2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton Is Now the Presumptive Democratic Nominee [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)In fact, it's having the very opposite effect. It IS just a photo--at a German AWARDS ceremony.
In 2009.
And you're acting like you've discovered a secret video, or something--which is rather sad.
You do realize that both Republicans AND Democrats can be talented administrators? Or do you think only Democrats know how to organize and run a Cabinet Department?
Your quote doesn't support your dire remarks about "immorality." She made sure the checks went out, the travel claims got paid, and the workforce morale was good. That, too, is part and parcel of "running" the State Department.
And more to the point--something you seem to COMPLETELY overlook--is that the Secretary of State is an INSTRUMENT of the will the POTUS. Her job was to execute HIS FOREIGN POLICY. She was not an independent actor. If you're shitting on Clinton, you are shitting on Obama. See, she is his diplomatic TOOL, his sharpened scalpel, to exercise his diplomatic will around the globe, just as Kissinger was Nixon's.
If you don't understand how government works, though, that key detail might escape your notice. I'm sure if you think about it, though, you'll realize just how intemperate and petulant your comments appear. You can--and should--do better.