Here are a few observations about Hillary Clinton from insiders and political observers worth noting.

IN A PROVACATIVE OP-ED written by Yale Professor David Gelernter in the Wall Street Journal, he addresses those whose integrity won’t allow them to vote for Trump despite their dislike of Clinton.

“There is only one way to take part in protecting this nation from Hillary Clinton, and that is to vote for Donald Trump,” he wrote, “A vote for anyone else or for no one might be an honest, admirable gesture in principle, but we don’t need conscientious objectors in this war for the country’s standing and hence for the safety of the world and the American way of life.”

On that vote, the professor says, “It’s too bad one has to vote for Mr. Trump. It will be an unhappy moment at best, but when all is said and done, it’s no big deal of a sacrifice for your country. I can think of bigger ones.”

WHILE REFERRING TO BILL CLINTON’s sordid past in a recent post, my mind wandered to those of another Democrat, President Jack Kennedy, who we now know had his way with women, too.

But Kennedy’s philandering took place some fifty years ago, and he (obviously) isn’t taking an active role in Hillary Clinton’s campaign as is husband Bill.

Columnist Peggy Noonan reminds us of the illusions under which American voters used to have about the candidates, like Kennedy, in the Oct. 15, 2016 Wall Street Journal.

“You used to be able to like your guy – to admire your candidate and imagine unknown virtues he no doubt possessed that would be revealed in time, in books,” wrote Noonan, “You can’t have these illusions anymore. That souring, which is based on knowledge and observation as opposed to mere cynicism, is painful to witness and bear.”

She related a comment made by a fellow writer – “I’m for the venal idiot who won’t mechanize government against all I hold dear.”

“And who has illusions about Mrs. Clinton? No one,” Noonan concludes.

THOSE LEAKS ABOUT HILLARY – The Wiki Leaks Podesta e-mails revealed that the Clinton team was struggling all year to improve their flawed candidate. As far back as March, her aides were aware of her resistance to the media and press conferences, and that she was out of touch with regular Americans, unable to convey a clear message to voters.

Even Joel Benenson, Hillary’s chief strategist, asked in an e-mail, “Do we have any sense from her what she believes or wants her core message to be?” Clinton had proven to be a lackluster candidate who has struggled to win over the liberals who had gravitated to Bernie Sanders

“She has huge endemic political weaknesses that she would be wise to rectify,” political columnist Brent Budowsky e-mailed Podesta.

Worried about Clinton antagonizing Sen. Elizabeth Warren, advisor Mandy Grunwald asked if Hillary could modify her views on a proposed banking regulation to mollify Warren.

All of this was going on inside the Clinton campaign while the biased media was telling us about the unrest in the Trump camp.

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