Secretary without honor: Voices

[pmorlan1]

When I hear people say Clinton emails don't matter, I remember a young Marine captain who owned up to his career-ruining mistake.

Apologists for Hillary Clinton’s alleged criminal mishandling of classified documents say that it doesn’t matter, that she really did nothing wrong, or nothing significant. But the real question is not so much what she did as how she has responded to being found out.

Once during the mid-1960s when I was on active duty in the Marine Corps, I was the air liaison officer for a battalion of Marines aboard 11 ships in the Mediterranean. As the air officer and a senior captain, I had a rotating responsibility for the nuclear code book, kept in the safe in the operations room of the lead amphibious squadron command ship. I shared that duty with another captain, a squared away young man, liked by all he commanded and the son of a very high-ranking Marine.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/06/05/hillary-clinton-email-scandal-consequences-integrity-honesty-column/85205018/

This is an excellent opinion piece. I too agree that it's about honor and character.

[libdem4life]

1. That's a rather quaint concept when referring to the politically well-placed.

Sad, but true. Seriously horrendous model for young women...from the yet unelected first Female President. Not above reproach, above accountability.

[pmorlan1]

2. Honor, Ethics, Integrity and Character

Yes, you are correct - sad but true. I am encouraged, however, that there are a lot of rank and file people out there who still agree with that "quaint" concept.