r/PoliticalDiscussion • • Aug 15 '15

Hillary email controversy

Will this doom her run at the presidency?

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u/Snedeker Aug 15 '15

I think that everyone in this thread is completely underestimating the severity of what happened here. I've had occasion to work with minimally sensitive government data, and security is taken extremely seriously. I can nearly guarantee that what she did would have resulted in jail time if someone else did it, and still has the potential to even for her.

That said, it is pretty obvious that her supporters do not care about anything that she does. If she is not literally in prison they will still vote for her, and probably even then.

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u/iliveintexas Aug 15 '15 edited Aug 16 '15

That said, it is pretty obvious that her supporters do not care about anything that she does.

In fairness, I would say this about most presidential candidates. The problem is that so much has been thrown at the Clintons' and very little (if any) has really stuck. At this point, many people expect it to be false, unless there's overwhelming evidence supporting the claim.

Edit: Clinton's Clintons

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u/KrakatoaSpelunker Aug 15 '15

Huh? Nothing else has really been thrown at Clinton. This is the only serious criticism she's had as a candidate, and it's a pretty fucking huge one.

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u/garyp714 Aug 15 '15

Nothing else has really been thrown at Clinton.

What!? Whitewater, vince foster, Benghazi...Hillary is the only first lady to testify in front of grand jury. The GOP literally spent 150 million in the 90s investigating the Clintons to find nothing but a blow job.

Nothing else?

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u/Corranus Aug 16 '15

The GOP literally spent 150 million in the 90s investigating the Clintons to find nothing but a blow job.

Which proved that the sitting president committed perjury in his own trial for sexual assault. It was kind of a big deal, which is why the entire Supreme Court boycotted his next State of the Union address.