Well, I am not well-informed on the Hacking vs. Leaking debate.
But, either way, it’s not hard to imagine that – given that Hillary and DNC emails were her central “problem” in the election – the IT guy might be able and willing to say things that would be harmful to Clinton’s aspirations.
Did you see how many millions of dollars dried up to the Clinton foundation after she lost?
Again, I hate being the one defending Clinton. I think she gave us Trump in so many ways. Her arrogance, her sense of entitlement that it was her turn. And the DNC’s refusal to see where the energy was, the enthusiasm, especially among the young — with Sanders. She and they put party above principles, and Clinton, in a sense, above the party. For that and so many other reasons, I’m no fan. And that goes back to Bill’s tenure for me. Far too conservative in my view, and he adds an oily personality that I dislike greatly. Hillary doesn’t have that, but she appears too cold in public, lacks the ability to connect with more than her core supporters, was never a good public speaker in general, and was too much the warmonger and neoliberal. etc. etc.
Again, I’m not a fan.
That said, I think imagining the very worst about people we don’t like is a waste of time — which you noted as well. And there really has been a right-wing obsession, going back to their days in Arkansas, to bring them down by hook or crook. How many times has she been forced to testify by the GOP? How many times has she been in the news for supposed “scandals” the GOP never could make stick? Some of that seeps into discussions among at least some lefties. I mentioned a few examples up-thread already.
Even the accusations about the end of the Clinton Global Initiative were wildly exaggerated and premature, and pushed almost exclusively by right-wing media like Breitbart, Fox News and Jared Kushner’s The Observer. In reality, it’s still going and it has some 2000 employees. Right-wing media tried to say it shut its doors and laid off all its workers when they let 22 go.
https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_Foundation
And about Seth Rich, from Wiki
At the time of his death, Rich was the Voter Expansion Data Director at the DNC, where he had been employed for two years and had worked on a computer application to help voters locate polling stations.[7][8][2][5]
That position doesn’t really sound like he would be at the center of the storm, or know where the skeletons might be. But, who knows?
Hope all is well with you and yours, Zooey.
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