't view Sanders as a saint but I agree with most of principles. I don't view Hillary as Satan, just an overly ambitious politician who is unfit to hold public office.
artislife
(9,497 posts)kstewart33
(6,551 posts)AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)oasis
(49,389 posts)Emails are in the rear view mirror.
EndElectoral
(4,213 posts)I frankly don't care about the email thing except as a reference for her positions such as convincing Obama to go into Libya. As Sanders said we don't care about her emails as anything criminal only as policy.
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)She had a server at home. None of the emails that she sent or received were top secret at the time. No evidence that any laws were broken.
The issue only matters to people who wouldn't vote for her anyway. Just more Hillaryhate.
TeddyR
(2,493 posts)Are you on with that?
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)What's next? She double parked at the Capitol building? She colors her hair - another deception?
Bernie is the Saint. Hillary is the Satan.
Tired, very tired stereotypes.
TeddyR
(2,493 posts)With rules designed to protect national security? And you didn't even address the issue, which is Hillary's decision to ignore rules designed to protect this country.
TeddyR
(2,493 posts)The rules shows a serious lack of judgment that isn't fit for a presidential candidate
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)Restricting gay rights and civil rights show a serious lack of judgment. Ruling for Citizens United was a serious lack of judgment. Keeping a server at her residence?
Hillaryhate.
TeddyR
(2,493 posts)Is ok in your mind?
TeddyR
(2,493 posts)Gay rights or civil rights? Hillary at the very least violated state department protocol, but if you are ok with that then fine.
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)I don't expect any politician or any human for that matter, to be perfect.
She isn't perfect. Neither is Bernie.
TeddyR
(2,493 posts)Designed to protect national security!!!! And you are ok with that? Really, that's ok? No need to worry about national security because I'm Hillary and can do what the fuck ever I want?
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)She made a mistake. No harm was done. The server was not hacked. Even if it was hacked which it wasn't, none of the emails on the server were top secret. She did what other previous SOS's have done. So yes, I am fine with that.
TeddyR, can we get some perspective here? Only 7% of the Dems have a problem with the email situation. Obviously 93% see something that you do not.
Bernie is not the Saint. And Hillary is not the Satan.
TeddyR
(2,493 posts)I'm asking questions about Hillary. Questions for you:
Why does it matter if the server was hacked? That isn't the issue.
Are you really taking the position that there were no top secret emails on Hillary's server? Last I saw there were at least 20 top secret emails, and who knows how many secret/confidential.
So if previous Secretaries of State ignored the rules and perhaps broke the law it is ok for Hillary to do so? I'm not a big fan of the everyone else broke the law defense.
You seem really reasonable, and I hope you can see why I'm not really swayed. As a lifelong Dem I expect candidates to be honest, trustworthy and exercise good judgment.
You must know that everyone of those Top Secret emails were classified TS retroactively, not when they were sent by or received from Hillary. Those emails are irrelevant.
Obviously, you're not going to apologize. So let's drop that. But IMHO, you have a serious case of Hillaryhate going on, and I wish that all of the Hillaryhaters here would stop posting every purported reason to supposedly support that Hillary is a corporatist, corrupt scumbag. It's getting ridiculous, no it is ridiculous.
As a whole it reads like Hillary is the Satan. She must be stopped at all costs. Her actions have placed our entire democracy, no the future of civilization, at risk.
It is very tiring.
RiverLover
(7,830 posts)PRIVATE server for govt business was NOT the bs not wanting 2 devices (she has 2 already with her ipad.)
Any thinking person knows it was to hide things from the American public. That's what happens when you've got a foundation set up to take money from the same countries & companies you're helping as SoS. You have to hide things.
Our party should not be backing such a person.
malletgirl02
(1,523 posts)This whole email issue is another example of how there is one rule for the powerful and another for the rest of us. If a regular person did half of what Clinton did with this email scandal, he or she would be fired soon as the bosses found out what happened, and lose his or her security clearance. They would most likely never be able to get another job.
dana_b
(11,546 posts)something like 45% of those voting for either Clinton or Sanders are not Dems and to many of us, they matter.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)Ginned up by the GOP and RW media.
