Saturday Politics : Trump Uses the Second Amendment to Get Out the Vote, While Hillary and the Democrats Fear Russia Has and Will Release Her 33,000 'Personal' Emails

Saturday Politics is sometimes about constitutional rights and hacked emails. ~~~~~~ Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Newsmax TV on Wednesday that Hillary Clinton was attacking his "Second Amendment" comments to divert attention away from her own problems : "She's got all of her email scandals and all of the problems that they have -- and they're trying to get out of them....They fully know it." Trump was talking to "Newsmax Prime" host J.D. Hayworth before the start of a rally in Sunrise, Florida. Meanwhile, at an Iowa rally, Clinton said that Trump's remarks represented "casual inciting of violence." But, Trump told Hayworth that Clinton knew that he was not advocating violence and reiterated that he was speaking of "the power of the people. She knows it's not so. What we're talking about very simply is the power of the people. We have such power because they believe in the Second Amendment -- and there's such incredible voting strength, and that's what we talk about. Everybody knows that and she knows that." ~~~~~~ Rush Limbaugh called the firestorm by Hillary and her Progressive Democrat supporters aimed at Donald Trump's "Second Amendment people" remark a typical political stroke by the left to pit the biased media against "our candidates" : "This reaction from everybody in the media and a lot of Republicans too, 'cause everybody's so tightly wound and is so afraid of what somebody's gonna say, it tells us more about what the media think of gun owners than what gun owners intend to ever do with their guns." Speaking on "The Rush Limbaugh Show," he said : "Do not misunderstand me here. I imagine some in the drive-by media are gonna say that 'Limbaugh mounted a spirited defense of Trump.' That's not what I'm doing. That's not my purpose. I'm talking about how the left goes about taking out our candidates. I'm telling you how the left goes about defeating us. I'm telling you how the left and the Democratic party working together with the media, which is one and the same, do their dirty work." ~~~~~~ Limbaugh was referring to Trump's appearance at a North Carolina rally where he made a call to action for gun owners to vote against the Democratic opposition and Hillary Clinton. What Trump actually said was : "Hillary wants to abolish -- essentially abolish the Second Amendment. By the way, if she gets to pick, if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don't know." Limbaugh said : "Look I probably am the best interpreter of Donald Trump there is, and I know exactly what he meant with that comment. It was not the advocacy of violence. Everybody is so tightly wound about words, that we are letting all kinds of destructive action take place against this country that has to stop. Words aren't hurting anybody. Words are not causing any damage, not expressly and not directly. But we're so focused on the words." ~~~~~~ Sometimes, comments about articles on the internet are very informative about how Americans are viewing what's going on politically. Several comments written about Rush Limbaugh's article are particularly telling. One commenter wrote : "Rush is right. The DEMOCRAT party does not want anyone other than police or military to own guns. MRS Bill Clinton's plan is to pass product liability laws holding firearms and ammo manufactures, plus retailers, distributors and sellers accountable for misuse of their product. This act alone will end firearm sales. The DEMOCRATs want full registration and massive taxes on all firearm and ammo purchases. There can be no doubt in anyone's mind DEMOCRATs want the Second Amendment gone from YOUR bill of rights." Another commenter wrote : "The Democrats dont want any police other than federal ones. And if we go the way we are, thats what we will end up with." And a third commenter wrote : "And that is the first move in every country where the people have lost their rights. Without guns to protect themselves, and oppose government tyranny, they are easy takeover by those with guns. Saw that in Korea, Vietnam, Cuba, Venezuela, Germany at start of WWII, when Hitler sent the Brown Shirts to houses to collect the registered guns and ammo. Also in Australia, with buyout of guns, with increase of house invasions, using knives. See knives used in England, France, and Germany, but also by those who have guns and mean to kill a lot of people. ISIS is now sending out the lone wolves attackers, to kill, bomb, drive trucks to cause terror anywhere and everywhere. Our USA Constitution gives us the right to defend ourselves from governmental tyranny, and I just renewed my NRA membership, though I do not fish or hunt anymore at 86. But Colorado, and other states do have MAKE MY DAY LAW. In Florida and other states they have