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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 04:15 PM Feb 2016

Clinton has a major honesty problem

More than one in three (34 percent) of all New Hampshire Democratic primary voters said that honesty was the most important trait in their decision on which candidate to support. Of that bloc, Sanders won 92 percent of their votes as compared to just 6 percent for Clinton.

Clinton's standard response on questions about her honesty ... is that it has zero to do with her and how she has acted in and out of office ...

... the idea that Clinton herself bears no responsibility for the fact that a majority of all Americans repeatedly tell pollsters that words like "honest" and "trustworthy" don't apply to her is nonsensical.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/10/hillary-clinton-has-a-major-honesty-problem-after-new-hampshire/

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Clinton has a major honesty problem (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Feb 2016 OP
A condition that there is no sure cure for. dchill Feb 2016 #1
She's got all kinds of problems casperthegm Feb 2016 #2
No worse or better than the rest Zambero Feb 2016 #3
Did someone concoct a Bosnian sniper? catnhatnh Feb 2016 #5
She even lies about her dishonesty problem. nt mhatrw Feb 2016 #4

casperthegm

(643 posts)
2. She's got all kinds of problems
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 04:20 PM
Feb 2016

Honesty is a huge issue.

Beyond that, her record on issues simply don't stack up well vs Sanders either. For example, she and her supporters seem to think that foreign relations is a strong point for her. Iraq is no small thing. And it's not one issue. From that costly, deadly war that she voted for came the instability that Sanders warned about and she lacked the foresight to see. Now she wants a no-fly zone in Syria. And when Russian jets go past it? Then what? Not really sounding like a strong-suit to me. These are specific issues that the Clinton supporters have to deal with, not empty rhetoric.

Zambero

(8,964 posts)
3. No worse or better than the rest
Wed Feb 10, 2016, 04:21 PM
Feb 2016

The right wing propaganda machine has been trumpeting this meme for decades, along with concocted scandals, figuring it just might stick with repetition. Honesty is the least of Hillary's problems right about now. Consistency is another matter.

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