Since the beginning of the Democratic
primary campaign, Bernie Sanders’ supporters have been complaining about
national establishment media skewing their coverage in favor of Hillary
Clinton, noting the connections between ownership of those major media
outlets to Clinton campaign donations. Now, one national news site has
not only acknowledged Sanders as a viable candidate, but has gone as far
as to call for Hillary Clinton to concede the Democratic nomination to
Bernie Sanders.
In an article by H. A. Goodman, HuffPost Politics
calls for Clinton to drop out of the race, citing the criminal
investigation by the FBI into Clinton’s email server as well as national
polls showing that despite being behind in pledged delegates, Sanders
has taken the lead in national polls for not only the Democratic party
nomination, but fares far better against Donald Trump and Ted Cruz in a
national campaign.
“With Bernie Sanders now slightly ahead of Clinton
nationally in the latest Bloomberg poll, it’s time to reevaluate the
meaning of pragmatism. Hillary Clinton might be ahead of Bernie Sanders
in delegates, but Vermont’s Senator has a monopoly on political
momentum. Sadly, his opponent has a monopoly on controversy, and will
face FBI interviews in the near future.”
HuffPost also cited a Los Angeles Times article
about how formal interviews are being arranged with Clinton’s closest
advisers as well as Clinton herself, indicating the investigation is
reaching its final stages. By final stages, they mean that a possible
indictment for criminal charges may drop any time, and they want to make
sure that readers understand that this is a criminal investigation, which Goodman repeated multiple times throughout the opinion piece.
“The Christian Science Monitor
clearly states the nature of the FBI’s investigation, stating ‘The FBI
is indeed conducting a criminal investigation into the possible
mishandling of classified information on the private email server
Clinton used for State Department communications.’ Yes, Hillary
supporters, ‘The FBI is indeed conducting a criminal investigation.'”
Democratic
presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
testifies before the House Select Committee on Benghazi October 22, 2015
on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. [Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images]Other
publications making it clear that this investigation is not just about
possible misconduct but about criminal charges, include The Washington Post.
And, it isn’t just media outlets jumping on the bandwagon to let the
public know the gravity of the charges pending against Clinton and that
this is not just another far-fetched scandal courtesy of the Republican
Party, like so many attacks on the Clintons in the past.
Former U.S. attorney general Michael Mukasey wrote an article for the Wall Street Journal
back in January, claiming the charges were justified. Lt. Gen. Michael
Flynn, the retired chief of the Defense Intelligence Agency, told CNN‘s
Jake Tapper that it was time for Clinton to drop out of the race back
in February, long before the current surge in support for Sanders.
“If it were me, I would have been out
the door and probably in jail… This over-classification excuse is not an
excuse. If it’s classified, it’s classified.”
HuffPost Politics didn’t mince words on what many Sanders’
supporters have claimed was the DNC’s decision to anoint Hillary Clinton
the Democratic Party nominee long before the primaries even began,
regardless of who ran against her or what skeletons might lurk in her
proverbial closet. They also cited her extreme negative favorability
rating and how she fares far worse head-to-head with Trump in polls than
her rival Sanders.
“It’s time for Democrats to deal with reality, not just
allegiance to a political icon, and rally around the only candidate not
linked to an FBI investigation, and other controversies.
With recent victories and future wins ahead, Bernie Sanders has all the
political momentum heading towards Election Day. Most importantly,
Bernie Sanders is the only leading candidate with positive favorability ratings
in 2016… Democrats can’t run a winning presidential campaign with the
slogan, ‘We’ll save you from Trump with a person who’s less despised.'”
Real Clear Politics polls show Bernie Sanders consistently maintains a double digit lead over Donald Trump, while Hillary Clinton hovers around single digits — and has even dropped to below Trump’s ratings back in February — yet publications like Rolling Stone
continue to claim Clinton as the stronger candidate against Trump when
all polls indicate the exact opposite. All of this is taking place
before the GOP goes on the attack against Clinton should she win the
nomination for the general election.
It’s fair to say neither Donald Trump nor Ted Cruz will say “enough
about your d*** emails.” Or that they will give Clinton a pass on the many other reasons Hillary needs to step aside.
The author of the article also recorded a video on YouTube, spelling
out why Clinton will likely be indicted and how the email scandal in
itself disqualifies her from being president, citing the fact that there
are 22 emails that still can’t be shown to the American public, which
indicates that they are indeed classified, despite arguments from
Clinton to the contrary. Goodman says Clinton’s claims that the emails
weren’t classified while they were on her private server are false, and
that whole issue is irrelevant “spin” that doesn’t change the fact that
the email issue alone makes Clinton unfit to be the Democratic party
nominee or president.
“So you either have overt criminal
activity, or someone who’s just not smart enough to keep state secrets
safe. Either way, you’re not fit to be president.”
The HuffPost Politics article says that the subsequent
cover-up has been as damaging, if not more so, than the scandal itself,
much like Watergate derailed Richard Nixon. Goodman asks when the
Democratic Party establishment will finally “admit this fiasco is
horrible for a general election?” and notes that if “federal prosecutors
are interviewing your candidate for president, even Donald Trump has a
good chance at the White House.”
Just in case you didn’t draw the conclusion that Clinton’s email
scandal will be her downfall and it’s time for her to drop out, this
sums up the political point that only HuffPostPolitics seems willing to make among the establishment media. Democratic
presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) campaigns at Chicago
State University. [Photo by John Gress/Getty Images]
“Bernie is by far the superior candidate, and already
matches up better against GOP rivals; without the myriad of issues faced
by Clinton. For the country, and especially the Democratic Party,
Hillary Clinton should concede the nomination to Bernie Sanders.”
And HuffPost Politics did mention this is a criminal investigation. Just in case you didn’t catch it the seven times it’s pointed out in the article.
[Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images]
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