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[sawasdee]

But I'm scared. The level of unjustified investigation into Hillary over the last 20 years, despite the fact that she has been cleared in EVERY case, has left a 'no smoke without fire' target on her back. This latest unbelievable, and perhaps illegal, statement by Comey, is just going to give cheeto's supporters a chance to say 'I told you she was Crooked Hillary'.

There is no time before the election to clear it up. Great timing, Comey! In 6 months he will say 'sorry , folks, nothing there', having skewed the election.

Sorry, US, you are fucked when supposedly neutral public servants try to fix elections this way. And the GOP deserves to rot in a Naughler shitpile for using these tactics to cover their own lack of electability.

ETA In his statement, Comey SAID he did not know if there was any 'pertinent' or 'significant' information in the files.At that point, no one at the FBI could legally read them. So why did he break with the FBI rule of never commenting until indictment? And why did he ignore the rule that public servants do not make politically weighted statements for 60 days before the election - in case they influence it?

If anyone believes this is a neutral public servant 'following his conscience' I have a bridge or two to sell you.

[VelociRapture]

1 hour ago, sawasdee said:

But I'm scared. The level of unjustified investigation into Hillary over the last 20 years, despite the fact that she has been cleared in EVERY case, has left a 'no smoke without fire' target on her back. This latest unbelievable, and perhaps illegal, statement by Comey, is just going to give cheeto's supporters a chance to say 'I told you she was Crooked Hillary'.

There is no time before the election to clear it up. Great timing, Comey! In 6 months he will say 'sorry , folks, nothing there', having skewed the election.

Sorry, US, you are fucked when supposedly neutral public servants try to fix elections this way. And the GOP deserves to rot in a Naughler shitpile for using these tactics to cover their own lack of electability.

ETA In his statement, Comey SAID he did not know if there was any 'pertinent' or 'significant' information in the files.At that point, no one at the FBI could legally read them. So why did he break with the FBI rule of never commenting until indictment? And why did he ignore the rule that public servants do not make politically weighted statements for 60 days before the election - in case they influence it?

If anyone believes this is a neutral public servant 'following his conscience' I have a bridge or two to sell you.

One of the theories being floated is that Comey was worried about the news leaking and being accused of hiding information from the public. Personally, I think it's a shit excuse. I get wanting to be transparent, but there was no guarantee the news was going to leak. Even if it had, he could have released a statement defending the secrecy and citing FBI policy not to comment publicly on investigations within 60 days of an election. 

The policy, by the way, isn't legally binding as far as I know. It's more of a guideline than anything. Senator Harry Reid has pointed out that Comey could have violated the Hatch Act of 1939, which prohibits most employees (outside the President, Vice President, and a few high ranking officials) in the Executive branch of engaging in certain forms of political activity. It could be argued that he showed political bias in a decision to inform Congress about the investigation, especially if it's proven that they had any information on Trump that wasn't shared with the public. The Hatch Act is a federal law - so Comey could be subject to removal from office or other disciplinary actions if he were found to have violated the Act.

[AmazonGrace]

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/10/31/13474116/clinton-prime-directive

The latest Hillary Clinton email revelations arose out of an unrelated investigation into Anthony Weiner’s sexting.

The best way to understand this odd hopscotch is through the Prime Directive of Clinton investigations: We know the Clintons are guilty, the only question is what are they guilty of and when will we find the evidence?

So somehow an investigation that once upon a time was about a terrorist attack on an American consulate becomes an inquiry into FOIA compliance which shifts into a question about handling of classified material. A probe of sexting by the husband of a woman who works for Clinton morphs into a quest for new emails, and if the emails turn out not to be new at all (which seems likely) it will morph into some new questions about Huma Abedin’s choice of which computers to use to check her email.

Clinton has been very thoroughly investigated, and none of the earlier investigations came up with any crimes. So now the Prime Directive compels her adversaries to look under a new rock and likewise compels cable television and many major newspapers to treat the barest hint of the possibility of new evidence that might be damning as a major development.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_bc12MVvSg

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http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/30/politics/clinton-faith-private/index.html

The public and private faith of Hillary Clinton

Despite these public testimonies, less than 50% of Americans say Clinton is "very" or even "somewhat" religious, according to the Pew Research Center.

A separate survey, by the Public Religion Research Institute, reveals stark religious and partisan divides in how Americans view the presidential nominees' faith. Nearly 80% of black Protestants, a traditional Democratic constituency, say Clinton has stronger religious beliefs than Trump; just 28% of white evangelicals, who lean heavily Republican, agree.

