Saturday, July 9, 2016

Why Do We Not Trust Hillary Clinton?

Please tell me why there is not the trust in the Democratic nominee for President?  No one can tell me why there is this myth of a lack of trust that seems to be hammered everyday on the right wing media.  Here are some things I have heard:
  1. E-mail server--who the hell cares?   Worst case she was sloppy with e-mail, but who cares?  Did the State Department grind to a halt?  Did she allow foreign countries to read her e-mails?  Was there any state secrets revealed?  Nope, none of those things happened.  What is the problem?  Did she lie about it? No.  Did anyone get killed because of her carelessness?  No.  Did anyone get hurt because of her e-mail practices?  No.  It is a silly discussion that means nothing. 
  2. Benghazi--who the hell cares?  We have had diplomats killed before.  It is a rough representing the United States in a country that is dissolving into chaos.  This was a Civil War and anything could happen.  Did Hillary do enough to protect her diplomats?  Yes.  Did the Congress give enough money for State Department security?  No.  Was she working tirelessly on the day of the attack to save her staff?  Yes.  Everything else is just the fog of war.  There is not much that can be done when a country goes up in flames. 
  3. Whitewater--ancient.  I think that this was vetted and Hillary was not found to be responsible for these poor business decisions.  All the other things Ken Starr investigated did not pan out with regard to Mrs Clinton. 
  4. Monica Lewinsky--Not her fault.  I have actually heard people talk about how she could not control her husband or was not satisfying her man.  This is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.  Who would ever think that she had anything to do with this humiliation.  This is the how far people are willing to go to find dirt on Hillary.  They are trying to tie her to her husbands weakness and lack of control.  
  5. Hillary Landed Under Sniper Fire in Bosnia--ancient.  So what.  She exaggerated.  She did not say she landed the plane.  It does not matter.  She was the first lady and was in an active war zone so the rest is just details. 
  6. She was in debt when they left the White House--Who the hell cares?  This is again an exaggeration, but what does it matter?  It was not illegal to be in debt or to claim to be in debt. 
  7. Clinton Foundation accepted foreign money--No Impact on the SoS.  Her husband's charity accepted money to help people from foreign countries while his wife was Secretary of State.  No one is alleging anything happened to the State Department or that it changed government policy.  What is the issue?  How would Kenya be able to influence Hillary by donating money to her husband's charity?  They got millions and Kenya's money meant nothing.  There is no quid-pro-quo, and it is so far from Hillary that it does not mean anything.  
These are in no way the same ball park as the GW Bush lies.  This is not like Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq or that he served in the Air National Guard or that John Kerry did not serve honorably during the Viet Nam War.  Bush said he attempted to Unify the country or that his tax program was a tax cut for the middle class.  Bush regularly deceived the Congress when pushing legislation on stem cells, social security reform, reducing the federal debt, and housing policies.

Then we have to look at the wealth of lies of Donald Trump.
  1. He is worth $10 Billion but will not prove it.
  2. He gave millions to charity especially veterans but will not prove it. 
  3. He saw people celebrating on September 11 as the Twin Towers collapsed--no one else can confirm. 
  4. He is a good business man despite four bankruptcies. 
  5. How was he a good athlete in school but could not serve in the military during War?
  6. He cheated on his wife or wives
  7. Was he lying in the past about his support of Planned Parenthood and a women's right to an abortion?
  8. Almost everything about Trump U was a lie and a con
  9. Nearly everything associated with the golf course in Scotland was also a lie and a con. 
  10. Started out with only a small loan from his Dad. 
  11. There is no evidence that Trump was against the invasion and the war in Iraq. 
This is to say nothing of all the lies Trump has spoken about other candidates and elected officials that were lies.  He is just a walking lie, and the above list do have consequences.  People are hurt by his lies.  People lose their jobs and lose money because of his lies. 

Max Johnson

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