http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mccarthys-comments-on-benghazi-probe-may-be-a-political-gift-to-clinton/2015/10/01/6ceb6e88-6857-11e5-9223-70cb36460919_story.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/polling/washington-postabc-news-national-poll-sept/2015/09/14/5d3d7114-5a17-11e5-8475-781cc9851652_page.html
"Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right? But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select committee. What are her numbers today? Her numbers are dropping. Why? Because she’s un-trustable. But no one would have known any of that had happened had we not fought".
McCarthy, who is cited as the "likely next House speaker", with this statement is suggesting that the investigation was fueled on a political basis. An attempt to knock down Hillary Clinton's poll numbers in the upcoming election. As a result, former Speaker of the House John Boehner needed to step forward and insist that this was intended to "know the full truth about what happened" and that it was not about Hillary Clinton. The fact that, potentially, our next Speaker of the House needs to be defended by his fellow house members to clarify what he said speaks volumes.
Using this given opportunity, Clinton responded: "When I hear a statement like that, which demonstrates unequivocally that this was always meant to be a partisan political exercise, I feel like it does a grave disservice and dishonors not just the memory of the four that we lost, but of everybody who has served our country". Although Clinton was taking the offensive side due to the given circumstance, I agree with what she mentioned. The death of fellow Americans and the use of a private e-mail server is apparently being used as a means of voting someone else into office, no sympathy given at all to the deceased. On that note, is Clinton's usage of a private e-mail server still a deciding factor in the upcoming election? According to the Washington Post's September national poll, 44% say that it is a legitimate issue while 49% say that it is not. The numbers are still so close to each other - is this really that important of an issue when there are more pressing matters at hand?
I think that the email issue is still a big factor but I don't ever think that it was or will be a deciding factor. Clinton draws massive support especially from women with her push for women rights and reform. She might be claiming that her use of private emails was for political purposes and that may be true but there will always be people who hold her accountable. I do think that this is still a big issue because reputation is a big factor in politics and in life and Hillary Clinton has to work from the bottom up to restore the trust of potential voters
ReplyDeleteVoters are definitely going to use the email issue against Clinton - more specifically, uninformed voters. A large part of the American population makes rash decisions and uninformed votes, guided by the invisible mob spirit that floats among us: "Yeah!! Hillary, email, no good. No vote for her!" Clinton might not be the best choice out of the Democratic candidates, but she should be voted out for informed reasons, not because of these petty and dramatic fiascos.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Thomas, as I personally don't believe that Clinton should be the next democratic candidate running for president but that is from my own political views. But as Thomas has mentioned, many people will write her off as being a woman, because of the email fiasco, etc but she's being written off for the wrong reason and uninformed voters is a huge problem in the US. If a candidate should be written off it should be for a legitimate political reason either it be their policies, political interests, etc
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