Evangelicals' antipathy toward Clinton runs long and deep, said Ed Stetzer, executive director of the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism at Wheaton College in Illinois.

Clinton's decades-long embrace of feminism and abortion rights clash with many conservative Christians' core beliefs. "Evangelicals see her as the personification of secular, progressive values, and that overshadows any of her self-identified religious practices."

But many conservative Methodists, even those who disagree with Clinton politically, say her faith appears to be authentic.

"Too often conservatives have been too dismissive of her religious beliefs, which are sincere," said Mark Tooley, a Methodist and president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy, a conservative think tank in Washington.

"She was shaped by the church and is still committed to it, and you can't understand her political framework without understanding her Methodist background."

[AuntK]

 ^^Great article. I have always believed that HRC is a woman of faith. . . Considering what she has been through, she definitely has a source of inner strength. As for her opponent and his relationship with his Maker. . . anyone who has never asked for forgiveness or cannot cite even ONE Bible verse as a favorite, or cites to TWO Corinthians. . . well, enough said.

[AmazonGrace]

He's sorry not sorry

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/sen-implying-bullseye-hillary-clinton-article-1.2852803

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[AmazonGrace]

Endorsement: 

http://www.nobellaureatesforclinton.us/economics/

We are Nobel Laureates in Economics who strongly endorse and support Hillary Clinton's candidacy for President of the United States.

We have diverse views about many policy issues, such as how big a safety net the government should provide, how best to promote growth and innovation, and what tax rates and entitlement spending levels should be. But we have decided to sign this letter jointly to express our shared judgments that Hillary Clinton is eminently qualified to serve as President, and Donald Trump is unfit for this office.

Secretary Clinton has a long distinguished record of public service.  When she puts forward serious proposals to invest in infrastructure, education, and innovation, and when she supports comprehensive immigration reform, she knows what she is talking about. She has shown that she believes in evidence-based policy-making, and she understands that we need to strengthen economic growth and to ensure that it produces broad-based prosperity. And she has the experience and temperament to manage the American economy in times of both strength and volatility.

[Howl]

Sid Miller, the scumbag ex-rodeo cowboy Texas Agricultural Commissioner (kind of a big deal in Texas), sent out a tweet calling HRC a cunt.   His twitter account was making remarks about polling results, and then this tweet, that referred to presidential poll results in Pennsylvania:

"TRUMP 44"

 "CUNT 43"

Go Trump, GO! 

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From the Dallas Morning News online: 

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-politics/2016/11/01/texas-ag-commissioner-sid-miller-calls-clinton-c-word-twitter

Although agency spokesman Mark Loeffler originally said he believed the account had been hacked, it had been issuing nearly identical tweets for many hours before the tweet that used the c-word. Loeffler speculated that a hacker might be trying to make Miller -- "and by extension, Donald Trump" -- look bad.

Soon after, Miller told another reporter that a staffer had copied and pasted the tweet without proofreading it thoroughly.

Eventually, Loeffler and Miller got their stories straight. 

"The campaign was retweeting information on Twitter today and inadvertently retweeted a tweet that they were not aware contained a derogatory term," Loeffler said. "The tweet was taken down as soon as possible. Commissioner Miller finds the term vulgar and offensive and apologizes to anyone who may have seen it."

Of course, the whole point was that they were retweeting anti HRC tweets for hours on Sid Miller's official state government twitter account.  

Sid Miller also sends out derogatory tweets on his official state account with the #crookedhillary hashtag. 

Edited November 1, 2016 by Howl

[AuntK]

   ^^What a disgusting despicable pig! He knew EXACTLY what was being tweeted!

[Destiny]

.......How the fuck does one not know that the word cunt is derogatory? Perchance he should quit his job because he doesn't seem to know basic English. O.O

What a fucking asshole. (Yes, I do know those words are derogatory. :-D)

[AmazonGrace]

1 hour ago, Howl said:

 

"TRUMP 44"

 "CUNT 43"

Go Trump, GO! 

