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Bernie Sanders

artislife

(9,497 posts) Wed Aug 19, 2015, 03:10 AM Aug 2015

Common Dreams: H Real problem,emails are symptom [View all]

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/08/18/hillarys-real-problem-emails-are-symptom-not-issue
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Those who point out that by insisting on having her own email, she played into a narrative that has plagued her throughout her career are getting at the real problem for her – and us. It highlights the fact that she is secretive, distrustful, entitled, and politically opaque.

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Ms. Clinton’s pursuit of the presidency is like a Shakespearian tragedy which has been defined as a story "… which has a noble protagonist, who is flawed in some way, placed in a stressful heightened situation and ends with a fatal conclusion."

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Common Dreams: H Real problem,emails are symptom [View all] artislife Aug 2015 OP

"insisting on having her own email" aspirant Aug 2015 #1

That was a (bad) joke. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #3

Good point. Something's just "off" in her campaign. senz Aug 2015 #5

GWB went into the presidency thinking that he could coast and no problems at all would come up LiberalArkie Aug 2015 #10

I've wondered the same thing. senz Aug 2015 #11

I have probably missed stories, but for the life of me I can't remember anything LiberalArkie Aug 2015 #12

Somehow I'm not surprised. senz Aug 2015 #13

I don't want to think that they had more in common with Dick Cheney, Limbaugh and LiberalArkie Aug 2015 #14

This really does bring them into sharper focus, doesn't it? senz Aug 2015 #16

Wow...thanks to you folks for pointing out that "lack of protest" aspect... SoapBox Aug 2015 #15

Maybe someone should bring this up as a thread. senz Aug 2015 #17

You're not the only one asking that question. A lot of people have begun to wonder sabrina 1 Aug 2015 #19

The disingenuous wiping "with a cloth" bit was delivered at a press conference, not with BLM. hedda_foil Aug 2015 #18

K&R. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #2

I've never seen either Bill or Hillary as noble protagonists. merrily Aug 2015 #4

Me neither. I think the author is thinking of Greek tragedy senz Aug 2015 #6

Point is, people who are less than noble in any way also have flaws, usually many. merrily Aug 2015 #9

K&R -- this article deserves wide circulation senz Aug 2015 #7

Thanks everyone! artislife Aug 2015 #8