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发帖数: 1464 | 1 他说，我是民主党员，我为 比尔 克林顿 工作过，但我不能选 女克 做总统。
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/10/31/schoen-im-democrat-and-worked-for-
bill-clinton-but-cant-vote-for-hillary.html
Schoen: I'm a Democrat, and I worked for Bill Clinton, but I can't vote for
Hillary
I made one of the most difficult decisions of my life — not just political,
but also personal — on Sunday night.
During my weekly show on "The Fox Report" hosted by Harris Faulkner with Pat
Caddell and John LeBoutillier, I indicated that it will be very difficult,
if not impossible, for me to vote for Hillary Clinton on November 8.
Why did I say this?
Not for any small reason.
I am now convinced that we will be facing the very real possibility of a con
stitutional crisis with many dimensions and deleterious consequences should
Secretary Clinton win the election.
FBI Director James Comey’s decision to make public the fact that more email
s potentially pertinent to the Clinton probe had been found on Anthony Weine
r’s computer changes the impact of this election on the future of the count
ry.
say this because regardless of what Secretary Clinton did or didn’t do or
what her aide, Huma Abedin, did or didn’t do or even what Anthony Weiner di
d or didn’t do, I am now convinced that we will be facing the very real pos
sibility of a constitutional crisis with many dimensions and deleterious con
sequences should Secretary Clinton win the election.
In the best case scenario, there will be at the very least a criminal invest
igation of president-elect Clinton. And there will be a criminal investigati
on of Huma Abedin, which is apparently ongoing. Furthermore, there will be p
otential investigations into the actions of the Justice Department and most
of all the FBI and its director, James Comey.
After the past eight years wherein America has become progressively more and
more divided and a campaign season that has magnified these divisions, I fe
ar for that we will not be able to withstand this kind of continued scandal.
Let me contextualize this point a bit more as the term “Watergate” gets th
rown around alot these days.
Donald Trump likes to say that the Clinton email scandal is worse than Water
gate. I remember Watergate very well.
What troubled me most, other than the crimes committed, was that the United
States was paralyzed and unable to act. President Nixon and the government w
ere rendered impotent, unable to govern and meet its responsibilities to the
American public.
I worry that the same thing could happen after a victory by Secretary Clinto
n and could carry on into her term of office.
There will be no goodwill or honeymoon period for Clinton. Her first 100-day
s agenda will take a backseat to partisan divisions and polarization with li
ttle chance of constructive legislative action occurring.
We have seen that a hyper-partisan, gridlocked Washington is bad for the cou
ntry. There is no reason to believe that Clinton’s tenure will be anything
but more of the same in this way and, most likely, a lot worse.
Further, Russian President Vladimir Putin said (tongue-in-cheek) that we are
not a banana republic.? I greatly fear we could become one if Secretary Cli
nton is elected president. Our national security will continue to be jeopard
ized by ongoing investigations by the FBI, and potentially the Justice Depar
tment and Congress, putting us at immediate risk of more assertive actions i
n Europe, Middle East and Asia by the Russians and Chinese.
Moreover, we simply cannot face a situation where the president elect may ne
ed or want a pardon from the president to govern. Or worse yet, need to pard
on herself after she takes office.
As of now, I have no confidence that either of those questions will be answe
red by Election Day or that we will have full clarity on an investigation in
to what could be as many as 650,000 emails that found their way to Weiner an
d Abedin’s computer.
However, in good conscience, and as a Democrat, I am actively doubting wheth
er I can vote for the Secretary of State. I also want to make clear that I c
annot vote for Donald Trump as his world view and mine are very different.
I remain a Democrat and proud of the work I did for six years for President
Bill Clinton between 1994 and 2000 and I write with extreme sadness. But I c
annot in the waning days of the election make the case that Secretary Clinto
n should be elected.
I still share her worldview and am much closer to her approach to policies t
han I am to Donald Trump. That said, with America facing a potential constit
utional crisis after her election, I am not able, under the circumstances we
are now facing, to vote for Secretary Clinton.
Douglas E. Schoen has served as a pollster for President Bill Clinton. He ha
s more than 30 years experience as a pollster and political consultant. He i
s also a Fox News contributor and co-host of "Fox News Insiders" Sundays on
Fox News Channel at 7 pm ET. He is the author of 12 books. His latest is "Th
e Nixon Effect: How Richard Nixon’s Presidency Fundamentally Changed Americ
an Politics" (Encounter Books, February 2016). Follow Doug on Twitter @Dougl
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发帖数: 1464 | 3 他说，我是民主党员，我为 比尔 克林顿 工作过，但我不能选 女克 做总统。
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/10/31/schoen-im-democrat-and-worked-for-
bill-clinton-but-cant-vote-for-hillary.html
Schoen: I'm a Democrat, and I worked for Bill Clinton, but I can't vote for
Hillary
I made one of the most difficult decisions of my life — not just political,
but also personal — on Sunday night.
