President of the United States Barack Obama is no longer in government, nor obligated to anyone?
Huh. I've always kind of considered the office of the President to be, well, extremely government. Like... well, it would be hard to pick out any other person in the entire government of the country who was more 'in government' than the President.
Go figure.
And, funny thing - every single President of the United States was a 'private citizen' (I assume that means not currently an officer or employee of a government entity) at some point before becoming President. I've always examined the non-government business activities of candidates for that office for information about whether I would vote for them or not. Was that wrong?
I mean, Hillary Clinton stated that she had every intention to seek the office of the Presidency in 2016 as far back as 2012. And, with this intention, she solicited millions of dollars from large multinational corporations in a brief, but very, very profitable interim 'private citizen' period of just over one year before openly declaring her candidacy. The DNC was very busy organizing the planned rapid path to her nomination while she was raking in those millions. Oh, and at the same time, her husband was selling consulting services to foreign governments.
Maybe it's just my naivety, but that sort of thing doesn't strike me as be business activity conducted by a 'private citizens.' It seems like a massive blitz of opportunities to pay for future influence.
You're right, of course. If it was a man doing that, I would consider it perfectly legi... I mean, a guy's gotta make his way in the world the best he can, even if it means soliciting preemptive bribe... Um... hm.
Actually, now that I think about it, I'd have to say that it be even remotely relevant to me whether the person doing it had a penis or vagina. In fact, um..., I don't think I would consider the distinction at all.
It must be really difficult to hold males and females to the same standards of conduct when evaluating their candidacies for public office. Obviously I'm not doing it, because I see things like what you've written clearly indicating that Hillary Clinton is being held to different standards than male candidates. And I'm a man, so, obviously, my judgement about whether I'm doing something like that must be impaired. I suppose only women are qualified to determine whether female candidates are soliciting bribes or not, because when they do it, it's being done in a female way.
What I wouldn't give for a bit of time with women who are experts on the distinctions between how female and male politicians solicit bribery and engage in political corruption.
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