Humoring the Headlines: Weinergate
By Laurie Baron
SAN DIEGO−The bad news is that Hillary Clinton emails from her tenure as Secretary of State were found on Anthony Weiner’s laptop. The good news is that they were all marked “Confidential” by Weiner and forwarded to underage girls.
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The bad news is that the FBI is now scrutinizing all of the Clinton emails on Anthony Weiner’s laptop. The good news is that the agents are realizing that they are far more literate and intelligent than any of Donald Trump’s tweets.
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When Hillary heard the news that the FBI was reopening the investigation into her emails because some of her State Department emails to Huma Abedin were sent to Anthony Weiner’s laptop, she angrily emailed Huma: “I can’t believe you didn’t use the private email I installed at your home.”
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Anytime you hear Anthony Weiner, laptop, and hard drive in the same sentence, you know the story is going to be scandalous.
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Harry Reid and other Democratic leaders have chided Jim Coney for disclosing that the FBI was reopening the Clinton email investigation so close to an election without any evidence of wrongdoing on Clinton’s part, or as Anthony Weiner calls it, “Premature allegation.”
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Baron is professor emeritus of history at San Diego State University. He may be contacted via lawrence.baron@sdjewishworld.com San Diego Jewish World points out to new readers that this column is satire, and nothing herein should be taken literally.