2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMaddow's shameful lies last night
Rachel gleefully presented a giant stack of paper with a flourish, to demonstrate how hard it would have been to comply with the Department of State "Print and File" rule for e-mail retention.
She failed to mention one little detail. That rule only applies to the rare cases when a Department employee is forced to use a private e-mail channel. It was intended to discourage the use of private e-mail. Had Hillary used the normal government e-mail system, she would not have been bound by the print and file rule.
In a sense, it doesn't matter, because she flouted both rules, and numerous others anyway.

YouDig
(2,280 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)YouDig
(2,280 posts)realmirage
(2,117 posts)and somebody stole Bernie supporters staplers!
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)Spin that.
merrily
(45,251 posts)On Thu May 26, 2016, 09:13 AM an alert was sent on the following post:
Wow. Of all the lame hilly fan posts defending your dear leader, this is the weakest.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2056469
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This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.
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dear leader is a reference to the dictator of North Korea. Comparing Democrats in such a light is not only disrespectful but smacks of republican tactics.
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lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)disgusting.
merrily
(45,251 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Those phrases sound remarkably...RW.
YouDig
(2,280 posts)Attacking Hillary over some bureaucratic rules that the previous two SoSes didn't follow to a T either is immensely right-wing.
w4rma
(31,700 posts)EXCLUSIVE: HILLARY CLINTON AND HER STAFF MAY HAVE COMPROMISED COUNTERTERRORISM OPS WITH SLOPPY COMMUNICATIONS
http://www.newsweek.com/hillary-clinton-email-terrorism-sloppy-communications-463605
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)around all the time to get things done. In fact, most policies are just to cover someone's rear if something happens. For all we know, if Clinton had followed the burdensome policies, her emails might have gotten in the wrong hands.
This whole issue is -- should be -- dead to everyone but the "Berners."

lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)Trump vs Clinton = "fuck the laws"
Carni
(7,280 posts)We were all "kids" incapable of comprehending voting rules, or finding our way to the polls?
Now *berners* love rules to the point of fetish?
I guess the Brock people came out with a new talking point. Good to know.
YouDig
(2,280 posts)they want to break all the rules in order to get their candidate more delegates even when he got less votes. Weird.
Carni
(7,280 posts)That's rich...
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)Buddyblazon
(3,014 posts)It's the brand new poster spitting venom again.
Color me surprised....ya dig?
w4rma
(31,700 posts)Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)The "History and Evolution of the Government Floppy Disk" was a keeper.
cali
(114,904 posts)Demsrule86
(71,132 posts)just saying.
cali
(114,904 posts)Care to explain the correlation between my not having been impressed by Maddow and my liking Bernie?
I realize you aren't exactly adept at expressing yourself, but do give it a shot.
CorkySt.Clair
(1,507 posts)This was covered during your latest "vacation".
cali
(114,904 posts)Duval
(4,280 posts)MSNBC has been all about either Trump or Hillary! And Maddow and Matthews have definitely been pro Hillary. We stopped listening to her months ago.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)the Corp-Media and I was worried. All good progressives are quickly banned from Corp-Media. She sold her soul for $7 million per year.
CherokeeDem
(3,722 posts)with some of the people on this board either.
inchhigh
(384 posts)used to be my go-to sources for information. Now I just plain don't trust either of those two because they are so obviously in the tank for Hill. I don't consider them "news" anymore.
barbtries
(30,324 posts)hardly anywhere anymore
YouDig
(2,280 posts)Sharpest when she's not shilling but now she's been in full shill mode......has been for quite a while.
JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)No smart person ever did, for any reason!
It's a totally relevant answer to the OP, right? Not just a blind authoritarian appeal for patsies, right?
Ooga-ooga, Rachel Smart! Me believe Smart Rachel!
Right?
JohnnyRingo
(19,844 posts)and it nothing to do with Hillary or Bernie.
I love how she starts the show with a story that seems to make little sense but winds her way to the main event. Well written and masterfully presented. It's sad she walks so close to the Bernie Bus route and frequently gets thrown beneath the wheels.
2banon
(7,321 posts)Back in the day, when I had cable I enjoyed her appearances on Keith Olbermann, couldn't wait until she had a show.
But she quickly established a format which didn't gel with what I expected, the friday cocktail schtick, she obviously thought was cute and funny was lame to me. Her Republican guests were soft balled I didn't much appreciate.. begging they accept her invitations.
