Posted on 07/03/2016 2:31:12 PM PDT by Kaslin
A couple of weeks ago, I devoted a column to reflecting on the signal oddity of this campaign season. "There is no reason to believe," I wrote, "that the supreme oddity that has characterized this primary season has run its course." I expected, and expect, more of it.
And so it goes. I could not have imagined, two weeks ago, that Bill Clinton would delay a flight to arrange a private meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
Odd, what?
Pause to consider what happened: the sitting attorney general of the United States meets privately with the spouse of the subject of an ongoing FBI criminal investigation.
Yes, you can file it under "Impropriety, Appearance of."
It was not supposed to have come to the public's attention at all. "The FBI there on the tarmac instructed everybody: no photos, no pictures, no cell phones," said Christopher Sign, the enterprising local news reporter in Arizona who broke the story.
Why did Bill Clinton request the meeting? If Loretta Lynch is to be believed, it was to talk about his grandchildren, not Hillary.
That's so nice.
There was, and continues to be, considerable fury in response to the meeting — more, oddly enough, than has been gingered up for Hillary's behavior over Benghazi or her email scandal. But maybe, like Al Capone's tax troubles, this will be the straw that breaks the candidate's back.
Maybe.
Loretta Lynch ought to recuse herself from the case altogether. Instead she has said that she will "accept" whatever recommendation the FBI makes with respect to the investigation into Hillary Clinton's home-brew email server.
Does that mean that Hillary will be brought to justice over her willful compromising of national security?
Again, maybe. But those chickens have not yet hatched and it would be foolish to try to count them.
The whole saga of the Clintons' corruption has gone into overdrive in the last week or so. There was the damning report of the Benghazi committee. There was her "voluntary" 3-hour interview with the FBI on Friday.
There was tarmac-gate. Everywhere the volume in the Clinton corruption saga seems suddenly to have been turned up. After a period of quiescence, suddenly there is ceaseless activity.
And "what might be towards that this sweaty haste doth make the night joint laborer with the day?"
Quite possibly, not much. Rush Limbaugh, a close and canny observer of the Clinton crime family, suspects that we're all being played, yet again, by the Clintons. A flurry of activity, a cathartic purging of punditry, and then . . . nothing.
Andrew McCarthy has speculated along similar lines. Noting how various tactics can be deployed to delay or derail criminal investigations, he has outlined how this latest flurry of news might well be a deliberate strategy to "create appearance of thorough investigation, but assure no-charges outcome."
Still, it is a dangerous game that the Clintons are playing -- dangerous for the country, of course, but also for themselves. There is every chance that, whether or not she is indicted, Hillary will be weakened by the cloud of corruption that follows her as the cloud of dirt follows Charlie Brown's Pigpen.
And, who knows, it might even happen that the weight of the evidence will be too much for Hillary's supporters to countenance. A lot rests on the shoulders of FBI director James Comey. Will he follow the investigation where the evidence leads? Or will he bow to political pressure? It is not too much to say that the future of the rule of law in this country depends on his decision. It's likely that we will know in a matter of weeks.
I believe Lynch’s comment that she and Bill talked about their (especially her) families. Bill probably said “nice family you have there. If you would like to see any of them again alive, you know what to do for my wife’s case!” Normal intimidation from the Clintons, since anyone with a scintilla of intelligence knows that the Clintons enemies seem to suddenly end up dead. To intimidate Lynch was the purpose of the “inadvertent” meeting. So they talked about “families” and did not “discuss” Hillary’s indictment.
I wonder if the truth of the Arkancide deaths will now be exposed. Surely somebody has been holding back on releasing that information until an opportune time. Now’s the time. These skunks need to be put away for good.
Ma and Pa BARKER!
Huma had two lawyers when she was deposed, but Hillary had six lawyers in that same room (seven if you count the State Dept lawyer).
Yes
If Lynch recuses it would set back the investigation conclusion for months. Perhaps they’d like that, eh?
NOthing these people do is done without calculation—with the possible exception of Bill’s approaches to women over sex.
If Hillary was going to get a pass, then why did she have to go to the FBI headquarters for questioning?
Was that supposed to help her candidacy?
I read today that lynch does not have grand kids ,
Yes
“Will they get away with it???? Do wild bears crap in the woods???? They’ve gotten away with everything corrupt thing they’ve ever done and all it seem to do was make them richer and more empowered to keep it up.”
Not everything. Let’s not forget that they did not get away with a lot they tried to pull in ‘08 against Obama. I couldn’t forget how frustrated ole Bill appeared when things weren’t working to get Hillary crowned as the nominee. The Clinton charm ain’t what it was back when they were soiling the WH and so much of the voting demographic (even Democrat) may not give the the same easy pass they got in back then.
I said this before and I’ll say it again:
If Hillary Clinton can get away with breaking the law because she’s someone politically important, then the well-known Rule of Law that America stands for is dead.
Dwell on that...
Then ask yourself, aside from God above, for what reason do you obey the laws of this government?
The whole damn societal contract we have with our country has been thrown away.
I contend we are not obligated to obey them either.
Following the law has gone from being the right thing to do to simply not getting caught.
As with everything else, Kas... I have little faith in this system anymore. It’s completely compromised.
It will when they announce no charges and she smiles broadly and declares how helpful she was to the point of going downtown to “clear it all up”.
Hillary: “Oh, the humiliating things I put up with due to the vast right-wing conspiracy!”
Yes.
If he was/is an American Patriot, obama would not have appointed him.
How can anyone argue with your post?
Saw CA Congressman Becerra on FOX at 6 with Shannon Breem - must be Wallace was off for the holiday....
He is one slimy/smarmy character and if Hillary gets to the WH, we better hope she doesn’t choose him as VP...I can see her choosing him for the Mexican (sorry PC folks) vote but I don’t believe losing CA would be possible for her anyway so why bother to court that vote?
I truly don’t expect that she would fill out a 4 year term if she does get in. Their luck has to end some time and I think they’ve pushed as far as they can push without going right over the cliff. They - meaning both he and she - the two of them!!! And you all know who I mean! That’s just my opinion and may be wishful thinking but it’s the way I feel.....
“”Surely somebody has been holding back on releasing that information until an opportune time. Now’s the time””
Wouldn’t you think someone or several someone(s) would tell all from a safe hiding place in a foreign country? I notice that not even Huckabee given several chances to dissect the Clintons ever does so and if anyone is in a position to know “all”, it’s him! Wouldn’t it be cool to have an entire TV program with Huckabee as the guest, answering questions dedicated to all the Clinton rot in Arkansas? Dream on, I guess!
Is Larry Nichols still alive?
“”she smiles broadly “”
SHE never smiles broadly - she opens her mouth to an entire tonsil inspection.
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