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Bill Maher Slams @HillaryClinton Email Scandal Importance: Claims Republicans Waste Time http://www.mstarz.com/articles/81144/20150823/bill-maher-hillary-clinton-email-scandal-republicans-climate-change.htm #ITrustHillary #p2
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Bill Maher Slams Hillary Clinton Email Scandal Importance: Claims Republicans Waste Time
http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/fixgov/posts/2015/08/13-hillary-clinton-classified-emails-lempert?cid=00900015020089101US0001-08231
By Kyle Dowling (kyle.dowling@mstarsnews.com) | Aug 23, 2015 10:59 AM EDT
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Comedian Bill Maher recently discussed the lack-of-importance (in his opinion, of course) to Hillary Clinton's email scandal on Friday's night's episode of Real Time. The host brought up the issue as an example of the way he feels the Republicans on the right waste time and gloss over issues that are allegedly more important and have an actual effect on the American people, such as climate change.
"It seems you're always dealing with things that aren't actual problems..." Maher said to panelist Charles Cooke. He then questioned the validity of calling what went down with the presidential candidate's emails a "scandal" noting that he's "trying to be fair" about the situation, but cannot seem to find a reason to be upset.
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Bill Maher Slams Hillary Clinton Email Scandal Importance: Claims Republicans Waste Time (Original Post)
riversedge
Aug 2015
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Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)1. He's right. n/t
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)2. Maher is right
but, it's certainly working in dragging Clinton down.
ericson00
(2,707 posts)3. in the media's eyes
yes it is. In the eyes of the voters as reflected thru the polls, not so (except skewed QU polls which Howard Dean rightfully pointed out oversample GOPers)
oasis
(49,410 posts)4. GOP and mainstream media wasting time. (eom)
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)5. Maher is demonstrably ignorant of the facts.
Maher is not an ignorant man, yet he shut down guest Charles Cooke's explanation of the Federal laws that may have been violated.
Noteworthy are those here usually calling Maher a misogynist now suddenly finding him credible. Funny stuff.
sadoldgirl
(3,431 posts)6. Maher is having fun with the repugs.
He knows if he claims there is nothing there,
they will look even harder. Typical!
Gothmog
(145,619 posts)7. Bill Maher is correct-this is a nonissue
Stallion
(6,476 posts)8. Don't We Have More Important Things to Discus?
...like how many Children got rides on Trump's Helicopter at Iowa State Fair?
I'm always amazed at how few Americans can keep their Eye on the Ball