DOJ: No, We Weren't Asked To Launch A Criminal Probe Into Clinton's Emails

Hillary's Team Piles On The New York Times For Its Mistaken Email Story

Howard Dean ✔@GovHowardDean The New York Times truly has become an embarrassment to American Journalism. Second anti HRC story in three months THEY GOT WRONG!

Who the bigger liar, Hillary or the DOJ?

You, r2.

Or it could be Rove and the Republicans, OP.

This story has gotten me extremely angry. Journalism 101: you do not print a story as damaging and as salacious without full proof evidence of wrongdoing. Michael Schmidt and the other douche wanted the full effect felt and it blew up in their face. Rumors suggest they were fed by Trey Gowdy. How could they run with this story?

She's been accused of everything imaginable and it's piling on to one person constantly. How would any of you feel if you were constantly attacked. No one who has been attacked so frequently would be able to stand for as long as HRC has. Heads need to be rolled at NYT.

It's Trey Gowdy, r4. He's the "high government official."

Someone is working overtime planting stories. What's going to eventually happen is the public is going to be so used to the stories being proven bogus that if a real scandal comes along, they're not going to believe it.

Perhaps, R7, but I wouldn't count on it.

OP, I get that you don't want Bernie Sanders to be president. But this kind of thing isn't his style at all.

Since Obama hates Hillary, he should support a DOJ investigation

The thing is once it's out there, it's too late. The damage is done. No matter how many corrections or disclaimer, the story is out and there will be people who read it and believe it.

NYT ombudsman will issue an official response on Monday.

[quote]OP, I get that you don't want Bernie Sanders to be president. But this kind of thing isn't his style at all.

I doubt it would come directly from Bernie's camp, but by one of his extremist supporters. They truly are deranged.

[quote]The thing is once it's out there, it's too late. The damage is done.

Nah. Not in this case. The public quickly got the followup and it made headlines that the newspaper was in serious trouble for printing an outright lie, not to mention it being the THIRD time it did so.

Too many stories about Hillary have all eventually blown up.

The public is so used to bull shit against Hillary that we ignore it. Heck, when I first heard the story was out, I didn't even read it.

It just shows her challengers really have nothing on her.

Why does the Times hate Hillary so much? They publish hit pieces on her all the time.

[quote]The thing is once it's out there, it's too late. The damage is done. No matter how many corrections or disclaimer, the story is out and there will be people who read it and believe it.

Yup. That's the point of doing it.

r12 Bernie Sanders supporters are GOP-lite when it comes to attacking HRC, but not them. Schmidt and Apuzzo got their tip from a "high government official." Everyone is pointing finger at Trey Gowdy as the nefarious sour.

The Bernie Sanders nuts are the new PUMAs.

Bernie Babies.

r18 people are saying that many Bernie online supporters are actually GOP supporters who want to prop him up so he can beat HRC. I believe it. Some of the comments I have encountered sounds very Rovian. They are using the same GOP attacks against HRC.

R15, why shouldn't NYT dislike Hillary? She had no SOS accomplishments, despite the double-talk response she gave.

r21 is an example of the types of Rovian/GOP talking points I have encountered many times from Bernie "supporters."

It doesn't matter what make his supporters are. Bernie doesn't stand a chance.

Who is Trey Gowdy?

Who is more corrupt-

Hilary, Jeb, the DOJ, the RNC, the DNC or the NYTimes?

Answer? All of them, since all of them are fascist shills for the "status quo"!

We had a shot with Ron Paul, but now we have to contend with Donald the Oleaginous.

When someone as heinous as Donald Trump is even considered by a large minority as a serious contender for Prez, you have to accept that the federal government itself has reached a terminal state.

Secession by liberal states is the only solution.

People, it's not Bernie or his supporters. It's right-wing trolls. Unfortunately, there's no more trolldar. But four and eight years ago they were shown to be here and are back.

Trey Gowdy is the man leading the witch hunt on the Benghazi hearing. He replaced Darryl Issa when Issa got kicked off the committee. HRC has been wanting to testify but the committee keep delaying and delaying. Just today, they said there won't be a scheduled hearing on Oct. 22nd. It's not about Benghazi. It never has been. It's about destroying HRC and her chances.

Let me just add the Benghazi hearing has morphed into the email hearing, which is why everyone suspects it's Gowdy.

R18

No, Sanders supporters are full on socialists. They understand the Democratic Party platform better than HRC.

The current Democratic Party is fascist- they want big corporations and banks to be under the control of government.

I hope Bernie wins.

[quote]it's not Bernie or his supporters.