 

QED

http://www.vox.com/2016/11/1/13480416/trump-supporters-sexism

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http://shareblue.com/hillary-clinton-is-one-of-the-most-ethical-and-most-lied-about-political-leaders-in-america/

Hillary Clinton is one of the most ethical (and most lied about) political leaders in America

By Peter Daou 

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But the fact is this: no one has ever produced an iota of evidence that Hillary has behaved improperly because of a campaign contribution. No one has produced a scintilla of proof that there is a quid pro quo when it comes to her speaking fees. From Whitewater to Benghazi to her emails, nobody can point to a single instance of corruption or wrongdoing on Hillary Clinton’s part.

None. Zero. Ever.

The most they have are votes and positions they disagree with or mistakes for which she has expressed regret. And even there, the false frames are tossed around with no regard for facts. During the Democratic primaries, Hillary’s critics portrayed Bernie Sanders as pure good and Hillary as pure evil. That’s hogwash. They are both politicians who make judgments and adopt positions, some of which we agree with, others we don’t.

 

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No matter how shocking this may sound to Hillary’s professional critics – those who spend their time condescendingly mocking anyone who says a good word about her – Hillary is an upstanding, principled and dignified leader who has survived the most intrusive, invasive, aggressive and unending vetting process in political history.

Time and again, she has emerged with her integrity intact. In the words of the Des Moines Register, which endorsed her in January, “Clinton has demonstrated that she is a thoughtful, hardworking public servant who has earned the respect of leaders at home and abroad. She stands ready to take on the most demanding job in the world.”

Having worked with Hillary for three years as an adviser and seen her approach to life and politics, having watched her as a mom and daughter, as a friend to so many people, I know that the rightwing caricature of her is an offensive distortion and I feel personally compelled to speak the truth and to fight the slander.

 

And what the actual fuck? FBI is releasing ancient documents about Bill Clinton now 

 

http://europe.newsweek.com/fbi-releasing-documents-clinton-marc-rich-515921?rm=eu

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The timing of the document dump—just seven days before the election—is giving fodder to critics of FBI Director James Comey. While the Clinton campaign has not released a formal statement about these documents from the winter of 2001, Brian Fallon, a Clinton spokesman tweeted: "Absent a FOIA litigation deadline, this is odd. Will FBI be posting docs on Trump's housing discrimination in '70s?”

https://www.justsecurity.org/34012/server-bewitch-shortly/

To sum up, there’s little question that, as Clinton herself now acknowledges, the use of a private e-mail server to conduct official correspondence was a serious lapse in judgement. Individual voters can determine for themselves whether they find it disqualifying in a commander in chief. But we don’t need to resort to theorizing about political chicanery to explain why she wasn’t prosecuted for it: The simple answer is that—fortunately for all politicians—not every act of stupidity is a federal crime.

These are the most shocking emails found so far on Hillary Clinton's server. Prepare to be bored out of your mind

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/hillary-clinton-emails-fbi-investigation-what-do-they-say-donald-trump-us-election-prepare-to-be-a7389256.html

https://www.indy100.com/article/the-13-most-damning-part-of-the-hillary-clinton-email-scandal-fbi-7390401

Another day, another Hillary Clinton email non-scandal. 

 

The last time, while she was Secretary of State, all she was guilty of was using a private server to send state emails. In other words, using a non-work device to send work emails. Which, by the way, Colin Powell and Jeb Bush are also guilty of. And probably, so are you.

Edited November 2, 2016 by AmazonGrace

[Howl]

From the very first time I saw Hillary Clinton, before Bill was elected president, I was blown away by her phenomenal presence and she radiated smart, smart, smart. She's a powerful, brilliant and very shrewd woman -- she's had to become shrewd to survive -- and that's a quality that's almost never forgiven in a woman.   She's had a target on her back forever (check out Richard Mellon Scaife) and has been fighting that battle all these years.  I think she'll make a great leader of our nation. 

And back to sleaze-bag Sid Miller -- he has had some ethics issues related to misuse of taxpayer funds but he's been cleared of those charges, because they would be difficult to prove.   Texas Rangers did the investigating.  According to the Dallas Morning News online: 

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In Oklahoma, Miller said, he intended to meet with state officials and tour the Oklahoma National Stockyards. But he never made the tour and only briefly met with state legislators, fueling speculation that he had actually made the trip to receive the Jesus Shot, an injection of vitamins and two kinds of steroids that its maker claims can cure all pain for life.

Miller's office has said that the commissioner intended to meet with state officials when he was in Mississippi — where he competed in a rodeo and won a cash prize — but that those meetings fell through. He later repaid Texas for the cost of the travel with campaign funds because he met with "donors and advisers" while there.

