Representative Stephen Lynch (D-MA) gets the quote of the day for unleashing on the so-called Clinton email scandal which no one can actually explain during an interview with Boston Herald Radio.
LYNCH: I haven’t heard a word about Colin Powell. I haven't heard a word about Condoleezza Rice. In our investigations we went to both of those former secretaries of state and, Colin Powell, we tried to do an investigation of his testimony before the U.N. on weapons of mass destruction.
You know what, Colin Powell didn't have a goddamn email available for us. There was zero. Zero. Hillary Clinton, what was it, 30,000 she turned in? It was the same thing with Condoleezza Rice; not a goddamn email that was useful to the committee. And no one wants to talk about that because it's being run by a Republican chairman.
So why is it OK that Colin Powell, you know, in launching a war in Iraq, to not have a single available email, it’s OK for that, but Hillary Clinton, you know, she turns over 30,000 of them and you know that’s not enough, we want more information?
Lynch goes on to point out that people, between hacks and politically-motivated inquisitions, are simply going to stop writing their thoughts down in emails. I'm sure he's right.
This is just another example of how Republicans have transformed the concept of government oversight into a political sideshow that stifles legitimate needs for oversight. How can Congress possibly pay enough attention to legitimate problems if all time and energy is sucked out of the chamber by a 4-year long witch hunt?
(h/t The Hill, audio via Buzzfeed)