Regarding Classified State Dept. Documents and Candidate Clinton [View all]

[MineralMan]

Much is being made of Hillary Clinton using a private email server while serving as Secretary of State. The Republicans are doing the majority of the attacks, but there are also attacks from some Democrats. Some of those same Democrats celebrated wildly, oddly enough, when thousands of classified or sensitive State Department cables were leaked to Wikileaks.

Now, there is zero evidence that any of Hillary Clinton's emails from and to her private server were ever made public, either by leaks or hacking. There is ample evidence, however, that those State Department cables were stolen and leaked to Wikileaks, which published many of them worldwide. We all know that story and how many think that was a wonderful thing to have happened.

The Wikileaks publication of classified memos and other documents is a matter for widespread celebration, in print and on the Internet, by some Democrats, but somehow, the non-leak of emails stored on a private server maintained by Hillary Clinton is a matter deserving serious attacks on Hillary Clinton by those same Democrats. The Republicans, too, are attacking Clinton for the same use of a private email server.

I find it ironic that the leak of one large set of classified and sensitive documents from the State Department is celebrated by some, while emails that were never leaked or compromised is a reason to attack a leading Democratic Candidate for President by the same people who celebrate the other. Ironic and quite puzzling, really.

Lots of things about this year's early primary campaigning seems ironic and puzzling to me, somehow.