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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: No indictment, but how do Democrats deal with this: [View all]YouDig
(2,280 posts)8. By talking about issues that people actually care about. The email fairy is dead.
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I'm here to discuss politics and the impact different events have on the future chances of our party
Kentonio
Jul 2016
#125
Maybe they should begin by asking why the director of the FBI feels entitled to publicly scold
lapucelle
Jul 2016
#68
I wonder how well that will play with voters. I'm willing to give it my best effort,
silvershadow
Jul 2016
#194
"She has long admitted it was an error, though no bad intentions. Now go investigate Colin Powell."
RBInMaine
Jul 2016
#133
I am not a Republican and I care about the judgement and honesty of all candidates
tk2kewl
Jul 2016
#11
You are dissapointed the indictment fairy isn't real and you are concern trolling.
emulatorloo
Jul 2016
#104
You may be surprised but I would guess that most of us look for judgement and honesty
SharonClark
Jul 2016
#139
The desperation in people trying to somehow make this BAD for Hillary to be cleared.
bravenak
Jul 2016
#17
Do you have a comment on Comey's above statement or how democrats ought to address it?
tk2kewl
Jul 2016
#29
EXACTLY. Use it as a lesson learned and a chance to upgrade everyone's policies.
nolabear
Jul 2016
#54
A lot of the government systems/policies seem to be 15-20 years behind. It'd be great if we saw some
Chathamization
Jul 2016
#89
That really is the answer to all of this - spend time/$$ on fixing that, not investigating....
Justice
Jul 2016
#98
Comey said yes. Secret info was shared and compromised. How do democrats address this?
tk2kewl
Jul 2016
#15
Splodey heads are slpoding !!!!! We handle it by laughing at them really loud and often
uponit7771
Jul 2016
#7
By talking about issues that people actually care about. The email fairy is dead.
YouDig
Jul 2016
#8
This will go into the long list of things the Republicans continue to bring up
csziggy
Jul 2016
#111
The head of the FBI just accused our nominee of being extremely careless with classified information
Kentonio
Jul 2016
#19
people who post in a manner consistent with wanting Hillary Clinton to win
geek tragedy
Jul 2016
#143
You should share that with your friends who are going out of their way to mock and deride other Dems
Kentonio
Jul 2016
#261
In which case you're going to also have to accept that ideas of how that can be achieved may differ.
Kentonio
Jul 2016
#266
Exactly, and IMHO she will become considerably more popular by dealing with the trust issue.
Kentonio
Jul 2016
#268
give it a rest. cheney and company lied us into war and still won two elections.
samsingh
Jul 2016
#42
Let's Be Honest. You have an agenda which makes this post's objectivity slim to none.
writes3000
Jul 2016
#26
Since the investigation found no evidence of intent, what "consequences" do you imagine? nt
procon
Jul 2016
#81
Because intelligent people don't change errant behavior unless punished, right?
1StrongBlackMan
Jul 2016
#93
I think we must wait and see how the Republicans handle it. Of course right off the bat, she will
patricia92243
Jul 2016
#44
Since Trump is in a massive, multi-state fraud lawsuit, I think we're fine.
CrowCityDem
Jul 2016
#56
If you mean Trump University, there's no indictment and probably will be none.
Jim Lane
Jul 2016
#195
Posting on DU doesn't help Republicans or Democrats, regardless of what is posted.
DesMoinesDem
Jul 2016
#94
Will someone tell this loser that Hillary is the official nominee?!? see below
Dawson Leery
Jul 2016
#85
I don't think that's really the part of the statement we should be most concerned about.
hughee99
Jul 2016
#91
The SoS has considerably authority to classify material, but they do not have nearly as much
hughee99
Jul 2016
#275
it's not an admission, it's a former Ken Starr flunky getting in his partisan attack
geek tragedy
Jul 2016
#149
If he wanted to get his partisan attack in, why didn't he just recommend prosecution?
hughee99
Jul 2016
#155
I think that statement from Comey is an admission that this particular situation was considered
hughee99
Jul 2016
#157
what part of "no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case" was ambiguous? nt
geek tragedy
Jul 2016
#158
Look up the definition of consequences in the dictionary, it doesn't specifically exclude
hughee99
Jul 2016
#167
The FBI director--a career Republican who worked for Ken freaking Starr at the OIC, said
geek tragedy
Jul 2016
#168
I agree. I'm suggesting THIS might be one of those things they can get a little traction on.
hughee99
Jul 2016
#171
except in this instance there are adjectives used to modify the word consequences
DLCWIdem
Jul 2016
#225
Do you feel this gramatacal distinction will prevent the republicans from being able to portray
hughee99
Jul 2016
#226
the casual observer would have to follow a arguement rather than take what is said at face value
DLCWIdem
Jul 2016
#233
Not really, the republicans will claim that Clinton got special treatement and then say that even
hughee99
Jul 2016
#236
Sure, but most of the spin that's put out isn't done in a debate style forum, and the casual
hughee99
Jul 2016
#245
I'm not doing in this all over again, please read #167 and #171 and feel free to argue my points.
hughee99
Jul 2016
#200
I'm sorry if people are disappointed that someone who did not commit a crime
lapucelle
Jul 2016
#213
I agree, but Clinton didn't get 100% clean bill of health, and IMHO Comey provided additional
hughee99
Jul 2016
#232
IMO I read that to mean a person lower on the total pile would be fired or demoted
DLCWIdem
Jul 2016
#220
The State Dept had such an antiquated system that was hacked numerous times....
Historic NY
Jul 2016
#130
You're certainly correct that JPR prioritizes progressive change over getting Democrats elected
Jim Lane
Jul 2016
#278
The perception of wrongdoing is often as damaging is the reality of wrongdoing.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jul 2016
#144
Yeah, the Republicans have been making their living creating bogus perceptions for decades.
JTFrog
Jul 2016
#145
DEMOCRATS will cheer at the failure of another unfounded Republican witchhunt.
baldguy
Jul 2016
#166
Be glad the opponent is an incompetent, somewhat insane, racist, and only a semi sentient
TheKentuckian
Jul 2016
#172
I'm moving on to insisting that all candidates finally show us their taxes!!!!!!
Walk away
Jul 2016
#180