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MrWendel

(1,881 posts)
Fri Mar 4, 2016, 03:38 PM Mar 2016

WaPo's Paul Waldman: No, Clinton will not be indicted; the email issue is a non-scandal

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/3/4/1495858/-WaPo-s-Paul-Waldman-No-Clinton-will-not-be-indicted-and-the-email-issue-is-a-non-scandal

By Realistiko



Calling the email issue a non-scandal, progressive writer Paul Waldman today wrote,

“ For Clinton to be charged with mishandling classified information, she would have had to knowingly passed such information to someone not authorized to have it — like David Petraeus showing classified documents to his mistress — or acted with such gross negligence that people without authorization were bound to see it. According to what we know, neither of those things happened."


He went on,

In recent weeks, I’ve had a couple of liberal friends and relatives ask me, with something approaching panic, “I just heard that Clinton is about to be indicted. Is that true?!?” The answer is no, but they heard that because it’s something conservatives say constantly. Tune to to talk radio or surf through conservative web sites, and before long you’ll hear someone say that the Clinton indictment is coming any day now. Donald Trump, with his characteristically tenuous relationship to reality, frequently says that she’s about to be indicted or that she won’t be permitted to run for president because she’ll be on trial. It hasn’t happened and it won’t happen, but that isn’t going to stop them from saying it.


The story is worth reading, although in my opinion Waldman underestimates the role Bernie Sanders supporters have played in spreading these memes.


I even think many Bernie supporters do not believe Clinton will be indicted, but pretend she will, just because they believe this might hurt her in the polls.
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WaPo's Paul Waldman: No, Clinton will not be indicted; the email issue is a non-scandal (Original Post) MrWendel Mar 2016 OP
Exactly. K&R MineralMan Mar 2016 #1
"...they believe this might hurt her in the polls." -- NEWSFLASH: It isn't working! NurseJackie Mar 2016 #2
Hillary or Bernie? Gamecock Lefty Mar 2016 #3
Thanks for posting, MrW! BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #4
Totally agree is a non-story - especially asiliveandbreathe Mar 2016 #5
Thats actually not true. The SAP information that was on her server Press Virginia Mar 2016 #7
And, especially since she already confirmed... scscholar Mar 2016 #9
Hahahahahaha! There are going to be some really shocked HRC diehards Press Virginia Mar 2016 #6
Agree. 840high Mar 2016 #8
I know alot zipplewrath Mar 2016 #10
...and the left wing lapping it up. brooklynite Mar 2016 #11

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
2. "...they believe this might hurt her in the polls." -- NEWSFLASH: It isn't working!
Fri Mar 4, 2016, 03:44 PM
Mar 2016
Go, Hillary! We love you!


Gamecock Lefty

(698 posts)
3. Hillary or Bernie?
Fri Mar 4, 2016, 03:52 PM
Mar 2016

That was the question a buddy of mine at work asked me yesterday. When I answered emphatically HILLARY he then asked, and I quote, “what if she’s indicted and can’t run?” A talking point taken directly from the wingnuts. I asked him what he meant and he had no answer. It was a talking point only; he didn’t expect someone to actually ask a follow-up!

Benghazi, E-Mails – much ado about nothing THEN and much ado about nothing NOW.

Madam President - we got your back!

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
5. Totally agree is a non-story - especially
Fri Mar 4, 2016, 03:59 PM
Mar 2016

since some docs were not classified, "classified", until after the fact, upon further review...an action taken to fit a narrative..How are they keeping track - is beyond me.....evidence the computer was hacked????? - Nope - what a bunch of dopes....

Mud thrown at wall to see what sticks IMHO! - Stay classy all!

 

Press Virginia

(2,329 posts)
7. Thats actually not true. The SAP information that was on her server
Fri Mar 4, 2016, 04:12 PM
Mar 2016

could only have come from the SD's Secure Network. Furthermore, the OIC and the IG, have already stated they found TS/SCI information that was classified at the time it was created

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/25/us/politics/hillary-clinton-email-classified-information-inspector-general-intelligence-community.html?_r=0

 

scscholar

(2,902 posts)
9. And, especially since she already confirmed...
Fri Mar 4, 2016, 04:21 PM
Mar 2016

personally that there were no laws broken. It was a nonissue as of that moment.

 

Press Virginia

(2,329 posts)
6. Hahahahahaha! There are going to be some really shocked HRC diehards
Fri Mar 4, 2016, 04:08 PM
Mar 2016

when they find out how little their sources know about TS/SCI laws and the consequences.

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