I think she's very intelligent, I did enjoy her participation on MTP a couple of occasions I had seen her on, back during Dubya's term. It's not as if she's lacking in skill set and acumen as political commentator. Unfortunately, she's no journalist, but that's no longer a requirement these days.
Now the few times I watch her are in short clips underscoring the point being made in an op. Our biases are in conflict with the other which makes it quite difficult to listen to her anymore, as she's obviously throwing away a great deal of credibility for her candidate at any cost. That's sad.
JohnnyRingo
(19,844 posts)...but putting that preconception aside, I really don't want to watch a reverse carbon copy of Shawn Hannity's show where the host belittles everyone who doesn't steer the show to an idealistic goal. That's the kind of screamfest that Jon Stewart railed against.
I want to hear what a guest has to say and let it get sorted out later. Certainly an interviewer can ask follow up questions, but many want to see the host pound the desk and call the guest a fucking liar. I actually enjoyed "Uncle Pat's" visits before he got banned from MSNBC.
2banon
(7,321 posts)just as one example.
I totally, totally agree with you.
I don't want a"counter" to Shawn Hannity types.
I would rather a counter to the Wolf Blitzer types. I want a straight up journalist with a show, not from the left pov or the right pov or even the CENTER pov No sensationalism, no missing the point of the matter at hand. Apparently that's just too hard
But wouldn't it be refreshing for a change?
There was this one guy on MSNBC for a very short run, and I can't for the life of me remember his name, but he had a show in the period during the crash and Obama's inauguration. I think his last name started with a D. if that helps. (sheesh, my memory sometimes)
His beat was Wall Street, The Crash and how that impacted Main Street.
He was awesome. He reported and interviewed with a manner that was hard, straight up to the point with meaningful follow ups..
Then one day he was just disappeared from the network. No explanation.
*poof* After that I cut the cord.
PBS Snooze Hour is about as soft ball as I can handle without screaming at the tv, and still do that sometimes, LOL.
Gothmog
(161,700 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)sufrommich
(22,871 posts)and vilified by Bernie supporters is astounding and putrid.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Maddow lied.
Demsrule86
(71,132 posts)and it is not good for Berners.
JohnnyRingo
(19,844 posts)...how everyone who doesn't join Team Bernie on TV is suddenly owned by their corporate overlords?
Considering that literally no one takes the position that Sanders is neck & neck with Hillary I have to wonder why Bernie supporters even have cable TV. It has to seem odd that the only "unbiased news" is on The Young Turks.
I saw a post yesterday that said DU has been taken over by the oligarchs.
It is indeed amazing.
reddread
(6,896 posts)in the credibility vortex.
mountain grammy
(27,702 posts)and marginalized by the DNC selection process is astounding and putrid.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)they immediately go into hate mode. I don't like people that do that. The intolerance is as bad as anything I've observed on the Right. Kind of scary actually.
JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)Nurses, activists, union organizers, intellectuals, Nina Turner, Tulsi Gabbard - whatever. Who are they? Do they play a liberal on TV?
I want to know what the SMART woman who makes $7 million a year (or whatever) on the Comcast-NBC channel thinks. Anyone who criticizes her hates good liberals!
uponit7771
(92,731 posts)JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)I wish they would grow the hell up.
Demsrule86
(71,132 posts)And Powell who used commercial email...has never turned his emails over and won't. I was not surprised to learn that Kerry and Rice had used private email also.
pinebox
(5,761 posts)This was a very bad decision on Hillary's part. She risked the security of the country. The others weren't the smartest either but none of them are running for POTUS
Alex4Martinez
(3,156 posts)Hillary herself was doing that, over and over, changing the subject away from the server and using the term "personal email" as if it was the same thing.
No, Hillary. Three things she did wrong, and the second two were NOT done by others before you or since:
1. Used personal email for state business.
2. Ran personal email through their own domain: clintonemial.com
3. Ran that email and domain on hardware housed in her personal residence.
She had total control over everything and then decided herself what to save and what to delete before scrubbing the hard drives and then sending the drives out to a professional drive-destroyer.
It's like she was her own country.
angrychair
(10,544 posts)Their use, per the IG report, was minor, not normal practice. Clinton had her own private email server (not the same as a commercial email account) that she conducted almost all of her Dept of State business l, as well as Clinton Foundation business, as well as personal business.
In no part of the private or public sector is an employee allowed to subvert IT security and record retention policies because they don't like them. Why is she special? Why is the stand of conduct being reduced to the lowest common denominator?
