Cankles

Just how does this woman run as a viable candidate for President?

That she's a politician and one of the first viable female candidates I'll stipulate.  But if her record belonged to a man, he wouldn't be so viable.  To wit:

Just what are her accomplishments?  What business or government did she lead?  As Secretary of State or as U.S. Senator, what are her accomplishment?

On the flipside, what has she done that, when scrutinized, raises questions about her fitness to lead?

She tried, as First Lady, to bring health care reform to the country, but failed. She stood by a liar who was our President, then used him after they left the White House to get elected to the Senate using his political capital.  Once in the Senate, she ran for President, but accomplished virtually nothing else of note.

In her autobiography, she wrote that she had to dodge sniper fire when her plane landed in Sarajevo, a claim that was debunked quickly.  As Secretary of State, she handed the Russian foreign minister a reset button as a means of showing that the two countries would try to renew normal relations, but that fell flat.  Her role in the Benghazi consulate attack is shrouded in misstatements, misrepresentations, obfuscations and shrugged shoulders.  That she presided over a department but had little knowledge of what was going on, or what should have been done, belies her earlier campaign ad asking who the electorate wanted in charge when that early morning phone call came in. Four men, including our ambassador, died due to her ineptitude.

Once freed of the restrictions of working for the government, she wrote a book that was panned.  She infamously declared that she and Slick Willy were broke when the left the White House, despite the fact that he had an $8M advance for a book deal waiting for him.  Now, the couple is estimated to be worth over $100M, yet she had the audacity to claim they were broke in 2001.

Now, revelations that she accepted donations to her foundation from foreign governments and used her own private email and server instead of using the one provided by the governmentwhile she was Secretary of State have come to light.  The dogpaddling has begun in earnest.  Apologists are fearful that her candidacy may be sunk before it's even formally begun, with one half-wit concerned that if tainted by these revelations, a third party candidate may win.

As Catholics voted for Kennedy and blacks voted for Obama, I understand the pull Cankles has for women.  Besides being historic, it would be progressive to have a woman as president.  I have no objection for the right woman leading this country, but Cankles is not that woman.  The list of indiscretions with which she's been associated are evidence of that.  She is a consummate politician without any track record, essentially.  She's good at getting elected for positions and then doing nothing.  In effect, her career is the political manifestation of The Seinfeld Show.

Add to all this that, even among her supporters, she's not regarded as particularly likeable, and it's a wonder she's even discussed as a presidential candidate.  She reminds me of a highly active student council candidate who aspires to something beyond her capabilities.  In Peter Principle terms, she's attained already her highest and best use.

This woman should not be president.  Find someone better.

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