2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary has to fight back on the email
Hillary can't ignore or diminish this issue. It's taken on a life of its own and it's being used to define her. She has to fight back.
She abided by the same email rules that the Congress currently has for itself. Certainly, if the FBI combed through their hundreds of thousands of emails, they would find some mistakes. But, at the very least Congress should tighten its own email rules, and insist they they be archived. Millions of Congressional emails have been lost to the public, which is not true for the Executive Branch.
This issue is overblown nonsense, and if she doesn't find way to convincing dismiss it, it's going to keep the Fascist competitive.
MirrorAshes
(1,262 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)It's over.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)Ridiculous.
DanTex
(20,709 posts)The real shame is that the emails are still classified and can't be released, because if they could, people could see how innocuous the whole thing is. Colin Powell said the same thing, just declassify and release. The "top secret" emails were about the CIA drone program that everyone knows is going on and is only classified as a political formality. They didn't jeopardize any human sources or future operations, it's just classified as a political formality because we don't want to admit that we are drone striking in Pakistan even though everyone already knows that and you can read about it in the NYT.
oasis
(49,407 posts)from the beginning. Benghazi was refuted; e-mail was refuted. Those who refuse to accept the refutations can go piss up a rope.
Onlooker
(5,636 posts)I listened to the hearings. They are going to go after her politically, on FOIA, and on lying to the Oversight Committee Under Oath. It's all bullshit, I know. The email issue has always been bullshit. But, the American people don't care about that. She needs to hit back on this, and hit back hard. She can't be lackluster on this matter, I think.
oasis
(49,407 posts)their daily lives. The continuance of a debate over what was revealed to be a "nothing burger" is a waste of valuable time.
Demsrule86
(68,667 posts)Especially after Comey had to walk back his remarks on 'classified' emails...three out of thousands and they were unmarked ...hahahah. Now the GOP falls back on the lying to Congress bs which will get them exactly nowhere.
OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)addressed. The more she tries to defend, the more fodder it gives the GOP and their ilk. She needs to stress moving forward and dealing w/ matters of true importance and showing them for the petulant children they are.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Rules and regulations they apparently think other government workers should follow and then we can go through their emails and see where the real dirt is collected then we can move along. This was and still is a RW witch hunt because they do not have a qualified candidate to run for president.