Imagine a country on the way to a presidential election.
Presidential candidate A is criticized for lying constantly, trying to overturn the last election, stealing top secret documents from government, being involved in financial fraud, and having sexually abused a woman.
Presidential candidate B is criticized for being 4 years older than candidate A.
Then imagine, that this presidential election is a toss-up, because candidate A is really entertaining to watch on tv.
This is where we are.
Was she? I remember her only for the huge blunder of letting the embassy cables be distributed to junior analysts like Manning all over the world, and then trying to shift the blame to Assange.
The Dem Party chose her because of internal party politics. Not because of her qualifications as future President, or her appeal to voters.
Considering that there were tens of millions of diehard voters on either side, surely there were many millions in the middle of the spectrum, who ended up voting for Trump, or stayed home, just because of that "feature".
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Was it really? I haven't seen her shine in public speeches or interviews ever -- during, before, or after the campaign.
What were her accomplishments as a State Secretary? One that I recall (besides that blunder of leaking the super-confidential embassy "cables") was her order to the ambassadors to try to collect fingerprints and DNA of foreign leaders in the respective countries. That is, act like spies -- which is totally taboo for ambassadors.
@Pineywoozle @ech @cosettepaneque @randahl
Again, of course I would have voted for her rather than Trump. That is not the point.
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In the US, Trump policies allowed covid19 to kill 341 people per 100,000.
Now compare that to
Denmark: 143
Norway: 94
Finland 162
And voters who have lost their loved ones STILL want Trump reelected. Mind blowing.
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