# snother stupid self-inflicted Clinton wound: Bill & Loretta meeting **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 1, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867 "2016-07-01T15:06:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867/41 "2016-07-01T19:40:18Z")
Oh, c’mon, it’s at least as much of a scandal as the email thing. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867/42 "2016-07-01T19:51:57Z")
From the Hill article: > [@](#): > > Additionally, 40 percent of respondents now consider the committee to be acting in an “unfair and too partisan” manner, compared to 36 percent before. > > The change in attitude is slight, and results from just one poll do not confirm a broader trend. > \ > The margin of error is 3.1 percent. Powerful stuff. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867/43 "2016-07-01T19:55:13Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > From the Hill article: > > Powerful stuff. But not imaginary as you implied. And that was not the only poll I used. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867/44 "2016-07-01T20:08:52Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Are you trying to sell me a subscription to USA Today? Because that’s all I got from your link. 🙂 Yes, please don’t link to a site that attempts to spawn a bunch of pop-ups and demands a subscription. Every time you do this a child in India is fed to Virabhadra. > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > For 25 years, I’ve been noting that Bill Clinton’s stats in Dungeons & Dragons would be: > > Intelligence: 18 > Charisma: 21 > Wisdom: 3 In Fallout he would have a Luck of 16 and Perception of 2. Gotta maintain balance. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867/45 "2016-07-01T20:29:27Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > But not imaginary as you implied. And that was not the only poll I used. She got a 4% bump on that specific scandal immediately after a masterful performance in front of the committee. It’ll take more than that to convince me these scandals help the Clintons. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867/46 "2016-07-01T20:54:15Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Only those already disinclined to vote for Hillary will be outraged by it. To her credit, Lynch said she will accept the recommendation of the FBI so she’s effectively a non-participant in the investigation. Not quite. She would have inside knowledge of the course of the investigation. Not that I beleve anything improper occurred. But none should know better than the Clintons that in politics appearance matters as much as substance. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867/47 "2016-07-01T21:06:11Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > She got a 4% bump on that specific scandal immediately after a masterful performance in front of the committee. It’ll take more than that to convince me these scandals help the Clintons. The point was that it should not help them, but the Republicans in power are as unhinged as captain Ahab, we end up rooting for the whale. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867/48 "2016-07-01T21:27:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > This is not a scandal. This is not only not a big deal, this is not a deal, period. SO On Point, it needs to be quoted. Now, if you want a REAL scandal… How DESPERATE do the Poor Soul-Sold-To-Satan Scumbags stuck with Trump have to be… to try to make and accidental passing in an airport news when BUMBLE-FUCK DRUMPF can’t manage either a single trip, a single appearance, or a single speech without figuratively shoving his head up his own ass and Yodeling “Vote For Me” to the tune of “[Ricola…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-1ik3S6Ct4)”? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867/49 "2016-07-01T22:23:48Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Do you think Bill wants Hillary to retire so she they can hang out more together? Once she’s elected, it’ll be: WOO-HOOOOO!! PAR-TAY TIME!!! Once she’s elected she’ll probably have him waterboarded. If not that he won’t have a moment out of her scrutiny, the Secret Service will be working for her. There’s no upside for him. ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867/50 "2016-07-01T23:03:32Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > There’s no upside for him. Doubt that. Think of all the interns available. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867/51 "2016-07-02T02:09:15Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > How DESPERATE do the Poor Soul-Sold-To-Satan Scumbags stuck with Trump have to be… to try to make and accidental passing in an airport news when BUMBLE-FUCK DRUMPF can’t manage either a single trip, a single appearance, or a single speech > without figuratively shoving his head up his own ass and Yodeling “Vote For Me” to the tune of “[Ricola…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-1ik3S6Ct4)”? Yes, while they were accidentally “passing” each other in the airport they managed to talk about golf, travel, grandchildren, Brexit and “things like that”. They must be the most succinct small talkers on the fucking planet. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867/52 "2016-07-02T03:01:25Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Lynch has said that she’s stepping back from the investigation, but that she wouldn’t recur herself completely so that she could still be briefed on things. Recur herself? What does that mean? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867/53 "2016-07-02T03:17:19Z")
Hillary’s campaign HQ is in the same Brooklyn building as Lynch’s law offices. If Lynch and Bill wanted to do something nefarious, they could have just ridden an elevator to each other’s offices. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867/54 "2016-07-02T03:17:49Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Recur herself? What does that mean? It’s pretty evident that the intended word is [recuse.](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recuse) > [@](#): > > to disqualify (oneself) as judge in a particular case; broadly : to remove (oneself) from participation to avoid a conflict of interest ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867/55 "2016-07-02T03:30:03Z")
She said she’ll do whatever the FBI recommends on the Clinton case. Can’t ask for more than that. Looks like this worked out for the best. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867/56 "2016-07-02T03:41:32Z")
This is absurd. If President Clinton wanted to get a surreptitious word in the ear of the AG, he’s got fifty ways less visible than a public meeting on the tarmac. Nothing here but unfounded speculation. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867/57 "2016-07-02T03:44:50Z")
Maybe he tried and got rebuffed, which is why he basically stalked her. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867/58 "2016-07-02T03:48:08Z")
I’d also note that if he’s stupid enough to force this meeting despite knowing how it will look, he’s stupid enough to do anything. Of course, Lanny Davis immediately wrote a press release that amounted to “Nyah! Can’t prove anything!” which is good enough for most Clinton supporters, which is why they act with such impunity. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867/59 "2016-07-02T03:49:58Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > She said she’ll do whatever the FBI recommends on the Clinton case. Can’t ask for more than that. Looks like this worked out for the best. She left herself an out, though. Never say never. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867/60 "2016-07-02T03:53:45Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > This is absurd. > > If President Clinton wanted to get a surreptitious word in the ear of the AG, he’s got fifty ways… Just send her a text, ex. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snother-stupid-self-inflicted-clinton-wound-bill-loretta-meeting/758867.md?page=4)