Hillary, the statements that pop out of your mouth are just mind boggling. I can't believe that a person running for President of the United States would say (or think it was cute or funny - you have a strange sense of humor) that Republicans are right up there with Iranians as being "enemies" of which you are most proud to have made.
You need to have something explained to you, Hillary. If you are elected POTUS, you have to WORK with Republicans - you know, the folks you claimed to be so proud to have as your enemies. If you are elected POTUS, then you are President of the ENTIRE country, including about a third of which who are your self-proclaimed enemies, Republicans. Can you really be so stupid that you think that making the comment that you did to pander to the far left, would make you friends among Republicans or, more importantly, the independents whose votes you actually need to win a general election? Let me make this clear to you: your position that Republicans are your enemies (and you are proud of that fact) has disqualified you for my vote for POTUS. Ever.
Now, let's turn to a couple of more worthy Democrats.
Today, Jim Webb, a former Secretary of the Navy during the Reagan years, and a Democratic Senator from Virginia, announced he was no longer running for POTUS as a Democrat. Some of what he said had to do with his discomfort with the folks running the parties and policies held by both parties, and because he was tired of political parties being put ahead of what was best for the country and the American people. Jim Webb, I commend you. Thank you for stating the obvious, well, at least the obvious to those of us who are not sheep who follow political parties blindly. Please give serious thought to a run as an independent candidate. The American people need more voices like yours speaking out.
Joe Biden - okay, Joe, it's time to announce one way or the other. It's like a guy waiting for an answer to a marriage proposal - you just can't drag it out forever. That said, I hope you do run for POTUS. Please run! You see, Joe has said not once, but twice this week, that "Republicans are not enemies; they're friends." Yes, Joe, they are. They are also fellow Americans, who have the same rights under the Constitution to express their opinions, even if they differ from Hillary's and other self-proclaimed "tolerant" Democrats (but in reality, those who yell the loudest proclaiming their tolerance tend to be the most intolerant through their words and actions - see Hillary - Republicans are my enemies because I disagree with them). Thank you Joe, for showing that you understand that the office is of the President of the UNITED States, and not the Divided states as some of your fellow Democrats seem to like it. Although I may disagree with you, Joe on some things if not many things, I do believe that you have a good heart and that you will do what you believe is best for the country, and you will work across the aisle to get something done in a Biden presidency, unlike the gridlock we have experienced in the Obama administration and likely in a Hillary administration.
So, Hillary, learn from JIm Webb and Joe Biden, or just pack up your tent. The country does not need another 4-8 years of divisive politics like you are pushing.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
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Hillary, seriously, the American people are not as stupid as you think.
I really don't get it. Why can't Hillary learn from her husband's mistakes? If Bill had only said "Ooops, I did it, I am sorry", the whole Monica problem would have gone away. The American people are pretty forgiving. However, he stonewalled, and lied ("I did not have sex with that woman", etc.), and the whole thing blew up in his face.
Seventeen years later, and Hillary is doing the same thing with her email server and her emails and all her comments about what she did, what she sent, what she read , what she didn't send, etc. Once again, an "Ooops, I made a mistake, I am sorry and let me give my server to the FBI so they and the State Department can have it", would have made the whole problem go away. But, no. She's got to stonewall and lie.
See, here are the problems I have with her and what she has said.
First, Hillary is an attorney. As an attorney, she knows what documents comprise Attorney Work Product and what documents are Attorney Client Privileged. The documents don't have to say those words - it's the content that makes them eligible for the marking and the protection. In the same way, as Hillary was reading incoming emails and writing emails, from the content of the same, she would know, by the content, that the messages were classified or top secret. It's as simple as that. If Hillary didn't know by the content what was important enough to merit being marked classified or top secret, she was not qualified to serve as Secretary of State.
Second, Hillary is not new to this whole governmental thing. She is well aware of the Freedom of Information Act, which requires the government to maintain and control (in order to be able to make the documents available to the public, even those classified or top secret, when their classifications are changed) all writings made by public officials because such are PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. As Secretary of State, Hillary was a public official and ALL her writings having to do with official government business were and are the property of the government of the United States which holds these documents on behalf of the American people. By using a private server, Hillary was trying to do an end run around the Freedom of Information Act, which is simply not allowed. Hillary, like Lois Lerner, appears to have been trying to hide what she did.
Third, she is the fox guarding the hen house. Telling the American people that "I will release what I believe to be relevant" or something very close thereto, does not instill trustworthiness. Hillary made the initial error in judgement to use a private server instead of using the State Department server. If she can make that error in judgment, how do we know she did not make an error in judgment in deciding what emails to provide to the State Department? Why did she not just turn the server over to the State Department whole, and ask them to take and release the public documents only and leave the "private" yoga and wedding planning emails for her to deal with later? Who reviewed her emails and did they have security clearance to review classified and top secret documents? If they did not have clearance, how is Hillary giving that person access to classified documents any different than what Petraeus did by turning over similar information to his mistress/biographer?
