Is Hillary ducking responsibility?

Question

Hillary is saying she isn't behind her staffers statements concerning Obama's drug use.
Since she is the one who wants to be President,isn't she responsible for the actions of those working for her campaign?
President Bush is held accountable for everything that occurs on his watch;why shouldn't she be held to the same standard of accountability?

For those of you who think she handled it properly by firing the staffer;the damage has already been done;her reputation as a control freak preceeds her.Nothing about her campaign is spontaneous or unplanned.I doubt the staffers statements were made WITHOUT her approval.Goes back to the old political trick question:"So Senator,have you stopped beating your wife?"(there can be no correct negative answer,to say "i never beat my wife doesn't answer the question)

Answer 1

Every time from the Chinese laundry money, plants in the audience... the "boys club" ... Candidate Clinton blames others.
Now I don't know about you but even at my age my parents remind me not to blame others for my own accountability issues. Now her Mother is on the Campaign trail as well.

If HRC can not manage 300- 400 people @ Hillary "08... 300 million dollars and record keeping?? How is she capable to run a country??? Obama is just another rock on the landslide pile about to bury her. Hillary shall dee-feat Hillary. All by herself. Foot in mouth disease. Zero responsibility. NO change and plenty of experience. Politics as usual.
Mele Kalikimaka.

Answer 2

I made a post about this already, but I think it merits saying it again.
This is very staged and has become the Modus Operandi of the Clintons. We saw this with Bill during his presidency (just look at the Kenneth Starr situation) and it is being heavily exploited here by Hillary. You are ABSOLUTELY correct that she is responsible for her staffers, as she is directly responsible for this current comment. You are further correct in your observation that the cat is now out of the bag. Even if when they fire the guy, the information is out and they Clintons can attempt to look human by firing the guy. It just looks like they cannot hire anyone decent as they all open their mouths and dump on Candidates.
What I find the most interesting is that this is yet another case with a Rogue Staffer...and how when they get 'fired' they manage to place these cushy jobs with Clinton campaign contributors. Its like these Staffers are those nameless Ensigns in Star Trek, just hired to die..except here they move on to bigger and better things.

Answer 3

For two reasons, this isn't a systemic problem, this is one or two people doing something that isn't approved of by the larger organization or its leadership.
And secondly, there is no evidence that she either knows of or could have known of, or prevented it.
These are state organizations dedicated to helping elect her, she doesn't even have a say over staffing at all levels of the state organizations.
Unlike a President, who, when he puts someone in a position of leadership is responsible for the competency of that person. Heckuva Good Job Brownie for instance had no emergency experience, and was incompetent for the job, as people from New Orleans found out.
Ignoring warnings of terrorism because you hate the morals of your predecessor is another foolish reason to deny accountability.
You have to be responsible in some way for the appointment, or the policy, if you declare yourself the Decider, you take the responsibility.
If its one of many people in fifty organizations that you don't personally recommend, rarely see, and have little to do with, then you don't pay their parking tickets either. And the staffer was fired and she did apologize.
And oddly, since the story was originally told in Obamas autobiography, I don't know why there is such a fuss.

Oh yes, an unplanned campaign is an unsucessful one, do you see any of the other candidates fluttering around, or do they have things even more tightly sewn up than the woman they all claim is a control freak?

Answer 4

She may not be responsible for what the staffer said but she must be held accountable. It is just like with Bush as the CEO of the US. He may not be responsible for what those in his Administration do but he must be held accountable. The difference lies in what happens to that person who does the wrong thing. Do you pat them on the back and say things like "heckova job Brownie" or do you can them? In Hillary's case the aid was quickly canned. Hillary also privately apologized to Senator Obama for the comments of the staffer. She did all the right things.

Answer 5

If she had a problem with this she didn't have to allow it. candidates are supposed to have the final say in what their campaign says. SO she lets the drug history go THEN FIRES one of her advisors so she gets media credit for responsibility then still gets to use the drug info!

" lord help us when we give 'em the vote!" - John Wayne - Rooster Cogburn

Answer 6

Since when hasn't Hillary ducked responsibility?

She was not responsible for her convict fund raiser. She was not responsible for her failure of a health care plan. She was not responsible for her vote granting the President funds for the Iraq war. What has she taken responsibility for?

Take care,
Troy

Answer 7

I'm not a Hillary fan. Ultimately, she is responsible. She's a politician so she's using the truth to her advantage. It would be impossible for anyone at the top to know what every person beneath them is doing. Bush can say this to some degree but it seems like his group is pretty tight knit so it seems unlikely that he wouldn't know what was going on. Bush is just the puppet. Cheney is the puppet master.

Answer 8

I don't know!
Yet it takes a lot of nerve to say Bush has been held accountable for everything that has happened on his watch!
If he had been why wasn't he investigated for dereliction of duty for ignoring national security until after we were attacked?

Answer 9

HUH?!?!?! GWB hasn't taken accountability for any of the evil he has authored. In 13 months the world court may force him to though.

Answer 10

She can't even find 1100 filed documents she wrote... And you attest she ducks responsibility?

Her husband gets his horn honked by a teenager (messy deal from what the dress had to say) and she sticks it out because she loves the White House more than her hubby...

And you think she shirks from her responsibility?








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