Personally, I am
not at all prepared to "sell Hillary Rodham Clinton down the river!"
I believe that she is and was the faithful spouse of William Jefferson Clinton, who helped him win (and, re-win) the White House ... indeed, in each and every step of
their(!) political career ... and who was a priceless component of that Administration even when classic Washington, DC thinking refused to consider that "the First Lady" had a brain.
(Although she was an intellectual property attorney.) The two of them acted as an unspokenly-tight
team, and they still do. Even when Bill was confronted by a blackmailer, their marriage could not be broken. (And both of them shielded their daughter.)
I likewise believe that she served the State of New York
honorably and well in the Senate, and that she likewise served the country as Secretary of State with
honor. I believe that she would serve any other future Office that she held, with the same honor.
I dismiss out-of-hand the thought that she betrayed her Country's secrets through "e-mail servers." Quite frankly: "the entire Department of State
exists to safeguard the secret dealings of the Secretary," and it is
laughable to imagine any of these
professionals allowing any such scenario. To suggest any such thing is
very close to accusing them of treason.
"How absurd!"
If you are The Secretary of State of the United States, then you are tasked with the most-private diplomatic relationships between the USA and
every other country on Earth. The need for secrecy is
palpable. Therefore, it pervades every single dealing in the Department of State. "They live in it. They die in it. They
swim in it." Most of all the
Secretary!
Why should the SOSUS need to have any concern at all as to how State Secrets are safeguarded? The Officeholder
may simply assume that such things are being taken care of, by the many
thousands of persons [with
"above Top Secret™ clearances" ...] who are tasked to take care of such things.
And I simply
will not entertain the thought that any of these career professionals:
betrayed their country.
Granted, she lost the 2016 election. But she has served the United States of America honorably throughout her career – as has her husband – and it would
never be in her to
betray it, as she has now so-often been accused.
Again, "I will have nothing of it."
Her career is far from over. She would have performed the Office of the President with honor, and ...
"2020 is another year!" (No, I don't think she'd win.)
Although "yes, this is politics," I feel that we are
dead wrong(!) to throw her under the bus.
