The Mainstream Media, Democrats and “The Deep State” are all positively giddy with the news that Vice President Mike Pence used a private email account to conduct state business as governor of Indiana. USA Today (aka McNews) headlined it: ‘Pence used personal email for state business — and was hacked’.

Emails released to The Indianapolis Star, part of the USA TODAY Network, in response to a public records request show Pence communicated via his personal AOL account with top advisers on topics ranging from security gates at the governor’s residence to the state’s response to terror attacks across the globe. In one email, Pence’s top state homeland security adviser relayed an update from the FBI regarding the arrests of several men on federal terror-related charges.

Cybersecurity experts say the emails raise concerns about whether such sensitive information was adequately protected from hackers, given that personal accounts like Pence’s are typically less secure than government email accounts. In fact, Pence’s personal account was hacked last summer.

Here is the Indianapolis Star/USA Today video:

Of course Mike Pence’s personal email account was hacked. Every person in the United States has probably had his email hacked. As a matter of fact, I think my dog’s email account was hacked.

And, of course, the Washington Post has its knickers in a knot.

“The fact that these emails are stored in a private AOL account is crazy to me,” Justin Cappos, a computer security professor at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, told the Indy Star. “This account was used to handle these messages that are so sensitive they can’t be turned over in a records request.”

According to an aide, additional security measures were taken to protect Pence’s accounts after he was chosen as Trump’s vice president. Emails in both accounts were preserved and are expected to be managed according to Indiana’s public records laws, the aide added.

Ah, and therein lies the difference. We don’t care that Mike Pence used a private email account as Governor of Indiana. This is not comparable to Hillary Clinton in any way shape or form. Nope, Nada, Nyet and Non. Hillary Clinton had private servers (multiple) in her Chappaqua home. Not even in her D.C. manse. No. Her Chappaqua, Westchester County, NY home.

Mike Pence archived all of his emails. Hillary Clinton destroyed emails she considered private. Remember? Emails about Chelsea’s wedding and yoga classes were deleted or “wiped clean”. The preservation and archival of records is what matters for history and legal reasons…like Freedom of Information Requests.

The problem is that Mike Pence used AOL. AOL? I didn’t know anyone under the age of 92 used AOL email. VP Mike Pence used an AOL email account. He must be impeached now.

Of course, I am joking. The Deep State or, if you prefer, the entrenched power structure is trying to take out these Trump cabinet members one at a time. The Swamp would prefer not to be drained. Vice President Mike Pence is just the latest member to be targeted.