So what happens when BOTH people running for President are up on criminal charges?

[Atman]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Omaha Steve (a host of the General Discussion forum).

Trump will be in court over his fraudulent "University" scam. Clinton may well be facing indictments for her e-mail problems.

Then what do we do? Call a national "Do-Over?"

I've never seen anything so screwed up in my entire life.

[In_The_Wind]

1. Bernie wins by default.

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[Jack Rabbit]

21. That sounds ok with me

However, the oligarchs won't have it. Of course, we can indict most of them, too.

[MFM008]

52. no

Whomever they pick for VP will go forward .

[HubertHeaver]

2. Never before has the vice-presidential pick been more important.

That goes for both parties.

[Skwmom]

3. With Clinton the big story is not the emails. It's the money paid to Bill and Hillary Clinton

that they pocketed and the money paid to the Foundation.

[panader0]

13. I think the investigation into the Clinton Foundation

quid pro quo with the SoS (HRC) will be far more damaging than the illegal server e-mail stuff.
Millions and millions of dollars (bribes) went through HRC to the "charity". It is documented.

[certainot]

47. really?

[COLGATE4]

48. I'm sure you're prepared to provide some actual proof

(I know it's a difficult concept) to show where all this is, as you claim 'documented'. (Free Republic and World Nut Daily don't count as proof).

[oldandhappy]

26. and the manipulations, lies, control,

votes of super delegates tied up before the campaigns got going, staggering amounts of PAC monies, snuggling with all the power brokers, pandering, and being basically a Republican.

[COLGATE4]

49. You may be old

but you sure as hell don't sound very happy.

[RazBerryBeret]

4. screwed up is right!

my 19 y/o son is voting for the first time and I've told him this is the craziest, most exciting election of my lifetime. haha.
as for what happens? maybe we can keep our current POTUS? ha.

[FreakinDJ]

5. What a fucking MESS

Glad I'm not planning any overseas vacations any time soon. Dam right humiliating facing all the laughter and questions from people living outside the US

[Skittles]

6. I was overseas in 2000

people who found out I was from Texas would ask me what I thought about Dubya - I told them he would be our worst nightmare - endless war and a crashed economy......I would not even know what to say about Trump

[HuckleB]

7. Well, supposition is fun.

[840high]

8. Trump will settle his case.

[villager]

9. At least it becomes an "honest election" about our political overseers

...and what they've been up to, all along.

[davidn3600]

10. Don't blame me, I voted for Bernie.

Could have had a guy with honesty and integrity and actually cared about all people.

Instead it seems voters in both parties want a clown show.

[SammyWinstonJack]

16. So did I.

[JoeOtterbein]

20. Me too, in PA

[Marie Marie]

23. Triple that.

[Javaman]

25. Me too. :) nt

[MissDeeds]

37. Me too on KS

Great post.

[FailureToCommunicate]

42. We'll have to make that into a bumper sticker.

[MynameisBlarney]

46. Me too

In Florida.

[4139]

11. What if multiple Hillary staffers plead the 5th in the civil suit on the emails just before the conv

If you are playing hypothetical ....
One Hillary staffer hS already pleaded the 5th.

What is several plead the 5th in the judicial watch suit just before the convention?

[UTUSN]

12. 1 valid, other not?!1 nT

[trumad]

14. Trumps case is civil

Hillary's is right wing fantasy.

[BillZBubb]

32. Yes, we all know the FBI follows the right wing fantasies. Geez, you people are brainwashed.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

33. right wing + du fantasy

[JVS]

15. IIRC the Trump U lawsuit is a civil suit which would mean that the most it can do is cost money

[SheilaT]

17. I don't believe either party has any way of replacing

their nominee after the convention. If, in the absolute worst possible circumstance, something terrible were to happen and the candidate absolutely not able to run (hint: the person dies) then presumably the VP choice would be immediately elevated to Head of the Ticket Status, and a new VP choice would happen. Keep in mind, in 1972 the first Democratic VP, Tom Eagleton, got replaced by Sargent Shriver some two weeks into the national campaign because Eagleton had had the courage to seek treatment for mental illness some years earlier. The fact that McGovern lost the race probably has no connection to the VP debacle, but the size of his loss was probably influenced by the events.

Why either party would be embracing such flawed candidates is entirely beyond me.

[blogslut]

18. OFFS

[Chicago1980]

19. What makes you think Clinton will be indicted?

Just wishful thinking?

[Bodych]

31. Do you think all govmt workers should have private servers for govmt business?

That's a yes or no.

[Chicago1980]

43. It's not a yes or no answer because it isn't black or white issue.

She wasn't some low level staffer, she was SOS and did nothing different than the previous office holder.

[HooptieWagon]

45. No other SoS had an unauthorized private basement server.

No other SOS signed an affidavit stating they turned over emails upon leaving office, when in fact they hadn't.
No other SOS exchanged classified information with an uncleared individual, let alone one banned from the State Dept by the POTUS.

[elmac]

22. Its like political Monopoly

while the Don is buying up Boardwalk, Park Place, Hillary is holding on to her get out of jail free card.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

27. LOL Good one!

nt

[MissDeeds]

39. Ha! Good one!

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. I hope both consider their VEEP choices, weby, weby carefully

[Crash2Parties]

28. We'll just declare one of them "President Emeritus"?

[zentrum]

29. Hysterical, scary and excellent points.

[Metric System]

30. Judging by Twitter and DU, some Sanders supporters have lost their minds today.

[elmac]

34. Let me check

no, I still have mine.

[Metric System]

35. I did say some. If you're not calling for Hillary to drop out, then you're good.

[elmac]

41. No one could seriously even contemplate that

Though I would love to see Bernie as the front runner this is obvious Hillary's time, there will be banter, disagreement, some tweaking at the convention but in the end she will be the GE candidate.

[1StrongBlackMan]

36. A segment of DU has an orgasm?

This OP and thread is why I trashed this forum. I used really bad judgement by untrashing it; but, that will be rectified, shortly.

[AgingAmerican]

38. Welcome to 100% right wing America!!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

40. It's a whitewash.

[Democat]

44. This thread reads like Free Republic

Can the mods start to ban anti-Democrats outside of the Primaries forum?

[COLGATE4]

50. Honest to God, you can't tell the difference any more.

[lpbk2713]

51. Obama gets another term.

Wouldn't that be a hoot.

[leveymg]

53. With the kids off to college, maybe Michelle has time to volunteer?

I'm sure Barack welcome some time well-deserved time off.

[countryjake]

54. Here's a little song about America...

nothing new, everything's the same as it ever was...

[Omaha Steve]

55. Locking after a review by forum hosts

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