...Psh - we worked for a black man named Barack Hussein running to be president in this country post 9/11. Nothing scares us in terms of hate.
Even if it's Bill Clinton commenting about how Obama should be getting him water.
As for "hated for even breathing" - Clinton does get a lot of unwarranted hate. But she also gets a lot of legitimate criticism that her supporters ignore because of this belief that everyone is a bunch of haters. Regardless of people wanting to brainlessly put all criticism of her into that category - if you're going to run for president, you have to be able to separate the two types. Her veil of privacy makes sense growing up in the 70s/80s/even early 90s political environment. In a modern time with twitter and the information revolution happening, where everyone has a recording device on them at all times, and in lieu of the failings post 9/11 this country went through with pushing security at the cost of privacy? It's outdated at best and actively detrimental at work.
Everyone will make errors. But making the same unforced error over and over, even when your own party is telling you it is an unforced error? Come on. If they had said "oh she has pneumonia" or even "she has a really bad cold" after her coughing fit, it would have lasted like a few hours or so and then everyone would have moved on. Hell, she could have even turned it into a positive point, that she was under the weather but that this is important and she had to keep fighting through. But by hiding it and then having it spill out into the open not on her campaign's terms - it has hurt her (only temporarily I think). Little stuff like that.
Alright fine, you definitely have a point there...I mean I'm just a damn student so I wouldn't know much about campaigning compared to the legendary 2008 team.
Clinton's trust issues definitely come form being so tight lip on everything even when it's mostly harmless stuff. When stuff like pnuemonia really isn't a detriment on her character, I agree she probably would've eased a lot of tension had if she announced she has pnuemonia though it wasn't contagious or life threatening. But considering what Trump was propping about her being deathly ill or too weak for this country, I can't say what easy solution the Clinton campaign team was able to come up. I think the campaign team has it a lot harder, especially when the media can spin any information they want against her. Unlike Obama, I feel like she can never win, even when she made a feminist comment regarding her career choices.
That said, I really do admire the work you done for Bams. I even said, during a career interview, that the 2008 campaign greatly inspired me. The guy is my favorite modern president though I see myself in Hillary than I do with Obama.
