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Letter: Clinton does have experience

Let’s start with the fact that Donald Trump is a bloviating buffoon. Trump, however, was not responsible for that wonderful Russian reset. I think Putin is still laughing. And he wasn’t responsible for destabilizing Libya and abandoning our gains in Iraq, which created a vacuum filled by ISIS. And he didn’t call Hafez Assad a reformer. Indeed Mrs. Clinton does have experience as secretary of state. Unfortunately for the country, it can only be characterized as bad experience.

Then there is the Clinton Global Initiative. Does anyone really believe that all those countries that made contributions while she was secretary of state didn’t expect something in return? And, of course, there is the homebrew email server. Does anyone doubt that the Russians and Chinese have everything from her server? She likes to say that nothing was marked classified. She is right about that as classified documents are actually marked confidential, secret, top secret or special access program (SAP).

Doesn’t it kind of remind you of the definition of “is”? And isn’t this exactly what the Clintons do? They obfuscate, attack the messenger and love to point to other bad behavior to justify their own bad behavior. And while she said over and over that she had permission for her own email arrangement, it is now clear from the State Department that her claim is a complete lie. But we should not be surprised as she is a pathological liar.

It looks like I will be voting for the bloviating buffoon.

Richard Courreges

Callawassie Island

This story was originally published June 15, 2016 at 8:53 PM with the headline "Letter: Clinton does have experience."

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