TeddyR
(2,493 posts)For the claim that this is a fake controversy? I'll apologize if you provide a convincing source.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)TeddyR
(2,493 posts)Anything recent to support your argument since we all now know Hillary had TOP SECRET emails on her server? I mean, the government literally had to redact the content of emails on her server because it was so sensitive.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)links within:
http://www.dailynewsbin.com/news/usa-today-admits-hillary-clinton-email-scandal-is-a-sham/22371/
"There was never any there there" is about as clear as it gets.
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)And your Top Secret point is bogus. None of the emails on her server were given the Top Secret classification at the time they were sent or received.
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)He called your bluff.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)TeddyR
(2,493 posts)Since I wasn't bluffing. But I'm willing to admit that Hillary has not yet been indicted and if she's the Dem nominee I'll support her. At the same time, I hope you'll agree that if she is indicted she should immediately drop out of the race.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)I will happily support her just like I supported Bill in the 90s.
TeddyR
(2,493 posts)Wow! Great straw man you created there. Now we are taking about "sham" investigations. Please provide support for your claim that the investigation being conducted by the FBI - under President Obama - is a sham.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)And I've so far provided three citations flatly stating that the investigation is a sham. Which one(s) do you dispute?
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Justice Department lawyers argued before a federal court that Hillary Clintons handling of her emails broke no laws.
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/09/11/hillary-clinton-email-scandal-crumbles-justice-department-laws-broken.html
Beowulf
(761 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)They forget a lot of things.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)Here is what we know now..
-- It started out as a FOIA request from a RW operation called "Judicial Watch".
-- The FOIA request revealed there was classified information in some of the emails.
-- None of the emails were marked classified at the time.
-- The investigation into emails also revealed Hillary Clinton used a personal email server for her State Dept emails.
-- The FBI got involved when it was determined that classified information may have passed through her server
-- The FBI wanted more information about the security of the email server so they gave the IT guy immunity.
None of this means she did anything criminal or illegal or that they are even focusing on any criminal aspects of this. To be charged with anything they would have to have evidence she willfully and knowingly sent/received classified information. Nothing like that has come out or any indication they found anything like that.
I think their main concern is whether her server may have been hacked and classified information compromised. Of secondary concern did any individual break security protocol and if so was it intentional.
Once that is complete and I think they are near that now, its will be over. No scandal.
TeddyR
(2,493 posts)Your position. What she did is ok so long as it didn't break any law, even though the rules said she shouldn't have had a private server as SOS?
And I'm not talking about breaking the law - let's assume she didn't - I'm talking about failing to follow the rules.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)Please provide evidence to support that. I think now its not allowed but back then it was permitted.
Regardless I think the issue most are concerned about is whether a crime was committed.
If it wasn't illegal even though it might have violated state department policy? That's the standard now for our elected officials?
DCBob
(24,689 posts)Here....
The 2009 National Archives regulation in place during Clinton's tenure at SOS required that "agencies that allow employees to send and receive official electronic mail messages using a system not operated by the agency must ensure that Federal records sent or received on such systems are preserved in the appropriate agency recordkeeping system."
RiverLover
(7,830 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)That makes it a fake scandal.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)Their last desperate hope to beat her is quickly disappearing.
TeddyR
(2,493 posts)But whether Democrats want someone who doesn't think the rules apply to them running this country.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)Short of that few care.
dana_b
(11,546 posts)but keep touting that meme!!
I don't even get to vote until June 7th so we have a loooong way to go.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)I didnt expect any Bernie die-hard to agree with me.
Have a nice day.
AgerolanAmerican
(1,000 posts)Are they trying to hide the number of Democratic voters who are deeply concerned that she will start another war per year on average as she did as SoS?
PaulaFarrell
(1,236 posts)For example, I am very concerned about Hilary's foreign policy. The emailisue is only a concern inasmuch as if she gets the nom, it will probably stop her getting elected
MaggieD
(7,393 posts)Not about the DNC, not about "transcripts" or email or believing Bernie's pie in the sky proposals. In fact the real world of Dem voters is far, far from what we see here on DU.
DU is a bubble, IMO.