2016 Postmortem

99th_Monkey

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17. I partly agree with you bigtree. I don't really care about the email thing.

Mon Sep 28, 2015, 10:07 AM

Sep 2015

I took O'Malley's meaning to be more about how this issue -- for whatever reasons, media obsession, the way Hills has handled it, etc. -- is becoming a huge distraction from real issues.

I've never personally been too concerned about it, and have said so numerous times on DU.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=586478

However, I do feel that it's become a HUGE distraction from issues voters reallyDO care about. These are two distinct "concerns" i.e. if the email thing means Hillary was in the wrong v. if the email thing is serving to distract from other truly important issues. I don't have the first one, but do have the second one.

Additionally, the more this thing drags on and on, it can have a cumulative corrosive effect on voters general impression of the Democratic Party (the party of "scandal&quot and as Hills recently admitted, the issues isn't going to go away any time soon. So it could really hurt Dems in the GE.

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O'Malley is right about this: "Clinton email controversy threatens to define Democratic Party" [View all] 99th_Monkey Sep 2015 OP

O'Malley is dead to rights on this one. TM99 Sep 2015 #1

But when our party rejects her and Bernie is our nominee Motown_Johnny Sep 2015 #3

Email scandal? It is corporate media BULLSHIT. RBInMaine Sep 2015 #10

The email issues are real. TM99 Sep 2015 #11

'we need to talk about the things that will actually get wages to go up rather than down, elleng Sep 2015 #2

Yup nt artislife Sep 2015 #5

Ditto nt 99th_Monkey Sep 2015 #18

Wait, "drip..drip..drip" isn't the best way to handle something?!?! jeff47 Sep 2015 #4

O'Malley is doing a lot of good out there. I hope he keeps it up. roguevalley Sep 2015 #6

Looks like he's going to keep it up, roguevalley: elleng Sep 2015 #7

I do, elleng. Anything that smacks of integrity is my thing. :D roguevalley Sep 2015 #23

I would love to see a tight race between Sanders and O'Malley, Maedhros Sep 2015 #29

They're going to stonewall it. Wait it out. delrem Sep 2015 #40

Only if we let it. More debates could cover many other issues n/t eridani Sep 2015 #8

This just gave me EVERY reason NOT to vote for O'Malley. This email bullshit is manufactured RBInMaine Sep 2015 #9

Er, no....HRC spin is what is manufactured. FactCheck.org~ RiverLover Sep 2015 #15

I wonder whether such a cold appraisal of the actual facts is even understood, delrem Sep 2015 #41

Seems like you missed this part of what he said: elleng Sep 2015 #19

Yup. Speculation on Hillary's e-mail is filling the vacuum left by so few debates RufusTFirefly Sep 2015 #30

Right, 'we,' and the msm, have nothing else to fill our time with, elleng Sep 2015 #32

You are so wrong. 840high Sep 2015 #33

O'Malley is right. Legitimate questions remain. Cheese Sandwich Sep 2015 #12

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2015 #13

I disagree bigtree Sep 2015 #14

I partly agree with you bigtree. I don't really care about the email thing. 99th_Monkey Sep 2015 #17

Exactly, Monkey, and some here, on this thread at least, are missing his point. elleng Sep 2015 #20

I think the Emails are only a distraction to people who watch politics like they're sports. apnu Sep 2015 #16

if there were no legitimate questions, restorefreedom Sep 2015 #21

This is the best explanation of the issue that I've seen Cheese Sandwich Sep 2015 #22

+1,000. Really, really good. Level-headed and comprehensive RufusTFirefly Sep 2015 #31

All I can say to this is 99th_Monkey Sep 2015 #36

That was really well said. I recommend people listen to all of it. delrem Sep 2015 #42

Me too Cheese Sandwich Sep 2015 #46

To me, this is the height of disloyalty to any Democratic candidate, using a fake Republican and TumbleAndJumble Sep 2015 #24

Not too informed, are you? elleng Sep 2015 #25

Exactly how is it, that EVERY inconvenient set of facts that come to light about Clinton 99th_Monkey Sep 2015 #26

David Brock? Is that you? RufusTFirefly Sep 2015 #27

yeah, y'all said Libyan unrest in 2012 was "a fake Republican and conservative think tank talking MisterP Sep 2015 #37

He is not right, he is using the RW talking points to get ahead in the polls Evergreen Emerald Sep 2015 #28

Clinton is responsible for the 840high Sep 2015 #34

No Evergreen Emerald Sep 2015 #45

The fact that we still have 2 weeks Aerows Sep 2015 #39

Those fuckers don't give a shit about that. delrem Sep 2015 #43

"Now get back into line, peasant" Aerows Sep 2015 #44

K & R !!! WillyT Sep 2015 #35

So true Aerows Sep 2015 #38

We have turned a corner DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2015 #47