Ah, Hillary's got a glow now. She's put away that racist, sexist, xenophobic, misogynistic, bully of an opponent; schooled him on "preparing to be President"; soared with a vision of American values; and, yes, like "her good friend Michelle", affirmed the nobility of "going high when they go low".
But, of course, this is politics and there is the need to make public an opponent's egregious lapses; to twist and shape every phrase; corral every stray word; and hammer each misstep into the collective consciousness. So naturally her oration gratuitously soars high with a few words about "The Tape".
It's not just locker room crudity, she clarifies for those who haven't seen and heard the tape dozens of times : "It's who he is". The subtext is presumably he's a sexist, predatory evil-doer not to be trusted in office or anywhere else.
But, if we're to weigh what's said behind closed doors, what is the litmus test for fitness. How does crude or sexist or predatory or homicidal get weighed and measured when it's off the cuff. Here's Hillary on her own, unscripted, talking about another "evil-doer":
http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/clinton-assange-wikileaks-drone/2016/10/04/id/751517/
In fairness, "they" are trying to spin this away suggesting that it's totally apocryphal, a pre-schooler's rumor mongering. I wonder... I really wonder.
But, if it haunts you that it might be true, suggesting "Can't we just drone this guy",, ie, Julian Assange, is hardly suggestive of American values.
If she's President, who else will be in her cross-hairs? Which locker room is the scarier?
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