2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNYT: Hillary Clinton, Drowning in Email
"Hillary Clintons campaign for the presidency just got harder with the release of the State Department inspector generals finding that significant security risks were posed by her decision to use a private email server for personal and official business while she was secretary of state. Contrary to Mrs. Clintons claims that the department had allowed the arrangement, the inspector general also found that she had not sought or received approval to use the server.
So far, no security breaches have been reported; a separate F.B.I. investigation is looking into that. But above and beyond security questions, the inspector generals report is certain to fuel doubts about Mrs. Clintons trustworthiness, lately measured as a significant problem for her in public polls.
Across the years of the Clintons ascendancy, the public has seen that Mrs. Clinton can be fiercely protective of her role and prerogatives at times grudging in admitting error and, during Bill Clintons presidency, blaming a vast right-wing conspiracy for allegations against her and her husband that began early in his tenure and continued on through the impeachment scandal. (The right wing was definitely on his case, but hardly alone in its doubts about Mr. Clintons personal conduct.)
This defensive posture seems at play in the email controversy, as well as her refusal, for that matter, to release the lucrative speeches she made to Wall Street audiences. The reflex she is revealing again now to hunker down when challenged is likely to make her seem less personable to many voters, and it will surely inflame critics charges of an underlying arrogance."
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/05/27/opinion/hillary-clinton-drowning-in-email.html?referer=https://www.google.con
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)48 hours of this now. As media studies this is fascinating. (And the issue are serious too)
jwirr
(39,215 posts)this. This pretty much lays it out the way we have been expecting it to go. What has she got left to fight with?
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)to go back to the old narrative. Going back to the Filner scandal, I don't think she can. We are in a dynamic where the principal is literally trapped between the emerging media narrative using emerging facts, and their own. If she admits she was wrong, that will be serious blowback, and would likely have to step down.
One thing you learn when covering scandals is that all of them have the same dynamic... why this has felt like one from the moment I read emails.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)hitting the media seems like they are really angry for being led astray. If/when the FBI comes out I suspect they will be even angrier.
It looks like finally their wheeling and dealing has caught them up in a real mess that they cannot get out of.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)somebody on background told them it was coming, and I missed that memo since we are not that big. In fact, we are minuscule.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)unc70
(6,109 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)I suspect
Bob41213
(491 posts)Used to be a dropped major bit every few weeks, but we are down to days. I expect bad things tomorrow on the Friday of a holiday weekend.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)so will have to catch up when we get home, after we get the Pepper Spray off us... yes we are expecting it to get that bad
Ned_Devine
(3,146 posts)This thing ain't going away and it's not going to get any easier.
scscholar
(2,902 posts)Why should this one be any different?
Ned_Devine
(3,146 posts)onecaliberal
(32,788 posts)Of days ago.
IdaBriggs
(10,559 posts)"as needed" and provide any documents in his possession.
They want him as a witness for "something"; we are assuming Hillary is the target.
unc70
(6,109 posts)Guccifer provides the initial probable cause with his hack of Blumenthal that legally revealed the unreported Clinton emails, server, and possible security issues.
He probably provides far more. I expect things will go downhill fast for Clinton the next couple of weeks. How much will be revealed before CA primary? Will we get more stuff tomorrow?
IdaBriggs
(10,559 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)JudyM
(29,206 posts)tandot
(6,671 posts)I couldn't find the "being the dead horse" smiley ...