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emulatorloo

(44,238 posts)
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:22 AM Jul 2016

"Oops. Here are the ‘Experts’ Who Blew it Predicting a Clinton Indictment"

This is from Dan Abrams' website

http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/oops-here-are-the-commentators-who-blew-it-predicting-a-clinton-indictment/

Oops. Here are the ‘Experts’ Who Blew it Predicting a Clinton Indictment
by Ronn Blitzer | 12:49 pm, July 5th, 2016 953

On Tuesday, FBI Director James Comey announced that he will not recommend that Hillary Clinton be indicted for her use of a private email server while she was Secretary of State. There had been much debate over what the FBI and Attorney General Loretta Lynch should do about the case, but a number of “experts” were confident that they knew what would happen. And boy were they wrong. Here are some of the notable personalities who were confident that Clinton would be indicted:

1. Judge Andrew Napolitano

Judge Napolitano was seemingly ever-present on Fox News during the Clinton investigation, confidently discussing the likelihood of an indictment. Just this past Friday, Judge Napolitano said on Fox Business that there was clearly enough evidence to indict and convict Clinton. He went on to say that likelihood of an indictment had “increased dramatically” when it was reported that Lynch would accept the FBI’s recommendation.

2. Tom DeLay

Tom DeLay may have had the worst prediction of all of them. “I have friends in the FBI, and they tell me they’re ready to indict, they’re ready to recommend an indictment,” the former House Majority Leader said way back in January. Not only was he wrong about the outcome of the investigation, he acted like he had inside information on the innerworkings of the investigation! On top of that, he thought the announcement was going to drop months ago. Well done, Mr. DeLay.

3. Joseph diGenova

A former US Attorney for Washington D.C., diGenova was so confident that the FBI would at least recommend an indictment, that he said in a radio interview that “there [would] be a massive revolt inside the FBI” if Lynch did not agree to the charges. “The [FBI] has so much information about criminal conduct by her and her staff that there is no way that they walk away from this,” diGenova said.

4. Frank Luntz

Luntz, the conservative pollster, had expressed doubt over whether or not Clinton would be indicted, but changed his tune after Lynch’s announcement that she would accept the FBI’s recommendation. “I actually do believe now that if this is true that she will be indicted,” Luntz told ‘Fox and Friends.‘

5. General Jerry Boykin

General Boykin, who served as Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence under President George W. Bush, was quite certain that an indictment was forthcoming. He said in a June 4 radio interview with Breitbart News, “I think ultimately she’s going be indicted. She has to be. This cannot stand.”

6. Susan Sarandon

Even Hollywood got it wrong! Go figure. The actress, who had been supporting Bernie Sanders, said in an MSNBC interview that Clinton would be indicted. “There’s going to be, it’s inevitable,” she declared.

It will be interesting to see if these commentators continue to be so outspoken about the subject now that they’ve been proven to have missed the mark.

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"Oops. Here are the ‘Experts’ Who Blew it Predicting a Clinton Indictment" (Original Post) emulatorloo Jul 2016 OP
Was there anyone who wasn't a wingnut or a complete moron who predicted/called for geek tragedy Jul 2016 #1
No. emulatorloo Jul 2016 #3
These lying liars were rewarded for singing this song. Hortensis Jul 2016 #18
Why isn't H.A Goodman on this list lol NWCorona Jul 2016 #2
Maybe they knew that's just the kind of attention he craves and decided to deny it to him? BobbyDrake Jul 2016 #4
I'd have to agree with that. NWCorona Jul 2016 #6
good thought. HAGoodman is amongst the big boys. ha ha. Hope his ego is riversedge Jul 2016 #16
Because his following is about .0003 of the others on the list. n/t pnwmom Jul 2016 #12
Lol yeah that probably is it NWCorona Jul 2016 #13
Here Is The Expert Who Said Hillary Clinton Would Never Be Indicted DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #5
absolutely 100% true... quickesst Jul 2016 #7
Well, DSB, I didn't go quite that far! BlueMTexpat Jul 2016 #19
One of few reasons I did not consider it happening. LiberalFighter Jul 2016 #20
That shows too much common sense! BlueMTexpat Jul 2016 #22
While I don't like any of these people... CherokeeDem Jul 2016 #8
Yep, they are transparent right-wing hacks emulatorloo Jul 2016 #10
Hacks, all of them. Anyone with a lick of sense knew there wasn't going to The Second Stone Jul 2016 #9
Comey flat out told GOPers yesterday that Guccifer lied about hacking the system emulatorloo Jul 2016 #11
+1 mercuryblues Jul 2016 #15
CNN Projection bluestateguy Jul 2016 #14
It was never going to happen ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #17
Tom Delay??? HAHAHAHAH ericson00 Jul 2016 #21

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
18. These lying liars were rewarded for singing this song.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 02:11 PM
Jul 2016

In a better world this would destroy them, but there is and will continue to be a clamoring market for what they are willing to deliver.

