By no means is Hillary Clinton the perfect candidate. From Whitewater to the private email servers, controversy seems to follow Hillary Clinton wherever she goes. Clinton apologists will often cry foul; they feel the Clintons are unfairly targeted. It seems the Clintons are often involved in controversies that are difficult for the general public to understand. The circumstances surrounding Whitewater are so abstruse that even the author finds it difficult to fully comprehend the controversy.
A Washington Post timeline from August 26, 1999 provides a fairly detailed summary of the Whitewater controversy. In a nutshell: the Clintons invested in a real estate venture called Whitewater. When the venture began to fail, Jim and Susan McDougal (partners in the venture and heads of a bank) moved money around to hide the losses of the venture. Because Hillary Clinton worked for the law firm that represented both the real estate venture and the bank, there were questions as to her involvement in the illegal movement of money. After years of intense investigation, no charges were ever filed against Hillary Clinton because of a lack of evidence. Throughout the process, the Clintons were evasive and made every attempt to stonewall the investigation. Regardless …show more content…
It’s troubling. But it all seems to be awash this election season. For every Clinton Foundation controversy, there’s a Trump Foundation controversy. For every Whitewater, there’s a Trump University. For every lack of transparency on the email scandal, there’s a lack of transparency on Trump’s finances. For every accusation of Clinton selling access, there is yet another case of Trump buying access. At the end of the day, neither candidate is going to win an award for ethics. This makes it impossible to use character as a deciding factor in this election. So, if not character then what?
A Washington Post timeline from August 26, 1999 provides a fairly detailed summary of the Whitewater controversy. In a nutshell: the Clintons invested in a real estate venture called Whitewater. When the venture began to fail, Jim and Susan McDougal (partners in the venture and heads of a bank) moved money around to hide the losses of the venture. Because Hillary Clinton worked for the law firm that represented both the real estate venture and the bank, there were questions as to her involvement in the illegal movement of money. After years of intense investigation, no charges were ever filed against Hillary Clinton because of a lack of evidence. Throughout the process, the Clintons were evasive and made every attempt to stonewall the investigation. Regardless …show more content…
It’s troubling. But it all seems to be awash this election season. For every Clinton Foundation controversy, there’s a Trump Foundation controversy. For every Whitewater, there’s a Trump University. For every lack of transparency on the email scandal, there’s a lack of transparency on Trump’s finances. For every accusation of Clinton selling access, there is yet another case of Trump buying access. At the end of the day, neither candidate is going to win an award for ethics. This makes it impossible to use character as a deciding factor in this election. So, if not character then what?