By Horace Assar, Courier Staff Writer
The presidential election is always an eye-opening experience, and this year is no exception.
If you have been following up with this year’s candidates, namely, Hillary Clinton, then you may have started to think that you’re being brainwashed by the Democratic party and possibly the media, i.e., CNN. This opinion piece is going to give my personal opinion regarding Hillary Clinton and why she is unfit to be the next President of the United States of America.
- Hillary Clinton has a great political career. False.
Hillary Clinton deleted 33,000 emails after getting a subpoena by the FBI. It was a form of corruption and caused the deaths of 4 people – Americans – in a US Embassy in Benghazi, Libya.
- Bill Clinton was wrongfully accused of rape. False.
Bill Clinton, the husband of Hillary Clinton, has a history of raping women, one of which was Jaunita Broaddrick. Hillary Clinton threatened these women and told them not to speak out, going against the public mindset of Hillary Clinton supporting women and encouraging them to speak out on being rape victims.
- All of the money she raised are from campaign donations and Super PACS.False.
She has received millions of dollars from the countries Saudi Arabia, State of Kuwait, State of Qatar, and United Arab Emirates all which have committed acts against homosexual people such as torturing, executing, and imprisoning them. However, not all of her money is from these countries, as she did put in one million dollars of her own into her campaign.
- She defended a rapist while practicing law. True.
When Hillary Clinton was practicing law, she defended a man who raped a twelve year old girl. She tore into the little girl during the trial, got the rapist off with a light sentence, and later laughed about it with a reporter.
- She is letting Syrian Refugees in. True.
Hillary Clinton wants a 550% increase of Syrian refugees into the US without checking for diseases like polio, measles, tuberculosis, and hepatitis. These refugees could be a member of ISIS as well, so ask yourself whether you would want to live with a refugee who is sick or a potential member of ISIS.
What I am trying to tell the students of Logan and possibly the staff as well, is that before you vote this year, don’t make assumption, and remember to do your research. Think about the candidate you choose because you never know what that candidate will do once they’re in office.
I don’t really blame the writer for his repetition of this litany of lies. He’s young and naive. Nevertheless, he has retold many lies.
The idea that deleting emails is a form of corruption is arguable, but the contention that the deletion of the emails caused the deaths in Benghazi is laughable and impossible. The deletions were done after the Benghazi deaths, therefore, the deletions could not have caused them.
The idea that refugees coming into the U.S. will not be checked for diseases is simply wrong, and has the odor of racism about it.
Hillary’s campaign did not receive money from Saudi Arabia or any of those others. That money went to the Clinton Foundation, a charity. She got none of that money.
You can doubt her intentions, question her morality, and make other accusations, but they should be grounded in reality. You, a child, telling your teachers to do their research, when you haven’t done yours, is arrogant. Are you so arrogant that you won’t admit your errors, here, in print, and insist that your own fake reality is real?
You are absolutely wrong on all accounts of your arguments.
First you say how deleting emails is “arguabl(y)” a form of corruption it is completely a form of corruption. Not only is it explicitly stated U.S. Code, title 18, part 1, chapter 101, section 2071, paragraph a that to unlawfully coneal or remove or destroy any record will be be fined or imprisoned and is not allowed to run for office. Also benghazi was not a result of the emails but a result of her incompetence and unwillingness to send reinforcements to the embassy to make sure that it was safe and secure despite so many calls for help from them.
On the topic of refugees, allowing the 550% increase in refugees would be a disaster. Simply look at germany, sweden, and several other parts of europe that have allowed the refugees to freely walk into their countries. Their rape statistics have rapidly gone up, the violent crime statistics have gone up,and the statistics for terrorist attacks have gone up as well. These refugees have no business coming here to the US and they have no business going to germany or other neighboring european countries.
Hillary clinton is the owner of the clinton foundation and to call it a “charity” is laughable. She only gave approximately 3% of her earnings of the clinton foundation to charity while she pocketed the rest. She in fact did accept this money from Saudi Arabia and many other middle eastern countries that practice female genitalia mutilation and the killing of homosexuals as well as pretty much any minority group in the middle east.
You my friend are the one that should do his/her research and see the truth and not be blinded by this almost communistic propaganda put up by CNN and other mainstream media.
-Carlos Gonzalez Mexican Trump Supporter
I cannot help but want to chuckle at your reaction to this editorial. You come across as a typical Hillary supporter who is unwilling to see what is sitting right in front of your very own eyes. Put the writer down for not having his own evidence to support his stance, that is your discretion. However, your retort to his article is lacking specifics that help build any sort of support that Hillary Rodham Clinton is a viable and trustworthy candidate to lead our country.
