06-03-2016, 09:32 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-03-2016, 09:38 AM by Eric the Green.)
(06-02-2016, 01:27 PM)Marypoza Wrote: -- I realize politicians are inherently sleazy, but she goes beyond the pale. She actually makes the Donald look good. Just can't (& won't) vote for her (or the Donald for that matter)
I can't see that she goes beyond the pale at all, and I think it's likely that people will come to realize that the choice is between a compassionate grandmother who has dedicated her life to helping people improve their lives, and a fraudulent trickster and talented marketing scam-artist trading on peoples fears and prejudices to boost his own power.
Using a personal email server which in fact is safer than using a partially-non functional State Dept. email server, which previous Secretaries had done too, is not "beyond the pale." Getting donations for a family-run non-profit foundation from which she derives no personal benefit is not beyond the pale either. I just don't see it. The essence of her career is helping people get health care and break through barriers of prejudice, and being an ambassador for America and for human rights around the world. What is the essence of Donald Trump's career? Making millions and billions, and losing them, and making them again, through shady deals and marketing/self-branding talent. The Donald makes Hillary look good-- VERY good. I just hope the people can see; that's always the wild card, the American people, which no-one not even Donald Trump ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of.
And it's time more people including maryposa recognize that politicians are only as "sleazy" as the ones we choose and tolerate. There is nothing "inherently sleazy" about politicians at all; they are just folks like us who do the job that WE elect them to do, or that WE allow to do the job badly or not at all.