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TwilightGardener

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13. I don't buy into the Clinton martyr myth, sorry.

Reply to Vinca (Reply #12)

Tue Mar 10, 2015, 01:45 PM

Mar 2015

She and Bill always leave a slight residue of impropriety (or downright sleaze) with nearly everything they do. This is perennial red meat for the GOP, and the Clintons don't seem to understand that their own actions and attitudes cause much of their own problems. Setting up your own system to bypass the federal government--WHO THE FUCK TOLD HER THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA??

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simple question: why didn't Hillary get out in front of this years or months ago? [View all] grasswire Mar 2015 OP

How do you get out in front of every crazy topic the RW will freak out about? JoePhilly Mar 2015 #1

Since everyone knew about the emails a year ago, it's hard for her to anticipate joeybee12 Mar 2015 #2

Or why didn't she just follow the guidelines? femmocrat Mar 2015 #3

Because years ago it wasn't an issue.... DonViejo Mar 2015 #4

Collin Powel could have let her know it was a bad idea. He did it and most of his emails Agnosticsherbet Mar 2015 #5

Yeah & why didn't she get out in front of the next thing the GOP tries to exaggerate into an issue? FSogol Mar 2015 #6

Better yet ann--- Mar 2015 #7

Because it was the norm for previous secretaries of state? Vinca Mar 2015 #8

OK, no, setting up your own SERVER AT HOME was never the norm. TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #9

Maybe she was afraid her emails would be hacked on a government server. Vinca Mar 2015 #10

If her concern was protecting her political future, and NOT doing her SoS business TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #11

You're proving what I keep saying. Nothing is ever good enough. Vinca Mar 2015 #12

I don't buy into the Clinton martyr myth, sorry. TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #13

The right wing has hounded the Clintons for over thirty years and all they have come up with... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #14

I don't really care. You'd think they would have wised up in 1993, or 1994, or TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #15

I don't think your average American gives a rat's patootie about these or most so called scandals DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #16

I do, though. TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #17

I don't know what to tell you. You own your feelings. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #21

While I don't think the average American is well-informed, I wouldn't TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #23

I agree. HappyMe Mar 2015 #18

If she'd known it was a problem "years ago" BainsBane Mar 2015 #19

Because it's a non-issue. Lil Missy Mar 2015 #20

It's been done before, veven by GOP'ers Sheepshank Mar 2015 #22