What’s a person to think? Did she or didn’t she commit an
egregious error in using a private email server at her home while Secretary of
State. And what were the protocols to do so? Who paid for the server? Which payment
procedures were implemented – did Hillary pay for the service then file for
reimbursement? Or did the server invoice the State Department for services
rendered. In paying the expenses were protocols subsumed to have been
implemented?
When did State Dept rules/regulations go into effect
regarding emails, especially those of the highest ranking personnel? And then
how sensitive and strong were those rules/regs?
Seems to me there is a lot of loosey goosey factoids
bouncing around. And these are always ripe for making accusations that are not
based on truth. Who, in fact, asked the questions and to whom that started this
whole email investigation in the first place? Was this a mole in the department
dealing in dirty tricks with political intent? Was this a republican party
attempt to smear Hillary when she was so busy she didn’t look under her bed in
the middle of the night to see what beastie was lurking there?
And why Hillary and no one else in the hierarchy of the
Foggy Bottom? The State Department is an old institution with long centuries of
protocols and history. Past leaders have been founding fathers of our nation
and heroes of subsequent eras when the nation was sorely tested but came out
victorious. The Department does not do easy work. It is thrust in the middle of
high arguments among sensitive political enemies on the international front. To
think we have to also worry about domestic enemies of the political nature
making things up is unconscionable to the max.
The FBI is a law enforcement entity. So are other agencies
throughout Washington DC
When you are working 24/7/365 for the good of the American
people, one doesn’t check the shadows for bad people. That’s what other
staffers are supposed to do so the chief executive of the department can
concentrate on the real details that do matter.
Such a fuss about emails. Let’s face one huge fact: the
government does not have the money to modernize its Information Technology
platform. It never gets funding requests approved by congress of the opposite
party for such things. Rather they force their political enemies to do the hard
work with the poorest of tools and information. And then they pounce when the
trap they have laid is sprung!
I’m a little frustrated over all of this hoohaw about emails
and IT problems in all of the agencies. Seems to me we should fix what is
broken and train the staff in the basics. And then the protocols that govern
use of these resources. Privacy and protection of state secrets is the aim of
such protocols. But the work must go on with or without the tools at hand. When
does that fact get weighed in the matter?
And then consider the enemies. Mr. Trump is certainly one.
So is Bernie. So are all the republicans in Washington .
If the spoils of political victory ( whichever campaign you
identify, and whichever pols are involved ) is worth all of this crap, then
focus on this: What will our nation and our allies do if Mr. Trump is
inaugurated next January? Huh? A man who doesn’t know his history, public
policy, finances, or government structure? A man who will quite possibly take
us to war over hurt feelings and public misconceptions? A misreading of history
perhaps? Or what?
Every person I speak with on current political affairs
abhors the thought of Trump in the White House. If that is so, why are his
polls saying he has the backing of the American people? Who are his supporters?
Are they real or imaginary. Are they speaking with full understanding of their
statements and how they fit with the facts of history? Do they?
Or is the media feeding this as a popularity game? “You
won’t believe what Trump said about…” tee hee hee.
Only I’m not laughing. This is serious business. The future
of our nation rests on sound leadership and reliable judgment.
I trust Hillary. I don’t believe she has broken any laws or
intentionally broken international protocols. I do not believe the purity and
loyalty of republican politicians. They are too self serving of their own
encampment and ideology to be trusted in giving an accurate report on the work
of others, especially when it is one of their avowed enemies.
Why the Republicans have such a hard-on over Hillary and
Bill I will never understand. And how they can now willy-nilly support Trump is
a matter of pure folly.
Mr. Trump has not earned his credentials in the business
world. Nor has he ever earned creds in the government world. Why on earth would
anyone trust him? Why would his self serving egotistical self congratulatory
behavior be rewarded with a leadership position?
Sane and sensible people everywhere are shaking their heads.
Me too!
June 3, 2016
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