Politics USA: Obama goes on Fox and blows away the GOP’s Hillary Clinton email conspiracy theory.

[DCBob]

Obama shot down and destroyed the GOP’s Hillary Clinton email conspiracy theory, and quickly tamed the Fox News paper tiger.

After part one of the interview aired, Fox News Sunday went to Karl Rove, who tried his whimpering best to revive numerous bogus Republican Obama scandals,

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Rove tried to tie together the bogus IRS scandal, the more bogus Black Panther Party claim, and the Hillary Clinton email scandal. Obama tore through a Fox News interview like he was talking to himself in the mirror and all Karl Rove could answer with is debunked Republican conspiracies.

The Obama/Fox News Sunday interview revealed the toothless nature of conservative media. Fox News talked a big game about interviewing the President, but when they got the opportunity, the network never stood a chance against Obama.

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/04/10/president-obama-leaves-republicans-whimpering-conquering-fox-news.html

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I still love this guy. He always makes Republicans look so stupid!

[Jackie Wilson Said]

1. Not one scandal, no affairs, no nothing. The Obama family and the President

have frustrated those who hate him and his family brilliantly.

[DCBob]

3. Indeed. He is an amazing man.

Yet Republicans hate him. It reminds of the scene from "6 years a slave movie" where the "slave" character makes the slave master look stupid. That enraged the slave master to no end.

[Jamaal510]

33. I feel spoiled

to have someone so competent representing our party after the 8 years prior to his presidency. No matter what the pundits or what his adversaries in government do or say to try to box him in a corner, he has come out ahead. I'm amazed.

[uponit7771]

38. +1

[revbones]

2. Not really shooting down the email scandal despite the headline

“I continue to believe that she has not jeopardized America’s national security, now what I’ve also said, and what she’s acknowledged here’s a carelessness in terms of managing emails that she has owned, and she has recognized, but I also think it’s important to keep this in perspective. This is somebody that has served her country for four years as Secretary of State and done an outstanding job. And no one has suggested in some ways as a consequence of how she handled emails that that detracted from her excellent ability to carry out her duties.”

Not really a ringing endorsement of innocence there...

[DCBob]

4. His point is there is nothing illegal in all this.

Its an overblown scandal. Hillary is not going to be indicted or going to jail. She made some innocent mistakes... thats it.

[TM99]

5. He has ZERO standing to make that call.

None. Period. He is a sitting president with a subordinate under an active and ongoing investigation by the FBI. He should not be saying something is illegal or not. He should have said I am sorry this is an ongoing investigation, and it would be inappropriate for me to comment.

Now Obama has stepped into the politics of it. His bias is now clearly known.

[restorefreedom]

10. +100000 nt

[DCBob]

12. He was very careful not to comment on the specifics of the case.

However, reading between the lines it was clear he was giving Hillary the "all clear" sign.

[TM99]

14. Which is entirely inappropriate.

Period.

[DCBob]

20. I dont think so.

He knows exactly what is doing.

[woolldog]

22. he can pardon her if he wants to.

[DCBob]

24. That wont be necessary. I am convinced she will be cleared of any illegal activity.

[woolldog]

26. i am too.

but that is his ace in the hole. nothing will come of this.

[TM99]

23. Yes, I know

he is a master of 9th dimensional chess.

[amborin]

9. he has actually pre-judged, ahead of the investigation results; if he has not been privy to any of t

the proceedings, then he is implicitly over-riding the FBI's investigatory autonomy and imposing his own verdict, ahead of their release of their findings and conclusions.

If he has been privy, then this says the FBI investigation was not independent.

Either way, it will only further incentivize the GOP to pursue this with vigor

[DCBob]

21. The GOP is going to looks like fools once the report comes out clearing her of any illegal activity.

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And Hillary will look like the victim once again. No doubt her approvals will shoot up once that happens.

[amborin]

35. On the contrary, it will delegitimize the investigation and its exculpatory results,

because it will now appear as if it was politicized. Rather than appearing the victim, HRC will
appear as the devious and imperious villain, who is above the law. It will ignite a firestorm
of lawsuits and unending turmoil.

[Politicalboi]

30. LOL! Innocent mistake

She was WARNED and told NOT to do what she did. Obama is probably embarrassed with Hillary Coattails. She only got to be SoS because of her name. Face the facts, she's nothing without that last name or her husband.

[DCBob]

37. Yes, it was and certainly not nefarious or illegal.

BTW, Hillary was a very accomplished person even before she met Bill Clinton. You obviously know nothing about her.

[thesquanderer]

31. Of course the headline is misleading. It's by Jason "clickbait" Easley. (n/t)

[Attorney in Texas]

6. Fixed: "Obama goes on Fox and corroborates the GOP’s DoJ conspiracy theory regarding Clinton email"

[DCBob]

7. I think you misspoke.

[Loudestlib]

13. These are all lawyers.

Look carefully at the words they use and don't try to interpret any meaning.

[DCBob]

18. I will certainly be more careful.

[Barack_America]

8. That's interesting. The WSJ had a completely different take.

Honing in on why Obama was so careful to highlight Hillary's "intent".

http://www.wsj.com/articles/obama-on-hillarys-email-intent-1460322087

[Fawke Em]

15. It's still against the law, no matter the intent.

[geek tragedy]

16. Wall Street Journal editorial, not reporting.

I think one thing Sanders supporters can agree on is that Wall Street can't be trusted when it's attacking Democrats.

[restorefreedom]

11. quote

"She would never intentionally put America in any kind of jeopardy."

he did NOT say she did not put the country in jeopardy, only that she didn't MEAN to. if she did, whether meaning to or not, she still committed a crime. intent only adds a more serious charge.

[DCBob]

17. I think you are wrong.

If it was a unintentional and not due to "gross negligence" then its not a crime. Its my understanding that the accidental mishandling of classified information is fairly common among high level government staff.

[restorefreedom]

25. there is a thread here

i have no idea which one, where someone posted the criminal definition. it did not require intent. many here who work with sensitive info have said that if they had handled info this way they would be at least fired and probably prosecuted.

but only the fbi knows at this point the criminality or not of any of these acts.

[restorefreedom]

27. here it is

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1699241

[DCBob]

28. Gross negligence are the operative words.

There was no gross negligence.

[restorefreedom]

32. tomato tomaaaaato. the fbi will decide. nt

[LAS14]

19. Thanks for this. He's great!

[LonePirate]

29. I did not know the GOP had a monopoly on the email conspiracy theory.

[winter is coming]

36. You're setting yourself up for a hard fall.

Benghazi was bullshit, but there are serious, legitimate problems with the way Hillary handled emails while SOS. No telling what the DOJ will do, but I'd be amazed if the FBI doesn't recommend prosecuting someone, and it won't be the IT guy.

[DCBob]

39. I dont think so.

In fact it's going to be quite the opposite. There will lots of crying and whining on this board and among Republicans when the report comes out clearing her.