2016 Postmortem

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48. Your outrage at Hilary for doing the best job she

Reply to Skwmom (Reply #45)

Sat Feb 20, 2016, 11:17 AM

Feb 2016

could as a court-appointed attorney is duly noted.

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Clinton defending rapist of 12 year old. [View all] Skwmom Feb 2016 OP

you know who else didn't think the guilty needed lawyers dsc Feb 2016 #1

So with this twisted logic, she was fighting ag Hitler when she CHOSE to defend a rapist RiverLover Feb 2016 #2

No atreides1 Feb 2016 #5

i think the standard is zealously defend not gleefully defend tk2kewl Feb 2016 #33

Court appointed. Read the article. She was not a defense attorney, but a judge msanthrope Feb 2016 #7

OK so was appointed. But she worked it & got this for the guy~ RiverLover Feb 2016 #12

Absolutely. She gave a zealous defense. It's what our Constitution requires. msanthrope Feb 2016 #14

she was assigned the case she didn't chose the case dsc Feb 2016 #20

I've read that she did it as a favor for the judge. kath Feb 2016 #47

Where did you read that? eom Tanuki Feb 2016 #50

when a judge asks you to do something dsc Feb 2016 #53

Not even a judge - a prosecutor! ebayfool Feb 2016 #59

Don't post shit from that disgusting site here. JTFrog Feb 2016 #62

That "shit" is linked in the OP's CBS article. Take it up with CBS. Doesn't change facts. ebayfool Feb 2016 #63

But it does. JTFrog Feb 2016 #73

Your post doesn't address the substance. Jim Lane Feb 2016 #70

CNN has also reported on this story, and linked to the tape-recorded interview. kath Feb 2016 #75

Seriously? JTFrog Feb 2016 #76

Let me tell you a tangentially relevant story about "right wing points of view and propaganda." Jim Lane Feb 2016 #86

You certainly have a right to believe whatever you want. JTFrog Feb 2016 #87

She seems to have changed her story over time. Jim Lane Feb 2016 #67

That's reasonable and I agree ... ebayfool Feb 2016 #69

changing her story over time - gee, where have we seen THAT before? kath Feb 2016 #71

Wow indeed UglyGreed Feb 2016 #77

poster didn't say the guilty don't need lawyers magical thyme Feb 2016 #4

Sorry...but you don't get to have it both ways. Would you tell msanthrope Feb 2016 #10

Only people with no knowledge of criminal process pipoman Feb 2016 #21

there's a vast difference between "taking it easy on the accuser" and flat-out lying about them. magical thyme Feb 2016 #56

Yeah .......... that's beyond sickening. polly7 Feb 2016 #58

How do you know she lied?....perhaps...perhaps not....neither of us were there... pipoman Feb 2016 #83

+1 Jenny_92808 Feb 2016 #41

Funny. Didn't Hillary try to keep Nixon from having legal representation during Watergate? DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2016 #64

I don't think that happened. dsc Feb 2016 #65

And I left my terms uncertain by design...I'm not sure if it happened either, but I did read it here DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2016 #66

Snopes says that that particular allegation is false Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #89

She never wrote a newspaper about women's rape fantasies. Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #3

it was a comment on sexual morays and how women were viewed by some at the time restorefreedom Feb 2016 #24

Comment, a article he sent to the newspaper and they printed it, don't think it was a comment Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #31

the piece itself was the comment, thats what i meant restorefreedom Feb 2016 #32

And Hillary was a court appointed attorney in the mentioned case Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #60

i actually already agreed with you on that point. please see #26 for more. nt restorefreedom Feb 2016 #61

NOT court-appointed. Took the case as a favor. see posts above. kath Feb 2016 #72

Sexual morays? Is that some kind of eel porn? Tanuki Feb 2016 #35

ewwww..but hey, we need to keep a sense of humor else we go crazy....nt restorefreedom Feb 2016 #36

