If integrity matters, Mrs. Clinton comes up a bit shy.
As do all politicians, IMHO. In academia they call the field "Political Science", but IMHO it is far from a science, it's all smoke and mirrors and illusion and confusion and...well, nothing seems to be scientific about it to me, at all. There are probably a few who have truly great motivations to enter the field, but by the time they have worked their way up through the ranks of local, state and regional politics and have broken into politics on the national level, they are all (IMHO) so corrupted that their integrity has been LONG gone.
A notable exception seems to be Chris Christie, who acknowledges (maintains???) that he had no prior knowledge of "Bridgegate". IF he's telling the truth, at least he had the integrity to acknowledge his failure to ensure that he was informed regarding the actions of his staff. Not many pols are willing to admit their failures/mistakes like Mr. Christie.
But after all, "What difference at this point does it make?" ... as long as she doesn’t own a horse right???
LOL!!! She may not have a horse, but I'm sure she has other very valuable "issues" that might alienate her from the lower-to-middle class (like cattle???); however, she does keep them private rather than flaunting them in the faces of the people who are having trouble putting food on the table for their kids. As I watch her on TV she doesn't seem to be spending huge $$$ on fashion or on haircuts/beauty treatments...she looks very much like the lady you might see walking down the sidewalk ahead of you, just an everyday person.
BTW...the link regarding cattle futures doesn't work, it just comes up:
" We are unable to locate the page you requested.
The page may have moved or may no longer be available"
Having grown up in and continually returned to a farming culture all my life, I was certainly interested in how successful H.C. has been in gambling on the "futures". Perhaps the best way to go broke (other than believing you could make money building "component cars") is betting on pork futures...how far behind that can cattle be?
[EDIT--Well, she appears to have done well, although not always. There were questions regarding the trades, but those issues were reportedly investigated and here is what the Post had to say about the answers: "The new records also raise the possibility that some of her profits -- as much as $40,000 – came from larger trades ordered by someone else and then shifted to her account, Leo Melamed, a former chairman of the Merc who reviewed the records for the White House, said in an interview. He said the discrepancies in Clinton's records also could have been caused by human error.
Even allocated trades would not necessarily have benefited Clinton, Melamed added. "I have no reason to change my original assessment. Mrs. Clinton violated no rules in the course of her transactions," he said."
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Ya gotta admit, Pat, that the Romneys did not present as anything other than incredibly wealthy and not at all interested in the welfare of those who weren't. The horse was just the icing on the cake, so to speak...
We'll see whether or not H.C. follows the Romney precedent of withholding income tax records from the public during the campaign. The more you hide, the more it shows that you really do have things you need to hide. I think H.C. will be more forthcoming....just my impression, though, we'll have to wait and see.
It's amazing the way the Republicans have managed to shoot themselves in the foot so often...first it was torpedoing McCain's campaign ship with Sarah Palin, then it was nominating someone who was SO FAR from the mainstream as Romney. B.O. may not have deserved to win those elections...but the Republicans sure did deserve to lose them!!!!
Cheers!
Doug