Now that she’s got a lock on the 2016 election, 69-year-old Democratic nominee Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks only in platitudes on the campaign stump, telling supporters she’s fighting to preserve democracy. Surviving three hyped debates with 70-year-old GOP nominee real estate mogul Donald Trump, Hillary talks of preserving democracy, when she’s really skating questions about criminal behavior and corruption at the highest levels. Comfortably in the lead, Hillary talks about ending racism, sexism and pushing women’s rights, now that another key member of the State Department Information Technology staff took the Fifth to avoid answering questions from Judicial Watch on Hillary’s email scandal. With the FBI and Justice Department turning a blind eye, Hillary’s free to skate to the finish line talking gibberish about racism and women’s rights.
When Trump says the election’s fixed with media, Hillary gets a free pass when it comes to widely reported scandals and criminal behavior. “If you believe in women and girls should be treated with dignity and respect and that women should be able to make their own health care decisions, and that marriage equality should be protected . . . “ Hillary told a crowd at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire. Hillary diverts attention as far a possible from real issues, including the economy, Obamacare and dangerous foreign policy concerns. “If you believe in foreign policy where we work with our allies not insult them, achieve common goals for peace and prosperity, then you have to vote,” said Hillary, not disclosing her real views on foreign policy. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeir Oct. 12 raised the real possibility of WWIII under today’s U.S. Syria policy.
Hillary’s foreign policy in Syria gives 100% backing to the nearly six-year-old Saudi-U.S.-Turkey funded proxy war against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Unlike Obama, whos’s less likely to intervene militarily, Hillary backs calls by 80-year-old Sen. John McCain (Az), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, urging Oct. 20 a no-fly zone with specific orders if violated to shoot down Russian or Syrian warplanes. Hillary’s call to “achieve common goals for peace and prosperity” scares the hell out of Steinmeir who sees U.S. policy on a collision course for WWIII. No, Hillary’s voters are concerned about Trump’s insults or platitudes about race or women’s rights, not whether her hawkish views put the U.S. in harm’s way. When you consider the insanity of Obama’s Syrian policy, supporting terrorists to topple al-Assad, Hillary could do some serious damage.
With WikiLeaks exposing Hillary’s closest associates, like her campaign chairman John Podesta and Democratic National Committee chairwoman Donna Brazile playing dirty pool, you’d think Trump’s message of “crooked Hillary” would have gained more traction. Waylaid with an embarrassing Access Hollywood tape and more allegations from at least 11 women about groping, Trump’s campaign treads water two weeks before the election. With most the electoral votes concentrated on the West and East coasts, Trump must run the table with all battleground states, something about as likely as winning the Powerball lottery. When you cut through the smoke, Trump’s talking about government corruption, the influence of corporate and foreign cash on elected officials, growing the U.S. economy and, most importantly, preventing more foreign wars and WWIII.
Instead to dealing with real issues, Hilllary’s campaign machine diverts attention away from egregious corruption and scandals, turning the election into an indictment of Trump’s character. Hillary’ supporters aren’t focused on Hillary’s hawkish views on Syria. None of Hillary’s backers question why she supports the Saudi-U.S.-Turkey funded proxy war against al-Assad, pitting the U.S. against Russia and Iran. “It’s a fallacy to think that this is like the Cold War. The current times are different and more dangerous,” said Steinmeir Oct. 12. With Hillary more likely than Obama to push for a no-fly zone in Syria, Steinmeir worries it could risk a military confrontation with Russia, once thought unthinkable. Hillary’s done a good job of demonizing Trump but not explaining why she thinks toppling another Mideast dictator would do anything other than create more terrorism and anarchy.
Winning the battle against Trump, Hillary might find herself after the election in a long twilight war to prevent her past criminal conduct from upending her presidency. If Democrats win the Senate, Hillary will have another firewall from impeachment, if investigations uncover high crimes and misdemeanors. With the economy heading into recession in 2017, Hillary faces some daunting challenges with an economic policy designed to hit the rich with more taxes. Whether Hillary can prevail with her progressive agenda in a GOP-controlled House is highly doubtful. Whether the Senate flips to Democrats or not, getting her liberal plans through the House won’t be easy. Prospects for more partisan bickering and gridlock look likely under a Hillary administration. Euphoria for breaking the “glass ceiling” with a woman president won’t last long.