Tell me mores... pipoman Feb 2016 #84

mores, not morays. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #91

long day :) nt restorefreedom Feb 2016 #92

As a criminal defense attorney, I can only reflect on the fact that upholding the Constitution msanthrope Feb 2016 #6

Since the victim was TWELVE years old, this was a STATUTORY RAPE case, and her mental state, kath Feb 2016 #49

the defense was that it hadn't happened at all dsc Feb 2016 #54

Sounds like a favor to me (not assigned) ebayfool Feb 2016 #57

No 12 year old girls ever lie....heavens no, why would a 12 year old lie? pipoman Feb 2016 #85

Agree, I would hope if I had a serious issue there would be an attorney Thinkingabout Feb 2016 #80

Tell that to the voters who listen to that audio. Trump in describing Clinton: In a certain way evil Skwmom Feb 2016 #96

this is fail - this is how our legal system works. Warren Stupidity Feb 2016 #8

I'm a criminal defense lawyer and a Sanders supporter DefenseLawyer Feb 2016 #9

+1 msanthrope Feb 2016 #17

Agreed. no_hypocrisy Feb 2016 #28

Did you laugh? n/t Skwmom Feb 2016 #42

+1 Jenny_92808 Feb 2016 #43

+ another 1 COLGATE4 Feb 2016 #46

+1 for the effort but it won't dissuade the rationality impaired. (nt) great white snark Feb 2016 #68

Direct link to 6 minute audio (has transcriptions) noamnety Feb 2016 #11

Sorry....but every defense lawyer has a story like this. You should hear msanthrope Feb 2016 #13

Cops, firemen, secretaries of state ... noamnety Feb 2016 #15

I hope that if you ever need the services of a criminal msanthrope Feb 2016 #16

That's a very odd response to me. noamnety Feb 2016 #18

No....what I'm hoping for is a bit of self-reflection on your part. nt msanthrope Feb 2016 #19

And the self-reflection would be ... noamnety Feb 2016 #23

You would want a zealous defense. You would also have compassion and msanthrope Feb 2016 #25

This and the Gadaffi tape becoming common knowledge spells DISASTER. Why do you think Trump called Skwmom Feb 2016 #44

She was a defense attorney Bettie Feb 2016 #22

She was NOT a defense attorney, and she did it as a FAVOR for someone. kath Feb 2016 #51

In that case, she was a defense attorney Bettie Feb 2016 #88

our system works, imperfectly as it does, restorefreedom Feb 2016 #26

Lucky you... pipoman Feb 2016 #27

So... I'm a Bernie guy, but... Jester Messiah Feb 2016 #29

I'm a Bernie supporter with plenty of criticisms of Secretary Clinton myrna minx Feb 2016 #30

As long as she wasn't speaktruthtopower Feb 2016 #34

This thread belongs in Free Republic Onlooker Feb 2016 #37

The RW has passed this piece of crap around for Years--now Sanders fans have started to pass riversedge Feb 2016 #38

Perhaps you'd be happier wit Donald Trump... brooklynite Feb 2016 #39

Trump beats $hillary in the general SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #79

I'm a Bernie supporter, too Boomer Feb 2016 #40

I beg to differ. I do understand the basic principles of our legal system and using those basic Skwmom Feb 2016 #45

Your outrage at Hilary for doing the best job she COLGATE4 Feb 2016 #48

Did you listen to the audio? n/t Skwmom Feb 2016 #52

Please review the principles of of our Judicial System itsrobert Feb 2016 #55

Give me a break. Plenty of Bernie supporters in this thread disagreeing vigorously. n/t JonLeibowitz Feb 2016 #78

She laughs about the creepiest shit, doesn't she: getting a child rapist off by victim shaming, KingCharlemagne Feb 2016 #74

Non Issue noretreatnosurrender Feb 2016 #81

That is some disgusting crap. Shame on her. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #82

This post is disgusting jsmirman Feb 2016 #90

I don't think this is appropriate. bobbobbins01 Feb 2016 #93

A doctor isn't vilified for the kind of people s/he treats. lovemydog Feb 2016 #94

True facts. Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #95