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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
Fri Jul 10, 2015, 11:01 AM Jul 2015

Fact Check . Org. and Fact Check WP ...Hillary

Clinton Spins Immigration, Emails

In her first national interview of the 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton falsely claimed that “all” Republican presidential candidates “don’t want to provide a path to citizenship,” and she distorted the facts on her exclusive use of private email as secretary of state.


http://www.factcheck.org/2015/07/clinton-spins-immigration-emails/



Hillary Clinton’s claim that ‘everything I did on e-mails was permitted’


Three Pinocchios

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/wp/2015/07/09/hillary-clintons-claim-that-everything-i-did-on-emails-was-permitted/

ETA:
''Informational post only, not a smear. ''

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Fact Check . Org. and Fact Check WP ...Hillary (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Jul 2015 OP
Congress should start an investigation LuvLoogie Jul 2015 #1
Bottom of what? DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #2
And throw her ass in jail rock Jul 2015 #3
Yeah! LuvLoogie Jul 2015 #5
Do you suppose Hillary is a Chapman, a Red or an Alex? LuvLoogie Jul 2015 #7
Time Mag. Unforced factual errors tarnish Hillary's early interview Ichingcarpenter Jul 2015 #4
Politifact Bernie: JaneyVee Jul 2015 #6
Here is why she used her personal email server... Cheese Sandwich Jul 2015 #8

LuvLoogie

(7,009 posts)
5. Yeah!
Fri Jul 10, 2015, 04:17 PM
Jul 2015

"You've Got Time"

The animals, the animals
Trapped, trapped, trapped 'till the cage is full
The cage is full
Stay awake
In the dark, count mistakes
The light was off but now it's on
Searching the ground for a bitter song
The sun is out, the day is new
And everyone is waiting, waiting on you
And you've got time
And you've got time

Think of all the roads
Think of all their crossings
Taking steps is easy
Standing still is hard
Remember all their faces
Remember all their voices
Everything is different
The second time around

The animals, the animals
Trapped, trapped, trapped 'till the cage is full
The cage is full
Stay awake
In the dark, count mistakes
The light was off but now it's on
Searching the ground for a bitter song
The sun is out, the day is new
And everyone is waiting, waiting on you
And you've got time
And you've got time
And you've got time

--Regina Spektor--

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
4. Time Mag. Unforced factual errors tarnish Hillary's early interview
Fri Jul 10, 2015, 11:45 AM
Jul 2015
Hillary Clinton’s Trustworthy Trap


Trustworthiness is a tricky thing in politics, a label that everyone demands but no one fully deserves. The reason has less to do with the integrity of the players than the rules of the game. Distortion, denial, defamation—they all work. Only a straight-talking sucker would really play it straight all the time.

So one must be careful not to pass too harsh a judgement on Hillary Clinton, for whom polls reveal a real perception problem when it comes to being honest or trustworthy. CNN’s national polling sample says 57% of Americans don’t think she is either. ABC News and the Wall Street Journal put that number at 52%.

In an interview with CNN on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton blamed the numbers on her political enemies. “This has been a theme that has been used against me and my husband for many, many years,” she said. “And at the end of the day, I think voters sort it all out.”

Then she proceeded to demonstrate why voters may not ultimately come down on her side. While casting herself as the victim of false smears, she mischaracterized the circumstances surrounding her handling of records kept in a private email server Secretary of State. The comment that set off the fact checkers was a five-word sentence.


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There is an irony here worthy of Shakespeare. In fighting back against what she sees as unfounded attacks, she threatens to become the thing her foes always accused her of being—not someone who can be seen as honest or trustworthy.

http://time.com/3951961/hillary-clintons-cnn-interview-trustworthy/
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