The Clinton Double Standard

Former Army lawyer David French explains how Hillary Clinton would have been treated had she been an army officer and transmitted just one secret message from an unsecured device.

The end result of the entire process is almost always a negotiated end to the officer’s military career as well as a permanent ban on her access to classified information. In exchange for forgoing criminal prosecution, the officer would leave the military, consent to the permanent loss of her security clearance, and consent to never again seek access to classified information. And that’s a good outcome for the officer — a merciful outcome considering the gravity of the offense.

In other words, her actions would have ended her military career, and she would have been fortunate to resign in lieu of enduring a court-martial. In her post-military civilian life, she would have been unemployable in any serious government position, and if any president made the mistake of appointing her to, say, undersecretary for food safety in the Department of Agriculture, the appointment would be immediately shot down in committee.

To say that Hillary Clinton is unfit to be commander-in-chief is to give her too much credit. It implies that she might be fit for other positions of responsibility. She’s not fit to be POTUS, and she’s not fit to be a private. It’s time for her to slink back to her foundation, make her speeches, and retire to private life. Instead, she’s still the odds-on favorite to stride into the Oval Office. Our nation is in the very worst of hands.

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/437536/hillary-clinton-email-scandal-unfit-president-unfit-soldier?target=author&tid=1048

In this week's G-file, Jonah Goldberg heaps scorn on the left's hypocritical politicization of tragedies and then takes a (funny) look at the Adventures of Super Hillary.

http://www.nationalreview.com/g-file/437640/hillary-clinton-email-scandal-selfishness-not-incompetence-behind-it