 

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)
4. Maybe they knew that's just the kind of attention he craves and decided to deny it to him?
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:30 AM
Jul 2016

That's what I would do. HA Goodman is a shameless self-promoter. Excluding him from the conversation is the best attack on him possible.

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
6. I'd have to agree with that.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:44 AM
Jul 2016

I also couldn't read his articles or watch any of his videos. Something abrasive about it.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,716 posts)
5. Here Is The Expert Who Said Hillary Clinton Would Never Be Indicted
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:33 AM
Jul 2016

and was willing to bet money, limbs, eating road kill, leaving the board forever, et cetera that on that proposition.


-DemocratSinceBirth

quickesst

(6,283 posts)
7. absolutely 100% true...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:23 PM
Jul 2016

And I salute you. I was really really really hoping someone would take you up on the money bet.

BlueMTexpat

(15,374 posts)
19. Well, DSB, I didn't go quite that far!
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 02:32 PM
Jul 2016


But I never - ever believed - that she would. When I explained why, I was told - in some cases quite stridently - that I didn't know what I was talking about.

Since no one here actually knows me from a hole in the ground, it really didn't bother me at all. But I am very happily having the last laugh, as are those who do know me.

I am especially enjoying GOPer exploding heads!

LiberalFighter

(51,191 posts)
20. One of few reasons I did not consider it happening.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 02:52 PM
Jul 2016

The automatic delegates would had been dropping like flies as Clinton supporters long before the announcement. They would had been in the loop about this.

Anyone that had actually read the report would see that any possible charges would be very flimsy.

If Republicans are by and large the only ones throwing the charges in the air then there is little credibility.

BlueMTexpat

(15,374 posts)
22. That shows too much common sense!
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 03:21 PM
Jul 2016


There was also the fact that Prez O had announced that he would be campaigning with Hillary. There is no way that would have happened if there had been ANY question whatsoever.

CherokeeDem

(3,709 posts)
8. While I don't like any of these people...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:33 PM
Jul 2016

Joseph diGenova is the most despicable. I loath this slimy man and his equally slimy wife, Victoria Toensing, during the Lewinsky matter. Vile doesn't describe those two.

 

The Second Stone

(2,900 posts)
9. Hacks, all of them. Anyone with a lick of sense knew there wasn't going to
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:56 PM
Jul 2016

be an indictment based on lack of criminal intent. That alone prevented an indictment in a system that made an effort a security. This system did. Also, the system wasn't actually hacked, and the only information that it was came from an obviously lying criminal, aka Guccifer, who claimed it, but released no data to prove it. The fact that it wasn't hacked would also prevent an indictment. Again, all by itself.

The 25 years of lying about Hillary Clinton are the first line of attack against liberalism in America, and really, the fascists have abandoned the other lines of attack to the point that they might as well not exist.

emulatorloo

(44,238 posts)
11. Comey flat out told GOPers yesterday that Guccifer lied about hacking the system
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 01:03 PM
Jul 2016
FBI: Guccifer Lied, Didn’t Have Access to Hillary's Server

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/07/07/fbi-director-guccifer-lied-didn-t-have-access-to-hillary-s-server.html?


Pretty clear to most people Guccifer was full of shit. Glad Comey confirmed it.

An Op-Ed you might enjoy:

Opinion: All the terrible things Hillary Clinton has done — in one big list
By Brett Arends
Published: Feb 7, 2016 3:19 p.m. ET

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/all-the-terrible-things-hillary-clinton-has-done-in-one-big-list-2016-02-04

mercuryblues

(14,550 posts)
15. +1
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 06:56 PM
Jul 2016

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/all-the-terrible-things-hillary-clinton-has-done-in-one-big-list-2016-02-04

35. In order to suppress the billing records from her time at the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock, she cleverly packed them up and took them to the White House rather than shredding them.

36. When she handed over the documents to public officials, they couldn’t find any evidence she’d committed any crimes, so she must have doctored them.

37. Congress spent tens of millions of dollars and six years investigating her investment in the Whitewater real-estate project, and, while they didn’t actually find anything, they wouldn’t have spent all that money if there weren’t something there.

38. By cleverly hiding all evidence of her crimes in the Whitewater affair, she caused Congress to waste all that taxpayers’ money.
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