Go to some prominent democratic websites. There are most definitely Bernie supporters who are doing their best to divide the party and trash talking Clinton every chance they get.

r30 I know because I go to progressive sites and they're all supporting Bernie and attacking HRC. But in this case, it's not them. It's a high gov't official.

Maureen Dowd

[quote]They understand the Democratic Party platform better than HRC.

Oh please. They have no concept of the political process. They're only supporting him because they hate Hillary. And after Warren admitted for the fiftieth time that she wasn't running.

[quote]I hope Bernie wins.

You better hope he doesn't hinder the democratic vote and allow a Republican victory.

Another Nader in the making.

[quote] The current Democratic Party is fascist- they want big corporations and banks to be under the control of government.

Exhibit A in the ongoing series "How Do We Know that Libertarians Were Dropped On Their Heads as Children."

The Bernie lunatics have warned us loud and clear that if Bernie isn't the nominee they aren't voting. Wow, great, let the other guy get in, the one who shares none of your values.

After the Black Lives Matter fiasco, they went on such a racist tangent it was unbelievable. They will do anything to protect this man.

The GOP is salivating for a Bernie Sanders win just as much as the Democrats are salivating for a Trump or Jindal win. The far, far left is going to kill the party by electing a Socialist. Nevermind that Sanders has always called himself a Socialist -- not a Democrat. I don't understand why he's running in our Primary. I would O'Malley and Webb over Sanders any day of the week.

r35 they were pretty nasty on Twitter, too. Basically telling black people they should be voting for Bernie because "he marched with MLK 50 years ago." This started the hashtag #Berniesoblack. Funny stuff that day.

How has Sanders not registered as a Democrat yet??! Has this ever happened before, a guy from another party running for the nomination of a party he's not a member of without changing affiliations? Jim Webb switched in order to run a few years ago, which is why his rhetoric is all Right-wing.

I think Obama's win really had an affect on these people -- they think that if he can get elected, Bernie can. Bernie is not Barack Obama, nor are we getting over a Bush White House and a Palin opponent. Obama is a good looking politician, who's black and represented a dramatic shift from the Bush years. He's still a Democrat. He's not a Socialist, nor is he an Atheist, or Jewish, and certainly isn't going to be five years away from 80 years old. Bernie's also from friggin' Vermont. Socialism = Nazism to Americans, and what's worst, the thing that the majority of Americans are NOT ready for, when polled, is an Atheist president. Put and Atheist with the word Socialist together and you've got the Soviet Union in the eyes of America. Those godless commies. We only added "In God We Trust" and "one nation under god," a little more than a half century ago to not be godless like the Soviets.

Bernie doesn't have the minority vote, and he certainly won't get the vote of anyone who was born around the time of the Red Scare. So he's going to get the vote of white far-Left liberals and some college students and that's going to win an election?!

His supporters don't understand that the president is not a King or Queen. They need to go through Congress, and Congress is currently held by Republicans. Bernie is throwing pipe dreams out there and they're eating it up like crazy.

Jim Webb is not rightwing. He's just part of a dying breed of Southern Democrats. Strong on defense and conservative on social issues, but very liberal on economic issues that effect the poor.

Sanders is full on Socialist and too much of a coward to run as an Independent so he's latched himself to the Democratic Party Primary. Through out his career he's been very adamant that he's not a Democrat. Okay. So why are you running in our Primary?

[quote]Jim Webb is not rightwing. He's just part of a dying breed of Southern Democrats. Strong on defense and conservative on social issues, but very liberal on economic issues that effect the poor.

Jim was a registered Republican right before he ran.

r40 no he wasn't. He's always been a Democrat. You're thinking of Lincoln Chafee.

Trump vs Sanders!

Then we can officially declare the USA dead, and decentralize all government back to the states.

Sanders is presently polling at 6%.

Webb at 3%.

It's Hillary's to lose.

And this email bullshit has Karl Rove's filthy fingerprints all over it.

The GOP knows they can no longer win an election fair and square, so changing the rules and ratfucking is all they have.

R43

Your blind spot when it comes to Hilary and government power makes me sad.

Your willful ignorance makes me sad, R44.

r44 if you don't care for central government, then please just go off the grid and see how you will be able to survive. So much anger and talk from these anti-gov't loon and yet many of them would gladly accept handout when given to you. How about you on principle not accept Social Security payment or unemployment payment when you're fired (assuming you even have a job).

Just go away.

R45

Willful ignorance?

About what- the decades of government bombing of innocent brown people in the Middle East and North Africa, or the domestic and foreign spying, or persecution of whistleblowers, or the racial profiling, or the murder of young black men and women by government thugs with badges?

Fuck you, twat.

Come at me, bitch. Justify your racist government loving shit.

