“Trusting someone to fight for them and trusting someone, these are two different things.” -CNN’s Briana Keilar
On Aug. 1, I wrote how I believed Hillary Clinton had reached the level of incompetence defined by Laurence J. Peter in his 1968 book, The Peter Principle.
I am beginning to see signs of her popularity shrinking, but I can’t see how she won’t be nominated to represent the Democrat party in 2016. But it’s not going to help her with Independents and Republican women.
CNN’s Briana Keilar asked Hillary about the trust issue during an otherwise session of softball questions. (ccnpressroom)
It began with the visible signs of arrogance. Her refusal to hold meetings with the press; only sitting for interviews with friendly members. Her continued insistence that she did no wrong by destroying e-mails, classified or otherwise. Her belief that she is listening to the voices of the middle class in those round table meetings with a handful of supporters. Her “entitled” projection as someone to whom rules of law and conduct don’t apply.
Her arrogance came through in the interview she did with CNN’s Briana Keilar on July 7, when, for the most part, she was fed softball questions. The atmosphere changed, however, when Keilar said, “We see by our recent poll that nearly six in 10 Americans say they don’t believe that you’re honest and trustworthy. Do you understand why they feel that way?”
To that question, Clinton told of her being elected twice in New York and was confirmed as secretary of state “against the same kind of onslaught,” and went on to say how she would convince voters that she would fight for them, “and that’s the kind of person I am.”
“Trusting someone to fight for them and trusting someone, these are two different things,” Keilar followed unexpectedly, “Do you see any role that you’ve had in the sentiment that we’ve seen, where people are questioning whether you’re trustworthy?” To that, Hillary went into her usual “it’s been a theme that has been used against me and my husband for many years.”
I would guess that the average American recognizes when he or she isn’t liked. Not Hillary. For two decades she has essentially lived in a cocoon with Secret Service protection, people at her beck and call, and wealth. She’s been featured on magazine covers from Time to Vogue and People. And for some unknown reason she continues to make the most admired women lists. She sees no reason to show a little humility.
The tide seems to be changing. Even the Huffington Post recently published the results of her “favorability/unfavorability” in 281 polls showing her unfavorabillity at 48.l percent and favorability at 41.9 percent.
Gallop noted that her favorability had dropped from high of 66 percent in 2011 to 43 percent last month.
“Voters see her as too willing to cut corners and ignore the rules that apply to others to advance her political interests,” wrote Kenneth T. Walsh in U. S. News & World Report.
Perhaps Al Spurgeon, writing in Sioux City Journal.com, said it best. “Why am I not thrilled with the prospect of Hillary as our nominee? Simple, I don’t think she can win.”
Referring to the long list of Clinton scandals, Spurgeon said, “I’m not sure I want to hear about the same old things over and over again.” Having attended Iowa precinct caucuses since 1976, he points out that he has observed that “people are always looking for new fresh faces vs. the old political establishment.”
Finally, he says Hillary Clinton is the wrong messenger for the Democrat cause of bringing back the middle class as he referenced her wealth and elite connections.
Magazine covers and questionable “most admired” surveys helped perpetuate the Hillary resume bluff. (Time.com)
Since the latest polls, the FBI has begun to look into Hillary’s e-mails, and she is expected to testify before the House Select Committee on Benghazi this fall. This can’t help her.
It’s apparent that people are calling her bluff. From her convenient partnership at the Rose Law Firm, her failure to deliver a health insurance plan for her husband, her less than productive years as a U.S. Senator and a stint as U. S. Secretary of State with no major accomplishments, she is now campaigning for president on self-importance. She actually believes she is the most powerful and admired woman.
