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"If you get indicted, Hillary, will you drop out?" (Original Post) Herman4747 Mar 2016 OP
That's too low a threshold. nt Xipe Totec Mar 2016 #1
I'm 100% for Bernie Chasstev365 Mar 2016 #2
On the Republican side, former governor Rick Perry was... Herman4747 Mar 2016 #5
Actually a good question tularetom Mar 2016 #3
She was pissed but she had it coming to her. She's been so dismissive Jarqui Mar 2016 #4
If she does get indicted, I bet she will refuse to drop out krawhitham Mar 2016 #6
Yup. That's why she refused to answer. winter is coming Mar 2016 #8
Good on Hilly. ucrdem Mar 2016 #7
 

Herman4747

(1,825 posts)
5. On the Republican side, former governor Rick Perry was...
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 12:12 AM
Mar 2016

...running for president while under indictment. He eventually had to drop out -- his numbers in the poll were too low to continue.
So no, I don't think that the question was a BS question.

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
3. Actually a good question
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 12:02 AM
Mar 2016

Im sure inside her bubble she has been shielded from the possibility that she might be in deep shit over servergate. It's good that a little slice of reality got through the walls. Might cause her a bit of insomnia for the next few days.

Jarqui

(10,126 posts)
4. She was pissed but she had it coming to her. She's been so dismissive
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 12:08 AM
Mar 2016

in the face of mounting evidence that cannot be so easily dismissed.

I thought it was a great question.

These moderators were not fooling around. They really came out with some blunt questions that put candidates on the spot.

I thought Bernie did pretty well tonight. Didn't do as well on her immigration BS as I hoped but most other stuff, he was great.

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)
8. Yup. That's why she refused to answer.
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 12:22 AM
Mar 2016

She knows that saying "no" will hurt her, and doesn't want to risk saying "yes" in case she does get indicted.

It will be interesting to see whether journalists keep asking this question.

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