By Debra Houston, contributing columnist | Let’s start this by defending Mrs. Clinton a bit. Her year to run for president was 2008. She was younger and prettier, less caustic and healthier. Her record as New York senator was positive. She didn’t have the baggage that serving as secretary of state brought her. The Dems decided they didn’t want her so they threw her out like old bathwater. Not unlike the way they threw out Bernie Sanders this time.
I mentioned this because I’m sure President Obama is unhappy with the results. I imagine him saying, “I had the most skin in the game,” because his legacy was at stake. I hope he remembers how his election eight years earlier sidetracked her.
I thought of others who might be unhappy about Mrs. Clinton losing her last bid for president. Surely foreign leaders who “contributed” to the Clinton Foundation while she was secretary of state are angry. And Clinton staffers who warned against the-server-in-the-basement are vindicated but wish she had listened.
The vacuous Katy Perry, ill-mannered Madonna, and F-bomber Jay Z are upset. George Will, who never concealed his contempt for Trump, is disgusted. With a cup of Starbucks, the panel of elitists on Morning Joe (MSNBC) washed down a serving of crow the day after. Two weeks earlier they had predicted a Clinton landslide.
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CNN couldn’t fathom a Trump Administration. The network fired Donna Brazile for forwarding debate questions to Mrs. Clinton. Soon, Americans will fire all the networks including Fox News, where Establishment Republicans love to hang out.
Stories about the server didn’t help Mrs. Clinton. Even in the 90’s she had a penchant to fudge. I recall a book she wrote while First Lady. Someone in the Chinese government read it and complimented her on her lying skills. With Server-gate, the lies began to stack up. Mrs. Clinton couldn’t keep track of what she had said and when. Guess what? America kept track.
Also, I don’t think we understood the degree to which Benghazi damaged Mrs. Clinton. Ordinary moms and dads whose military sons and daughters deployed in hostile places believe their government will offer at least a modicum of security for service members. Mrs. Clinton didn’t worry about it. She emailed Chelsea, stating it was a terrorist attack. The next day, she blamed it on an inflammatory video.
And who can forget her famous question during the Congressional hearing? In reference to the four Americans who died in Benghazi, she asked, “What difference, at this point, does it make?” On November 8, America answered. It mattered a whole lot and we don’t want it to happen again.
Finally, who was happy the day after November 8? Obviously Donald Trump. As the world watched, Americans confirmed that our power lies in the vote. I’m proud of my country for standing up against the insults, smugness and downright failures of the far left. We aren’t deplorable or irredeemable. We’re just fed up.
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