Oh my Miss Hillary. In the words of the immortal scribe "he doth protest too much" or in this case she does.
Obfuscation, avoidance, subterfuge and out right lies litter the path Mrs. Clinton has taken in her public life. From all the way back to the Arkansas state house where her husband was Governor, and she a lawyer, right up to today with the Clinton Foundation and the e-mail questions she continues to follow her tried and true methods of deflecting guilt from herself.
The title above alludes to the old adage "Where there is smoke there is fire." How many times does that smokey cloud billow around her. Too many to count. Just a short trip down memory lane takes us to some interesting places.
Travelgate - fires White House Travel Office personnel to hire Clinton friends
Vince Foster death - he dies under strange conditions - immediately his office records go missing.
HillaryCare - Bill puts her in charge - she fails miserably and is repudiated by both side of the aisle
Whitewater - corrupt land deals
Cattlegate - insider trades net her $450,000 profit from a $5,000 investment.
Filegate - requests 900 files of Republicans
Chinagate - illegal campaign contributions
IRS Abuse - causes IRS to target names on her 'enemies' list
Pardongate - Bill pardons billionaire friends
FALN Pardons - Bill pardons 6 killers/bombers in return for ethnic Puerto Rican support of Hilary New York Senate race
Senate Campaign Finance - commits election law violations for corrupt campaign fundraising
Failed Senator - used office to build her power base - little real work in Senate
2008 Presidential Campaign - Finance Violations
Failed Secretary of State - not one single accomplishment
Benghazi - Debacle and death
Clinton Foundation - Millions of suspect and potentially corrupt donations
Private E-mail Server - illegal use of a private unprotected server for state secrets
You will notice that time and time again Mrs. Clinton has been able to side step her actual involvement in any of the curious, corrupt and possibly criminal activities. she is very smart that way. Her and Bill have managed an entire public life with cunning, stealth and bravado.
They sing a virtuous song that has no melody. Even when Bill got caught with his pants down Hillary was smart enough to not lose one ounce of her political clout. In fact her reaction - or lack thereof - has cemented her position. If nothing else, she is not a rat and that is a very valued way to be in politics. The more secrets you keep the more power you have. Do whatever you want but admit nothing. Hillary is expert in all the required skills. That is why she is still around.
It appears that her most recent difficulty is the self described "security inquiry" being conducted by the FBI. The Director of the FBI refutes her position in that he does not know what a security inquiry is and says that the FBI does investigations. By law the investigations conducted by the FBI are criminal in nature to enforce Federal laws.
Clearly he and Mrs Clinton do not agree on the severity of the situation.
The pressure is significant on both sides. The FBI must conclude a very professional investigation and issue the results to the DOJ and do it soon. Mrs. Clinton on the other hand is once again in defense mod and will proclaim her innocence in very loud, very direct and of course very untrue terms. Good luck Hillary. You might have finally turned the smoke into flames.