Compared to what?  The media continues to talk about the access to emails of both Hillary and staff as if they showed unprecedented corruption and cynicism.  Of course it is unprecedented.  No candidate I can find has ever had campaign and work emails made available to the public in the same breadth as Hillary.  And they have not had the full force of Congress, the FBI, and the media combing through them for any hint of something newsworthy.

We know all of this, but I think we forget how important this question is:  “Compared to what?” 

Any time we have had access to “private” communication through emails, such as the Sony hacks or Colin Powell’s emails, we see the underside to the people involved.  The amazing thing is that the emails are as innocuous as they are.  But we don’t know that because we have nothing to compare them to.  Bernie’s statement sums it up well.

“Trust me, if they went into our emails — I suppose which may happen, who knows — I’m sure there would be statements that would be less than flattering about, you know, the Clinton staff. That’s what happens in campaigns.”

And the few times someone’s work emails have been subpoenaed and scrutinized, there is almost always cause for either real or manufactured scandal.  

Hillary has been subjected to unprecedented scrutiny.  The media and opposition will continue to use those results.  But we have to keep saying:  “Compared to what?”

I again call on Donald Trump to release his work and campaign emails if he wishes to compare himself to Hillary.