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24. If we had had a criminal investigation when Republicans had their public

Mon Mar 2, 2015, 11:23 PM

Mar 2015

E-mails run on private gop.com, I might give a shit. But since Republicans created the "off the record" system of e-mails, I'm not inclined to say Democrats shouldn't use the same methods of protecting their conversations from public scrunity. Tell you what, have all Republican correspondence from gop.com given public exposure and I will happily want the same from Democrats.

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Hillary Clinton Used Personal Email at State Dept., Possibly Breaking Rules [View all] applegrove Mar 2015 OP

Sounds like much to do about nothing to me bigdarryl Mar 2015 #1

Better little hiccups like this come out now. applegrove Mar 2015 #4

Is that how DUers felt when Bushco got bashed for this kind of thing? merrily Mar 2015 #9

Your wording is off... Agschmid Mar 2015 #50

This is great. NCTraveler Mar 2015 #90

Numbers are hard...nt SidDithers Mar 2015 #102

So you'd be OK if all Republicans decided to illegally use only their private email, DesMoinesDem Mar 2015 #15

Don't you know, in Hillary's world, "rules are for fools" and only applies to "little people." InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2015 #40

I was just going to ask same. Thanks. 840high Mar 2015 #51

Agreed! They sre going to try anything to bring her down. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #23

Bush White House email controversy arcane1 Mar 2015 #26

IOKIYAR Atman Mar 2015 #38

Indeed. We called it "Emailgate" here at the time, but hopefully this isn't quite as bad. arcane1 Mar 2015 #39

That was then, that is now. (/sarcasm) InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2015 #42

oh good. the next benghazi is here. liberalla Mar 2015 #2

"Possibly Breaking Rules"? It's illegal. There is no way around it. DesMoinesDem Mar 2015 #3

There is if you're Hillary. Does this mean I can score your tix to the coronation? InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2015 #45

See, that's where I get confused. aquart Mar 2015 #72

How do you not have a government email when head of a department? Motown_Johnny Mar 2015 #5

Imagine if the private email company's servers were breached. SoS Email compromised.. X_Digger Mar 2015 #33

Apparently it was Google/gmail. Although anything classified should have been on separate TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #46

It was through Keefer Mar 2015 #66

This is not just some small oversight SheilaT Mar 2015 #6

I'm guessing you didn't trust her yesterday, either. aquart Mar 2015 #36

For some time now I have not seen her SheilaT Mar 2015 #82

I just heard this on Rachel Maddow, and Lawrence O'Donnell will liberalla Mar 2015 #7

Really? Who gives a shit onecaliberal Mar 2015 #8

those that hate Hillary still_one Mar 2015 #10

And anyone with a shred of consistency. Marr Mar 2015 #68

Dipped if I know. Maybe the silly people who think govennment officials should obey laws, whether merrily Mar 2015 #13

I do. 840high Mar 2015 #53

Those who give a shit about transparency in government Abq_Sarah Mar 2015 #59

She turned over personal email so she isn't ducking FOIA onecaliberal Mar 2015 #60

There's a reason why it's supposed to be a .gov email Abq_Sarah Mar 2015 #63

LOL. Her people decided what emails of hers to turn over. DesMoinesDem Mar 2015 #65

Just like the millions bush and Cheney withheld on purpose onecaliberal Mar 2015 #108

She's just like Bush and Cheney. You must be so proud. DesMoinesDem Mar 2015 #112

Yes proud as hell onecaliberal Mar 2015 #114

She also supported the Iraq War just like Bush and Cheney. DesMoinesDem Mar 2015 #115

I do . . . and I don't hate her DrDan Mar 2015 #95

So she broke the law LittleBlue Mar 2015 #11

Did Hillary take your lollipop? aquart Mar 2015 #31

I get it. You love Hillary LittleBlue Mar 2015 #43

When bush coughs up the MILLIONS of "lost" emails onecaliberal Mar 2015 #57

Justifying bad behavior by pointing other bad behavior... Oktober Mar 2015 #83

Just pointing out the previous people did much worse for completely sinister reasons. onecaliberal Mar 2015 #109

That's what I said... Oktober Mar 2015 #111

Again I simply stated that's how it is. onecaliberal Mar 2015 #113

True. (I also love Elizabeth Warren.) aquart Mar 2015 #69

That's depends on the meaning of " 's " I am confident she has life experience HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #34

Laws don't apply to Comrade Eddie Snowden or Julian the Ass treestar Mar 2015 #56

Snowden fled to Russia, and Assange has had to flee in other ways. Obviously, the laws Marr Mar 2015 #70

No, since everything should be transparent and Eddie is a hero for what he did treestar Mar 2015 #94

What a silly argument. Marr Mar 2015 #96

You've discussed breaking the law BainsBane Mar 2015 #81

Obviously, meant to protect her and her Presidential run. TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #12

