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2016 Postmortem

Press Virginia

(2,329 posts) Tue May 31, 2016, 03:13 PM May 2016

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No shame

HRC campaign puts out this statement

"Had Secretary Clinton known of any concerns about her email setup at the time, she would have taken steps to address them. She believed she was following the practices of other Secretaries and senior officials."

After months of claiming she followed the rules she now pretends she didn't know what the rules were

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No shame (Original Post) Press Virginia May 2016 OP

It will be ok. She is a leader and will transform the governments system... NCTraveler May 2016 #1

Personal servers for everyone? Press Virginia May 2016 #2

Everyone. nt. NCTraveler May 2016 #10

You can't be serious. The facts at hand run directly counter to your statement. NWCorona May 2016 #6

Well that's a relief... Yurovsky May 2016 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj May 2016 #3

Yep. looks like they dropped that one from Press Virginia May 2016 #4

She didn't realize some minor red tape technicality had been changed. She was busy dealing with YouDig May 2016 #5

maybe she should have asked somebody Press Virginia May 2016 #7

Yeah, she probably should have. YouDig May 2016 #13

Real things, Like Cluster Bombs, Regime Changes and Coups bahrbearian May 2016 #11

Hiding existence of the server precludes the ability of anyone to raise concerns about it JimDandy May 2016 #9

Great example for the alphabet soup: NSA, CIA, FBI, DOJ... IdaBriggs May 2016 #12

Had she known people would find out* Joob May 2016 #14

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)

1. It will be ok. She is a leader and will transform the governments system...

Reply to Press Virginia (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 03:15 PM

May 2016

So this type of thing won't be needed in the future.

Press Virginia

(2,329 posts)

2. Personal servers for everyone?

Reply to NCTraveler (Reply #1)

Tue May 31, 2016, 03:16 PM

May 2016

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)

10. Everyone. nt.

Reply to Press Virginia (Reply #2)

Tue May 31, 2016, 03:32 PM

May 2016

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)

6. You can't be serious. The facts at hand run directly counter to your statement.

Reply to NCTraveler (Reply #1)

Tue May 31, 2016, 03:20 PM

May 2016

Yurovsky

(2,064 posts)

8. Well that's a relief...

Reply to NCTraveler (Reply #1)

Tue May 31, 2016, 03:22 PM

May 2016

No more off-limits servers for conducting her Shylock scam...

Lord knows I'll sleep better with that information.

Response to Press Virginia (Original post)

cyberpj This message was self-deleted by its author.

Press Virginia

(2,329 posts)

4. Yep. looks like they dropped that one from

Reply to cyberpj (Reply #3)

Tue May 31, 2016, 03:18 PM

May 2016

the excuse list once it was shot down

YouDig

(2,280 posts)

5. She didn't realize some minor red tape technicality had been changed. She was busy dealing with

Reply to Press Virginia (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 03:19 PM

May 2016

real problems in the real world.

Press Virginia

(2,329 posts)

7. maybe she should have asked somebody

Reply to YouDig (Reply #5)

Tue May 31, 2016, 03:20 PM

May 2016

YouDig

(2,280 posts)

13. Yeah, she probably should have.

Reply to Press Virginia (Reply #7)

Tue May 31, 2016, 03:54 PM

May 2016

bahrbearian

(13,466 posts)

11. Real things, Like Cluster Bombs, Regime Changes and Coups

Reply to YouDig (Reply #5)

Tue May 31, 2016, 03:50 PM

May 2016

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)

9. Hiding existence of the server precludes the ability of anyone to raise concerns about it

Reply to Press Virginia (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 03:22 PM

May 2016

That is a nonsense statement from her campaign.

IdaBriggs

(10,559 posts)

12. Great example for the alphabet soup: NSA, CIA, FBI, DOJ...

Reply to Press Virginia (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 03:52 PM

May 2016

Should they offer bullshit excuses for egregiously bad judgment, too?

Worst. Candidate. Ever.

Joob

(1,065 posts)

14. Had she known people would find out*

Reply to Press Virginia (Original post)

Tue May 31, 2016, 04:15 PM

May 2016

I don't buy it for a second. And even if I did...

..she was in charge of the whole department. It WAS HER JOB TO KNOW.

Incompetence x10000000

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