Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Hillary Clinton: The One-Woman Wrecking Ball Against Norms and Institutions, Who Won't Go Away

Guy Benson  "Believe me, I'd love nothing more than to simply ignore and forget about Hillary Clinton.  Endlessly re-litigating the 2016 election is boring and exhausting.  She thought she had it in the bag, she outspent her opponent two-to-one, and her staff prematurely celebrated their "victory" before discovering -- to their horror -- that voters in several key states had other plans.  Liberals enjoy accusing conservatives of still being obsessed with Mrs. Clinton, but in fairness to her detractors, she insists upon inserting herself into the national discussion on a regular basis, very often to attack and tear down the man to whom she lost.  Much of this can be chalked up to bad form from a sore loser.  

. . . "The latest example of Clinton's endless, damaging whining comes from an interview over the weekend in which the former Secretary of State calls the sitting president a "corrupt human tornado," and asserts that his presidency is "illegitimate:"

. . . "Two thoughts:  First, whatever one thinks of Trump's situational and myopic ethics, and there's plenty of material to chew over on that front, Mrs. Clinton may want to take a seat during any conversation about public corruption.  Go back and read this piece from June of 2016, in which I carefully chronicled her dishonesty, misconduct and corruption during her time in the Obama administration alone. From her dodgy "slush fund" of lucrative influence peddling, to her outrageous lies about a terrorist attack, to her unceasing cascade of lies about her email scheme, over which she should have been indicted.  Her self-serving and duplicitous conduct was brazen and chronic*." . . .
*  Chronic definition
constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
continuing a long time or recurring frequently: a chronic state of civil war.
having long had a disease, habit, weakness, or the like: a chronic invalid.
(of a disease) having long duration (opposed to acute)
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In 1996, The New York Times columnist William Safire diagnosed Hillary Clinton's real problem. He called her a "congenital liar."
. . . "This is the challenge when it comes to character. Think of people you know who have consistently lied to you. Would you trust them to pay back a loan? Would you let them baby-sit your kids? Would you trust them as president of the United States?" . . .

That Safire Essay: Essay;Blizzard of Lies  "Americans of all political persuasions are coming to the sad realization that our First Lady -- a woman of undoubted talents who was a role model for many in her generation -- is a congenital liar." . . .
"The abuse of Presidential power known as Travelgate elicited another series of lies. She induced a White House lawyer to assert flatly to investigators that Mrs. Clinton did not order the firing of White House travel aides, who were then harassed by the F.B.I. and Justice Department to justify patronage replacement by Mrs. Clinton's cronies.
"Now we know, from a memo long concealed from investigators, that there would be "hell to pay" if the furious First Lady's desires were scorned. The career of the lawyer who transmitted Hillary's lie to authorities is now in jeopardy. Again, she lied with good reason: to avoid being identified as a vindictive political power player who used the F.B.I. to ruin the lives of people standing in the way of juicy patronage." . . .

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