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2016 Postmortem

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Onlooker

(5,636 posts)
Fri Jul 15, 2016, 09:05 AM Jul 2016

Hillary needs to deal with the trust issue [View all]

She's going to be hammered on it because it's her biggest "weakness."

The frustrating thing is that all the "scandals" that she's been involved in really are part of a vast right-wing conspiracy. Every single scandal she's faced has been orchestrated by the right and funded by our taxpayer dollars. And she has never been in a scandal that resulted in her being charged with anything, even when the accusations were investigated by prominent right wingers like Comey and Starr.

The email scandal is especially ludicrous. After all. many Congresspeople use private email accounts and private servers for their official business and don't even have to save copies of their emails. So, if the Republicans were really serious about possible security breaches through email, why wouldn't they be calling for investigations of the email of liberal and Muslim Congresspeople? After all, no matter what they think of Hillary, surely Republicans think even worse of those radicals (LOL) like Sanders, Ellison, Warren, and so on.

I think the biggest challenge of this campaign will be for Hillary to restore her credibility. I don't think she can ignore this issue. I think she needs to find a way to confront it because frankly it's going to come up in every debate, every Republican campaign ad, and it's all over the place on the internet.

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What do you suggest? auntpurl Jul 2016 #1
That's my question as well. Quite telling how the OP refused to answer it. nt Cali_Democrat Jul 2016 #29
She gets accused of everything under the sun rock Jul 2016 #2
How? whatthehey Jul 2016 #3
I agree... tallahasseedem Jul 2016 #4
What about Trump's trust issue. Is he trustworthy? JaneyVee Jul 2016 #5
We need to be talking much more about this Haveadream Jul 2016 #10
Those people really don't care if they have a bias. Zing Zing Zingbah Jul 2016 #14
You are right! Haveadream Jul 2016 #16
Going on faux wallyworld2 Jul 2016 #6
trust issue its all crap but its the only thing conservatives have.... beachbum bob Jul 2016 #7
Here are some suggestions ehrnst Jul 2016 #8
Agree. From that link: lovemydog Jul 2016 #43
there's nothing *she* can do herself. this is a job for surrogates unblock Jul 2016 #9
Democrats lack a cohesive and professional propaganda machine. procon Jul 2016 #11
Hillary doesn't need to do jack shit bigdarryl Jul 2016 #12
I saw a Hillary ad touting her accomplishments as SOS kacekwl Jul 2016 #13
If you "follow news and politics more than most" and still don't know HRC's accomplishments... BobbyDrake Jul 2016 #20
I just saw an ad by Hillary and still don't know any. kacekwl Jul 2016 #32
Iran sanctions, SCHIP, 9/11 first responder health bill, repairing relations BobbyDrake Jul 2016 #34
I'm not trying to compare myself to you. The subject is kacekwl Jul 2016 #36
My point is that you're responsible for your own education. BobbyDrake Jul 2016 #37
Good idea. kacekwl Jul 2016 #38
And the mask comes off. BobbyDrake Jul 2016 #40
Never been there but kacekwl Jul 2016 #42
Here's a partial list of her accomplishments ehrnst Jul 2016 #46
She can't ibegurpard Jul 2016 #15
Thank you for your concern. Republicans spied on the Congressional e-mail servers. L. Coyote Jul 2016 #17
Hillary is doing fine, imo... Spazito Jul 2016 #18
#Concernucopia BobbyDrake Jul 2016 #19
Sort of gives power to false accusers no? treestar Jul 2016 #21
This is not a new "issue". They have been going after her for 25 years. AgadorSparticus Jul 2016 #22
Different groups have different 'trust' issues with her. Eric J in MN Jul 2016 #23
Obama broke many promises - and is going strong in the polls ehrnst Jul 2016 #45
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2016 #24
If I'm sitting in a shelter taking mortar fire downrange, VulgarPoet Jul 2016 #31
Nice that you're so concerned. cwydro Jul 2016 #25
Frankly I'd say that BLM could have more of an influence underpants Jul 2016 #26
How about we start here by never bringing up emails or Benghazi. tonyt53 Jul 2016 #27
Those on the right and far left need to stop stoking thos fears. n/t Lil Missy Jul 2016 #28
Bullshit.... giftedgirl77 Jul 2016 #30
One thing I'd like is for the campaign.... LAS14 Jul 2016 #33
Poll Finds Voters in Both Parties Unhappy With Their Candidates/NYT Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2016 #35
Thanks to Comey, most think HRC lied about not sending classfied data - what to do about that? Bill USA Jul 2016 #39
Let It Go, Media: Hillary Clinton Does NOT Have a Trust and Honesty Problem baldguy Jul 2016 #41
Given that this so called trust issue has been DemonGoddess Jul 2016 #44
I agree. Hillary needs to tackle the PR image painting her as untrustable. UCmeNdc Jul 2016 #47
Concern, noted. ericson00 Jul 2016 #48
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