R46

In my class in "logical thinking" your shit would earn an "F".

A libertarian society requires high level cooperation. Your socialist society punishes cooperation unless it is done within the government framework.

Damn, you be dumb!!!

R46

Response?

[quote]Since Obama hates Hillary, he should support a DOJ investigation.

I do not believe President Obama hates Hillary Clinton at all. Why do you say shit like this?

Oh, and Trey Gowdy has a fetus-face.

[quote]Why does the Times hate Hillary so much? They publish hit pieces on her all the time.

Because they REALLY REALLY wanted to "have a beer" with George W. Bush, and it didn't work out!

Are you serious, R51?

HRC is a loathsome beast who thinks she knows how to control YOUR life.

She is just like Jeb, or Cruz, etc.

She's still a cunt.

right r53, because on DL, every woman is a cunt. Too bad that "cunt" has accomplished more than your loser ass.

It's true, Obama does hate Hillary with a passion, but that doesn't mean he is behind the attempt to sabotage her campaign. It;s another Dem, but not Bernie. I will reveal Monday morning.

It's not by Obama, nor by Bernie, but by one of Bernie's supporters. It stinks to high heaven of them if you've ever encountered the crap that falls from their mouths about her or anything else for that matter.

[quote]HRC is a loathsome beast who thinks she knows how to control YOUR life.

When are Republicans going to learn that this is a GAY web site.

[quote] [R40] no he wasn't. He's always been a Democrat. You're thinking of Lincoln Chafee.

Yeah, you're right.

[quote]But four and eight years ago they were shown to be here and are back.

Why would right-wing trolls want to come to DL?

Why try to influence a website like this?

Fuck off r12. It's either Bernie or we stay home on election day. I would rather any of the Republicans win than ever see Clinton near the White House again. So you better reexamine your loyalties to Clinton and start supporting Bernie.

Yes, it's a GAY web site, R57, not a Democratic party web site, nor a we-love-Hillary web site.

Meanwhile, Hillary is the first (and so far only) democratic candidate to voice her support of Planned Parenthood during their recent scandal.

I love Hillary.

Wasn't going to send her money but will now after having read this thread.

Anti HRC posts just inspire me to send her more money. She's raised more money from individuals than anyone else. A lot of people are like me and love her.

[quote] No matter how many corrections or disclaimer, the story is out and there will be people who read it and believe it.

The only ones who read it and believe it will be the right-wing shitstains who wouldn't vote for her anyway.

I say again, y'all aren't going to be happy until we have another Bush White House and Rick Santorum on the Supreme Court.

You mean a lot of people are fools who like to give their money to crooks, r63.

There. Fixed it for you. Fucking tool.

R57

Republican? No.

Both parties are corrupt and controlled by large banks, corporations and The Elite.

Your fealty to Obama, or HRC, or Sanders, etc. (or republican fealty to Bush, Cruz, etc.) is pathetic.

[quote]Anti HRC posts just inspire me to send her more money. She's raised more money from individuals than anyone else. A lot of people are like me and love her.

Money, money, money, Mrs. Clinton is too eager to serve the interests of money, money, money.

That's why we prefer the Socialist.

66 hates women. That is all.

The socialist know nothing about black lives matter and is pro NRA. Fuck him and all the other white straight men.

r63 I donated money to her campaign website because of the NYT debacle. The Times has become advocates and not merely impartial observers. They knew exactly what they were doing with that headline. Once it's printed, it's out there. They had to include "criminal" in the lede. It's atrocious. I would feel the same way if the headline was about a GOP candidate. Right is right.

r68 welcome to the world of Citizen's United. It's not her fault the Supreme Court made the ruling. She has pledged to nominate Justices who will strike it down. You need money to run a campaign. That is a reality. It was drummed up by her campaign.

The NY Times reporters should be fired.

r60 demonstrates how the tidal wave elections on 2010, and 2014were accomplished easily by the GOP. We can also thank them for 9-11, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the economic collapse and 8 years of GWB, and his Supreme Court ruination. You see, they didn't get their way, so they stayed home, or voted for Nader!

The Republicans really don't need a strategy or platform, because the Dems don't really understand the concepts of winning or government anyway!

Bernie sAnders supporters are like Ron Paul supporters. They burn up the internet but no one else cares

We have breaking news every hour about this!

We don't talk about it at all!

[quote]Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

Thats funny the DNC was caught with their hands in the cookie jar putting fake stories out about Bernie and Judaism, chair throwing in mid west...ect.. then there was the CNN debate questions, colluding with Haberman at NYT. It all resulted in DWS resigning. Supporting ppl like HRC is exactly how we got stuck with Trump.