You would think that seasoned politicians wouldn't be thrown for a loop when asked obvious questions by known-quantity interviewers but it goes to show that the present state of politics in this country have tossed a heavy ball to everyone-even the practiced and polished politicians like Hillary Clinton. These days, every politician is a target and there's not much any of them can do to protect themselves.
Here were were with the practiced and polished Diane Sawyer asking a very obvious question about the years after Clinton's presidency and what do we get? A wan and nervous Hillary dodging the Q with a silly, "we were broke when we left the White House" to explain the background to Sawyer's charge that the Clinton's had made tens of millions of dollars in speaking and book fees.
Instead of saying that they didn't steal the money, that the money was exchanged freely and voluntarily by organizations that were salivating at the prospect of having the Clintons speak at their gatherings, Mrs. Clinton came off sounding lamely apologetic. Republicans predictably pounced, as they will when Mrs. Clinton says ANYTHING about ANYTHING.
It sounds almost hard to say, but Mrs. Clinton is going to have to develop a much thicker skin if she's going to go for the gold. There are thousands of hungry crocodiles waiting to pounce.
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