Here is the dirt on each candidate according to the public record. I will also grace you with “my stinky onion of an opinion.” (Part One)
Democratic hopefuls: Hillary Clinton versus Bernie Sanders
They both pretty much have the same platform.
What is this with Hillary’s email? “Now, in a letter dated February 2 and filed in court Monday, the FBI’s general counsel, James Baker, notes that in public statements and congressional testimony, the FBI “has acknowledged generally that it is working on matters related to former Secretary Clinton’s use of a private email server.” (1)
It seems that Hillary Clinton, while secretary of State under the Obama administration, had used private server and deleted many emails she said that were personal. This is in violation of protocol, procedure, and federal laws as well as a requirement of federal record keeping regulations. Some of these emails were considered top-secret.
Of course let us not forget the hearings on Benghazi where US Ambassador and three other Americans were killed in an attack. This is a political fiasco. It is not so much on the security but whether Clinton had prior knowledge and how it was handled. Libya has always been a “hot bed” of political dissension and it is not the first time a US Ambassador was killed. I can’t help but wonder if this is all political since she is running for president? Ted Cruz was right in the middle of suggestions for the hearing and helped put together the panel as well. A lot of the testimonial questions had nothing to do with Benghazi nor the emails. It is more like a political fishing expedition. Are these male political counterparts to Hillary Clinton perhaps intimidated by the fact she is a woman?
Hillary is taking on a strong stance to end sexual assault? Were those women (of Bill’s), once made aware to you, in an essence sexually assault? Could a powerful world leader using his position to gain sexual favors be considered sexual assault? Yet you ignored or had no knowledge of that fact.(2) I know you didn’t commit adultery. It was apparently consensual between two parties. But surely, you had to have known. My mother knew each and every time her husband (my dad) ran around on her. Mom did the same thing you did, “Stand by her man.”
Other than Bill Clinton’s indiscretions, White Water of Arkansas, Emails, and Benghazi, there is not a lot to say about Hillary Clinton.
Bernie Sanders is an interesting person. What I didn’t mention earlier was that he has been married twice. Oh woo! So was the late president Ronald Reagan. From 1964-68 he was married to Deborah Shiling. In 1969 he lived with Susan Campbell Mott and they had a son. He married Jane Driscoll in 1988 and she had 3 children from a previous marriage. She helped raise his son and he helped raise her three children. (3) Yet he believes in traditional family values.
Divorce is not a traditional family value unless we are referring to something religious. And, I must say there are eight different traditional marriages in the Bible. The only one that warrants a divorce is adultery. An incompatible marriage was coined by the late former President Reagan when he was governor for California early in his political career, His divorce from Jane Wymann was based on the grounds of cruelty and he didn’t like the fact there was no “incompatible marriage” divorce laws in California. So his first order as a governor was to create incompatibility as grounds for divorce.
I have noted several sources call Bernie “Vermont’s Socialist Mayor.” In July 1985, Bernie Sanders traveled to Nicaragua, where he attended an event that one wire report dubbed an “anti-U.S. rally….The leftist Sandinista government was celebrating the sixth anniversary of the revolution that saw it take power from an American-backed dictator, Anastasio Somoza....Onstage, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega accused the U.S. government of “state terrorism” for supporting the rebels who were seeking to overthrow him. The Sandinistas and the CIA-backed Contras would fight into the next decade, with allegations of human rights abuses on both sides. At the 1985 rally Sanders attended, Ortega vowed the Sandinistas would “defend the revolution with guns in hand.” (4) He was mayor of Burlington, Vermont at the time.
My only objection to Bernie Sanders is his age. I don’t want to seem discriminatory because I am a young senior citizen, but the office of president takes a toll on any man. The late former President Reagan was 69 when he took office. If Sanders wins he will be 76 years old when he takes office officially. If Hillary Clinton wins she will be 68 when she takes office officially. Should we consider health as being an issue with the Presidency?
Since the subject of Bill Clinton’s sexual proclivities was brought up in social medias andthe press, I would be remiss not to mention the previous activities of Bernie Sanders’ wife, Jane O’Meara Sanders. “Jane has also been at the core of controversy over the course of her career, with accusations surfacing that she played a major role in the eventual bankruptcy of Burlington College where she served as president from 2004 to 2011. Jane was involved in relocation the campus and expanding its overall size and rumors began to swirl that the school was in financial trouble. She was never formally charged but did resign quietly.” (5)
Never “formally charged”with what? “Burlington College President Jane O’Meara Sanders resigned Monday after reaching a settlement with the Board of Trustees.... During her seven years as president, new academic majors and an institutional aid fund for students have been developed. However, the recent property purchase, combined with rising tuition and difficulties expanding enrollment, has intensified financial, management and academic pressures. But negotiations over a new contract stalled as doubts emerged about her plans and fundraising. In August, the board voted to negotiate an early exit package...” (6) What aren’t they saying due to a confidentiality clause?
Spouses of Presidential hopefuls sometimes are not as “lilly lovely” as the position seems to portray in past years. It just goes to show us all that times are changing, and not necessarily for the good either. According to my parents, everyone has skeletons in the closet. But, maybe they need a southern lesson. Put the skeletons behind the coats and sweep the cat pooh under the rug.
Sources:
- Williams, Pete. “FBI finally confirms….” MSNBC 2.8.2016 (accessed 3.6.2016) http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/fbi-formally-confirms-its-investigation-hillary-clintons-email-server
- Hansen, Victor. “Hillary’s empire of dirt” National Review 9.22.2015. (accessed 3.6.2015) http://www.nationalreview.com/article/424372/hillary-clintons-empire-dirt
- Fuller, Bonnie. “Bernie Sanders” Hollywood Life. (accessed 3.6.2016) http://hollywoodlife.com/celeb/bernie-sanders/
- Walker, Hunter. “Bernie Sanders’ radical past” Yahoo Political News 1.17.2016 (accessed 3.6.2016) https://www.yahoo.com/politics/bernie-sanders-radical-past-how-the-vermont-230255076.html
- Amato, Laura. “Bernie Sanders’ Family” Heavy.com News. 10.13.2015. (accessed 3.6.2016) http://heavy.com/news/2015/10/bernie-sanders-family-wife-jane-ex-deborah-shilling-children-levi-democratic-debate-2016-presidential/
- Guma, Greg. “Jane Sanders resigns …” Vermont Digger. 9.27.2011. (accessed 3.6.2016)
Switching lanes onto a new road.
Morally speaking, there isn’t one person whose has a solid foundation. I learned back in 1982, that we are all thieves. I learned in 2008, that we all are slaves to something. I learned in 2009, that we as American citizens believe lies as truths and have short memories. In 2013, I had my theory enforced as well as belief that organized religion was in terrible shape. In 2014, I learned that our framing leaders in the country were not necessarily honorable christians--as I previously believed. In 2016, I finally came to the realization, I don’t care. I only have faith in God. My foundations are still weak as most, but I am happy to have God in my life.
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