Letter writer Tom Foley asks why anyone would vote for Hillary Clinton given her supposedly few accomplishments and many scandals (“Why vote for Clinton?” Aug. 12).
Ever since she announced from the White House that she wasn’t going to stay home and bake cookies, the political right has vilified her for every conceivable fault. However, she has never been convicted of anything. Whitewater, Travelgate, Benghazi, you name it — they tried to pin scandal after scandal on her, but none of it has stuck. They hate her because she is a liberal woman, with the emphasis on “liberal.”
She did not lie about her emails. She said she didn’t know at the time that a few of them were classified; some, in fact, were classified after the fact, as happened with Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice. All FBI Director James Comey said was that Clinton was reckless, not that she lied. She took full responsibility for the email debacle and has said she regretted her decision. She did not “rig” the DNC nomination; she got more votes than Bernie Sanders — period. The mainstream media absolutely does not, in any way, “allow her a blind eye” as you say. She is in the news constantly, for good or ill. She has received the endorsement of the Houston Chronicle, a conservative newspaper.
As for her accomplishments, you can check the internet. She is not perfect. However, she is fully capable of serving as president.
