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TheKentuckian

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14. Bravo for transparency in government affairs doesn't blend terribly well with maybe we shouldn't
Wed Mar 11, 2015, 10:51 AM
Mar 2015

have it.

I think what you are really saying is "fuck transparency in government, it might prove inconvenient but I'd like to give the concept some passing lip service".

This not about everyone, it is about public servants acting in their official capacities and I don't get what is so terribly difficult to get about the concept, it was not something that had to be repeatedly explained until Hillary Clinton was at the center, folks seemed a hell of a lot clearer on the issue when it was TeaPubliKlan fraudsters in charge.

Folks are suddenly constitutionally unable to allow the concept that what Clinton did was not illegal yet was not the kind of handling that we wish to see and that isn't acceptable moving forward. No, now the whole fucking concept has to be irrelevant and silly because there can be no daylight between illegal and best practices and in fact no admission of anything less than stellar handling so not only wasn't it illegal but the concept of such being illegal has to be squashed too.

Fucking dishonest ass hypocrites that just like the crooked ass TeaPubliKlans could give a shit about all that high minded previous talk, it was strictly a weapon to attack the other side to be abandoned not actually lived.

I'm not getting some folks vision for the country at all, seems the most ardent supporters and prolific excuse makers for the surveillance state and total information awareness of us peons are the first out in front of public servants acting as their own holder, gatekeepers, and screeners of their public records, this seems inverted and dangerously insane.

A clear predilection for we the people to be subjects rather than citizens is what I see. Such is not a Democratic or a democratic value that I can recognize much less stomach.

Poll: Email-Gate [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2015 OP
Now what Happened? RobertEarl Mar 2015 #1
True Dat. Surprised at the results so far - have been busy at work - but Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2015 #2
I care less about the email every day. bravenak Mar 2015 #3
I'm with you pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #4
Kick. A-Schwarzenegger Mar 2015 #5
Ha. First one is that it's driving you crazy how "important" people Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2015 #10
It's important until... one_voice Mar 2015 #6
Surprised by this. A-Schwarzenegger Mar 2015 #7
I know ! And MSNBC people have their panties in a wad over it. Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2015 #11
I think it's time to move on (nt) bigwillq Mar 2015 #8
Not at all a fan of Hillary's but I think this is a non-issue at it currently stands n/t deutsey Mar 2015 #9
i am starting to think that what bothers the right more than any actual Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2015 #12
Everyone thinks they should get to see everyone else's Email but no mention of tapping phone. rgbecker Mar 2015 #13
Bravo for transparency in government affairs doesn't blend terribly well with maybe we shouldn't TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #14
I was hoping for a little consideration of the implications of the use of email. rgbecker Mar 2015 #15
If you have consistent rules for any and all then you won't be caught up in hate and love. TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #16
When dealing with the private data of a citizen then it is a private matter. TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #17
Other because... pipi_k Mar 2015 #18
Politician gets caught being a big shot with perks. *Shrug*. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #19
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