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In reply to the discussion: Greenwald running cover for Russia? [View all]truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)is full of corruption and fraud, right? That lobbyists for corporations write laws--and "gold-standard" treaties--through legislators their employers donated to, right? That much of what Nixon was almost impeached for is now legal, right? Legalized bribery is rampant in the US system and for many it seems making it legal makes it right, or even normal. It doesn't and it isn't.
There is no doubt that DT is corrupt to his core, personally and in his business dealings. But Hillary's speeches to Goldman Sachs are not a nothingburger (unlike the emails). She knew she was running for president--she'd been running for years--and so did her audience. To profit from that, given the economic debacle only a few years before, caused in large part by her audience...that raises questions about her judgment, her lack of connection and even her morality.
I'm sorry she lost, but she was a lousy candidate.
And yes, before you accuse, I voted for her. I wasn't happy about it, and I'm even more unhappy now.