Letters to the Editor
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I like Hillary Clinton, just not the person she's running as
This is what has been bothering me about HRC throughout this campaign.
Had she just told the truth it would have been a pretty significant and interesting story in my opinion. No, she wasn't under fire or negotiating the opening of the boarders (a claim she's since backed off of, thankfully), but yes, she was in a war zone. I don't think that's easy to discount, as others who've done USO tours have commented.
But she couldn't do that. Again and again she exaggerates her involvement in past events, again and again she presents herself in a calculated way. She has a warm and charming laugh and some genuine sincerity to her, but she won't let that out for fear of not being appealing. She is smart and skillful bureaucrat, but she didn't single-handedly negotiate the peace in Northern Ireland. She knows a lot about being president from having witnessed it first hand, but she wasn't running that show and can't claim to have been a part of that administration (unless of course she wants to run on not being able to get a health care plan through congress).
It's frustrating. I like her when she's not being calculating or exaggerating to some poll-driven end. I could see myself voting for that Hillary, if she ran.
Anyway, don't let me stand in the way of this turning into the usual stew of allegations from the supporters of both camps - I'm looking forward to both sides explaining to me how the other side is evil and their backers are tools and liars.