FBI's decision on hillary Clinton is a joke

[MTZehvor]

Machiavellian said:

MTZehvor said:

The magnitude of the mistake is the reason why. People shouldn't lose votes simply for any silly mistake, but if you screw up badly enough, then it becomes very reasonable to doubt that person's ability to be responsible with far more at stake. Clinton was irresponsible in following basic security protocals and put US National Security at risk. If she's been shown to be careless with important in the positions she's held (and careless enough to the point where the FBI director basically said she would have been fired if not for her prestige), then there's reason to suspect that she will be careless as president.

Its probably good that a person have their major screw up before getting into office then during their time in office.  Pretty much every president makes small to large mistake no matter how popular they are viewed.  I believe this one counts as a learning situation for the goverment more than just HC.  As has been mentioned many times, this incident is not isolated to just HC, this has been going on for quite some time with goverment officials.

I don't think that's how mistakes work. You don't make a big mistake once and then become immune from making mistakes later on in life; Colin Powell's handling of the Iraq War and AQI throughout his tenure as secretary of state should be more than enough proof of that. And yes, maybe this incident should reflect just as much on the government as it does Clinton, but given how negatively Americans tend to view their government, I'm not sure that's a particularly favorable comparison.