BloggeRhythms

Although reading and digesting significant news every day, it’s still hard to fathom how far the nation has sunk in only seven years. A dedicated enemy couldn’t come close to the level of damage done to the nation’s economy by the current administration from within. 

 

However, while true unemployment still hovers around 10% and the nation's active workforce is at it's lowest since the 1970’s, foreign policy’s even worse because it apparently no longer exists at all. 

 

In a new development that Vladimir Putin wouldn’t have dreamt of attempting under any prior American POTUS, Russia’s begun an offensive in Syria in what’s being called a “threshold moment” that history will long record. The open aggression is likely to lead to Russia’s becoming the dominant force in the Middle-East, which along with Iran and Syria will establish a foothold never thought possible over the past fifty years. 

 

To put the situation in perspective, as reported @newsweek.com's Elliott Abrams on 9/22/15: “[Benjamin] Netanyahu may have thought that Russia was no worry, given simple geography and the fact that American foreign policy and military strength had kept the Russians out of the Middle East for a half century. But then along came Barack Obama, and now the Russians have made a major move in Syria. 

 

“The American reaction—thus far, one phone conversation by John Kerry and one by Ashton Carter—will not have deterred Putin, so Netanyahu on September 21 flew to Moscow to talk with the Russians.” 

 

Which all leads to a truly incredible course of events. Because, in their wildest dreams who would ever imagine that an Israeli head of state would call on a soviet president because he was unsure that his nation would get needed security assistance from the United States of America?

 

Which brings us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife. 

 

As details of the email scandal unfold, there are news story's of every type and stripe across the media. Today, however, one stood out because it was quite brief, yet made a very significant point.

Shoshanna Weissmann writes @weeklystandard.com, that: “In a newly released Hillary Clinton email, Clinton jokes that the Chinese must have hacked her email. "Even weirder--I just checked and I do have your state but not your gmail--so how did that happen. Must be the Chinese!"

“To make matters even more hilarious, over the past few months, numerous questions have been raised about the security of her email system. As RB Pundit notes on Twitter, "Hillary Clinton joking about Chinese possibly hacking into email. Which they probably did." 

 

The most important point illustrated by the email above is that it clearly refutes the denials and excuses put forth for the last few months. Because it’s now obvious that Bill’s wife not only knew what she was doing all along, but certainly understood the risks involved and that she should not be doing it at all.  

As far as the emails themselves are concerned, the dozens in the latest release contain information now deemed classified by the State Department. Of the nearly 3,900 new emails, more than 200 have a ‘B1’ marking, meaning they contain classified information. Additionally, more than 100 were marked as ‘B5’ classification, which refers to internal deliberations by the Executive Branch and are exempt from disclosure to Congress and the public.

What may turn out to be even more important though are two indicators of coming problems.

Fox News Chris Stirewalt notes that: “Top Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett ever-so-gently backed the bus over Hillary Clinton when asked at a think-tank chin wag whether the administration provided Clinton with instructions on email hygiene. “Yes, there were. Yeah, absolutely. … [T]here was guidance given that government business should be done on government emails, and that if you did use a private email, it should be turned over.”

Comments like Jarrett’s seem to be resonating with the public, which can be seen in other indicators of Bill’s wife’s favorability slippage, as follows also according to Fox. 

 

“Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders shows a surge in money in this quarter. Sanders’ camp reports totals exceeding $26 million, with around $25 million in ‘cash on hand,’ according to the NYT.

 

“Hardest hit was Hillary Clinton. Her campaign raised $28 million this fundraising quarter, a major drop from the record $47.5 million of last quarter. Her campaign explained to USA Today that donors aren’t as active in August with everyone taking the last of summer vacations.” 

 

For comparison purposes, what’s bound to be even more worrisome for Clinton is the news that Sanders has passed the 1 million donor mark in online donations; that’s faster than then-Obama in 2008, not reaching that number until the middle of primary season. 

 

All of which leads once again to the ongoing question: Joe Biden, Mayor Bloomberg, and Starbuck’s chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, are you reading this? 

 

That’s it for today folks. 

 

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