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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNEW YORK TIMES by the EDITORIAL BOARD: "Hillary Clinton, Drowning in Email"
New York TimesHillary Clinton, Drowning in Email
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
MAY 26, 2016
Hillary Clintons campaign for the presidency just got harder with the release of the State Department inspector generals finding that significant security risks were posed by her decision to use a private email server for personal and official business while she was secretary of state. Contrary to Mrs. Clintons claims that the department had allowed the arrangement, the inspector general also found that she had not sought or received approval to use the server.
So far, no security breaches have been reported; a separate F.B.I. investigation is looking into that. But above and beyond security questions, the inspector generals report is certain to fuel doubts about Mrs. Clintons trustworthiness, lately measured as a significant problem for her in public polls.
This defensive posture seems at play in the email controversy, as well as her refusal, for that matter, to release the lucrative speeches she made to Wall Street audiences. The reflex she is revealing again now to hunker down when challenged is likely to make her seem less personable to many voters, and it will surely inflame critics charges of an underlying arrogance.
Donald Trump, her Republican rival, will be merciless in swinging the inspector generals report like a cudgel. Accordingly, Mrs. Clinton now faces a measurably greater challenge in proving that she is the well-qualified politician her supporters know her to be, based on her varied career as a senator, secretary of state and first lady deeply involved in public life. This is a challenge to be faced not with a contrived campaign makeover, but with a far greater investment of candor before the public.
When Republicans first questioned the propriety of using her own home-based server over a year ago, Mrs. Clinton sought to finesse the matter as partisan flak. Under pressure, she eventually apologized for a mistake, while insisting she had done nothing wrong and would cooperate fully with investigators. But she did not honor that promise, according to the report, which noted that she declined to be interviewed by the inspector general, Steve Linick, or his staff.
When State Department staff members questioned her use of a nongovernmental email address in 2010, the report said, they were instructed by superiors never to speak of the secretarys personal email system again.
.... the nation should not be judging leadership as a measure of who is less untrustworthy. Mrs. Clinton has to answer questions about the report thoroughly and candidly. That is her best path back to the larger task of campaigning for the presidency.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/27/opinion/hillary-clinton-drowning-in-email.html?ref=opinion
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NEW YORK TIMES by the EDITORIAL BOARD: "Hillary Clinton, Drowning in Email" (Original Post)
imagine2015
May 2016
OP
Instead of candor & forthrightness, Hilary fans will be along shortly to evade, lie & distract
99th_Monkey
May 2016
#3
Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)1. The NY Times?
That conservative rag??
Babel_17
(5,400 posts)4. The same editorial board that endorsed her, way back when
And that gets mentioned a lot in the comments section, I'm sure.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)2. She has a major integrity problem. nm
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)3. Instead of candor & forthrightness, Hilary fans will be along shortly to evade, lie & distract
Wait for it.