Not again! Clinton pulls plug on testy presser over server questions

[ram2008]

The drip drop just won't stop. Hillary appeared flustered and put an end to her press conference as she was continually asked questions about her private e-mail server and whether or not it had been wiped. Hillary of course claimed no knowledge and wondered if it had been "wiped with a cloth or something?".

...A visibly aggravated Clinton repeatedly insisted that she had done nothing wrong, and seemed frustrated at questions about the issue.

"What I did was legally permitted, number one, first and foremost," she said Tuesday.

"We turned everything that was work related, every single thing. “

Asked if the server, which has been turned over to the Department of Justice, had been wiped clean, Clinton initially shurgged and later joked: "Like with a cloth or something?”

"I don't know how it works digitally at all," she added.

...Aides could be heard in the background telling reporters that Clinton had to go, but she remained to answer questions for a few more minutes before leaving. As she walked away, she turned back to reporters who continued to ask questions with a shrug.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/251413-clinton-pulls-plug-on-testy-presser-over-server-questions

It's going to be a loooong primary season.

[virtualobserver]

1. aides are always telling her she has to go......are they right?

[hrmjustin]

2. She looked fine to me.

[virtualobserver]

5. "legally permitted"

I'll admit that "legally permitted" is better than "I am not a crook" but I still wouldn't use that phrase.

[hrmjustin]

6. I would have. Lets people know it was not illegal.

I know some are trying so hard to turn this into watergate but that won't work.

[virtualobserver]

10. legally permitted means that you are ALLOWED to do it.

it sounds like a technicality.

It isn't Watergate.....she just isn't handling this well.

It reminds me of the non-scandals in her husband's administration......they drug on and on.

[hrmjustin]

12. They drag on because the media is obsessed with bringing her down.

[virtualobserver]

16. half that, but half her response as well.

[hrmjustin]

18. I think she should do these pressers all the time. She handles them just fine.

[virtualobserver]

22. I think that she should use less formal language....

I think that she should pound home that this is a fishing expedition,

[Babel_17]

47. Might have been better to say "lawful"

"What I did was lawful, number one, first and foremost," That's assertive.

[lumpy]

49. Hard to understand how she can tolerate this harassment. Political life is a bitch.

[HereSince1628]

21. Just like every hole in a fence can be legally exploited, but is that pragmatic?

[cherokeeprogressive]

48. Kind of reminds me of Al Gore's "no controlling legal authority" obfuscation.

Birds of a feather and all that...

[randys1]

3. Cant WAIT to see what the Supreme Court will look like when President Walker

gets to make a couple appointments.

I will be viewing from the grave or Costa Rica, at that point.

Off topic you say?

Couldnt me more on topic.

[sabrina 1]

7. Walker was protested in Iowa last weekend and is sinking in the polls, meantime we do not have

to worry about ANY of the current gang of Corporate Bought Republicans because Bernie Sanders can and IS beating all of them, and half the country doesn't even know who he is yet.

[Metric System]

4. Ed Henry of FAUX News sounds aggravated.

[sufrommich]

8. .....

[KMOD]

17. That's great!

[OKNancy]

9. I see someone else mentioned above that this is Ed Henry of Fox

I would hope all Democrats would be "testy".

[seabeyond]

11. i did not see testy and i saw her answer. your title is bogus, ....

[ram2008]

13. I copied the title exactly from the article on The Hill

So send your complaints to them!

[seabeyond]

19. thank you for the reply letting me know. that matters. generally i check, but sounded

like it was really unprofessional and made an assumption. my bad.

thanks

the title sucks

[ram2008]

20. No problem n/t

[riversedge]

42. The Hill has not been

to 'into' Hillary IMHO

[seabeyond]

43. ahhh. thanks. i just do not know about the sides our media takes. i do not pay attention. thanks. nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. Ed Henry says hi

eom

[napi21]

15. I watched the clip in MSNBC, and she did fine IMO.

The same reporter kept asking the same question. When she tried to explain that if she had ONLY used the Gov't email system the State Dept. & the Justice Dept. would STILL go over each email and argue if they should have been classified or not and which ones to release to the public. Those arguments go on all the time. There would be no difference in how they respond to the FOI requests. (That's correct BYW) That reporter wouldn't accept her answer. I don't blame her for wrapping up the presser. Some "journalists" ask questions and if they don't hear what they want to hear, they won't let it go. I know Hill has been evasive in the past and that's not good, but she wasn't wrong this time.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

23. I thought she slapped Ed Henry around, rhetorically of course.

eom

[seabeyond]

28. me too. especially wipe it down? and no, i do not know. lol. was right there with the woman. nt

[SonderWoman]

24. Be serious. You're really concerned about emails?

[ram2008]

25. I'm more concerned with her character

Mainly her Judgement and her affinity for fudging the truth.

