2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: A slightly more nuanced take on whether Hillary Clinton is "establishment" [View all]TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)once on the job. I think she consistently demonstrates poor judgment. I think she consistently demonstrates a higher interest in guarding her own ambitions and promoting her own reputation than in actually throwing herself into her work. The Secretary of State position was merely an image-building position for her. She appears to have accomplished little beyond pushing Obama in bad directions (along with other advisors) regarding Libya and Syria. And I don't care if the rest of the country does not care about her email issue--that's the final disqualifier for me. The arrogance of setting up your own SERVER, hiring your OWN IT GUY to run it, and refusing to archive or turn over the emails to your own AGENCY until it's demanded of her--I can't imagine why she should be President after that.