Bill Clinton blames GOP, media for Hillary's email woes

[Hawaii Hiker]

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/09/26/bill-clinton-blames-g-o-p-news-media-for-wifes-email-woes/?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

[zappaman]

1. Duh.

It's a non issue.
But that won't stop some DUers from bringing that crap here.

[TwilightGardener]

5. FBI investigation = "crap"?

Because that's actually, you know, HAPPENING, and isn't related to politics.

[riversedge]

10. The entire issue is RW crap. Bill is right.

[Hawaii Hiker]

12. Agree

Jeb used a private email server when he was governor of Florida, but its barely covered in any media outlet.

[magical thyme]

20. yeah, because state governors are involved with sensitive international relationships, have access

to sensitive matters pertaining to national security, are involved in sensitive discussions with world leaders, are in one of the most powerful positions in the world, and are prime targets for hacking by international adversaries. Or not. Whatevs.

[TwilightGardener]

13. Then why was there an IG investigation that led to a law enforcement investigation?

Is that a RW conspiracy?

[Duckhunter935]

2. Yes we know it not her fault at all

[MissDeeds]

6. It never is... n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. Tsk. Tsk.

[leftofcool]

4. Yea, Bill, we know who is to blame. But it won't stop.

[artislife]

7. Bill ain't no Jimmy Carter

Now that is an ex President to look up to.

[Fawke Em]

8. So the GOP and the media forced her at gunpoint to use an unsecured private server?

Yeah, right.

[Fumesucker]

9. No one could have predicted the vast right wing conspiracy would make anything Clinton an issue

Hell, no one could have predicted Hillary Clinton would be running for President in 2015.

[Dems to Win]

14. Is this a racist dog whistle?

Mr. Clinton likened the current inquiries into Mrs. Clinton’s emails to scandals as far back as the Whitewater land deal that plagued his 1992 campaign and the early years of his administration.

“This is just something that has been a regular feature of all of our presidential campaigns, except in 2008 for unique reasons,” Mr. Clinton said, without elaborating on why he believed President Obama did not face similar Republican-led efforts to derail his candidacy.

“It always happens,” he added. “We’re seeing history repeat itself.”

Obama got a pass in 2008???

Bill doesn't remember Rev. Wight, Ayers, Muslim, Kenyan, birther smears?

Shaking my head. I'm not a Hillary supporter, but I want her to do her best just in case she's the nominee. Big Dog needs a muzzle.

[TwilightGardener]

15. That is a strange thing to say, considering all Obama's been through.

[jfern]

16. The Clinton campaign doesn't think that smears they started are smears

[Fred Sanders]

17. Because of a strange interpretation of a clipped quote, the twice elected Democratic President

must be silent about smears and propaganda on his spouse? All righty then......

You will have to do better than that because this is still a left wing site last I checked.

And the NYT word used, "blame", gratuitously inserted without consent into President Clinton's mouth, is all you need to know about the NYT's agenda regarding both the Clinton's.

Pointed out is what President Clinton the First did.

Clinton pointed out the propaganda campaign of the GOP the mass media...if they can do the PP smear, they can do other smears as well with the same childish outrage and repetitiveness and the same complete lack of evidence.

I blame the media and the GOP for a lot of things, don't all progressives, or have some forgotten already?

But the thing is when you point out to the media that they, the media, are asshats, who in media will report on that?

[KoKo]

22. He doesn't do well as a Hillary Supporter in this Video....

The full interview is supposed to be on tomorrow on the Sunday News Shows...but, Bill doesn't respond well in this interview.

[AtomicKitten]

18. Whatever you say, Bill.

I'm of the opinion and Pres Obama has illustrated that just holding the Clintons' coats for them and watching the fail unfold is a good strategy.

[frylock]

19. Is Bill getting out in front of some big disclosure coming out next week?

[oasis]

23. Big or small, any disclosure at all is grist for the mill

for a few happy zealots here at DU.

[hollowdweller]

21. Clinton is right

Lots of other people have used private email and we don't really even know if sensitive info was discovered because the emails were never recovered.

However, it was a huge mistake for Hillary to use a private server for her gov't stuff knowing what we know about how they were going to come at her.

Republicans have congress, they really have a great media apparatus to keep the innuendos coming. I just don't see how she thought it was a good idea.

Now that they can recover stuff off the server even all her personal emails that are none of anybody's business will start being leaked out, any of them that can make her look bad.

Like whitewater they have already expanded the scope of the investigation. It will turn up nothing criminal I figure but the press will continue to ask her questions about this rather than the issues.

It's really sad.

[99Forever]

24. Okay Billy. So you are saying that...

... Hillary got advice from the GOP and "the media" about the proper way to handle her Federal Office's email communications and went with it?

Ouch! Wow dude, she really isn't too bright. Don't think I'd have gone that route.