Among all the excuses in the world, one seems the most childish:

"Well the other kids were doing it, too!"



Poor Rachel, I'm sad to see her carrying water for someone clearly unfit for this office.

Rachel, please give some love to the progressive candidates, Sanders and O'Malley.

I'm loving this "everyone is doing it" direction!

Everyone steals cable service?
Everyone cheats a little on their taxes?
Everyone keeps the money when they're given to much change?
Everyone exaggerates their experience in Bosnia?

What else does everyone do?

basically saying both have transparency problems - that's a real surprise (NOT).

I'm guessing it gets ordinary people real far, right?

It was standard practice....no laws were broken period.

No laws were broken? Cool. Maybe make that argument instead of the "But Republicans did it too!"

Standards.....its all about you!

Nothing at all to do with your disdain for her at all...right...I see that now!

Look, you and I are on the same page about this "scandal," believe it or not. I think it's bullshit. All i'm saying to you is that if you're going to take the time to defend Clinton on the subject, at least make the effort to mount an actual defense. When you're piping out excuses like "everybody does it!" it doesn't look like you believe no laws were broken, it looks like you believe laws were broken BUT that Clinton should get special consideration.

"No laws were broken," so far as any of us know, that's true. Stick with that.

If you're going to mount a defense for Clinton, use a defense, not an excuse. "She didn't break any laws," that's all you need.

"But, but, but, the Republicans do it too!" isn't just an excuse, it's a lame excuse.

Because it involves her.....you are just having a sad because she didnt break laws and its not going to get her out of Bernies way....his ONLY chance.

I think it's made-up media bullshit.

However, I'm trying to get you to use better arguments in advancement of that fact - "but everyone does it!" makes it look like you think there's something to be "guilty" of, and that "everyone does it" ought to get the person you favor off the hook. Instead you ought to be making the point that there is no guilt in the first place.

in their pretending at political and moral piety, is a denial that this email thing is only a national scandal because it's Hillary Clinton.

A lack of persuasive ability requires them to rely upon the MSM and right-wing propaganda to pump up the high horses they ride. It is an asocial affect that sticks out like a "kick me" post-it stuck above one's ass.

For that matter if the public likes you enough, breaking laws can be rendered irrelevant as well.

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Legality is not at issue here.

It didnt take Hillary down....its anothee plate of sour grapes for them

Beats all Republicans to boot?

Maybe that level of standard is good enough for you.