Democrats in Total Freak Out Mode Over Hillary Clinton Email Scandal
In recent months, most media attention has centered on the Republican Party and the 17 candidates running for President. While the first GOP debate generated historic ratings and the Donald Trump campaign continues to garner headlines, reporters are beginning to realize that the Democratic presidential race has suddenly become interesting.
Presumed front runner Hillary Clinton is in a meltdown; losing to Senator Bernie Sanders, a Vermont socialist, in New Hampshire and seeing her lead evaporate in Iowa. While Clinton's speeches are lame and her crowds are sparse, Sanders is making fiery speeches and generating huge audiences. Democrat activists are thirsting for a genuine liberal, not one manufactured from polls, consultant talking points and pure political ambition.
Along with political troubles, Clinton is facing massive legal problems. Her worries only intensified today with State Department revelations that more than 300 emails sent from her private account may have included top secret information. Under a federal court order the State Department is processing all of the approximately 30,000 emails that Hillary Clinton released. They are releasing the emails on a schedule dictated by a federal court; however, 24,000 emails still have to be reviewed. To date, nearly 5% of Clinton's emails contain information that has been flagged top secret. If this rate continues, as the rest of the Clinton emails are analyzed, about 1,500 top secret messages would have been sent by the Secretary of State on her private server, resulting in potentially severe damage to our national security.
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There is also the intriguing situation involving the other 30,000 mails that Clinton did not release and supposedly contained only private communications. Last week, Clinton finally provided to the FBI her email server, but it had been wiped clean. Vital questions remain unanswered. What was on the missing 30,000 emails? Did they also contain top secret material? We already know from a small sampling that Clinton mishandled classified information, so it seems almost certain that the other 30,000 emails contained data that should have been secured.
Other people who mishandled national security information have been prosecuted, but it remains to be seen whether Hillary Clinton will be held to the same standard. A criminal investigation has been launched and calls are intensifying for a special prosecutor.
These scandals, along with the continuing controversy about her role in the Benghazi cover-up and the questionable Clinton Foundation donations may be too overwhelming for Hillary to continue her campaign. If she does not exit the race, her party may push for alternatives that are not under federal investigation.
Currently, her main challenger is Sanders, who calls for higher taxes, more government intrusion into the lives of Americans, more political correctness and a system of government akin to Sweden. He wants to expand the federal government's role to an extent unprecedented in our nation's history.
The same Democratic Party leaders who are coming to realize that Hillary is too damaged no doubt understand that a 73 year old socialist is not the best standard bearer. Obviously, the hunt for another major candidate is underway. Unfortunately, none of the alternatives are too appealing. Vice President Joe Biden has already lost two presidential bids. Even liberal icons such as Secretary of State John Kerry and former Vice President Al Gore have previously lost presidential campaigns. The best alternative may be Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren who is a fresh face, while still a committed liberal.
If elected, all of these Democratic candidates would continue the Obama legacy of higher taxes and deficit spending. The next Democrat President would continue to encourage illegal immigration, enact more amnesty and keep wide open borders.
The next Democrat President would continue to degrade the U.S. military and lessen our country's international standing. Political correctness would continue to be unleashed and police officers would face more investigations because "black lives matter."
The EPA would continue to unleash harsh regulations on coal power plants and pursue a climate change agenda. Alternative energy sources would be pursued and the Keystone pipeline would never be approved.
This agenda is what we can expect from another Democrat in the White House, so it really does not matter who is nominated. In many respects, they are all the same.
