Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Reasons I am not Voting for Hilary Date:   8/25/2016 8:36:17 PM

1.  She was not an effective Secretary of State.

2.  While I do not blame her for what happened in Benghazi, I think she made a grave error in letting the discussion go on about whether the military should go in uniform or not.  That was definitely a State Department call and she should have cut the discussion, and made a decision.  I believe she was part of the cover up that said it was because video as Susan Rice was directed to say on the Sunday talk shows.  I believe the WH had a hand in it, but Hilary would have been in on that discussion.  And I think she mishandled her testimony before the Committee on that.  She was dismissive and condescending, instead of openly and honestly answering the questions. And yes, I watched her testimony, I didn't get it second hand.

3.  Her emails.  First she and her lawyer went through them all and deleted the those that she said were personal, with her making the decision.  Then she said that "she had not sent or received" any classfied, which was later disproved.  Then she tried to blame Colin Powell for her decision to use a private server, which Colin Powell has denied.   She has exaggerated what the FBI said - that she didn't do anything wrong - well, no, they said that she had been extremely careless with classified information.  I believe the decision not to prosecute her was was a political decision, knowing that the WH would not allow the Justice Department to proceed.  And then there was that strange meeting in the Arizona airport.  And then there are more emails and the investigations go on.  The email thing bothers me for a different reason than most people.  As Secretary of State, she would have been a classifying authority, which means she knew or should have know classified information, so if someone sent her classified, it should have prompted her to take immediate action, contacting security and let them investigate and recommend the appropriate action.  Instead nothing happened.  And if this had happened to me or some other federal employee, we would have lost our security clearance, lost our jobs, and may well have been prosecuted for a national security breech. 

4.  The foundation.  One, it appears that she was using her assistant as both a government employee and an employee of the Foundation which creates a conflict of issue.  It also appears that access to the Secretary of State, came readily about after a donation to the Clinton foundation.  No one gives millions of dollars with no expectation of a quid pro quo.  Add to that, in much of the world, donations, basheeh, paying an expeditor for something, or for access is accepted as a way of doing business.  But this happens to be illegal in the U.S and illegal for Americans to pay it.  First of all, the blurring of lines between the State Department business and the Foundation.  I have no doubt that this will be investigated and someone will say that there isn't anything unethical or against the law, because it is clear that the WH is determined that Hilary will follow Obama. 

5. Her ideas are not financially workable, especially at this point in time. We don't have a strong economy, experts seem to think the stock market is a house of cards right now.  It's not time for expansion and extending certain entitlement programs.  If Hilary is elected, we'll have at least 4 years of the same that Obama has given us and I don't think we can afford it.