STAND YOUR GROUND. And by law, and the Constitution, we are not required to submit to being killed, without fighting back. We need an equalizer. At 86 I cannot run, or fight, but can still pull a trigger, and I always did shoot straight. Fired EXPERT in basic training and in regular testing, through my military days. Did not have to shoot anyone, but do not know what future will bring." ~~~~~~ We should also consider that last month, WikiLeaks shocked the Democratic National Committee by releasing 20,000 of its internal emails, including several that showed committee officials were working to help Clinton's campaign by attacking Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, told a TV show : "[DNC] Communications Director Luis Miranda, who has resigned just three days ago, instructed his staff -- an instruction, not a discussion, an instruction -- to pump out, in 'an unattributable manner,' statements in an article saying that Bernie Sanders supporters were engaged in acts of violence. So, this is the DNC demonizing in a covert manner, through its chain of command...a Democrat, saying that a Democrat was conducting violence when you have the same allegations against the Trump campaign, thereby watering down the critique against the Trump campaign." -- does it seem that alleging "violence" is Team Hillary's way of attacking and neutralizing opponents -- whether they are Democrat or Republican. ~~~~~~ The WikiLeaks release of the DNC emails got Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz fired, and this week interim Chairwoman Donna Brazile fired Miranda, CEO Amy Dacey, and chief financial officer Brad Marshall, according to Politico. Security experts are pushing the Obama administration to take swift action against the DNC hacking incident if it turns out Russia was involved, as the Clinton campaign alleges, but the United States has not taken action against Russia for evidence of other hackers linked to President Vladimir Putin's administration who have been able to intrude into computer systems in the White House itself, as well as the State Department and the Pentagon, Politico reports. Assange wouldn't link Russia with the hack into the DNC's servers. When the TV show host Bill Maher told him : "It looks like you’re working with a bad actor -- Russia -- and putting your thumb on the scale to basically f*** with the one person who stands in the way of us being ruled by Donald Trump," Assange's answer was : "Our materials, the materials that we release, are pristine. We’re really good at this. We have a 10-year perfect record of never having got it wrong in relation to the integrity of what we release." Assange also noted out that there has not been any allegation, even from Schultz or the DNC, that the material that was released was not true. ~~~~~~ A question -- why would Hillary Clinton care so much about who hacked into the DNC computers? Because they are concerned that there could be another leak of damaging material, and they maintain that Putin is behind the effort to help Trump. Russia denies being connected with the DNC leaks, but many security experts do not believe it. A 'bipartisan' group of 31 security and counterterrorism experts have also urged Obama to take prompt action to deter foreign companies from launching cyber attacks. Experts from the Aspen Institute Homeland Security Group, which includes Bush Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and former CIA directors Michael Hayden and William Webster, warn : "This is not a partisan issue. Our President should be chosen by American citizens, not by foreign adversaries or interests.” -- that is ironic, since Hillary and Bill have put millions of dollars from foreigh governments into the Clinton Foundation coffers before directing them to Hillary's State Department for further advice and help through pay-to-play. The security and counterterrorism group also warned that hackers may try to "salt the files they release with plausible forgeries" to make the released information even more damaging as the election approaches -- too bad FBI Director James Comey didn't think of that before he let Hillary off the hook. None of the Democrats interviewed by politico would say what kind of other materials could be released, after cyberattacks not only hit the DNC servers but also those of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and of the Clinton campaign. ~~~~~~ Dear readers, it seems particularly fitting that Hillary's campaign team and supporters should be worried about email leaks -- especially email leaks that may come from foreign governments who paid-to-play while Hillary was Secretary of State. One commentator said : "it depends what's in these e-mails. We've already heard that Hillary Clinton emails, specifically, will be released. So the question is right now, when you have three staffers from the DNC resign this week, three more