Fourth, why did she try (unsuccessfully, it seems) try to "wipe" the server? And why did she turn the unsecured and apparently unerased server over to an organization which was unable to secure classified or top secret information, and which did not have security clearance to hold such documentation? Same questions go for her attorney - again, no security clearance to hold such documents and his office was not equipped to safely hold such documents. Once again we have to ask, why and how is this not similar to what Petraeus did and why isn't Hillary facing charges?
I'd love to hear her respond to such questions in an honest truthful manner. Unfortunately, If a journalist ever had the backbone to ask her such questions, I'm sure Hillary would try to respond with her very lacking sense of humor like she did when she was asked if she wiped the server. Her response? A lame attempt at a joke "What, like with a cloth?!"
Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. It's clear that Hillary is unable to learn from her husband's mistakes. Hopefully, the American people will learn from history and not elect a person to whom the truth is such a foreign concept.
Seventeen years later, and Hillary is doing the same thing with her email server and her emails and all her comments about what she did, what she sent, what she read , what she didn't send, etc. Once again, an "Ooops, I made a mistake, I am sorry and let me give my server to the FBI so they and the State Department can have it", would have made the whole problem go away. But, no. She's got to stonewall and lie.
See, here are the problems I have with her and what she has said.
First, Hillary is an attorney. As an attorney, she knows what documents comprise Attorney Work Product and what documents are Attorney Client Privileged. The documents don't have to say those words - it's the content that makes them eligible for the marking and the protection. In the same way, as Hillary was reading incoming emails and writing emails, from the content of the same, she would know, by the content, that the messages were classified or top secret. It's as simple as that. If Hillary didn't know by the content what was important enough to merit being marked classified or top secret, she was not qualified to serve as Secretary of State.
Second, Hillary is not new to this whole governmental thing. She is well aware of the Freedom of Information Act, which requires the government to maintain and control (in order to be able to make the documents available to the public, even those classified or top secret, when their classifications are changed) all writings made by public officials because such are PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. As Secretary of State, Hillary was a public official and ALL her writings having to do with official government business were and are the property of the government of the United States which holds these documents on behalf of the American people. By using a private server, Hillary was trying to do an end run around the Freedom of Information Act, which is simply not allowed. Hillary, like Lois Lerner, appears to have been trying to hide what she did.
Third, she is the fox guarding the hen house. Telling the American people that "I will release what I believe to be relevant" or something very close thereto, does not instill trustworthiness. Hillary made the initial error in judgement to use a private server instead of using the State Department server. If she can make that error in judgment, how do we know she did not make an error in judgment in deciding what emails to provide to the State Department? Why did she not just turn the server over to the State Department whole, and ask them to take and release the public documents only and leave the "private" yoga and wedding planning emails for her to deal with later? Who reviewed her emails and did they have security clearance to review classified and top secret documents? If they did not have clearance, how is Hillary giving that person access to classified documents any different than what Petraeus did by turning over similar information to his mistress/biographer?
Fourth, why did she try (unsuccessfully, it seems) try to "wipe" the server? And why did she turn the unsecured and apparently unerased server over to an organization which was unable to secure classified or top secret information, and which did not have security clearance to hold such documentation? Same questions go for her attorney - again, no security clearance to hold such documents and his office was not equipped to safely hold such documents. Once again we have to ask, why and how is this not similar to what Petraeus did and why isn't Hillary facing charges?
I'd love to hear her respond to such questions in an honest truthful manner. Unfortunately, If a journalist ever had the backbone to ask her such questions, I'm sure Hillary would try to respond with her very lacking sense of humor like she did when she was asked if she wiped the server. Her response? A lame attempt at a joke "What, like with a cloth?!"
Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. It's clear that Hillary is unable to learn from her husband's mistakes. Hopefully, the American people will learn from history and not elect a person to whom the truth is such a foreign concept.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
The problem with constantly lying
is that you can't keep your stories straight. Come on, Secretary Clinton. Your excuses regarding your email are pathetic.
Seriously - you didn't want to carry multiple devices around with you. Well, there are several problems with that. First of all, a month or so ago, you admitted to carrying multiple devices while you were Secretary of State, so there goes the convenience excuse. Second, it is possible to have more than one email account loaded to a single smart phone. I don't have the money (taxpayer money was it as the server was set up for your husband Former President Clinton and therefore was likely paid by we the people?) for IT personnel, and yet I managed to load more than a single email account to my smartphone (and I am sure my smartphone doesn't have all the bells and whistles yours have had). Why were you incapable of putting both the State Department official email and your private email on the same device?
