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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Nominating a Presidential Candidate Under Active FBI Investigation Is An Incredibly Risky Gamble [View all]Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)33. No indictment needed.
I am going to let you in on a little secret: I think the whole email "scandal" is a load of bull designed by the GOP to hurt Clinton's Presidential campaign.
BUT.
I also know that Trump and the GOP will bang this "investigation" like a fucking gong in their fight against her. That is a FACT. They don't need an indictment to do their damage, they only need the appearance that they and the media have created. Fair or not, that is the reality we are dealing with.
Unless the whole investigation is wrapped up 100% before the GE this WILL hurt her candidacy, maybe not with Democrats but certainly with the Independents the Party will need to win.
If you don't see that, you are blind indeed.
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Nominating a Presidential Candidate Under Active FBI Investigation Is An Incredibly Risky Gamble [View all]
imagine2015
Mar 2016
OP
The OP says "Nominating a Pres. Candidate...." That happens at the convention.
yellowcanine
Mar 2016
#26
you are assuming something that has not yet happened. I am not so sure Trump will
Hiraeth
Mar 2016
#42
OR, she will lose because her message and positions are uninspiring to those voters.
guillaumeb
Mar 2016
#29
Isn't this supposed to convince people to nominate somebody else, though?
alcibiades_mystery
Mar 2016
#23
What are you thanking Karl Rove for? He's a Republican and a-hole. You didn't know that?
imagine2015
Mar 2016
#17
Which voters? The tens of millions who will not vote until the General Election?
imagine2015
Mar 2016
#18
It's not a claim. It's a fact. Tens of millions of people who haven't voted in the primaries
imagine2015
Mar 2016
#31