Deleting emails being an arguable topic is correct, but Hillary deleted her 33 THOUSAND emails AFTER she had received a subpoena for those emails by the FBI. To destroy potential evidence AFTER receiving a subpoena is tampering with evidence AND tampering with the thorough investigation that SHOULD have happened in regards to her emails and her private server. Yes, it is arguable to say what the content of those emails were, but if those emails were truly of the content regarding her grandchild, her daughter, the wedding, etc., then why would she be so concerned about deleting THIRTY THREE THOUSAND emails AFTER receiving the subpoena? Not only is it extremely possible that she deleted emails pertaining to the actions in Libya (Benghazi), but she couldn’t even keep her own lies together as to WHY she had deleted emails (or even IF she had deleted emails) for months while she was being investigated by the FBI. She originally stated that she never deleted confidential emails, but then later on she admitted that she did. Now, the FBI elected to not file charges on Hillary which is quite interesting because of the report given by (James) Comey. Comey explained all that Hillary had done with her emails and her personal server (which was against policy of a government official), but he ultimately concluded that as negligent as it was, he and the FBI weren’t going to file charges. Now the news is reporting that Comey may have stood in the way of the investigation of Hillary and her email/server case–even other FBI agents are turning against Comey and his actions in regards to this case. I know that it hasn’t been proven that Hillary is hiding information that puts her in more serious waters, but her actions cry foul and beg to be dissected by people who want to and need to know (i.e. the parents of the dead Americans from Libya…which Clinton claimed didn’t die…but yet she said that the deaths were caused by a video…but if no one died in Libya, then how did a video cause the deaths?? See what I mean when I say that she couldn’t keep her lies/stories together throughout the entire process of being investigated?).
In regards to (potentially) vetting the refugees from Syria having “the odor of racism about it”…how? To say that incoming immigrants (refugees or not) should be vetted to make sure that they are not a medical concern to the rest of society (in America) is NOT racism, it is a concern for everyone’s safety, health, and well-being. For you to say that it has the odor of “racism” is a sad and pathetic attempt to try and pressure society into a corner by using a term (racism) that has such negative connotation, but which would potentially put EVERYONE’S health and safety at risk. Health and safety is one issue in regards to bringing refugees into our country, but if you look around at our streets, we have homeless veterans, homeless individuals, and even homeless families that we could be helping instead of other countries’ folks. I know that comes across as rather crass, but if we cannot take care of our own society, then what right do we have to extend a “helping hand” to others as well? That just doesn’t add up. I’m all in favor of helping the homeless and/or refugees, but NOT at the expense of my family’s, my friends’, and/or my health and safety!
Hillary’s campaign versus her (The Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, BHCF) foundation is also a slightly skeptical and potentially scandalous situation (as could be said about any “non-profit” organization/foundation these days). Whereas your comment about Saudi Arabia NOT donating to Hillary’s campaign may be accurate (only she and a very select few truly know who has, and how much has, been donated to her campaign), it is a very debatable topic to discuss the accuracy of donations to both her campaign and her foundation and making sure that monies are being appropriately accepted and/or used. As you mentioned in your comment, “(you may) question her morality”…if you are able to question Hillary’s morality, then I do see donations to the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Foundation being something that is of concern and/or interest with who has donated, how much has been donated, how have the funds of the BHCF been used, and ultimately have the livelihoods of any of the contributors (donators) been changed in a way that would show “favortism” due to the donations that have been made in their name? I do hold great concerns about MANY (not just Hillary) of our current and active politicians. Regardless of liberal, conservative, libertarian, etc., many (and arguably most of) our politicians are making decisions in a way that benefits the politician and/or his/her life (or pocketbook/bank account) rather than making decisions based upon what they honestly and genuinely feel would be for the best interest of society and/or our country.
Lastly, to address the author of this article as being arrogant is a little on the harsh side of words to be used. Arrogance implies that the author feels he is better than others. This is an editorial piece written with the intent of expressing his concerns about the political candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton and, therefore, is acceptable to be his opinion. In today’s society, to tell someone to look up facts/evidence to support your claim(s) seems almost unproductive. Don’t get me wrong, I want to see facts and evidence as much as you do in regards to this article and his opinions, but what I am saying is that our media has turned into an almost all opinionated media in contrast to a media that actually reports the evidence of what they are reporting. Today’s media decides what they want to report and HOW they want to report it…and more importantly, they decide how they want you to FEEL with their reporting. Instead of simply stating what happened, most of our media is giving their OPINION of the incident(s) which already skews peoples’ opinions/thoughts/reactions. Similar to your dislike of how this article doesn’t have tons of factual evidence, I would highly encourage anyone, regardless of whom they are voting, to do their research and find out anything and everything they can about THEIR candidate. To completely dismiss what this article points out about Hillary Clinton is taking the easy way out. Take a look at what is being said about Hillary and what is being said about Trump; do your own research to see WHY these things are being said, WHO is saying them (what is the source), and how accurate are these findings being reported in regards to Hillary and/or Trump.
I am not one to sit here and try to convince anyone to vote one way or the other. I respect anyone’s opinion so long as you can back yourself up with WHY you have the opinion you do–and don’t let it be something as simple-minded as, “It’s time we see what a woman can do as POTUS.” I am absolutely fine with seeing a female POTUS, but in my humble opinion, I don’t believe that this election is presenting me with a female candidate that I truly trust and believe in with regards to leading our country right now. That is my opinion, and just as you are entitled to your opinion that maybe she IS the proper candidate for our next POTUS, I am equally allowed to have my own opinion…as is the author of this article.
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