Hillary: 'I'm ready to come out of the woods'

[karynnj]

254. I agree it was given too much emphasis

However, part of the reason was that HRC let the story drip out - story by story. As I said, she could have probably avoided it completely had she given the SD the emails when she left. Even if it still came out, the answer that the rules simply called for archiving the email, which she did -- would have cut the story completely.

Consider that the reasons ALL the emails (except a few classified) were put online was that she called for that and then others called for it to be done quickly. The only emails that would have come out would have been the ones that met the Congressional and FOIA definitions. There would have been no investigation by the IG or the FBI .. no Comey.

Although there were minor errors in the complicated stories -- the basic outline was correct. In fact, there were as many misstatements by Clinton and her circle as there were errors in the NYT reporting. Part of their difficulty might have been that the neither of the two groups involved at the beginning - the State Department that confirmed that Clinton gave them the emails in late 2014 and the Clinton team - gave the media the entire story. It was investigative journalism at work.

In addition, you can not fault either the Washington Post or the New York Times in not investigating Trump. Both had excellent front page articles on everything from his record of discriminating when he controlled NYC rentals to his failed business deals to what his taxes in the one year they had them showed -- a year when he declared an enormous loss.

What seems clear is that people knew they had a choice between two very different paths. I am still trying to absorb that nearly half of the country chose the path against nearly everything I believe in. I do not think that all who voted for Trump considered him a good man, but they were for what they thought he would do. Likewise, I think that just as Republicans voted for the digusting man Trump is - there are few who agreed with us on issues who would have voted against HRC because of the emails. Remember that if not being "trustworthy" enough was the issue -- both Feingold and Clinton lost in WI and the margin was bigger for Feingold, the conscience of the Senate and one of the cleanest guys ever.