Just because "everyone else" is speeding doesn't mean you should not get a ticket for speeding if you get stopped by a cop. Real life soesnt work that way.
stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)She honestly seems like a completely different person. I used to admire her so much.
Damn shame.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)I still tune in out of habit sometimes, but now it's more like watching Fox to keep an eye on the right wing.
Demsrule86
(71,132 posts)Bernie has no integrity according to you all...you know who I think has no integrity ...Bernie Sanders.
peace13
(11,076 posts)Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)I don't believe I've ever seen you say anything that comes close to "love and kindness."
progressoid
(51,266 posts)NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)reformist2
(9,841 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)upaloopa
(11,417 posts)Bernie lost the primary. At some point you will have to admit it:
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)But like a true Republican, you can easily dismiss millions of voters.
Not so fast.
Demsrule86
(71,132 posts)and his votes are in caucus states mostly! We saw when Washington voted how many votes Brnie would get if everyone was allowed to vote in a primary.
cali
(114,904 posts)JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)Bernie folks probably give less of a shit about it than most demographics. Bernie could have been attacking on this point for months now and hasn't. The media and political class going nuts about this (some with reason, some less so) are 95% not for Bernie. The one who will use it the most - Trump - is not "Bernie folks." Wise up.
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)But please feel free to think only Bernie supporters care about Hillary's incompetence and shit-tier decision making. Your tears in November will be delicious.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)And he's no fool. He doesn't need to publicize what the investigators are publicizing for him.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)DrDan
(20,411 posts)simply omitting something you wanted said does not make a comment a lie.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)She said that policy required print and file for all emails. False. Policy required print and file for all government emails through private servers.
DrDan
(20,411 posts)What did she say exactly that was a lie
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)I won't waste more time on you.
DrDan
(20,411 posts)anyway . . .
I have since watched the video. She quotes the report directly and seems to base her comments on what is written there.
I have not read it - are there more comments that show she actually lied last night?
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)They are relentlessly attacking all things left. It is why we are seeing story after story about Sanders supporters coming back home to Clinton. His supporters attacks on all things progressive looks really bad to those who truly do support a progressive agenda.
Keep up the good work. It's not costing Clinton a dime.
eggman67
(837 posts)that State implemented the SMART & Capstone systems to provide an electronic alternative to print & file.
Quote from the OIG report (Emphasis mine):
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)thanks for the specifics on this "red tape."
Hiding from FOIA while exposing our secrets to enemy eyes is hardly a "bureaucratic" detail. It's a big f-ing dealbreaker.
onecaliberal
(36,594 posts)MisterP
(23,730 posts)she stole knowldge from us like some crappy reverse Eve
vintx
(1,748 posts)and played ball by not using this as a bludgeon, the GOP will have no qualms about making damn sure everyone knows exactly what madam 'it's my turn' was up to.
eggman67
(837 posts)tazkcmo
(7,419 posts)Just like the "Nobody cares" or "No laws were broken" claims by her supporters. Clearly one was broken (gross negligence) but it doesn't matter because Sec Clinton, as a "leader", is not responsible. Ever,. For anything.
All negative stories about her are the RW's or Sanders' supporters fault.
Criticism of her policy positions are misogyny.
Policy shifts on her positions are "evolution" not pandering.
Losing to Trump will be Sanders' supporters fault and not because she's a poor candidate.
Other leaders are accountable not only for their own actions but for their subordinates actions but Sec Clinton? No. She's a victim.
Trajan
(19,089 posts)The semi-organization is impressive ....
Dem2
(8,178 posts)She shredded your little Happy Fest and I think it's hilarious.
Good work as usual, Rachel!
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)That's only going to make your defeat all the more painful.
Dem2
(8,178 posts)Keep up the good work 😎
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)which unfortunately means rooting for Hillary to lose. She has no chance in the GE. Do you care about that?
Dem2
(8,178 posts)Nobody can make arguments about things they don't know are going to happen in the future. If you do you are making s*** up which is b*******.
Gothmog
(161,700 posts)Thank you for the laughs
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)Given your choice of candidate, I can't say that's a surprise.
Gothmog
(161,700 posts)CrispyQ
(39,472 posts)What a disappointment she is.
peace13
(11,076 posts)He lied his @ss off and now he sits pretty like nothing happened. Notice how even the news readers are tightly controlled and in the system's eyes someone who lies but can be manipulated is better than a person with integrity and is hard to control.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Outrage among all the other voters certainly is going to.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Hillary will prevail.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)But presumably the bonuses are paid upon nomination, so it's all good.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)gordianot
(15,566 posts)The shills are selectively and rapidly starting to jump ship, Maddow will be delicious when she puts on her serious face. Oh the drama without Obama.