You claim you removed personal emails from what you gave the State Department, such as those from your husband. Your husband said last month that he has only sent 2 emails in his life - and they weren't to you. Seriously, if you are going to involve others in your lie, at least get them to play along, or check what they said last month.
Why, given this propensity to lie, should we trust you and your minions to sort through your emails and determine what is public and what is private? That alone is reason enough to question what you have turned over. Add that to the fact that we the American taxpayer may have paid for that server you claim is private, makes all the emails public in my opinion (not that I care to hear about what yoga moves you can or cannot do). If you didn't pay for the server it's not yours.
We deserve so much better than this.
Seriously - you didn't want to carry multiple devices around with you. Well, there are several problems with that. First of all, a month or so ago, you admitted to carrying multiple devices while you were Secretary of State, so there goes the convenience excuse. Second, it is possible to have more than one email account loaded to a single smart phone. I don't have the money (taxpayer money was it as the server was set up for your husband Former President Clinton and therefore was likely paid by we the people?) for IT personnel, and yet I managed to load more than a single email account to my smartphone (and I am sure my smartphone doesn't have all the bells and whistles yours have had). Why were you incapable of putting both the State Department official email and your private email on the same device?
You claim you removed personal emails from what you gave the State Department, such as those from your husband. Your husband said last month that he has only sent 2 emails in his life - and they weren't to you. Seriously, if you are going to involve others in your lie, at least get them to play along, or check what they said last month.
Why, given this propensity to lie, should we trust you and your minions to sort through your emails and determine what is public and what is private? That alone is reason enough to question what you have turned over. Add that to the fact that we the American taxpayer may have paid for that server you claim is private, makes all the emails public in my opinion (not that I care to hear about what yoga moves you can or cannot do). If you didn't pay for the server it's not yours.
We deserve so much better than this.
Monday, March 9, 2015
Seriously, how stupid does he think we are?
Yes, I know, it;s been a long time since I have blogged here. I have been trying to reduce my blood pressure, but the stupidity of our government and the people who supposedly govern us permeates every aspect of our lives, so it is impossible to ignore.
First we had to hear about how Jonathan Gruber thought the American populace was so stupid. How's that going for you, Jon, being fired from so many appointed positions you once held? How many taped speeches of yours have you recanted now? Your credibility is shot - were you lying when you spoke originally on tape, or are you lying now when you say you misspoke? Noneof us can tell.
Now we have the POTUS indicating he only knew that Hillary was using private email when the rest of us learned it on the news. Come on Mr. President. Do you really think we will believe you didn't have any email communication with Hillary? Really? And we are supposed to believe that since the addressee read Hillary Clinton, you (and none of your staff) didn't check the email address to ensure the correspondence really was from her and not someone trying to spoof her address? Either POTUS thinks we, the American people, are really dumb (we know the media is since no one seems to question this statement of his), or he has no concept of "national security" never mind email security. Of course, he won't divulge exactly how smart he himself is because he never has released his college and grad school transcripts. Just what exactly is there to hide? Is it possible his grades were worse than GWB's?!
Sad all around. Sadder still that a potential candidate for president used unsecured private email to discuss matters of state and then failed to properly archive the information and now is directing her minions regarding what is to be released to the National Archives and what is not to be released. Simple solution here - private email for private messages - state department email for public messages. Since you chose to use your private email for state correspondence, everything gets turned over to the National Archives for it to determine what is public material and what is private. You made the choice - now live with the consequence.
First we had to hear about how Jonathan Gruber thought the American populace was so stupid. How's that going for you, Jon, being fired from so many appointed positions you once held? How many taped speeches of yours have you recanted now? Your credibility is shot - were you lying when you spoke originally on tape, or are you lying now when you say you misspoke? Noneof us can tell.
Now we have the POTUS indicating he only knew that Hillary was using private email when the rest of us learned it on the news. Come on Mr. President. Do you really think we will believe you didn't have any email communication with Hillary? Really? And we are supposed to believe that since the addressee read Hillary Clinton, you (and none of your staff) didn't check the email address to ensure the correspondence really was from her and not someone trying to spoof her address? Either POTUS thinks we, the American people, are really dumb (we know the media is since no one seems to question this statement of his), or he has no concept of "national security" never mind email security. Of course, he won't divulge exactly how smart he himself is because he never has released his college and grad school transcripts. Just what exactly is there to hide? Is it possible his grades were worse than GWB's?!
Sad all around. Sadder still that a potential candidate for president used unsecured private email to discuss matters of state and then failed to properly archive the information and now is directing her minions regarding what is to be released to the National Archives and what is not to be released. Simple solution here - private email for private messages - state department email for public messages. Since you chose to use your private email for state correspondence, everything gets turned over to the National Archives for it to determine what is public material and what is private. You made the choice - now live with the consequence.
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