Lies and damn lies at the Democrats’ debate

Hot Air  (Illustrations added by TD) "Last night’s debate in Florida was, to give credit where due, one of the more explosive ones of the season. I rarely get the opportunity to shower praise on Univision anchor Jorge Ramos, but he popped open quite a few cans of worms which hadn’t gotten much oxygen in the previous outings between these two candidates. I can also offer a tip of the hat to Glenn Kessler at the Washington Post, who tore apart some of the flatly false statements which the candidates offered in response. It was a stunning display of denial of reality at times, but there’s only so much material for the two Democrats to work with when actually challenged."

"One of the first biggies of the evening we need to touch on was the fact that somebody finally asked Hillary Clinton about the ongoing investigation into her email scandal. " . . .

“ 'It was not prohibited. It was not in any way disallowed. And as I have said and as now has come out, my predecessors did the same thing and many other people in the government.”  — Hillary Clinton

"This is language that had previously earned Clinton Three Pinocchios. Clinton is relying on the fact that the legal requirement to immediately preserve emails from nongovernment email accounts was not made mandatory until nearly two years after she stepped down as secretary of state."But that does not mean that when Clinton was secretary of state, there were not already in place State Department rules on how to handle emails and whether to use a personal email account. " . . .

Separate but really, really related:  Is this Hillary Clinton’s “No Controlling Legal Authority” Moment?

. . . Once Al Gore used that line, in being questioned about making fundraising phone calls from the white House, we all knew he was guilty as sin. He wasn’t even pretending he didn’t do it. He just wanted to find some fig leaf of a technicality that didn’t make it illegal. He said “My counsel advises me that there is no controlling legal authority or case that says there was any violation of law whatsoever.” He became a laughing stock." . . .

"America if Clinton is not indicted and prosecuted that will be the final indicator the US has two sets of rules:

"One for the ruling elite allowing them to get away with committing crimes the other set for us to be convicted of doing the same. It will also confirm the US is a Banana Republic ruled by cronyism and criminals. God help us all as we go through that dark tunnel, it’s going to get bad!"