The Republicans who did ‘exactly what Hillary did’

[BigBearJohn]

[link:http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-republicans-who-did-exactly-what-hillary-did?cid=sm_fb_maddow|

One of the under-appreciated angles to the story about Hillary Clinton’s email problem is that Hillary Clinton isn’t the only one with an email problem. In fact, in an ironic twist, some of the former Secretary of State’s leading Republican critics have also relied on personal email accounts and shielded selected messages from public scrutiny.

Aliyah Frumin explained this week, for example, that “several potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates are facing email and transparency issues of their own” and they “also leaned heavily on private emails during their time in office – and have been criticized in the past for not releasing other documents – just as they skewer Clinton for not being forthright with her personal emails.”

The Wall Street Journal today, for example, takes a look at former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s (R) record.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a likely Republican presidential candidate, primarily used a personal email account on his own computer server when he was in office from 1999 to 2007. In December, he posted online hundreds of thousands of emails from both the private and government accounts. Mr. Bush’s spokeswoman said that emails from the private account unrelated to government business weren’t turned over to the state or preserved. […]

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R): Though he called Clinton’s use of a private email address an “outrage,” Walker is at the center of a Wisconsin controversy surrounding his use of a private email address.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-republicans-who-did-exactly-what-hillary-did?cid=sm_fb_maddow

[krawhitham]

1. Others did it, so it must be OK

I thought we were better than the GOP, guess I was wrong

Wonder if the Florida Government had a rule against using personal emails, we know the State Department did

[bigwillq]

4. Or maybe: others did it, but why is Hillary the only one

being slammed for it?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. ...

Meanwhile, Bloomberg reported that Bush did not "fully comply with state law that requires governors to turn over their records upon leaving office" during the 8 years between leaving the governor's mansion and releasing some of his emails earlier this year.


http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/03/05/new-york-times-digs-in-on-email-double-standard/202773

[pnwmom]

8. It wasn't illegal at the tie and it's not fair to hold Hillary responsible

for retroactively following the 2014 law -- and yet excuse all the Republicans in the same position.

[Thinkingabout]

2. Double standard here.

[still_one]

3. It is like what I said, if they believe that this is a catastrophic issue I want everyone in Congress

to be investigated to make sure that they are NOT using personal email for government related activities. We could tie this into a broader investigation that can last until 2016 when the next election takes place. The Congress has already decided to not get anything done, so we might as well waste the remaining time investigating them.

What is good for the goose is good for the gander

[Politicalboi]

6. Because most of them aren't running for President

None who were SOS are running for President. Hillary has baggage, and now she gave them even more. Like sniper fire another brilliant lie she decided to go with. Not too smart if you ask me.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. Bush and Walker did the same thing and Bush might have ran afoul of Florida laws./NT

[blkmusclmachine]

9. IOKIYAR

[delrem]

10. Well now, Dems don't have any grounds to complain about Rep behavior.

Do they?

[840high]

11. ....x10