Thursday, August 27, 2015

Clinton's problems will continue

The reporting on Mrs. Clinton's deliberately established private email server, which has been indisputably shown that she and possibly others transmitted and received classified information from multiple sources, is just one story capturing headlines.  Associated is her claim that she turned over printed copies of all government related communications, which was thoroughly debunked by the emails provided by Mr. Blumenthal that were not in the estimated 55,000 pages provided by Mrs. Clinton.  (That she provided printed rather than electronic copies of the emails is also a curious decision.)

That the server and email issue is gaining in momentum and seriousness, much to the dismay of the Clinton apparatus, is but one issue.  Others will continue to plague her campaign.

As the damage is reflected in public polls depicting growing rates of distrust of and dishonesty by Mrs. Clinton, more problems will capture the attention of the nation.  For example, her dealings connected with the Clinton Foundation while she was Secretary of State.

It is quite likely that investigative journalists are thoroughly examining that issue, even as the private server and email story dominate the current news cycles.

It is equally likely Congressional investigators are thoroughly examining the email communications released by Mrs. Clinton to the State Department, focusing on the time before, during, and after the Benghazi attacks of nearly two years ago.  From reports thus far, there appears to be large gaps in email traffic to and from Mrs. Clinton during this critical period in our nation's history.  Gaps that led Bob Woodword of Watergate reporting fame to speculate on and compare the missing emails to the the missing 18 and one-half minutes of the Nixon tapes.

Additional problems of her own making will continue to dog Mrs. Clinton.  The special status of one of her closest aides.  Her lifestyle of the rich and famous, while falsely claiming to be a champion of the middle class.  Her rejection of the media.  Her famous temper.  The aforementioned quid pro quo arrangements with foreign governments and companies.  All these problems and probably others will not go away.

And some of the matters are so severe that legal jeopardy may very well attach.  

So as Clinton's problems continue, all of her bombastic rhetoric, lame attempts at blaming "partisan politics," avoidance of the media, implausible excuses, shifting explanations, and insulting attempts at humor will not obscure one immutable fact.  She is unworthy of seeking election to the highest office in the nation.  It is not that a woman can not be president.  It is that Hillary Rodham Clinton is not that woman.     

So her problems will continue.

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