I have changed my mind about the Clinton email scandal (and so should you)

[JohnT]

@Richard_Parker

It is remarkable how many posters can only view this issue through a narrow lense of partisan point-scoring, responding to this thread as if Sean Hannity wrote it. I knew that would describe some responses, but I am mildly shocked at how widespread that sentiment is. It is bad news for our political health.

@JohnT

As a Hillary supporter, even more importantly as an Obama and ACA supporter, I have absolutely no idea why this email issue should be worth more to me than the continued survival and expansion of the ACA, than the importance of keeping Trump (or any R) out of the White House, than the importance of having a solidly-progressive Supreme Court.

This thread, despite the tens of thousands of words expended, has not made that case. “Old Lady with power is bad at computer security” is far, far, far less important to me than keeping “you can still get quality health insurance even if you have a pre-existing condition” a rock-solid cornerstone of health insurance provisions.

So it is not “bad news”, it is merely a weighing of priorities and long-term objectives for many of us, with those conclusions not matching your own.

@CarnalK

Perfect response. Lol. Forget it, Richard Parker. It’s Dopertown.

This exchange is particularly mirthful. LOL, “Dopertown”, because I recognized a non-issue when I saw it, especially compared to the things listed.

But, no, I was in “Dopertown” because, let’s see, I felt that HRC was far less a security risk… and offered a far better slate of policy positions… than Donald Trump, and viewed this bullshit issue through such a lens.

[Richard_Parker]

JohnT, what you failed to understand then and fail to understand now is that this thread was not an argument for how you should vote. So framing it all in terms of why this didn’t amount to an argument for voting against Clinton was missing the point entirely. Obviously she was a vastly superior candidate on every metric.

This thread was an attempt to identify and defend a norm worth defending against the onslaught of subordinating every goddamn thing to partisan point-scoring. That has, if anything, become an even more important point in the intervening 3 years which you remain on the wrong side of, apparently.

[CarnalK]

Well, I’m sure Richard Parker now regrets voting for Trump over this issue.

[Gyrate]

@JohnT

Yup. Treason is OK if a white man does it and doesn’t make him unelectable.

Having a private email server is an utter abomination unto God, however, if done by a woman and makes her completely unfit for the office.

Nope. It also has to be done by a Democrat to be a bad thing.