Seth Milner wrote:contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice
Again, sure. But again, when compared to almost any alternative, she's
LESS crooked. Less crooked than any candidate in the last two Republican clown cars. Less crooked than the previous Republican administration.
Heck, compare her just to previous secretaries of state: Condoleezza Rice who helped turn America into a torture state, and before that had a Chevron supertanker named after her for her work as a government lobbyist. Colin Powell who lied to the country to drag it into a 10-year war on false pretenses. And who also used a private mail server.
Seth Milner wrote:contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice
You mentioned "Benghazi and emails too."
Except that Hillary has been cleared of wrongdoing by multiple investigations, most run by Republicans. The Republican mythology on the subject - from the claim of a "stand-down order" to the claim that Hillary denied it was terrorism - are pure partisan BS.
For the "accepted order or general practice" on such things, during the previous Republican administration there were
at least 13 Benghazis killing 60 people. (The main reason Politifact
rates this only "Mostly True" is that by their reckoning the number is higher.)
Benghazi-like claims of incompetence, stand-down orders and cover-ups can be applied with equal credibility to every one of those attacks. The difference is that Democrats weren't as shameless about exploiting those deaths as Republicans.
As for emails, the previous Republican administration ran most of its mail through Republican Party servers rather than those at the White House. Jeb! ran his own server. Hillary's predecessor Colin Powell used private email. Some in Congress proudly claim that they "don't use email" - but instead have their aides to their emailing for them through private accounts to avoid FOIA laws. Say what you will, but Hillary was following the "accepted order or general practice."
comes to mind.
