2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: AP: Clinton Opened State Department Office to Dozens of Corporate Donors, Dem Fundraisers [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)if Hillary is our nominee.
We need to be discussing the viability of her campaign in the light of this.
DU is going to be easy on her about this compared to what the Republicans will do with it.
Hillary complained about the vast Republican conspiracy. Well she didn't have to invite the kind of propaganda against her that she will meet in 2016 if she is the candidate.
She should not be running.
It's not a matter of whether she did something wrong. It is a matter of whether there is the appearance that she did something wrong.
The measure is politics, not a courtroom.
In a courtroom, you can question evidence on all sorts of bases: relevance, hearsay, etc. But Hillary will be judged by a different measure. Her honesty, her trustworthiness, her greed, her corruption, her tendency to favor some over others, he sense of indebtedness to those who play ball with her, her vindictiveness toward those who do not play ball with her -- all those character traits will become the center or at least a center of the campaign in 2016 if she is the candidate.
Hillary is a lousy choice to lead the Democratic ticket in 2016. This suggestion or appearance of corruption will taint the entire Democratic Party and ticket if she is the nominee.
Think twice about voting for Hillary. No. Think a dozen times about it. Because she has so much baggage.