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The Benghazi tactic didn't work so I expect Republicans to return to Whitewater (Original Post) TeamPooka Oct 2015 OP
I suspect they may - but so many don't have a clue that Whitewater was even an issue liberal N proud Oct 2015 #1
They had nothing then, they have nothing now. Just a hate parade. nt TeamPooka Oct 2015 #4
Don't forget Mena. bvf Oct 2015 #6
and Vince Foster RussBLib Oct 2015 #17
What if they find Vince foster gwheezie Oct 2015 #2
Not a big fan of Hillary, but she made the Repukes look like a real clown-show! dmosh42 Oct 2015 #3
Prepare for the Email Inquisition sub.theory Oct 2015 #5
And Monica. We want to know about Monica. louis-t Oct 2015 #7
They will have hard time with Whitewater, nobody will know what that is. Rex Oct 2015 #8
The GOP are desperate so expect the kitchen sink. nt TeamPooka Oct 2015 #9
No doubt. You know they will try for another Monicagate. Rex Oct 2015 #10
Last week they dragging out Gennifer Flowers. leftyladyfrommo Oct 2015 #11
I heard right wing radio this morning talking about the FBI investigation of Hillary. Jim__ Oct 2015 #12
Water boarding Sydney Blumenthal underpants Oct 2015 #13
Whitewater was the model for this sort of ritual cleansing. leveymg Oct 2015 #14
No I think they are going to switch tactics and say "what is she hiding in those missing emails?" kimbutgar Oct 2015 #15
And since they are "missing" the R voters will buy it hook jwirr Oct 2015 #16
Agreed. Even if she did everything above board they will still find some bs reason to attack her kimbutgar Oct 2015 #18
C-Span had a right wing fruit-cake calling Washington Journal this morning B Calm Oct 2015 #19
The GOP's Greatest Hits. They have to replay them over and over and over. nt TeamPooka Oct 2015 #20

RussBLib

(9,006 posts)
17. and Vince Foster
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 02:45 PM
Oct 2015

it's been such a shit parade of lies against the Clintons for so long it's just embarrassing, but I don't think the GOP is capable of shame or embarrassment.

damn shame so many Americans identify with them.

sub.theory

(652 posts)
5. Prepare for the Email Inquisition
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 01:32 PM
Oct 2015

Don't think for a second that the GOP has given up on the email server. I suspect they are only getting started. They haven't even gotten to the trial by drowning yet. Will she sink or will she float?

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
8. They will have hard time with Whitewater, nobody will know what that is.
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 01:40 PM
Oct 2015

Only the fanatics will know and they are fewer in number.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
10. No doubt. You know they will try for another Monicagate.
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 01:47 PM
Oct 2015

They always go for the lowest common denominator.

Jim__

(14,075 posts)
12. I heard right wing radio this morning talking about the FBI investigation of Hillary.
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 01:54 PM
Oct 2015

They think the upcoming indictment will stop her from becoming president. I'm serious - I heard them saying this on the radio.

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
14. Whitewater was the model for this sort of ritual cleansing.
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 02:08 PM
Oct 2015

What can't be made to "disappear" can be made so radioactive that no reasonable person wants to remember or to ever again examine the topic. That's the purpose of these bipartisan spectacles. Hillary's central role in the disasters in Libya and Syria are now cleansed, thanks to the "opposition" Republicans.

It's a formula, or a ritual, really. The ghosts of the Clintons (and the Bush family) role in BCCI/Iran-Contra were also exorcised by the Republican's botched Whitewater investigation. It's how the spooks stay in power permanently in America.

kimbutgar

(21,137 posts)
15. No I think they are going to switch tactics and say "what is she hiding in those missing emails?"
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 02:23 PM
Oct 2015

The email thing will be the new attack. Megyn gave a preview last night of where they are changing their attacks. My hubby switched over and she was gearing up for the new Fox hatefest talking points.

Wait for "what is Hillary hiding in her emails?" right wing media industrial complex talking point

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
16. And since they are "missing" the R voters will buy it hook
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 02:41 PM
Oct 2015

line and sinker. Swiftboaters did not have any proof about what they were saying about Kerry either but the country fell for it.

No matter what the FBI finds as long as there are "missing" emails they are going to be able to sell this point. And what is Hillary going to say to convince them that the emails she deleted were just about Chelsea's wedding?

As a social worker I was told that I should keep record of all my actions, phone calls and other things that would prove what I was doing in my cases. This was so that I could answer questions regarding my work if challenged. I think when Hillary cleaned her personal emails out of her computer she forgot this rule.

I have always thought that the witch hunts were just that and I think she did a great job of defending herself this week. What I want to know is why a woman who knows that they are out to get her has opened herself to this kind of bull by using a private computer for business reasons? This is the very reason so many companies do not want you to use business computers for private business.

kimbutgar

(21,137 posts)
18. Agreed. Even if she did everything above board they will still find some bs reason to attack her
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 03:00 PM
Oct 2015

Just when you think the right wing media industrial complex can't get even lower they get lower.

 

B Calm

(28,762 posts)
19. C-Span had a right wing fruit-cake calling Washington Journal this morning
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 03:08 PM
Oct 2015

and he brought up Whitewater, LOL.

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