Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: A pass-agg reminder: at this point in the 2016 cycle: [View all]karynnj
(59,503 posts)One thing we do know is that had she given the SD the emails, the ones related to inquiries would have come out in 2013 or 2014. This would have eliminated the monthly dump of emails after HRC said to put all of them online after reacting as needed. It is possible that the fact that they were not on state.gov might never have come up as it was customary to not include the email, instead identifying the person by name.
I agree that any Democrat would be attacked. In fact, in 2005 and 2006, I said that repeatedly and many people argued that it could not happen with Hillary Clinton because unlike Gore and Kerry, the Clintons knew how to fight the right wing.
Not to mention, where there was no real questions about John Kerry's Navy record and the summary of his record that had been on his MA Senate record and campaign site was written by the Navy at his request when he first became a Senator. In 2004, the damage of those lies is that they were disruptive and likely made it harder for him to use his sailors' validation of him as a compassionate, intelligent leader through tough times. In fact, many memes like being elitist or aloof are directly refuted by them.
The difference with HRC is that many Democrats and independents were troubled by her essentially hiding work documents for 2 years until convinced to return it. I was also disheartened by her several lame attempts to put it behind her.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden