The president went in depth in his defense of his former secretary of state, even after saying he had to be careful because of the ongoing investigations in the Department of Justice and Congress.
“I continue to believe that she has not jeopardized America’s national security,” Obama said.
Obama was confronted about 2,000 email exchanges that had to be redacted for containing classified information when they were released by the State Department. Those emails were found to have passed through Clinton's private email server.
“What I also know, because I handle a lot of classified information, is that there are -- there’s classified, and then there’s classified,” said Obama, emphasizing his second use of “classified.” “There’s stuff that is really top secret, top secret, and there’s stuff that is being presented to the president or the secretary of state that you might not want on the transom or going out over the wire but is basically stuff that you could get in open-source.”
When confronted about the investigation earlier this week, Clinton laughed off the prospect that she would be put in handcuffs when it concludes.
This being Fox News the President was also peppered with questions about possible interference of the FBI probe by his administration.
This was his response:
“I guarantee there is no political influence in any investigation conducted by the Justice Department of the FBI, not just in this case but in any case,” he said. “Full stop. Period. Guaranteed. Nobody gets treated differently when it comes to the Justice Department because nobody is above the law.”
Of course Hillary's detractors will never believe this to be true.
Nor will anything the President says convince them that Hillary is not guilty of every manufactured "scandal" that has been created by the Right Wing over the last 25 years.
Peck, peck, peck. The right are a bunch of roosters and hens, and they'd like to keep it that way. The religious right would like to be like the taliban but we live in America so they have to shield their woman hating mentality through conspiracy theories. If you go on youtube, most of the conspiracy theories are being cooked up by guys like Alex Jones and Jessie Ventura. It's a caveman thing.
ReplyDeleteWhat's really disheartening is how the left (especially some of Sanders supporters have bought into it the hatred wholeheartedly, to the point of publishing a hit list of super delegates who support her and online stalking of those superdelgates.
DeleteNow it's the Panama thing...they are all in a tizzy that she is corrupt and evil and should be in jail--this time, FOR SURE!
ReplyDeleteThe Panama thing closed tax loopholes for the US. Check out National Memo.
Deletehttp://www.nationalmemo.com/sanders-was-wrong-panama-trade-deal-shut-down-tax-shelters/
Deletehttp://www.nationalmemo.com/sanders-was-wrong-panama-trade-deal-shut-down-tax-shelters/
DeleteI listened to the interview, and it seems that some of the media is editing it interesting. He also said this: Obama contended she did not jeopardize America's national security, however was "careless" in terms of managing e-mails that she has owned.
ReplyDeleteJust what we need is a President who has poor judgement about starting wars and is careless with their emails.
@11:17
Delete"careless" indeed!
The Clintons give zero fucks about rules/laws.
Before starting in her role as Secretary of State, Hillary had to read and sign this agreement:
Intending to be legally bound, I hereby accept the obligations contained in this Agreement in consideration of my being granted access to classified information. As used in this Agreement, classified information is marked or unmarked classified information, including oral communications, that is classified under the standards of Executive Order 12958, or under any other Executive order or statute that prohibits the unauthorized disclosure of information in the interest of national security; and unclassified information that meets the standards for classification and is in the process of a classification determination as provided in Sections 1.1. 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4(e) of Executive Order 12958, or under any other Executive order or statute that requires protection for such information in the interest of national security. I understand and accept that by being granted access to classified information, special confidence and trust shall be placed in me by the United States Government.
...I understand that if I am uncertain about the classification status of information, I am required to confirm from an authorized official that the information is unclassified before I may disclose it...
...4. I have been advised that any breach of this Agreement may result in the termination of any security clearances...
https://www.fas.org/sgp/isoo/new_sf312.pdf
Figures you would glom on to that.
DeleteAre you capable of a post that doesn't include the word war?
DeleteWTF is wrong with you? She has never been president so SHE DID NOT START A WAR. She is no more guilty of GWB's actions than the people WHO DID NOT VOTE FOR AL GORE. PERIOD. Sooooooo tired of the is stupid, stupid, stupid talking point. There. Now I feel better.
Delete@11:58
Delete"Figures you would glom on to that."
The contract/agreement that HRC was required to sign?
Hillary is the greatest! I plan to vote for her.
DeleteIf she is so evil: WHY DID BERNIE VOTE FOR HER CONFIRMATION AS SEC. OF STATE, @11:43??
Delete3:49 The same reason I'll hold my nose and vote for the Borg Queen if she wins the nomination, least of two evils.
Delete"Here's what I know," Obama told Wallace. "Hillary Clinton was an outstanding Secretary of State. She would never intentionally put America in any kind of jeopardy."
ReplyDeleteBasically he is saying, if it turns out that she did, it was unintentional.
Right. And she didn't, anyway.
DeleteThe ONLY thing that bothers me about these emails is that the information in them is the type of important info that will be put in the hands of Trump or Cruz and associates if we don't vote a Dem in.
ReplyDeleteMildred
Well, I'm also bothered that neither one of those dudes would really understand much it or would have any good idea as to what to do about it. Either guy becoming pres. stands the greatest possibility of an unelected Major Domo being the one who is really running the castle and kingdom, and I don't have much faith in them choosing wise, benevolent advisors.
DeleteObama explains Trump’s rise to Fox host Chris Wallace: ‘Republicans have their own TV station’
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/obama-explains-trumps-rise-to-fox-host-chris-wallace-republicans-have-their-own-tv-station/
As usual, my president nails it!
Deletehttp://www.salon.com/2016/04/08/spreading_hate_has_backfired_on_right_wing_media_how_fox_news_unwittingly_destroyed_the_republican_party/
AND Wisconsin, thanks to Sarah! And she's pretty much disappeared too, you'll notice.
Donald Trump Goes Into Hiding After Delegate Bloodbath In Colorado and South Carolina
Donald Trump can no longer win the Republican nomination with big rallies, phone interviews, and tweets. The contest to be the next GOP nominee has entered the professional political realm, and Trump is being routed like the unskilled, unprepared, and unorganized amateur that he is.
The Republican frontrunner is showing his lack of character by running away when the going gets tough. Americans want a president who will lead, not a spoiled rich boy who will take his ball and go home when things aren’t going his way.
Trump is becoming the thing that he hates most. A loser who is getting outhustled in a deal.
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/04/10/donald-trump-hiding-delegate-bloodbath-colorado-south-carolina.html
Donald Trump’s disastrous free ride
...Trump has been laying the groundwork for his campaign for years. His “birther” activity was not accidental, though reporters tended to dismiss it as a sideshow. His was not (and is not) quite the seat-of-his-pants operation he lets journalists believe. Sure, he has a relaxed attitude toward policy, but he has spent time learning about his audience — something that the reporters following him have neglected to do. Research is an important aspect of journalism — and stopping in at a diner in Iowa just doesn’t count as real research on the voting population. My students recognized this quite quickly, even if the press did not.
http://www.salon.com/2016/04/09/donald_trumps_disastrous_free_ride_finally_the_new_york_times_commands_the_obvious/
Donald Trump’s Trial Balloons Are Catching Up With Him
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/us/politics/donald-trumps-trial-balloons-are-catching-up-with-him.html
For Americans of nearly every race, gender, political persuasion and location, disdain for Donald Trump runs deep, saddling the Republican front-runner with unprecedented unpopularity as he tries to overcome recent campaign setbacks.
DeleteSeven in 10 people, including close to half of Republican voters, have an unfavorable view of Trump, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. It's an opinion shared by majorities of men and women; young and old; conservatives, moderates and liberals; and whites, Hispanics and blacks — a devastatingly broad indictment of the billionaire businessman.
Even in the South, a region where Trump has won GOP primaries decisively, close to 70 percent view him unfavorably. And among whites without a college education, one of Trump's most loyal voting blocs, 55 percent have a negative opinion.
http://bigstory.ap.org/a636c58b5e9d4da4bb77dcce87148132
I hope when he is defeated he will be cast on to the trash heap of the business world and everyone will treat him like an "untouchable". Maybe all of his businesses could fail and he dies a pauper and a loser.
DeleteThat's a nice shot of the 2 of them. I thought they made a great team and we were thrilled when he chose her for his SoS.
ReplyDeleteI love that photo, too, that is one handsome president! You know the president would have never chosen Clinton if he didn't have explicit trust in her. The timing, after a difficult campaign, helped mend the fences and show how working together is a better option.
DeleteMildred
You people have really short memories.
DeleteHillary is great and I plan to vote for her.
DeleteYou go 1:44pm
DeleteI'm voting for GreenParty Candidate Jill Stein. But, you know what, neither of our votes count because the Electoral College votes for the POTUS, not US, not the individual voters...our votes don't even count so you may as well write yourself in because it doesn't even matter in the slightest who you vote for.
https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/4d3r8e/the_known_facts_of_hillary_clintons_server_is/
ReplyDeleteYou link to reddit? That cesspool of misogynistic foul mouthed perverts who relentlessly attacked Ellen Pao until she was forced to resign? F.U.
DeleteHillary is great I and many of my friends and colleagues are voting for her.
DeleteNo thanks. Reddit is a terrible source!
DeleteAnonymous4:21 PM,
DeleteMuch of the info on Reddit is unverified and decidedly slanted. No, thanks. I'll wait until the experts in law enforcement (FBI) make a decision on their findings.
OMG - Reddit is a cesspool! Hilarious that you live by it!
Deletepalins lurk among us
DeleteNo one is above the Justice Department?!
ReplyDeleteGive me a freaking break.
Are you stoopid? He said no one is above the law not above the justice department.
DeleteAnd this is the man that Sanders said lacks leadership. I will never forgive Sanders for that. It shows that he lacks judgement a million times worse that Hillary Clinton. At least she can disagree with Obama without questioning his leadership.
ReplyDeleteReally? Kinda funny how you've all forgotten who she really is.
Deletehttp://www.nbcnews.com/id/19933710/ns/politics-the_debates/t/clinton-obama-naive-foreign-policy/
Hillary is the true queen of "what's in it for me?" She'll tell you all you want to hear as long as you forget what she said before.
Keep saying the same thing 12:45 and I will too. Hillary is a great Presidential candidate and I am looking forward to casting my vote for her. There!
DeleteAnonymous12:45 PM,
DeleteI haven't forgotten anything. Obama was better than Clinto in 2008 and I enthusiastically supported both times. Clinton has grown and learned a lot since then. There is currently no better candidate and no one better qualified to be President than Hillary Clinton. Especially not someone as Qixotic as Sanders.
Quixotic.
DeleteLaura Bush Stuns Republican Party – Hinted That She Plans To Vote For Hillary Clinton
ReplyDeletehttp://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/04/10/laura-bush-stuns-republican-party-hinted-that-she-plans-to-vote-for-hillary-clinton/
Considering the choices on the other side, this does not actually surprise me.
DeleteThanks for nothing, Laura.
DeleteOf course she does.
DeleteWhere's Michelle?
https://www.google.com/search?q=laura+bush+hillary&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiR2c6n-ITMAhVDKGMKHVEGCHUQ_AUIBygB&biw=1366&bih=631#tbm=isch&q=laura+bush+hillary+church&imgrc=5TBfcn8oh7VD3M%3A
Those that pray together stay together. Don't we all know, by now, it's a life long membership?
DeleteThe clintons, both, are literally EVERYTHING that is wrong with this country. The only reason you won't see that is because the 90s were a surplus time. Other than that, Bill's admin was horrendous.
ReplyDeleteYou need a sense of perspective. If they are "literally EVERYTHING that is wrong with this country" then how do you describe Trump, Cruz, and the rest of the right wing Taliban?
DeleteAnd how do you describe GWB?
DeleteHillary is the greatest! I plan to vote for her.
DeleteYes, we know 12:20. You don't care for the Clintons. Don't vote for her, okay?
DeleteYour opinion of Hillary Clinton in 2008 and your opinion of her now is like night and day. What happened?
ReplyDeleteFrom http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2008/02/hillary-clintons-campaign-is-getting.html#comment-form
"But what is really telling about this video is how spiteful and catty Hillary has become.
This looks all the world like the unpopular girl trashing the Prom Queen to make herself feel better about not being chosen."
And this from My favorite line of the night goes to Wolf Blitzer.
'Were you naive about George Bush?" This was in reference to Hillary's vote to give Bush the ability to invade Iraq, and it was awesome!
And how could you have forgotten this?
http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2008/02/obama-points-out-flaws-in-hillarys.html#comment-form
"Obama points out flaws in Hillary's health care plan so she responds with a picture of him in African garb. Nice to see her being so mature."
As for "Bernie Bros"? MY my my!
http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2008/02/argument-over-presidential-candidates.html#comment-form
Argument over Presidential candidates result in family stabbing.
The 41-year-old Shurelds, an Obama supporter, told Ortiz that the Illinois senator was "trashing" Clinton (apparently in regard to recent primary and caucus results). Ortiz, a Clinton supporter, replied that "Obama was not a realist." While not exactly fighting words, the verbal political tiff led to some mutual choking and punching. And, allegedly, a stabbing in the abdomen.
"I would like to point out that it was the Hillary supporter that decided to use deadly force."
Oh dear, 12:22. It's time to turn a few pages in your calendar. 8 years' worth.
DeleteLet it go 12:22. All your Hillary Hate has been festering and growing for 7 years now. You might want to seek help at your local mental health department office.
DeleteYes,Liz. Let's forget everything because it was 8 years ago. I guess with that kind of logic we should forgive all the rest of the political players who said bullshit garbage against our POTUS in the past. She has obviously "seen the light". Hmmm. Where have I heard that before?
Delete12:22pm
DeleteThank you so much for publishing these links! I've been reading some of his Obama v. Hillary blogposts but never linked. Nice to have a glance back in the mind of the writer and how feelings have changed over time.
It's interesting indeed. In one post Gryph writes "And that is indefensible! The Hillary Clinton campaign might as well stop all of the "we support the African American community" garbage and put on their white sheets so we can all finally see their true nature."
DeleteStill, trying to figure out what changed....
1:52 "hate" lmao.Sure,that's what it is.
DeleteSome truly obtuse people on this thread. When Hillary & Barack made up and worked together, lots of us changed! Not just Gryph. That happened in 2008. Wake up, Berrumpilstilskin!
DeleteI'm awake.. and I remember everything. Character flaws don't just go away...
DeleteHillary ices up.
For the second election night in a row, Hillary Clinton failed to acknowledge or congratulate Barack Obama after he won the day in dominating fashion.
On Tuesday in El Paso, hours after Virginia had been called for Obama, she stuck to her “Texas campaign kickoff” message and did not stray from an energetic, Lone Star-themed stump speech. She did mention Obama by name, only to chide his health care plan.
On Saturday night in Richmond, Virginia, Clinton spoke to a crowd of thousands at the state’s annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner, but she ignored Obama’s quartet of blowout primary and caucus wins that day as well (Obama also won the Maine caucuses the next day).
The courtesy of conceding a primary or caucus loss — and then congratulating your opponent — is by no means required. But it has become standard practice during campaign season.
Everybody wants to win, but this kind of pettiness is especially ugly. And it demonstrates a deep flaw in Hillary's character. ~ Gryphen
Do Bernie's character flaws go away? How can you support someone who farted around practically living off welfare until he was forty and who wants to LEAD the country? He's suddenly decided that he didn't get his fair share and peopel to give him money? When he was 40 and getting his first real paycheck, I was 25 and had been working part-time since I was 15, and had a full-time job since I was 20. At that age I already had a better financial grasp than he did and was helping to support my parents and helping them to buy a house. Freakin' whiny ass entitled slob.
DeleteDo you not understand what year it was that things changed, Bernrumpilstilskin? No, you are not awake yet. It's 2016. Obama & Clinton made up in 2008. Gawd, you're o-b-t-u-s-e-.
DeleteYep, she's the one that we DIDN'T want in 2008 and she's the one that WE DON'T want in 2016. Nothing's changed. There is no Obama running against her but she's still Hillary and many of us would never vote for her, no matter how many times she runs. Nope, thanks but no thanks. I'll go Green before I go Hillary, and believe me, I'm not alone.
DeleteSay Bernrumplestilskin again and maybe someone will finally clap you on the back and call you clever... or not.
Delete5:50 is obviously a GOP troll.
DeleteYou all are the trolls with your worn out GOP smears of Hillary! Bernrumplestilskins, all!
DeleteSaw this comment and, as a women with daughters, loved it.
ReplyDeleteI will NEVER badmouth Bristol because of what is said in this comment.
"You're amazing because you are the perfect example of how, still in the year 2016, women aren't equal to men. Women are still slutshamed for doing what men do. Working women, the most exceptional people, are shamed and called neglectful. Nothing about you is shameful. The US media is shameful. You family is fantastic and your kids are beyond lucky to have a good example in your mom, to learn how to stand strong and fight for little guys, to not be sheep, to value family and never lose heart and soul. They will recognize your strength and good heart In spite of idiots.
As an after thought, instead of constantly pitting people against each other, I feel as if we need to stop stalking and let these people live their happy lives. It's good Levi and Bristol avoided court and settled differences quickly. They hurt each other equally. While it's sad Levi will likely never have a decent relationship with his sister again due to her immaturity, it is a positive thing he stopped covering her bad deeds up. That he recognizes without her, his issues would've been far less. Let them move on and forget the time of Tank and Rex. Despite his lies, Levi has never once denied the fact that Bristol is the best mom Tripp could have and that is good.
The people at this blog are mocked at other blogs for a reason. So much trash here, it's unreadable 99% of the time.
Stop stalking and focus on how this election is the worst ever.
Hillary: evil
Bernie: so closed-off
Trump: fake politician
Cruz: Hillary with a dick
We are fucked and I'm about to take a 4-year family vacay to Italy.
Stay in Italy, bastard!
Deletebye!
DeleteI like that your parents are calling your long-time-coming, long-term stay at an inpatient mental health facility a "4-year family vacay to Italy," Alicia. Bless your heart.
DeleteOkay I am sorry that the comment up above sneaked past me. I usually block these bizarre off topic pro-Bristol posts.
DeleteThe lady that keeps posting them is quite mentally ill, and this has reached the point where it is no longer a laughing matter.
You should see the e-mails she sends.
Anyhow this post is about President Obama, Hillary Clinton, FBI investigation. For those who may have been distracted.
Enough, alicia.
DeleteWhen did the Mangelsdorfs become Italian? What man in his right mind would father babies with your crazy ass? Since you have been unemployed for the past 8 years, why do you need a vacation? Mercede Johnston really gets to you, right Alicia Stalker Mangelsdorf? Do you also take cross-eyed fish-lipped selfies to emulate Bristol Palin? As your idol,the uneducated bastard breeder would say, "don't be a dick".
DeleteBWAHAHAHAHA the forever unemployed internet stalker is taking a 4 year 'vacay'? Will you also take a 'vacay' from this blog?
DeleteThere is nothing particularly offensive about Alicia's post. I'm glad that Gryphen is finally admitting that he blocks comments that he doesn't like or disagrees with.
DeleteWrong 1:34, I block comments if they are completely off topic and an attempt by a crazy person to hijack a thread.
DeleteBig difference.
"So much trash here, it's unreadable 99% of the time"
DeleteIf only we could achieve that last 1%, would you stop reading (and posting) here?
If you want to see a picture of Alicia Mangelsdorg, search her name and photo. She's a read head plump one.
Delete"I'm DONE!"
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxbMlVPThp0
A compilation...
ReplyDeletehttps://www.facebook.com/Venicedread/videos/vb.713142601/10153368165547602/?type=2&theater
And, then, then is Karl Rove in Fox. That man belongs in jail along with Dubya and Cheney.
ReplyDeleteRep. Tulsi Gabbard
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QJas7RMYHQ
Won't watch. Another DINO.
DeleteObama romped through the Fox News Sunday interview like a hot knife through butter.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politicususa.com/2016/04/10/president-obama-leaves-republicans-whimpering-conquering-fox-news.html
Trump attaches himself to Bernie.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politicususa.com/2016/04/10/donald-trump-throws-fit-claims-bernie-sanders-robbed.html
I knew there was a reason some of their supporters seemed so alike.
DeleteOMG! Trump mentioned Bernie? Well, that does it for me! How dare Bernie allow his name to come out of that orange face! I'm outraged!
DeleteYour comparison is, once again,
P A T H E T I C.
They ARE alike!
DeleteAnonymous3:19 PM,
DeleteMy comment was tongue in cheek but your over-the-top, frothing-at-the-mouth defense validated it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmnSm_d2ll4
ReplyDeleteThat was the most uplifting thing I have seen in a long time. I feel so much better after watching that. THANK YOU FOR POSTING!
DeleteHAHA. Obama said today the worst mistake of his presidency was not having a plan to fill the void left when Gaddafi was toppled in Libya. About that issue Sanders said during one debate,"The truth is, it is relatively easy for a powerful nation like America to overthrow a dictator, but it is very hard to predict the unintended consequences and the turmoil and the instability that follows after you overthrow that dictator." I think Obama just handed Sanders an incredibly powerful talking point. Obama also told Chris Wallace regarding email, "there's classified and then there's classified" and "there's a carelessness in terms of managing emails." Another talking point for Sanders. And people think Obama wants to endorse Clinton. Obama can't stand the Clintons. He put her in his cabinet to keep her from rat-fucking him.
ReplyDeleteKeep your friends close and your enemies closer. Smart man our POTUS.
DeleteIt was not Obama's decision to have an alternative to Quadaffi. It was Libya's decision. How big in the balls does one have to be to think he has the ability to make decisions for another country?
DeleteMeanwhile, Guantanamo is still happening.
100,000+ middle easterners died in Obama's wars, and over 6,000 Americans. He just needs to shut up, and wait for his term to be over and saner minds to take over.
I and my partner have made a lot of money during Obama's terms but we've not agreed with any of his foreign policy, but thanks for the money O!
I think I know a thing or two about Benghazi and the emails; what I know for a certainty is zero. No shortage of folks sitting at word processors lecturing about facts they have no knowledge of.
ReplyDelete