Staff Column:  Move On? Not So Fast!
By: BillOReilly.com StaffJuly 7, 2016
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Staff Column:  Move On? Not So Fast!

You've surely heard of MoveOn, the website partially funded by left-wing billionaire George Soros.  The group was formed in 1998 to demand that we all just 'move on' after Bill Clinton's impeachment.

Now, eighteen years later, Democrats are once again telling us to move on after another Clinton has been thoroughly disgraced. 

This time, of course, it's Hillary Clinton, who was taken to the proverbial woodshed this week by FBI boss James Comey.

Mrs. Clinton's many false statements were laid out in excruciating detail (delightful detail for those Americans who loathe the woman). 

Whether you are a fan or foe, there can no longer be any doubt that Hillary Clinton attempted to mislead the American people.  She and her aides were way, way beyond careless in the way they handled ultra-sensitive state secrets.

But even if that has been settled, plenty of questions remain.  For one, how did FBI boss James Comey determine that Mrs. Clinton was 'extremely careless,' but not grossly negligent? 

Highly-trained etymologists are having a field day explaining the difference. 

And what about Comey himself?  Prior to this week we heard, ad nauseam, that the FBI's head honcho is a fearless and incorruptible 'straight shooter,' the very reincarnation of Eliot Ness.  But now conservatives have decided that the big guy is corrupt, in the tank for his bosses.

Over the past few days on The Factor we have heard some credible explanations for Comey's willingness, in the face of overwhelming evidence of guilt, to give Mrs. Clinton a get-out-of-jail-free card. 

Bernie Goldberg, among others, argued that Director Comey simply didn't want to be the one to throw the 2016 election into utter chaos.  As if it's not chaotic already! 

And then there's Bret Stephens, the always-perspicacious columnist for the Wall Street Journal.  During an appearance on The Factor Wednesday, Stephens laid out a convincing case that James Comey is a cunning political animal.

"Comey is terrific when it comes to prosecuting Martha Stewart and other unpopular people," Stephens accused.  "He does what the Washington beltway thinks is the right thing, but it's a very different story when going against the presumptive Democratic nominee who is going to save the world from Donald Trump."

Stephens, who has vigorously opposed Trump's candidacy, described Comey's move as absolutely predictable and a "purely political decision."  If that assessment is correct, we no longer live in a nation that has equal justice for all.

There are also questions about Donald Trump.  Even though the Justice Department has declined to prosecute Hillary Clinton in the legal sense, will he be able to verbally prosecute her on the stump?  It's up to him and his surrogates to convince voters that she is unfit for office.

Mr. Trump will have to ignore the minutiae in which he often gets tangled and focus on Mrs. Clinton's well-documented perfidy.  We will soon see whether he is up to the task at hand.

We would be remiss in not mentioning what may be the single most outrageous statement of the weird week that was.  Democratic Congressman Xavier Becerra of California, who has been mentioned as a vice presidential prospect, actually declared that Hillary Clinton, kind of like George Washington, never told a lie in this email fiasco. 

Loyalty is one thing, Congressman Becerra, but outright deceit is another.

In the end, we the people are being told that it is time to put this all behind us and focus on the issues that really matter.  But honesty and trust are not things you forget about, they are perennials.

The past few days have revealed much about the people who are vying to lead this great nation.  And there is much more to learn.  So you'll have to excuse us if we are not quite ready to move on.  Not quite yet.