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DeepModem Mom

(38,402 posts)
Sat Sep 26, 2015, 09:48 PM Sep 2015

#HillaryMen: Working Families Like Mine Don't Give a Damn About Hillary's Emails (HILLARY GROUP)

While the media and commentariat assail Hillary Clinton’s character by seizing on abstruse details of email servers and classification disputes, there are millions of Americans who don’t give a damn about her emails and who worry about paying their bills and caring for their families. Millions of those Americans love and support Hillary.

Following are three stories from among millions that illustrate how Hillary inspires her supporters....

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Perhaps the most absurd anti-Hillary talking point (and among the most common) relates to her compassion and humanity. How often do we hear that Hillary is “cold,” “robotic” and “inauthentic” and that she doesn’t inspire people?

Judging from the stories above and countless others like them, that talking point is a total farce. Sure, half a billion conservative dollars can buy a lot of negative talking points, but no candidate could lead twenty others in a presidential race without inspiring people.

Let the media and commentariat hammer away at the email story. As Josh Marshall writes:

"It's worth stopping now and then and taking a look at just how nonsensical most of the coverage of the story is at this point. Beside the point that the relevant Inspector General has said that none of the stuff the DC press corps has been hyperventilating about can, by definition, have violated any law, you also have stories like this new one today from Bloomberg.

The Bloomberg story, like so many others in the genre, presents an incremental so-called development as deeply portentous, with grave warnings that others may decide this represents more bad news for Hillary.

When reporters produce numerous stories all of which suggest wrongdoing or dishonesty, people's impression of you will suffer. And there's no question it has. But every once in a while, it's worth returning to planet Earth and dissecting what these stories actually contain. In this case, good lord. Not much."

Buried in yet another New York Times story about Hillary’s emails today is this:

"There is no evidence that any of the emails — a small portion of some 60,000 that Mrs. Clinton sent or received as secretary of state — were hacked or caused any harm to American interests, and law enforcement officials have said she is not a target of their investigation."

It's long past time for the email-obsessed media (click this link if you think "obsessed" is an exageration) to refocus on what really matters in this election.

http://www.hillarymen.com/latest/working-families-dont-give-a-damn-about-hillary-clintons-emails via #HillaryMen (Peter Daou and Tom Watson)

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#HillaryMen: Working Families Like Mine Don't Give a Damn About Hillary's Emails (HILLARY GROUP) (Original Post) DeepModem Mom Sep 2015 OP
It's a distraction many of us can ill afford, boggles the mind that anyone thinks it worthy AuntPatsy Sep 2015 #1
It must be terrible a RW scandal is the only reason to arise in opposition of a candidate is dipping Thinkingabout Sep 2015 #2
I know I don't give a damn about them, either! Kath1 Sep 2015 #3
K & R SunSeeker Sep 2015 #4
K&R! stonecutter357 Sep 2015 #5

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
2. It must be terrible a RW scandal is the only reason to arise in opposition of a candidate is dipping
Sat Sep 26, 2015, 10:02 PM
Sep 2015

Low. The GOP platform is lacking in reasons for getting votes. The other side of the coin, using RW talking point which have been debunked many times does not provide a foundation for other candidates, talking points can be passed back and forth, no building blocks there.

Kath1

(4,309 posts)
3. I know I don't give a damn about them, either!
Sat Sep 26, 2015, 10:07 PM
Sep 2015

What a waste of time. They will dredge up anything to try to destroy this woman. They've been at it for years. If it hasn't brought her down yet, I don't think it will now.

E-mails.....? Give me a F***ing break Don't we have more important issues?

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