Aside from Obama and MAYBE Biden, she was the highest ranking official in the Obama administration. merrily Mar 2015 #16

It's ludicrous. Also, Hilda Solis, former labor secretary, didn't she get in TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #18

Doesn't look like "protection" to me. aquart Mar 2015 #32

There's no other purpose for it--screen, weed out anything damaging by TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #44

The headline actually was a so what to me... Kalidurga Mar 2015 #14

Cabinet officials don't "set up" their own accounts. Their agencies do this, and TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #17

thank you I didn't know all of that Kalidurga Mar 2015 #20

I wonder if administration people used just her name karynnj Mar 2015 #35

All of these agencies have IT dept's for a reason. Their whole JOB is TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #41

makes sense and that should be determined karynnj Mar 2015 #47

This kind of thing was a big news story during the Bush administration. I'd be surprised if she merrily Mar 2015 #19

Yeah I don't like this Kalidurga Mar 2015 #22

Yes, this is a woman who was mercilessly hounded, hunted, and investigated by determined enemies. aquart Mar 2015 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author Marr Mar 2015 #71

This is very serious. What was she thinking by doing that? langstonhues Mar 2015 #21

If we had had a criminal investigation when Republicans had their public Old and In the Way Mar 2015 #24

I smell a rat here. Just heard on Lawrence O'Donnell's show that this tidbit was discovered napi21 Mar 2015 #27

You are probably right. I will wait too. It was a zinger tho, that OP. langstonhues Mar 2015 #28

I am waiting too. Dawson Leery Mar 2015 #30

I doubt she actually personally sent that many work related emails. Agschmid Mar 2015 #54

Curious. What email did she use as a senator? aquart Mar 2015 #29

I want to hear more before making a judgement. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #37

Ummm.........BFD! The Bush administration "lost" terabytes of emails. Servers wiped clean Gman Mar 2015 #48

She knew she was going to run for President. Why not just do everything by the book, knowing TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #49

This?? This?? will keep her from being president?? Gman Mar 2015 #52

It may, or not, I don't know. But I'm surprised that she thought TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #74

This is some real bad shit krawhitham Mar 2015 #77

Oh my God! We're all gonna die! Gman Mar 2015 #99

We'll shit, if the Bush administration did it it must be OK. DesMoinesDem Mar 2015 #58

I know, right? That's got me gobsmacked. X_Digger Mar 2015 #75

If true, this should disqualify her from successfully running for president mythology Mar 2015 #55

+1 nt RiverLover Mar 2015 #67

Rose Law Firm bullshit, part deux. If she was using the State Department servers...there msanthrope Mar 2015 #61

And according to the times own article it says all of her emails to other agencies would be saved hrmjustin Mar 2015 #64

The point is she wasn't using State Department servers. (nt) jeff47 Mar 2015 #100

Um....NO.....every agency she contacted? Fed servers. Plus..... msanthrope Mar 2015 #101

Her domain hosted more than one email account. jeff47 Mar 2015 #103

If Russia and China have her emails, it's because Comrade Eddie msanthrope Mar 2015 #104

No, they are quite capable of getting into commercial email services without help. (nt) jeff47 Mar 2015 #106

as a US Senator, did she use a dot-gov address? quadrature Mar 2015 #62

Wrong is wrong. Broward Mar 2015 #73

the "i don't give a shit, because republicans" posts are amusing frylock Mar 2015 #76

My reply to the post is: So? demosincebirth Mar 2015 #78

HR1233 didn't take effect until she left state...it was signed 11-26-14 Historic NY Mar 2015 #79

Maybe she had a policy of letting underlings do all her official applegrove Mar 2015 #80

That is an important point in an otherwise routine story wyldwolf Mar 2015 #88

NYT and GOP MSNBC (thanks, COMCAST) have shown their biased hands early. MADem Mar 2015 #84

Yeah. But haters gonna hate...nt SidDithers Mar 2015 #105

Oh well, I guess us peasants aren't entitled to know what those in power are doing dissentient Mar 2015 #85

I'm sorry folks, but this is egregious. Barack_America Mar 2015 #86

I agree. HappyMe Mar 2015 #91

I'm surprised by the number of people making excuses on this thread. Brickbat Mar 2015 #87

I'm not. LWolf Mar 2015 #89

Neither... onyourleft Mar 2015 #98

when dealing with gop on this please remind them of scummy walkers email problems as county exec dembotoz Mar 2015 #92

Tempest in a teapot! Capt. Obvious Mar 2015 #93

It's okay... onyourleft Mar 2015 #97

To those trying the "it's no big deal" spin: 99Forever Mar 2015 #107

"This is a game changer" brooklynite Mar 2015 #110

Sure took the heat off criticism of Bibi, though, for a minute, didn't it? Heh heh. MADem Mar 2015 #117

huma@clintonemail.com << is that somebody we know? quadrature Mar 2015 #116