Keep up this is happening quickly.
GreenPartyVoter
(73,273 posts)Cobalt Violet
(9,966 posts)She use to be one of my favorites too. I really disgusted by how much of hack she is this election. Not sure I can ever go back to watching her again. Well maybe if Hillary loses the election I can watch her just to see how she handles that.
Baitball Blogger
(49,808 posts)Looking forward to the return of Keith Olbermann.
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)2cannan
(344 posts)what Rachel did/said during his program! She really needs to get her story straight with her co-workers so she doesn't look so foolish!
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Oops!
Silver_Witch
(1,820 posts)It was too hard and super inconvenient for her to not use her blackberry. And plus other people weren't following the rules so why should she. Rules are super hard to follow and she is exempt from rules cause SHE IS!
So stop all this whinning and move onto so e cool stuff....lime she just released thirty really groovy songs on a play list and President Bill Clinton is going to be Czar of something. So sort of like wow two for one!!!!
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)
dana_b
(11,546 posts)to defend her.
Sorry Rachel. You won't be there to help her when she's being interviewed.
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)corkhead
(6,119 posts)that the payoff was yet another Donald Trump Story. "The Donald Trump Show, Starring Rachel Maddow". Fuck that. I turned it off so I didn't see these histrionics.
JEB
(4,748 posts)Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)Skwmom
(12,685 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)Gothmog
(161,700 posts)It is amusing to see her attacked and thrown under the bus by the Sanders contingent
MariaThinks
(2,495 posts)Just like Benghazi (drop head like a republican) this email scandal is nothing more than a smear campaign. Everyone was doing it. No we don't comply with all policies all the time. Anyone that says that they do are lying.
cpwm17
(3,829 posts)of those that are committing serious crimes. But Hillary supporters here tend to be the strongest anti Snowden and Manning voices on DU. Manning exposed mass-murder and Snowden exposed unconstitutional behavior.
Hillary likely gave up, with her selfish behavior, far more actual classified information than Snowden and Manning did.
Trump and his supporters aren't the only authoritarians in this race.
deathrind
(1,786 posts)Has gone down hill. It was sad to see Rachel (who is the only reason I tune into MSNBC) frame this issue like that.
It does not matter that the rules were not followed...it's all about the burden imposed by following the rules.
/facepalm
jillan
(39,451 posts)EndElectoral
(4,213 posts)d_legendary1
(2,586 posts)Since what I usually hear from Morning Blow and the Clinton New Network is essentially the same thing I'll be hearing her and Tweety talk about in the evening: Trump puffing and Clinton proponing.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)She can barely stay in her seat.
Press Virginia
(2,329 posts)one was printing them out.
Additionally, there are other approved retention methods including PDF, Floppy Disk/Memory Sticks even photographs and microfiche are acceptable under some circumstances.
And, get this, HRC had people working for her.. they were recording her TV Shows, getting her Tea, finding her glasses....maybe one of them could have done some e-mail retention for HRC a couple days a week
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)" HRC had people working for her.. they were recording her TV Shows, getting her Tea, finding her glasses..."
Maybe even clipping her nails?
Press Virginia
(2,329 posts)accordance with policies and procedures in effect.
HRC refused to use the SMART system but that doesn't excuse her from following the rules
MFM008
(20,039 posts)she was just showing a comparison.
I didnt take it as lies or insults???
DebbieCDC
(2,547 posts)The depth to which she has sunk is unmeasurable
grasswire
(50,130 posts)I haven't watched her show for quite a long time. Her brazen propagandizing was a surprise. Wow. Who would have thought she would turn out like this?
Sky Masterson
(5,240 posts)She was my favorite. I saw her on her book tour and own a signed copy of her book.
Why she would dive into this lie at the expense of honesty for Hillary Clinton is insane.
She isn't considering the long term damage to her. I will never make a point to watch her show ever again.
I imagine I'm not alone
hopemountain
(3,919 posts)was pathetic. though msnbc is not on our 'favorites' list any longer, during commercials we checked to see what rachel might be talking about. what a waste of time - not the email copying - but rachel's effort to rationalize how much hillary had to deal with - as though hillary does not have staff to handle the mundane tasks to comply with security of classified documents.