Posted on 03/12/2015 12:54:21 PM PDT by Kaslin
As Hillary Clinton took questions from the media about the personal email account she used as secretary of state, I felt a flashback coming on. She said she simply chose to use a personal account with a personal server "for convenience." I felt I had traveled back in time to 1998. Washington was screaming across the aisle. First lady Hillary Clinton charged that a "vast right-wing conspiracy" was behind stories that her husband had an affair with Monica Lewinsky. President Bill Clinton denied that he ever had "sexual relations" with the former intern.
Deep down, everyone knew that Bubba was lying. And he was lying. Judge Susan Webber Wright eventually would fine Clinton for giving "intentionally false" testimony during depositions with attorneys representing plaintiff Paula Jones, whose sexual harassment lawsuit nonetheless tanked.
Up until the president was forced to admit that he had lied about Lewinsky, partisans who surely suspected otherwise vehemently argued that Clinton had been truthful. When that ruse crumbled, the knee-jerk defenders used cable news as a nonstop forum for odd debates meant to distract from the core issue.
Did "real people" really care?
Was oral sex sex?
Why should the public care about what the president did if his wife stood by him?
On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton said she set up a private email account simply because it seemed more convenient than carrying two phones -- which in her world probably translates into having an aide carry two phones. She said she deleted private emails only. By the way, half of the 60,000-plus emails on the account were personal. Oh, and she deleted them. If she had it to do all over again, she would not have used a private account with a private server, but when she made the decision, the onetime Rose Law Firm attorney said, "this didn't seem like an issue."
Some Clintonistas may feign belief, but they know, contrary to what she told the media, Clinton did not go "above and beyond" what she "was requested to do." We all know why she set up a private account. She didn't want to leave a paper trail. She didn't want the media to get ahold of documents that might require explanation during her inevitable run for the White House in 2016. She didn't want to provide ammunition to rival campaigns. She wanted the prestige of having been secretary of state without having to stick to the documentation rules that applied to administration officials, including the White House.
Everyone knows the "convenience" excuse is a ruse, but to admit as much is to admit that the Clintons have a strained relationship with candor. So let the faux debates begin.
Do "real people" really care?
Was there an enforceable law broken?
Why shouldn't the former Cabinet member be able to delete emails about her yoga routines?
The Clintons have learned that when they decide they are above the truth, there are always apologists who will say anything to defend them. Or at least there always used to be.
Nope.
The Clintons first impulse when faced with a threat is to lie.
The way she worded her denial sounds funny.
She said: “I obeyed all of the laws that I was government by.”
Hmmm.
Sounds like “Depends on what the meaning of is is.”
Barbara Boxer.
“And now on to tonight’s top story: racial slurs at an Oklahoma State University fraternity”
(at least that’s what Liberal Lester said the other night on NBC Nightly News)
Some of my old high school liberals think the media is picking on her, lol.
Evidently there are ones who think she is innocent and has done nothing wrong. Just being picked on.
This is what Jerry Zeifman, the lifelong Democrat who ran the Watergate investigative committee, said about her re: his reason for firing her:
"Because she was a liar. She was an unethical, dishonest lawyer."
I noticed on that news conference with her she evaded direct eye contact...a lot!
Well let’s see, James Carville does.
I suspect Lanny Davis does as well, or at least he says he does.
Tamara Holder does too apparently, but she doesn’t count, because she is dumber than a box of rocks.
I believe she lies like a rug.
It's clear what Hillary's motive was for mixing personal emails with business emails: SO SHE COULD HIDE HER (AND THE 'SECRET MUSLIMS'') TREASONOUS ACTIVITIES FROM THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING BENGHAZI.
Huma Abedin's emails are probably more incriminating than Hillary's.
Tamara has an excuse.. She’s been battered senseless by Jesse Jackson.
You believe her. I know you do.
And I’ve got this great bridge in Brooklyn that I’m willing to let go, cheap.
When is O’Reilly going to have that body language expert critique Hillary’s performance?
They aren't used to the MSM being critical of their side.
Yes! I said that, too:)
She displayed a lot of evasive eye maneuvers if you ask me, and looking down a lot. She did not come across as a person who ‘goofed’ and was innocent, not at all.
what difference, at this point, does it make?
But I know a whole bunch that will lie for them.
See You Next Tuesday
Does Anyone Believe Hillary Clinton?
Do 48 percent of the people still support Obama?
You can’t change ignorance.........
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