senior staffers, what exactly is going to be in these next rounds." Yes, dear readers, that is exactly the question. What is in other Hillary emails that would cause so much worry inside the DNC, the DCCC and the Clinton campaign itself? Could they in fact know that Secretary of State Hillary's secret, unsecured, private email server was actually hacked by foreign governments? Do they fear, or do they know for a certainty, that Hillary's 33,000 'personal' emails -- supposedly 'destroyed' by Hillary after her 'review' of the entire lot and turnover to the State Department of those she decided were 'government-related' -- are right now in the hands of foreign governments, including regimes and governments hostile to America? And, is the content of those emails so damaging to Hillary and Bill Clinton that Hillary could be blackmailed while serving as President?? What cataclysmic damage to the United States and its allies could be forced on a President Hillary being blackmailed because of her fear that her secret 'personal' emails could become public??? It is a real possibility to be taken very seriously. It could rise to the level of danger to America calling for Second Amendment action to protect the Homeland. And it is one more reason why the "Never Trump" lightweights are so dangerously wrong. §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ BREAKING NEWS. TheHill reported late Friday that the Senate 's No. 2 Republican is pushing Attorney General Loretta Lynch about reports that the Department of Justice refused to approve an investigation into the Clinton Foundation. TheHill says Senator John Cornyn sent a letter to Lynch Friday after CNN reported the DOJ had rejected a push earlier this year by FBI field offices to open an investigation into the relationship between the State Department and the Foundation. Cornyn noted that both the FBI's recommendation not to charge Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server while secretary of State and the DOJ declining to open a probe into the Foundation "favors Secretary Clinton." Cornyn added : "This contrast does little to instill faith in the Department, part of why I called for an appointment of the Special Counsel in the email matter. But greater clarity for the public on the basis for your decision may." CNN also reported late Friday night that Cheryl Mills, Hillary Clinton's Chief of Staff at the State Department, interviewed job candidates for the Clinton Foundation while working as chief of staff. Brian Fallon, a spokesman for the Clinton campaign, defended Mills, noting that the interviews took place during "personal time" and "the idea that this poses a conflict of interest is absurd.” But, Cornyn called the recent reports and leaked emails the latest in a string of "unacceptable" behavior : "It violates the commitment Secretary Clinton made to Congress and the Executive Branch following her nomination to be Secretary of State. That and her proven record of extreme carelessness with national security warrant a careful examination of Secretary Clinton’s other conduct, and that of her staff." Cornyn is asking Lynch if the CNN report is accurate and wants to know when and why the FBI recommended the DOJ "open a case and pursue criminal charges" tied to the Clinton Foundation. According to CNN, the Justice Department declined to pursue a case because it had determined a year earlier that there wasn't enough evidence. Senator Cornyn also wants Lynch to list which DOJ employees were involved in the decision not to pursue a case and if Lynch and Bill Clinton discussed the Clinton Foundation during their private meeting at a Phoenix airport just before the FBI refused to recommend prosecution of Hillary for misuse of classified materials. ~~~~~~ The pressure being applied to the FBI and the Justice Department has apparently worked. It also was announced by the Daily Caller Friday that the FBI has launched several investigations into possible corruption within the Clinton Foundation. The FBI will be supported by various US Attorneys offices -- including Preet Bharara of the Civil Frauds Unit -- that will focus on Clinton Foundation headquarters in New York, according to the Daily Caller. Bharara has received public acclaim for getting convictions of prominent political figures. The joint investigation with the US Attorneys offices is a departure from the FBI's hush-hush handling of Hillary Clinton's personal email server probe, which ended in no prosecution and caused an uproar that led to FBI Director James Comey and US Attorney General Loretta Lynch being called before a congressional committee hearing. In its 15 years of existence, the Clinton Foundation has taken in more than $2 billion in donations from around the world. At issue is how Clinton used her position as Secretary of State to influence foreign donors in what is commonly referred to as a "pay for play" scheme.