The Texas Rangers found that an administrative assistant had arranged Miller's travel plans. Prosecutors said Miller "claims to have not understood how some expenditures were supposed to have been handled."  

 

 Yeah, a Jesus Shot and a damn rodeo.  He saved his bacon by reimbursing the state.   You can't make this Jesus Shot sh*t up, but you CAN read about it here. 

Edited November 2, 2016 by Howl

[Destiny]

The last time, while she was Secretary of State, all she was guilty of was using a private server to send state emails. In other words, using a non-work device to send work emails. Which, by the way, Colin Powell and Jeb Bush are also guilty of. And probably, so are you.

For the record, I am guilty of this. Going back literally years to last week. It happens.

[GreyhoundFan]

I haven't seen this posted on FJ, I hope it's not a duplicate. I was in need of something positive and saw just such an article tonight. It's written by a woman who is 98 years old and is proud to have cast her vote for Hillary. She was born before women had the right to vote.

An interesting excerpt:

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I think women do bring something different to office: a sensitivity that most men don’t have. I saw the election of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Theresa May. Merkel, May and Hillary would be a wonderful triad to rule the world. Maybe they’d be able to bring about some peace and quality growth that hasn’t happened yet.

What surprises me most about today’s politics is how vicious the campaigns are. The reporting of the campaign is too nasty. No privacy whatsoever for the candidates. If someone sneezes, it’s reported. Candidates hurt each other, and that’s bad. I don’t think that happened previously. It was more dignified. Today, this is like a catfight.

 

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http://variety.com/2016/biz/news/variety-hillary-clinton-endorsement-1201905147/

For the first time in its 111-year history, Variety is endorsing a presidential candidate — Hillary Clinton. While it is commonplace for mass-market newspapers like The New York Times and The Washington Post to endorse candidates, that’s not the case for trade publications. But this year, the editors-in-chief and our publisher, Michelle Sobrino-Stearns, feel strongly that we should buck tradition and take a public stance on this historic election; for the same reason that The Atlantic endorsed Clinton (marking only the third time since its 1857 founding to back a candidate), we didn’t want to sit on the sidelines and come down on the wrong side of history.

There are a number of other motivating factors behind our decision. We believe that Clinton is not only the best candidate for the job, but the only candidate. As many endorsements have noted, she has the experience and temperament necessary to make a truly effective president. In fact, it’s hard to think of any presidential candidate with the depth of knowledge and public-service record she has.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ron-johnson-says-hillary-clinton-should-be-impeached_us_5819377be4b0f96eba96cd2f

Ron Johnson Says Hillary Clinton Should Be Impeached

Of course Republicans gotta get a jump on this before she wins the election.
 

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Johnson isn’t the first Republican to raise the possibility of impeaching Clinton soon after she takes office. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) told a radio host in October that Clinton was in a unique position, “because the day she’s sworn in is the day that she’s subject to impeachment, because she has committed high crimes and misdemeanors.”

Fox News also recently laid out what it would take to impeach Clinton, you know, just in case.

 

She is going to have such a hard time in office if she wins.

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11 hours ago, AmazonGrace said:

The last time, while she was Secretary of State, all she was guilty of was using a private server to send state emails. In other words, using a non-work device to send work emails.

First - I'm voting Hillary.

Second - IMO there is clearly a serious bias in "investigations" by the FBI regarding these candidates.

But - There is a serious problem with this (quoted) statement. Secretary of State using private server for state and classified emails WAS a serious lapse in judgment and is not comparable to - for example - someone like me sending my coworker a recipe from work email. And - by the way - if I, for example, were to bring patient information home and use my personal email to send such information - I would likely and justifiably have my employment terminated.

So - no matter how much we oppose Trump and want Hillary to win - no purpose is served by continuing to excuse this fault.

Now let's move on. And the FBI and the media and everyone else needs to put Trump under the same microscope. Nobody can convince me that there's not some serious bias going on.

[Childless]

I'm waiting for Obama to can Comey as soon as the election is over.

[Howl]

  I hate to keep nattering on about Sid Miller, but the dust up over Sid Miller's use of the C word in a tweet about HRC is symptomatic of something we're not discussing about HRCs haters -- the vile misogyny that unlies so much of what's going down.  According to my newspaper , the Austin American Stateman, today says that it turns out that the tweet  using the C word

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wasn't a retweet, but was partially copied from a tweet by controversial pro-Trump Twitter user @TheRickyVaughn.  Vaughn, a hero of the racist "alt-right" movement, regularly uses profanity and racial epithet while propogating conspiracy theories. Miller follows his account. 

