WaPo's Paul Waldman: No, Clinton will not be indicted; the email issue is a non-scandal

[MrWendel]

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/3/4/1495858/-WaPo-s-Paul-Waldman-No-Clinton-will-not-be-indicted-and-the-email-issue-is-a-non-scandal

By Realistiko



Calling the email issue a non-scandal, progressive writer Paul Waldman today wrote,

“ For Clinton to be charged with mishandling classified information, she would have had to knowingly passed such information to someone not authorized to have it — like David Petraeus showing classified documents to his mistress — or acted with such gross negligence that people without authorization were bound to see it. According to what we know, neither of those things happened."

He went on,

In recent weeks, I’ve had a couple of liberal friends and relatives ask me, with something approaching panic, “I just heard that Clinton is about to be indicted. Is that true?!?” The answer is no, but they heard that because it’s something conservatives say constantly. Tune to to talk radio or surf through conservative web sites, and before long you’ll hear someone say that the Clinton indictment is coming any day now. Donald Trump, with his characteristically tenuous relationship to reality, frequently says that she’s about to be indicted or that she won’t be permitted to run for president because she’ll be on trial. It hasn’t happened and it won’t happen, but that isn’t going to stop them from saying it.

The story is worth reading, although in my opinion Waldman underestimates the role Bernie Sanders supporters have played in spreading these memes.

I even think many Bernie supporters do not believe Clinton will be indicted, but pretend she will, just because they believe this might hurt her in the polls.

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. Wishful thinking to the left and right is like tossing a nickle in a wishing well.

You can get a pleasant splash, if you throw it hard enough, but it doesn't affect reality.

I see far more comments about this from Sanders Supporters than Republicans.

[Cha]

2. Oh somebodies are gonna have a sad.

Thank you, MrWendel~

[yallerdawg]

3. The problem with GD-P is how facts do not matter or inform opinion.

And then BS trends to the top of the front page, and the 'bubble' takes it for gospel.

[Cha]

6. So you're saying.. even though she won't be indicted.. she could still

be indicted on DU?

Oh yes the gospel according to gdp... ROFL

[BlueMTexpat]

4. Lots of heads exploding

after reading this.

[Cha]

8. ...

[pkdu]

5. Yes Cha - 100+ somebodies , and counting

[Cha]

9. Makes it so nice for us and Hillary because she has this whole Presidential race

she's running, eh, pkdu?

[UtahLib]

7. Another RW and desperate wishful thinkers meme shot down.

[Gothmog]

10. There will be no indictment of Hillary Clinton

[bluestateguy]

11. There has to be a grand jury for there to be an indictment

There isn't one.

And if there was one right now, the media would know about it, and report it.

[Thinkingabout]

12. She looked very presidential in the Benghazi hearing, try as they may

She soul not fall victim to their attempt to show she was wrong.

[DesertRat]

13. Time for the GOP to come up with yet another scandal

[NurseJackie]

14. Wow! I'm sure this will come as a great disappointment to many here.

I almost said "many Democrats here" ... but then realized my mistake. (Silly me!)

Go, Hillary! We love you!

[Haveadream]

15. Hillary just brushes them off!

[SharonClark]

16. K&R but we knew that all along

[Zambero]

17. Bernie had it right

This is a 100% right-wing echo chamber throw the mud & hope it sticks issue. Let's go back to discussing issues.

[fun n serious]

18. Yes, it's true nt

[NastyRiffraff]

19. I'm glad to see

that someone has laid this all out, so even the low-information people can understand it.

Of course there are those who will always be in denial; we've all seen them right here on DU. That's okay; she'll win anyway.