Can Hillary be trusted? The biggest slam against her is that she is dishonest. That is a very damaging accusation. If the President or a candidate for that office cannot be trusted, the nation may be in serious trouble. So what seems to be the evidence that she doesn’t deserve the confidence of her party, nor that of the general electorate? The complaints are not new, but neither have they festered without a response. Yet they remain part of the political discourse.
Perhaps the oldest accusation is that she continued to stand by her wayward husband. When that one resurfaced at the beginning of this primary season, it didn’t even attract a spark. Yet it still may hover somewhere in the atmosphere.
The most persistent attack has had to do with her use of a personal e-mail account for government business. While there is no evidence that any government confidences were threatened or marked “top secret” until later, Hillary has admitted that while not illegal, it was probably unwise.
