October demise?

I love definitions because they help focus the mind.

Under Dictionary.com’s definition of “corrupt” one finds the following:

1. Guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked:

2. Debased in character; depraved; perverted; wicked; evil:

3. Infected; tainted.

When used as a verb with an object we find:

4. To destroy the integrity of; cause to be dishonest, disloyal, etc., especially by bribery.

5. To lower morally; pervert.

Those definitions seem relevant as the FBI re-starts its prematurely halted investigation into Hillary Clinton’s “extremely careless” handling of classified materials. Perhaps this time it will conclude what it should have concluded the first time around—that the Democratic presidential candidate and some of her aides engaged not just in carelessness, but in criminal activity. Others have and are going to prison for far less.

And isn’t it wonderfully ironic that the trip wire for the FBI’s announcement had to do with emails found on disgraced former Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner’s computer and probably his phone? Among the computers reportedly seized by FBI agents is one Weiner shared with his now estranged wife and top Clinton aide Huma Abedin.

Typical of political Washington is the reaction by liberal Democrats, including Hillary Clinton herself. When FBI Director James Comey said in July there was nothing in Clinton’s behavior that warranted an indictment, liberals claimed she had been exonerated and praised Comey for his professionalism. Now that possibly new evidence has emerged necessitating another look, Democrats and the left are jumping on Comey as a political hack. They can’t have it both ways, though they often try.

It was Bill who bragged when he was running for president in 1992 that if he was elected “you get two for the price of one.” That exchange rate hasn’t changed.

Another argument made by those favoring a second Clinton presidency is that she is not her husband and that Bill Clinton’s lying and extramarital affairs should not reflect on her. Really? It was Bill who bragged when he was running for president in 1992 that if he was elected “you get two for the price of one.” That exchange rate hasn’t changed.

If Hillary wins the election, the corruption (hers and his) will follow her into the White House because that is her character and also his. If Republicans hold a congressional majority, investigations will continue and gridlock will be worse than it is now.

Hillary Clinton would be the most unpopular president to enter the White House in modern times, perhaps of all time. Republicans and even some principled Democrats (there are a few), not to mention foreign leaders, would immediately regard her as weak and possibly a failure from the start. Her promises to continue and expand the Obama “legacy” would not sit well with many Americans who are having difficulty finding jobs and are seeing their health insurance premiums skyrocket.

Donald Trump is a roll of the dice, but sometimes the dice come up a “seven” and not snake eyes. Whatever his character flaws, at least he would start something new, including protecting the Constitution, and promising to name judges who respect it. With the Clintons, we know exactly what to expect.