Where are OUR Woodwards and Bernsteins?

So, Bob Woodward finds Hillary’s email predicament reminiscent of Watergate.

“So, you've got a massive amount of data in a way, reminds me of the Nixon tapes: Thousands of hours of secretly recorded conversations that Nixon thought were exclusively his.”

Oh sure: missing tapes, missing emails; I see his point.

Watergate, you may recall, began with a break-in at the DNC to steal information that might be useful for embarrassing their candidates. The real scandal involved a cover-up orchestrated by all the President’s men - unfortunately captured on tape. Nixon declared the tapes to be his personal property and refused to turn them over. Until he was forced to; and by then 18 minutes of the tape had mysteriously disappeared. By comparison, Hillary turned over 30,000 emails that she determined to be work-related and simply deleted the 30,000 she deemed to be “personal” and nobody else’s beeswax. And furthermore, she told us “there is no classified material” contained in any of those emails sent and received on her unsecured server:

(h/t: Gateway Pundit)

As with any Clinton statement however, it undoubtedly depends on the what the meaning of “is” is. Let the record reflect that with only 20% of the 30,000 emails that she DID turn over heviewed, State has currently unearthed 305 that contain classified information, some Top Secret.

Nevertheless, there’s a big difference between Watergate and Hillary’s non-scandal. Watergate was about the illegal collection of embarrassing data from the opposing party; today that’s called  “opposition research” and conducted legally by high priced consultants. Hillarygate is about the illegal sharing of top secret documents divulging State secrets, all because Hilz “didn’t want to carry 2 phones.”

“I am not a crook”

So my question: if Hillary’s emails sound an alarm at least as urgent as that of the Watergate tapes, where are OUR Woodwards and Bernsteins?

Still in their pajamas I guess.

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Pork Chop Hill

Be sure to catch the latest blockbuster: Pork Chop Hill – now playing at a State Fair near you!

Hilz had another of her derivative Veni, Vidi, Vici moments at the Iowa State Fair this weekend. While biting into her pork-chop-on-a-stick she again denied any inappropriate behavior on her part regarding her wiped-clean email hard drive, blaming the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy for this witch hunt.

All I can say is ask Major Jason Brezler if it’s okay to send classified material – knowingly or unknowingly – over an unauthorized and unsecured communications channel. If your name isn’t “Clinton” you’ll be put through the meat grinder.

“Welcome to the meat grinder.”

“What do I care about this stinkin' hill?” – Franklin, Pork Chop Hill

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Our Next First Lady or Laddy: Choose Wisely Weedhopper

In her recent column S.E. Cupp asks Who Are Trump’s Supporters? She seems to think that the conservative base is “too principled” – and she means that in a pejorative way – to chose the chameleon Trump:

The idea that in 2016 these voters would simply turn off their hardwired orthodoxy and support a guy who has voted for Democrats, said "the economy does better under the Democrats," refused to pledge to support the Republican nominee if it's not him, openly defended Planned Parenthood, approved of exceptions to abortion bans, supported a single-payer healthcare system, backed an assault weapons ban and advocated a one-time 14.25 percent mega-tax on the wealthy to erase the national debt is, to put it in Trumpian language, really, really stupid.

Instead, she thinks his supporters are the disaffected moderates:

So who is the Trump supporter, if not the conservative base? I'd argue it's mostly disaffected moderates who no longer strictly identify with either party. They think the political system is rigged. They think politicians are corrupt. They want a total collapse of the ruling political class.

This of course is true as far as it goes, butt ignores the fact that many in the “principled base” have grown equally disaffected and no longer identify with their party either. So this election may not be politics as usual.

So let’s imagine it comes down to this: Hilz and the Trumpster. Now who do you pick? May I suggest you choose whoever would bring the best First Lady or Laddy to the table? And be certain to keep our current standard bearer in mind as you make your selection - the ever fashion forward Lady M:

So here are your most likely final options;

• If Hilz wins the Dem primary, you get the selfie-taking, man-spreading,  emaciated old horndog:

        

• And if The Donald takes it, you get the lovely Melania Trump.

h/t Blonde Gator

So choose wisely, weedhopper. I know who gets my vote. Although, frankly, they’re both gold diggers so as they say “what difference at this point does it make?”

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Is That Mud I Smell?

“I just provided my server to the Justice Department…but here’s what I won’t do. I won’t get down in the mud with them.”

Is it possible that the smartest woman in the world was completely baffled by her own email server? Did she just push the “wipe the hard drive clean” button by mistake? Apparently so.

Whoops!

Nevertheless, she stands defiant. Speaking at a rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, with the slight whiff of  cow dung drifting through the air, she joked (“I love my new Snapchat account.Those messages just disappear all by themselves.”), wagged her finger at the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy [VRWC]  (“I won’t pretend that this is anything other than what it is, the same old politics that we’ve seen before.”), and accused the Justice Department and the FBI of playing politics (“I just provided my server to the Justice Department…but here’s what I won’t do. I won’t get down in the mud with them.”). All to great fanfare.

And since there is “not a smidgen of scandal” here you can expect Hilz to continue the pursuit of her life-long dream of making the world bend to her will.

Because she doesn’t have time to get down in the mud with all you little VRWC gnats.

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Elusive Alchemy

As the country remains immersed in The Donald, email servers wiped clean, and Iowa corndogs we take a small break to check in on how the Won’s vacation on the Vineyard is going:

Last night we enjoyed dinner at popular downtown restaurant Alchemy* – which may be considered by some to be an ironic statement on the Obama presidency.