During my weekly show on "The Fox Report" hosted by Harris Faulkner with Pat
Caddell and John LeBoutillier, I indicated that it will be very difficult,
if not impossible, for me to vote for Hillary Clinton on November 8.
Why did I say this?
Not for any small reason.
I am now convinced that we will be facing the very real possibility of a con
stitutional crisis with many dimensions and deleterious consequences should
Secretary Clinton win the election.
FBI Director James Comey’s decision to make public the fact that more email
s potentially pertinent to the Clinton probe had been found on Anthony Weine
r’s computer changes the impact of this election on the future of the count
ry.
say this because regardless of what Secretary Clinton did or didn’t do or
what her aide, Huma Abedin, did or didn’t do or even what Anthony Weiner di
d or didn’t do, I am now convinced that we will be facing the very real pos
sibility of a constitutional crisis with many dimensions and deleterious con
sequences should Secretary Clinton win the election.
In the best case scenario, there will be at the very least a criminal invest
igation of president-elect Clinton. And there will be a criminal investigati
on of Huma Abedin, which is apparently ongoing. Furthermore, there will be p
otential investigations into the actions of the Justice Department and most
of all the FBI and its director, James Comey.
After the past eight years wherein America has become progressively more and
more divided and a campaign season that has magnified these divisions, I fe
ar for that we will not be able to withstand this kind of continued scandal.
Let me contextualize this point a bit more as the term “Watergate” gets th
rown around alot these days.
Donald Trump likes to say that the Clinton email scandal is worse than Water
gate. I remember Watergate very well.
What troubled me most, other than the crimes committed, was that the United
States was paralyzed and unable to act. President Nixon and the government w
ere rendered impotent, unable to govern and meet its responsibilities to the
American public.
I worry that the same thing could happen after a victory by Secretary Clinto
n and could carry on into her term of office.
There will be no goodwill or honeymoon period for Clinton. Her first 100-day
s agenda will take a backseat to partisan divisions and polarization with li
ttle chance of constructive legislative action occurring.
We have seen that a hyper-partisan, gridlocked Washington is bad for the cou
ntry. There is no reason to believe that Clinton’s tenure will be anything
but more of the same in this way and, most likely, a lot worse.
Further, Russian President Vladimir Putin said (tongue-in-cheek) that we are
not a banana republic.? I greatly fear we could become one if Secretary Cli
nton is elected president. Our national security will continue to be jeopard
ized by ongoing investigations by the FBI, and potentially the Justice Depar
tment and Congress, putting us at immediate risk of more assertive actions i
n Europe, Middle East and Asia by the Russians and Chinese.
Moreover, we simply cannot face a situation where the president elect may ne
ed or want a pardon from the president to govern. Or worse yet, need to pard
on herself after she takes office.
As of now, I have no confidence that either of those questions will be answe
red by Election Day or that we will have full clarity on an investigation in
to what could be as many as 650,000 emails that found their way to Weiner an
d Abedin’s computer.
However, in good conscience, and as a Democrat, I am actively doubting wheth
er I can vote for the Secretary of State. I also want to make clear that I c
annot vote for Donald Trump as his world view and mine are very different.
I remain a Democrat and proud of the work I did for six years for President
Bill Clinton between 1994 and 2000 and I write with extreme sadness. But I c
annot in the waning days of the election make the case that Secretary Clinto
n should be elected.
I still share her worldview and am much closer to her approach to policies t
han I am to Donald Trump. That said, with America facing a potential constit
utional crisis after her election, I am not able, under the circumstances we
are now facing, to vote for Secretary Clinton.
Douglas E. Schoen has served as a pollster for President Bill Clinton. He ha
s more than 30 years experience as a pollster and political consultant. He i
s also a Fox News contributor and co-host of "Fox News Insiders" Sundays on
Fox News Channel at 7 pm ET. He is the author of 12 books. His latest is "Th
e Nixon Effect: How Richard Nixon’s Presidency Fundamentally Changed Americ
an Politics" (Encounter Books, February 2016). Follow Doug on Twitter @Dougl
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