They don’t have that much.
This is the result of decades of terrible public schooling, thanks to the teachers’ unions.
Category Archives: Media Criticism
Hillary’s Email Escapades
The wonderful thing about this is that it has the potential not only to take down the entire decades-long Clinton crime syndicate, but this administration, and perhaps the Democrat Party establishment, because they continue to circle the wagons.
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I saw what you did there, Instapundit.
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The Clinton political machine isn’t as well oiled as advertised.
[Update mid morning]
She’s lost Gizmodo. Not sure what you’ve lost when you’ve lost Gizmodo, though.
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When Mean Girls meets the Mob:
…this is what the American Experiment has come to in the hands of these awful people and their awful political party: “a symbol of status within the family’s inner circle, conferring prestige and closeness to the secretary.”
Think about that for a moment. Not only was Hillary’s use of private email for government business illegal and unethical (stop laughing), but it was used as a status symbol among the courtiers — including no doubt members of the lickspittle media, who tremble with near sexual-delight as they approach her majesty. In the incestuous club that houses the Democrat-Media Complex, every “job” is both temporary and secondary to the overall career, which is dominating American political discourse and becoming handsomely rewarded for one’s ability to manipulate the system. No wonder the Democrats have such contempt for the Stupid Party and the voters who foolishly support it.
In a just world, these people would be seen for what they are — nihilistic, dangerous, evil. Their fealty to the country is nearly non-existent and their “patriotism,” insofar as it exists at all, extends only to the imaginary country that may or may not exist after they get finished with the business of “fundamental transformation.” They enter “public service” as near paupers and leave aboard the Lolita Express as millionaires, having accomplished next to nothing except making themselves famous.
The Clintons were a criminal syndicate in the nineties, and nothing has changed.
[Early-afternoon update]
Hillary Clinton’s State Department fired an ambassador for using private email.
Rules and laws are for the little people.
The Email Plot Thickens
This is sort of an amazing exchange.
Here’s the thing. She didn’t just use a non-government email address, like Gmail or Yahoo, or her ISP. She set up her own domain and server (though the server may be shared, that’s still unclear to me). That means that she has total control over what data is preserved, and what can be destroyed. Now, in theory, people received her emails, and people sent her emails, so multiple copies exist, even if she purges the server. But if Huma had an address on the same domain, then her emails could be wiped as well. And there’s no explanation of why she did this. But it sure as hell looks like a way to avoid a FOIA, or subpoena. Which is classic Clinton.
Obama’s Iran Deal
Netanyahu shows that it’s lose-lose:
This was no partisan pitch – this was a heartfelt appeal against allowing Iran — a country that has vowed to annihilate Israel — to access nuclear weapons. The outrage is not that Mr. Netanyahu addressed Congress; the outrage is that President Obama is pushing for a deal that so alarms our allies, and that he went to such great lengths to prevent Americans from hearing the truth.
President Obama had turned Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before Congress into a sophomoric beauty contest, complete with plaintive whines about “fairness.” With his thin-skinned resistance to the Israeli leader’s appearance, Obama created an international ruckus, which only served to publicize Netanyahu’s address. Not agreeing to meet with the Prime Minister, sending various proxies out of the country on bogus missions (Biden’s exile to Uruguay postponed by the flu?), bad-mouthing the Israeli leader and his GOP hosts; the White House even “sternly” warned Netanyahu not to divulge details of the proposed nuclear deal. Whatever Mr. Obama’s intentions, the outcome surely could not have been what he had hoped.
That happens a lot with this clown.
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Dennis Ross tosses Obama under the bus.
The Latest Walker Scandal
His spokeswomen are way too hot.
He doesn’t have a chance of winning.
An Angry Beige Nerd
Hillary’s Email
She’s been getting away with this kind of thing for decades. Why wouldn’t she think she can continue?
…the episode already confirms what attentive observers have long known: If the Clintons return to the White House, we can expect more suspicious secrets, stonewalling, and opaqueness, much as we’ve seen in the past. Voters have been given ample warning.
Yup. And unlike the nineties, when the media was able to continually cover for them, there are a lot more ways of getting the news.
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“Sure looks like an attempt to evade federal law.”
[Update mid-morning]
Archive of Hillary’s emails discovered.
Heh.
[Late-morning update]
Chappaqua, we have a problem:
Well, all these things are horrible, but then we knew (Nos. 1 and 2) that Bill and Hillary Clinton’s ethical compass has been broken for years and that they consider laws and transparency to be for the little people. I would argue, however, that it is the third that is really the worst if Hillary Clinton intends, as everyone is certain she does, to run for president. This is, of course, the most important national security issue of our time, and if she has neither the courage nor conviction to tell us what she thinks, she arguably shouldn’t be running for the job as commander in chief.
Needless to say, the political media are focused on the e-mails and not the nukes, but then foreign policy is only superficially considered and dimly understood. Whatever the emphasis, however, it is hard to escape the flashing red lights in front of party regulars and activists: Do you really need Clinton so badly that you would crown her now as the nominee? Wouldn’t it be better to have someone with no responsibility for the most egregious foreign policy disaster of our time (i.e. allowing Iran to gain a nuclear weapons capability)?
They don’t think it would be a policy disaster.
[Afternoon update]
The Clinton email scandal highlights the utter inadequacy of all the Benghazi investigations.
I think that Congressman Gowdy is going to have some interesting questions for her Highness.
[Wednesday-morning update]
Hillary’s email story keeps getting worse and worse.
I was wondering if she (or a minion) was running her own server. That would make it much harder to know which emails she released and which she didn’t.
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Phony IRS Scandal Update
I’m sure you’re as shocked as I am to learn that the Department of (In)Justice shut down the attempt to look for the emails in West Virginia.
The New Crusades
…are as justified as the original ones were. This was inevitable, and it’s apparently the only solution to barbarity from another millennium, in the face of passivity by the rest of the world.