[*alchemy - a seemingly magical process of transformation, creation, or combination. It was concerned particularly with attempts to convert base metals into gold.]

It was a quiet dinner with some of the folks (Eric Holder and his wife, National Security Advisor Susan Rice and her husband, and former U.S. trade representative Ron Kirk and his wife) at Alchemy, where they perform magic such as the transformation of the lowly zucchini into exotic flash fried zucchini matchsticks for $18.

Lady M and the Wee Wons enjoyed lunch the day before at the Atlantic Steak and Chop House:

Where you can enjoy a small Seafood Bouquet for $58 or a large (better value) for just $96.

And a bone-in ribeye for just $51.

While daddy played a little golf. Here he is playing a round under the admiring gaze of “Uncle” Cy Walker -   Valerie Jarrett’s kissin’ cousin.

And here he is with NBA basketball player Ray Allen, who is seemingly expressing the sentiment of millions of Americans. Either that or he’s stifling a sneeze.

Yo, man, you stink!”

Let the record reflect that the alchemists’ dream has yet to be realized: to date nobody has been able to transform base metal into gold. And as far as I know, you can’t break gold down either. So we’ve chemistry going for us.

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They Shoot Horses Don’t They?

Storyline:

Gloria is a young woman of the Depression. She has aged beyond her years and feels her life is hopeless, having been cheated and betrayed many times in her past. While recovering from a suicide attempt, she gets the idea from a movie magazine to head for Hollywood to make it as an actress. Robert is a desperate Hollywood citizen trying to become a director, never doubting that he'll make it. Robert and Gloria meet and decide to enter a dance marathon, one of the crazes of the thirties. The grueling dancing takes its toll on Gloria's already weakened spirit, and she tells Robert that she'd be better off dead, that her life is hopeless - all the while acting cruelly and bitterly, alienating those around her, trying to convince him to shoot her and put her out of her misery. After all, they shoot horses, don't they? –IMDb

Jean Carré said the Chinese and the Russians are reading his emails:

Secretary of State John Kerry says he writes emails "with the awareness" that Russian and Chinese hackers are likely reading them, he revealed in an interview with CBS News on Tuesday.

"It's very possible ... and I certainly write things with that awareness," Kerry added. [ed. remember the good old days when WE were the ones doing the spying?]

Chinese cyberspies have reportedly been reading the private emails of Obama-administration officials and "top national security and trade officials" since 2010.

No wonder; his predecessor made it rather easy for foreign hackers to get at them:

The report comes amid the ongoing issue of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server for work-related correspondences while she served as Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013.

It’s been, to quote the MSM, “a tough summer for former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.” Indeed, first the leak that Hilz’ emails contained “top secret” documents and now, that somebody in Hilz’ camp may have used the cyber version of White Out (is that a micro-aggression?) on those emails. Are there no depths that the  Republican War On Women will not plunge in order to make this fine woman look bad?

Little help needed in that regard (h/t UpNorthLurkin)

Still, facts is facts:

Improper handling of such info violates federal law. A violation occurs when anyone entrusted with the information, “through gross negligence permits the same to be removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of his trust, or to be lost, stolen, abstracted or destroyed.”

The feds have prosecuted two CIA chiefs for putting classified info on their home computers. Why not a secretary of state? – NY Post

Butt I warn you, the American election cycle is a marathon, not a sprint:

There may still be a way to drag that dead horse across the finish line.

Stay on your feet, America; we can still win this one.

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Hillary’s Email Server Chronology: “Don’t Shoot! I’m Just the Piano Player.”

 

Clinton has resisted relinquishing control of the server. In March, she said the server contained “personal communications from my husband and me.”

“I believe I have met all of my responsibilities, and the server will remain private,” she said then, in response to a question from a reporter about whether she would allow an independent party to examine the device. – WaPo

“So look, I had no idea my email contained any classified information.”

“I personally reviewed all of them myself and determined which ones should be turned over to the State Department. Again I repeat, NO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION! Got it?”

“So I will fight anyone who tries to get their hands on my personal server.”

“How on earth was I supposed to know whether a document would be stamped ‘Top Secret’ at some later date?”

(NOTE: Before getting National Security Clearance, a de-briefing makes it clear that YOU are responsible for knowing what is classified and if you don’t know for sure you are to assume it IS classified.)

 

“So imagine my surprise when the FBI found supposedly ‘Top, Top Secret’ documents among my emails!”

“No problems; I unplugged my computer.”

“Okay, okay: I’ll turn  my server over. See? Hands up, don’t shoot!”

Hey, I’m just a girl, you can’t expect me to know how all this technological equipment works. Republican War on Women!”

“So let’s not try to make a thing out of this, alright? It’s just a vast right wing conspiracy I tell you!”

“Besides: What difference at this point does it make?”

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How Far We’ve Come: “If It Bleeds…”

It’s been 5 days and peoples’ heads are still exploding over what The Donald said to Megyn Kelly at last week’s debate. I don’t know about you, butt I certainly never envisioned the day that America’s talking heads would be leading their prime time news coverage with a story about menstruation.  Who imagined the news room “if it bleeds it leads” mindset could be further coarsened?

The world has been transformed rather quickly in the Age of Obama.

Looting of a Payless (way less) store in Ferguson MO. Shelves were cleared of slippers and marching boots, butt no work boots were reported missing.

Butt ginned up or not, is this whole Donald business not just a typical move in the Republican War on Women?

I just don’t see how this ends well.

“Even when folks are hitting you over the head, you can’t stop marching. Even when they’re turning the hoses on you, you can’t stop . . . We’re going to march on.” – Barack Obama, September, 2011

And “march” they did.

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