Those Slippery Clintons

While I am and continue to be a Republican, I must admit a certain admiration for the former president. At his worst has proven to be better than a number of presidents could be at their best. Even in disgrace he managed to do some with a measure of dignity while being one devil of a slippery character for anyone to try to handle.

Unfortunately Hilary seems to lack that image and reputation. Her explanations for some of her activities are more than lame, they are poorly rehearsed and delivered in such a way one would automatically think she wasn’t being honest. It has become a relatively universal understanding that politicians lie but it is also universally known that there is no such thing as personal privacy when it comes to public office, especially with the reputation that goes with being a Clinton. Claiming the right to privacy, particularly in such a controversial topic as communications simply doesn’t wash. If she is so honest and beyond reproach, open up those communications to an independent 3rd party. Like they say, if you have nothing to hide, what is the harm?

Part of holding a public office is also agreeing to the public’s right to know. Sadly, over time, it has become more of a fact that when a politician hides behind privacy, executive privilege or any number of excuses, they have something to hide and the stronger their objection, the greater the chance that information is damning, even criminal in nature. Considering the activities of the CIA and NSA with other political figures, why hasn’t the Senate Committee requested those files from those organizations. Could it be they don’t want to further expose the obvious snooping that continues on the part of those agencies, or do we indeed have a conspiracy of silence being approved by a higher level of authority?

See? There is just one of many examples of how the public will and should react every time a politician chooses to be less than open and transparent with their actions. There are laws and rules that govern correspondence of a sensitive nature dealing with military, intelligence, and highly sensitive matters of government and while there are some that would like to open the door on ALL information, practically speaking, it’s neither wise or prudent. But claiming that making arrangements for a wedding, funeral, yoga schedule or that sort of thing doesn’t fly. Time sensitive it certainly is because of the safety and security of the public figure, but after years of passage there simply isn’t an acceptable excuse and any public figure that cannot or will not accept it should resign their post and move back to the private sector.

This latest bit of foolishness certainly isn’t a deal killer for Hilary Clinton but it certainly should cause every citizen to ask if this is the kind of president they want? Some of her former explanations simply would not fly for a Chief Executive. Would you be satisfied if she were called into question for an incident that caused the death of hundreds of Americans and her explanation was “it’s over, move on, get over it!” …. Highly doubtful, especially if you were one of the surviving relatives of those victims

I certainly want to see a woman in the White House some day, but I think we can do a lot better than Hillary. I personally have seen enough Clintons and Bush’s in office.

Could we get somebody with a more pleasant name? Maybe named for a fruit, vegetable, or favorite mascot?