# Why isn't Hillary clinton in jail? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 20, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125 "2015-04-20T16:26:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/221 "2015-04-21T19:40:06Z")
[Quote=Waymore] Hillary Clinton could eat a baby on live TV and this board would come to her defense. [/Quote] I’m pretty sure some of the vegans here would be upset. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/222 "2015-04-21T19:49:07Z")
> [@](#): > > Hillary Clinton could eat a baby on live TV and this board would come to her defense. The same way Cheney could shoot a guy in the face, or Bush can lie about false intelligence and get us into a war that killed thousands of US troops? Difference is, those things actually happened. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/223 "2015-04-21T20:13:55Z")
> [@Waymore](#): > > Hillary Clinton could eat a baby on live TV and this board would come to her defense. I would expect her to share. After all, it takes a village to eat a baby. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/224 "2015-04-21T20:17:28Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I would expect her to share. After all, it takes a village to eat a baby. There better be more than one baby to feed a village. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/225 "2015-04-21T20:17:45Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I would expect her to share. After all, it takes a village to eat a baby. If your babies are that big, you should get tested for the diabeetus. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/226 "2015-04-21T20:32:21Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > If your babies are that big, you should get tested for the diabeetus. “Mmm… this baby is so sweet. Is there a marinade?” “No, we just fed it candy and colas until it reached slaughter weight.” ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/227 "2015-04-21T20:34:04Z")
I love babies. I just can’t eat a whole one by myself. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/228 "2015-04-21T20:38:11Z")
Aren’t they supposed to be corn-battered first, like hot dogs? Or is that only in Iowa? ---
**Author:** ![Haberdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Haberdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haberdash)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/229 "2015-04-21T23:46:00Z")
I’ve noticed this “troll” meme a lot – Republicans think their opponents are dumb/evil, but Democrats refuse to admit that people who disagree with them even exist. The only explanation for anyone dissenting from Fearless Leader is that they are disingenuously adopting a position they don’t really hold in order to provoke a response from you. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/230 "2015-04-21T23:47:36Z")
> [@Haberdash](#): > > I’ve noticed this “troll” meme a lot – Republicans think their opponents are dumb/evil, but Democrats refuse to admit that people who disagree with them even exist. The only explanation for anyone dissenting from Fearless Leader is that they are disingenuously adopting a position they don’t really hold in order to provoke a response from you. Oh, we think you _exist_. We just wonder why you aren’t embarrassed about it. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/231 "2015-04-22T00:23:11Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > I’d look very carefully at the law as it existed when Rumsfeld did the deleting, and the law at the time did not prohibit him from doing so, I’d defend him. Breaking news: Dog bites man! Details at 11. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/232 "2015-04-22T00:37:23Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Breaking news: Dog bites man! Details at 11. I’m not confident I’m taking your meaning. Two possibilities occur to me: (1) You characterize this as “dog bites man” – that is, as very unsurprising – because you expect me to apply the law to the facts for any situation; (2) You characterize this as “dog bites man” – that is, as very unsurprising – because you expect me to defend Rumsfeld, a Republican appointee, but you would regard it as surprising if I were to do the same for a Democrat. Is it one of those? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/233 "2015-04-22T00:48:16Z")
> [@Haberdash](#): > > I’ve noticed this “troll” meme a lot – Republicans think their opponents are dumb/evil, but Democrats refuse to admit that people who disagree with them even exist. The only explanation for anyone dissenting from Fearless Leader is that they are disingenuously adopting a position they don’t really hold in order to provoke a response from you. [Oh, there’s another explanation.](http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Deep_cover_liberal)😉 ---
**Author:** ![Waymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/234 "2015-04-22T00:59:07Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > As I recall it, despite the irregular circumstances of his election and the “We wuz robbed!” feelings, W pretty much got a pass until 9/11 and for some time after. It was only when he started showing Dick Cheney’s true neocon colors that he started getting bashed. The very heights of sanctimony. Obama, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, etc., etc., and every Democratic president since Andrew Jackson was on the receiving end of unmerited criticism that was motivated by politics. No doubt about it. Are you really trying to say the same about Bush 43? ---
**Author:** ![Waymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/235 "2015-04-22T01:01:27Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > No, that’s the same Powell who jumped ship when he saw which way the wind was blowing. That’s a cop out. Powell is an ultra Republican except when he isn’t, and then it doesn’t count? Self serving nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![Waymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/236 "2015-04-22T01:03:23Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I’m pretty sure some of the vegans here would be upset. Place me squarely in the “see it when I believe it” camp. ---
**Author:** ![Waymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/237 "2015-04-22T01:05:25Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > The same way Cheney could shoot a guy in the face, or Bush can lie about false intelligence and get us into a war that killed thousands of US troops? Difference is, those things actually happened. That would only have merit if I were defending Bush or Cheney, but I’m not. They have morons who think they shit ice cream, same as Hilary. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/238 "2015-04-22T01:15:19Z")
> [@Waymore](#): > > That would only have merit if I were defending Bush or Cheney, but I’m not. They have morons who think they shit ice cream, same as Hilary. At least when Don Quixote tilted at windmills, the windmills were real, bub. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/239 "2015-04-22T01:17:41Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > As I have stated before, I’d rather have Warren run, even though I truly believe she would not win. At least with Warren, I’d have someone to vote and canvas _for_ and be enthusiastic about. But Warren’s not in it, Hillary is, and Hillary can win so, for better or worse, Hillary will get my vote. Yeah, Warren would be interesting. Personally, I think Howard Dean would have been interesting, too. Not necessarily victorious, but definitely interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Waymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125/240 "2015-04-22T01:27:44Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > At least when Don Quixote tilted at windmills, the windmills were real, bub. That makes no sense, so par for the course so far. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-hillary-clinton-in-jail/718125.md?page=13)