Reply #47: Understood. [View All]

[DeschutesRiver]

I fall to the other side of the fence, in that I don't find her strong at all. In the past, I assumed she was strong, and I assumed she was very smart.

During this campaign, I saw a bitter, insecure individual with an overwhelming sense of mere entitlement to her ambitions. A person who threatened to obliterate foreign countries who might step out of line during her presidency - I use that as one of the stronger examples that made me reassess my earlier views that she was a strong individual. A person who has not to date admitted that any of her actions or statements were mistakes - I don't see a particularly reflective or flexible person. A person who makes up rules after the fact to justify her wants and needs. And so on - if someone described a presidential candidate this way without using the name Hillary Clinton, I'd say whoever it was had deep enough character flaws to render them unfit for holding the office of CIC. And that is aside from campaign tactics, which agreed can include rough stuff - I have no objection to that, as the person will be CIC in a rough, big old world. Being president isn't for sissies.

I do believe that people can change; so there is always hope that a defeat will make her go deep to understand how to overcome her character challenges. Time will tell if she is capable of or even interested in going deep.