See, the alt-right movement is racist, but they don't mention misogynistic, even though that's an intrinsic part of the  alt-right DNA.  It seems that Trump is essentially getting a pass on his own vile misogyny (it's not the defining issue, ultimately), while the horrible misogyny directed towards HRC isn't even on the radar.  

I wish HRC would focus on Trump's Russian angle.  My personal opinion is that Trump is deep with the Russian financiers and oligarchs for financing for  his projects.   US financiers won't lend to him because, basically, he's stiffed too many people with his numerous bankruptcies.  One of his previous campaign managers, Paul Manafort, is neck deep in Ukrainian $$$.  Russian hackers hacking the DNC WHATTHEF**K!!!!!  

According to VOX 

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There is basically conclusive evidence that Russia is interfering in the US election, and that this interference has been designed to damage Hillary Clinton’s campaign. There is strong evidence linking Trump’s foreign policy advisers to Russia, and Trump’s stated policy ideas are extremely favorable to Russian interests.

You don’t need to construct poorly evidenced conspiracy theories to explain this. There is a confluence of interests between the Kremlin and Donald Trump, and they are, in effect, helping each other. Russia’s role in the election is plenty worrying without positing any Manchurian Candidate plots. Here’s why.

We know that Russia is hacking Clinton allies and dumping their info to WikiLeaks... 

..."The forensic evidence linking the DNC breach to known Russian operations is very strong," Thomas Rid, a professor at King’s College who studies cybersecurity, wrote at Vice. "The forensic evidence that links network breaches to known groups is solid: used and reused tools, methods, infrastructure, even unique encryption keys."

There’s similarly strong evidence linking Russian operatives to the Podesta hack.

The attack that got Podesta is something called "phishing." In a phishing campaign, hackers send emails that are dressed up to look like something from a trustworthy source — in Podesta’s case, Gmail security. The emails tell the recipient to click on a link or attachment, which seems authentic but actually contains some nasty code that gives the hacker access to the target’s email account. Podesta fell for the phishing scam, hook, line, and sinker (if you’ll pardon the pun).

Full text of the article here: 

http://www.vox.com/world/2016/11/1/13487322/donald-trump-russia-agent-hack

 

Edited November 2, 2016 by Howl

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I don't understand how it isn't obvious to even the most clueless that Trump is in bed with the Russians.

There is "rigging" going in IMO (of course) - but in the opposite direction of what Trump was preaching (until he decided he is winning after all).

[AmazonGrace]

So Gary Johnson's VP had some things to say:

 

[GreyhoundFan]

1 hour ago, Howl said:

 

See, the alt-right movement is racist, but they don't mention misogynistic, even though that's an intrinsic part of the  alt-right DNA.  It seems that Trump is essentially getting a pass on his own vile misogyny (it's not the defining issue, ultimately), while the horrible misogyny directed towards HRC isn't even on the radar.  

I wish HRC would focus on Trump's Russian angle.  My personal opinion is that Trump is deep with the Russian financiers and oligarchs for financing for  his projects.   US financiers won't lend to him because, basically, he's stiffed too many people with his numerous bankruptcies.  One of his previous campaign managers, Paul Manafort, is neck deep in Ukrainian $$$.  Russian hackers hacking the DNC WHATTHEF**K!!!!!  

 

 

The alt-right wants everything for white men. White women are second class in their eyes. Men and women of color are descending from there in their sick worldview. I used to work with someone who was alt-right. He didn't have the white sheet or anything, but he wasn't far off. He would go off on rants about how things went to heck in a handbasket once those "n" lovers (sorry, I won't even type something so offensive) and "bra burners" (feminists) started getting some power. In his point of view, only white men should ever be in power. He also said that was why our country was great in the past, because it was founded by white men. He conveniently forgot about the large population of Native Americans who lived here just fine before the white men showed up. I never cheer about someone losing his or her job, but when he was laid off, I didn't shed a tear.

I agree that Hillary should focus on Agent Orange's Russian ties. It is appalling that he's getting such a pass on that. If the tables were turned, the headlines would be "Comrade Hillary" or some such nonsense.

I keep hoping and praying that when it comes down to it, enough people who realize Hillary, warts and all, would be a zillion times better for the U.S. and the world than electing Cinnamon Hitler.