Back in the 1990s, many in the press did, in-fact, believe the “Clinton scandals” were GOP witch-hunts designed to hurt the Presidents approval rating. However, many in the press now believe the “e-mail scandal” is finally the scandal that proves the “Clintons are corrupt” narrative to be true. It also doesn’t help that Bernie Sanders lodged the exact same “corrupt” criticism towards Hillary, causing his supporters to now proclaim he’s a “sell-out” [despite the fact we now have the most progressive platform in our lifetimes, which should be reason enough for any millennial to support Hillary’s candidacy].
Point is — as a result of the “e-mail scandal,” most in the media now seem to have bought into the GOP myth that the “Clintons are corrupt to the core,” which has been peddled since the early ‘90s. Nevermind the fact that the Trump Foundation was directly involved in “pay-to-play” corruption in Florida, whereas the Clinton Foundation has a higher rating than the Red Cross and provides HIV/AIDS medicine to 11 million people. Oh and Trump still won’t release his tax-returns.
But it’s the Clintons that are corrupt because… e-mails?
Honestly, the media needs to get over their e-mail obsession [yes, I’m talking to you, Matt Lauer!!]. Because guess what? Nothing Hillary has ever done is even remotely close to what Donald Trump has done. So let’s stop playing the “false equivalence” game.
And let’s finally set the record straight on the “e-mail scandal”:
Hillary was legally allowed to use a private e-mail account, just as fellow Secretary of State Colin Powell did. Granted, Hillary also used a private server. But let’s take a step back and look at this objectively:
President Clinton already had a private server set up and Hillary simply chose to use his pre-existing server. It isn’t as though Hillary set up a secret server once she became Secretary of State to hide her e-mails. She used a pre-existing server set up for a former President.
Granted, Hillary now agrees in hindsight that she should have used a government e-mail and a government server to conduct official government business. However, there was no laws against what Hillary did and other Secretary of State’s also used private e-mail. Plus, there’s zero evidence the Clinton server was hacked. Ironically, though, there is confirmed evidence that the government servers were hacked.
But —again— Hillary openly admits that in hindsight, all government business should always be conducted on government accounts and servers. To me, it is the sign of a great leader when they can learn and grow from mistakes [unlike Trump]. Humans are, after-all, living, learning organisms. But Hillary is expected to be perfect, right?
Though the real question has become: was our national security jeopardized due to what Hillary did with her e-mails?
As I said before — there is no evidence the Clinton server was hacked [unlike the government servers]. But Politifact did rate this statement by Hillary as “mostly true”:
"Classified material has a header which says ‘top-secret, secret, confidential.’
Nothing, and I will repeat this and this is verified in the report by the Department of Justice, none of the emails sent or received by me had such a header." ~Hillary Clinton
Politifact:
“Information isn’t classified until a designated authority within the government declares it classified. The way that person shows their determination is by adding a header and footer to the relevant document, often tacking on a cover sheet, too — all to make it clear that the document contains classified information. Clinton is correct that the FBI did not find any such labels in her emails.”
When Hillary received designated classified information, she took all the necessary security steps required when viewing it, sometimes setting up special tents to shield photos from being taken from outer-space.
Point is — nothing in Hillary’s e-mail was marked classified with a header and footer at the time it was sent or received. And the simple fact remains that numerous government officials have also suffered from what is known as “retroactive classification.” Hillary isn’t the first and won’t be the last government official to send or receive something that later becomes retroactively classified.
The bottom line is: Hillary has already conceded she should have used a government e-mail and a government server when conducing government business. But given the fact she broke no laws, other Secretary of State’s also used private e-mail, her server has no evidence of hacking, and nothing was marked classified at the time it was sent or received, it seems the media is making a mountain out of a mole hill. No charges were recommended by the FBI and we now have every single one of Hillary’s business-related e-mails in the public arena. Can we finally put this issue to bed?
And seriously — ask yourself: does the e-mail issue even compare to a fraction of the things Donald Trump has done or said? The e-mail “scandal” is all the media has against Hillary, and we shouldn’t let them continue to beat a dead horse.
[Please begin to defend Hillary against baseless attacks and arm yourself with the facts regarding her e-mail use]
Let us also remember when George Bush deleted 20+ million e-mails:
Let us remember how many “Benghazi’s” occurred under Bush:
In-fact, the narrative of Clinton “scandals” has been manufactured by Republicans ever since the early 1990s. Yet Hillary Clinton has never been found guilty of anything. Ever. But accusing someone of scandal after scandal still sticks, as shown by Hillary’s poll numbers on “trustworthiness.” This is exactly why you can sue someone for defamation of character — even if the charges are false, a cloud of doubt is still cast over your character. Republicans know this, which is why they originally created the special Benghazi committee. GOP Congressmen Kevin McCarthy admitted this on Fox News, giving us one of the greatest gaffes of the election season:
When looking at history, George Bush had numerous Benghazi’s and deleted 20+ million e-mails. Where was the GOP outrage? The media sensationalism?
What about 9/11/2001?
Or Beirut in 1983?
Given historical context, I’d feel much safer under Hillary than any Republican.
The Clintons are consistently held to a different standard than their opponents. George Bush had 9/11, dozens of Benghazi’s, Iraq, and deleted 20+ million e-mails. Yet Hillary is the one portrayed by the media as being equally corrupt as Trump. Probably because everyone in the media wants to be the first to finally validate the “Clintons are corrupt” myth that has been peddled since the early 1990s.
Ironically, though, the Clintons have never been found guilty of anything but being the victims of countless tax-payer funded witch-hunts and a foolish media that has been played for a fool by the GOP. The faux-outrage over Benghazi and Hillary’s e-mail is politically motivated and meant to drive down her poll numbers. Yet the media has fallen for it. Will you?
At this point, if the media won’t do it, regular Americans need to start defending the Clintons from baseless attacks and smears. It is either the Clintons or Donald Trump. And you will regret not doing everything you can to stop Trump from becoming President of the United States. We simply cannot afford to normalize Donald Trump. He isn’t a normal candidate and has done countless things that disqualify him from the Presidency:
~Banning an entire religion from the United States ~Mocking a reporter with a disability ~Propelling the racist “birther” movement ~Wanting to commit war crimes against the families of terrorists ~Praising Putin ~Engaging in housing discrimination against African Americans ~Making products in China rather than the USA ~Saying John McCain isn’t a “war hero” because he was captured ~Calling Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals ~Proposing an unfeasible wall between the USA and Mexico ~Paying Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi $25,000 to not investigate Trump University ~Saying there were Muslims cheering in New Jersey on 9/11 ~Attacking a Gold Star family ~Removing the United States from NATO ~Saying he knows more about ISIS than the generals do ~Wanting to go to war with Iran over hand gestures ~Inciting violence at his rallies ~Re-tweeting white supremacists ~Bankrupting 4 companies ~Saying Megyn Kelly had “blood coming out of her wherever” ~Cheating hardworking Americans out of legal contracts ~The fraudulent Trump University ~Proposing a deportation force similar to Nazi Germany ~Courting support and playing coy with white supremacists ~Saying women should be punished for having an abortion ~Endorsing the use of torture ~Saying a federal judge can’t do his job due to his “Mexican heritage” ~Banning certain members of the press from covering his campaign ~Praising Kim Jong-un ~Advocating stealing oil from sovereign nations ~Calling for the death penalty of the Central Park Five, five teenagers later exonerated of rape and assault ~Advocating for Russia to interfere in our election ~Advocating for Russia to interfere in our election