I'm also starting to get concerned about her ability to win an election... everytime she does an interview she comes across as phony, aggressive and obfuscates the issues at hand. I have no doubt in her ability to govern, but I'm starting to think she's just an awful politician and has a lot of difficulty connecting with people on a personal level.

People like to compare this campaign to 08, but I think she's doing far, far worse this time around. I'm not sure if its because she's been out of the game for so long or if the e-mail stuff has started to take a toll.

[SonderWoman]

30. That's your opinion.

Here's a different one: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/opinion/sunday/ross-douthat-hillarys-got-this.html?smid=fb-nytopinion&smtyp=cur&_r=2&referrer=

[ram2008]

35. The talking heads are out of touch

Look at the highest rated comments on that article and you'll see a different story.

[seabeyond]

32. Sanders: Some criticism of Hillary Clinton is motivated by sexism

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said on Sunday that some of the criticism directed at his Democratic primary rival Hillary Clinton is motivated by sexism.

“I can’t think of many personalities who have been attacked for more reasons than Hillary Clinton,” Sanders told John Dickerson on “Face the Nation.”

“And by the way, let me be frank – and I’m running against her – some of it is sexist. I don’t know that a man would be treated the same way that Hillary is,” Sanders added.

Sanders remarks came in response to a question about whether Clinton’s use of a private server while secretary of state has hurt her trustworthiness in the eyes of some Americans. Sanders refused to comment on the scandal or Clinton’s honesty, and went on to emphasize that his concerns with her as the Democratic nominee are about her policies, not personality.

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/sanders-some-criticism-hillary-clinton-motivated-sexism?cid=sm_fb_msnbc

so women deal. sure as hell not gonna be a level playing field. so suck it up and deal. the only other option? not run. get penalized by the sexist crap, causing the run to not only be tougher, but get the blame for being troublesome that sexism is thrown your way.

i see no reason at all, we should penalize clinton for our societal sexism.

[ram2008]

34. It has nothing to do with sexism, it has to do with Hillary

Other females do not seem to have the same problem as Hillary. See: Warren, Gillibrand, etc.

[seabeyond]

36. in your opinion. others disagree. nt

[seabeyond]

38. that was a ridiculously stupid healing and untrue.

[riversedge]

37. try listening and watching her interactions at town halls. She does just fine.

[riversedge]

41. Why are you-with a Bernie avatar concerned about Hillary winning an election?

Gave me chuckle. Thanks.


"I'm also starting to get concerned about her ability to win an election.."

[ram2008]

44. Because theres still a significant chance she's going to be the nominee?

Pretty obvious

[riversedge]

45. ok. glad to see your honesty.

Take care.

[Motown_Johnny]

26. I don't think she was even making sense.

If she had one personal server for personal email and then a government server for work email, how could we still be going through the same thing?

She would not have deleted half the emails from the government server because they were personal.

That really is the problem. People don't believe that everything she deleted was personal and we have no way to verify that it was.

I honestly don't understand her argument.

[RBInMaine]

31. This is corporate media bullshit and Americans won't care about this email nonsense.

[RufusTFirefly]

40. Thanks RBInMaine, America's official spokesperson. n/t

[Motown_Johnny]

46. It hurts her trustworthy numbers

and they are already upside down.

The more people don't trust her the harder it is for her to defend herself from the endless RW attacks.

It matters.

Even if it is proven that she did nothing wrong (which may be impossible given that the server was wiped) her credibility will suffer because of it.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

27. I guess they better put her back into hiding.

The press just aren't throwing enough softballs.

[RBInMaine]

33. She has answered and re-answered this silly shit. GOOD that she moved on. It's BS.

[riversedge]

39. She has been at lots of town halls. nobody put her into hiding.

[Jo Neez]

29. .

[delrem]

50. "Like with a cloth or something?”

"I opted for convenience to use my personal email account, which was allowed by the State Department, because I thought it would be easier to carry just one device for my work and for my personal emails instead of two"

My lord, some people want to put this person forward as leader of the Democratic Party going into the '16 election? Really?

[TheBlackAdder]

52. I lean Sanders but will support the Democrat nominee... Don't act like she's handling the IT side.

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She is not IT literate, as with most people in their 60's--unless they work with IT frequently.

I've seen guys at IBM's Pougkeepsee Labs who are so out there, they have multiple sets of the same clothes, because they don't want to think about dressing. They specialize in their field and rely on others for daily support. Now, these guys are an extreme example, but no one is a SoS and personally runs their own servers.


This service was farmed out to a service provider. Using terms such as 'wipe' and 'sanitize' have little meaning to most people who were born before the 1960's.


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Anyone who thinks she requires IT skills, or thinks she is actually handling the server, is either dense or just looking for an excuse to complain about her. Even the best IT people need help with SSL, firewalls, DR, UPS, etc.. Hence, she does what she does and contracts the IT demands to specialized service providers. No matter what a person knows about IT, it is not enough.


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[handmade34]

53. I thought she did just fine...

the media is making a circus of this