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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Mar 3, 2015, 09:49 AM Mar 2015

Jeb Bush Takes A Swipe At Hillary Clinton Over Private Emails

Source: TPM

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) took a shot at Hillary Clinton early Tuesday over a report that she exclusively used her personal email account to conduct business at the State Department.

The potential 2016 Republican presidential contender took to Twitter to challenge Clinton to release her official correspondence and trumpet his own transparency efforts:

Jeb Bush ✔ @JebBush
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Transparency matters. Unclassified @HillaryClinton emails should be released. You can see mine, here. http://jebbushemails.com
11:05 PM - 2 Mar 2015


Bush set up a website last month to release about 275,000 personal emails from his time as governor as he ramped up his likely presidential campaign. But Bush's team quickly scrubbed many of those emails after an independent audit of the documents found the names, birth dates, and Social Security numbers of more than 12,000 people were exposed.

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Jeb Bush Takes A Swipe At Hillary Clinton Over Private Emails (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2015 OP
He's right. Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2015 #1
Spew my orange juice funny. kairos12 Mar 2015 #4
And "Weiner"-like selfies, too! George II Mar 2015 #8
Haha! marym625 Mar 2015 #2
This is going to blossom into a real problem for her Android3.14 Mar 2015 #3
Yes she did. So did Sec. Colin Powell. KeepItReal Mar 2015 #6
This is huge LynnTTT Mar 2015 #5
It didn't affect Bush 2 Renew Deal Mar 2015 #7
The implication here is HubertHeaver Mar 2015 #9
This is HUGH !!! obnoxiousdrunk Mar 2015 #12
spring has sprung father founding Mar 2015 #10
Bush, Cheney, and Rove all used private non governmental email accounts set up by .... Botany Mar 2015 #11
Jebbie, you're starting to take the gloves off . . . don't bother with such trivial stuff. LuckyLib Mar 2015 #13

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,514 posts)
1. He's right.
Tue Mar 3, 2015, 09:58 AM
Mar 2015

At least she should've had the decency to publish the social security numbers and addresses of people she was corresponding with.

LynnTTT

(362 posts)
5. This is huge
Tue Mar 3, 2015, 10:19 AM
Mar 2015

I'm sorry, but this us HUGE. and the GOP will be right to run with it.
No excuses. And WTH didn't someone to have the guts to say, "Madame Secretary, I'd feel more comfortable if you sent communications to me on a secure line". Case Closed

Renew Deal

(81,900 posts)
7. It didn't affect Bush 2
Tue Mar 3, 2015, 10:25 AM
Mar 2015

Jeb was doing the same thing. He is now deflecting.

This is a non issue on the electoral side of things, but it is bad for good government.

Botany

(70,655 posts)
11. Bush, Cheney, and Rove all used private non governmental email accounts set up by ....
Tue Mar 3, 2015, 12:14 PM
Mar 2015

Michael Connell who is now very conveniently dead.

LuckyLib

(6,822 posts)
13. Jebbie, you're starting to take the gloves off . . . don't bother with such trivial stuff.
Tue Mar 3, 2015, 01:50 PM
Mar 2015

You will be deflecting even more levels of corruption and malfeasance related to your idiot brother when the campaign is really rolling.

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