2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWaPo'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-scandalBy 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, Ive 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 its something conservatives say constantly. Tune to to talk radio or surf through conservative web sites, and before long youll hear someone say that the Clinton indictment is coming any day now. Donald Trump, with his characteristically tenuous relationship to reality, frequently says that shes about to be indicted or that she wont be permitted to run for president because shell be on trial. It hasnt happened and it wont happen, but that isnt 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.
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Gamecock Lefty
(698 posts)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 shes indicted and cant 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 didnt 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!
BlueMTexpat
(15,349 posts)K & R!
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)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)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)personally that there were no laws broken. It was a nonissue as of that moment.
Press Virginia
(2,329 posts)when they find out how little their sources know about TS/SCI laws and the consequences.
840high
(17,196 posts)zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)And the is no story here. There's just right wing bloviating.
Oh, and I'm no die hard HRC.