'This is drivel, of course; Hillary Clinton leaves a trail of blood and suffering around the world and a clear record of exploitation and greed in her own country. To say so...is becoming intolerable in the land of free speech.'
Surviving President Clinton
What should be especially troubling for Americans contemplating their next commander in chief, Clinton clearly views herself amongst those elites within the Washington firmament whose position, profile, public persona, and self-importance gives them licence to consider themselves above the law. Of course this phenomena is nothing new, but it is becoming increasingly obvious to ordinary Americans that those in power and/or those with influence aren't routinely -- without fear or favour -- subject to the same penalties and rules as they would be, all things being equal.
Given her legally suspect track record on so many issues, this alone should disqualify Clinton from consideration as president. Her arrogant, contemptuous dismissal of suggestions she may face prosecution for the so-called 'Server-gate' scandal -- "it's simply not going to happen" -- is ample evidence that she feels safe and secure in the exclusive "Too Big to Jail" Club.
As former CIA intelligence analyst Ray McGovern sees it, with the FBI investigation into the matter about to wrap, it's anyone's guess at this stage as to whether the U.S. Justice Department will find against her for using a private email account and server to conduct official, classified and/or top secret State Department business whilst Secretary of State, and from there prosecute her to the full extent of the law. But McGovern goes on to add the following:
'if there is something incriminating -- or at least politically damaging -- in Clinton's emails, it's a safe bet that at least the NSA and maybe the FBI, as well, knows. And that could make life difficult for a Clinton-45 presidency. The whole thing needs to be cleaned up now before the choices for the next President are locked in.'
In a recent piece -- titled "Would The World Survive President Hillary?" -- that in part revisited the Clintons' shared history both during and since his time in office, Paul Craig Roberts noted that, for those looking the Clintons represent everything that is deeply flawed about the way Washington works, their status intact as the 'poster couple' for the corrosive graft, corruption, political perversion and criminal sleaze that infects the Beltway milieu. Roberts adds:
'...government has been privatized. Office holders use their positions in order to make themselves wealthy, not in order to serve the public interest. Bill and Hillary Clinton epitomize the use of public office in behalf of the office holder's interest. For the Clintons, government means using public office to be rewarded for doing favors for private interests.'
Considering her track record in dodging political bullets, there seems little doubt she's learnt a few lessons from the master himself, 'hubbie' Bill, who even more than Ronald Reagan might fairly claim exclusive bragging rights to the mantle of The Teflon President.
More than that, part of the reason HRC's fitness for the Oval Office has not been subjected to the sort of scrutiny we all should expect was the reluctance of her main Democratic rival Bernie Sanders to go for the Clinton jugular throughout the now all but over primaries. Madame Secretary might own the most vulnerable "jugular" in this campaign, but as noted, she's been extraordinarily adept at ensuring hers is a constantly moving, hard-to-hit target.
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