@revelette2,
revelette2 wrote:
He now says it was a joke, it was in poor taste and sends a bad signal of the kind of President he would be to even joke about something like that. I think he was serious and just didn't realize the ramifications as usual which is also troubling.
I think it was a joke, but I'm not as confident that given the choice that the Russians never obtained State secrets from her server, and them doing so and proving the matter by releasing them, that he would choose the former.
I agree that his penchant for making off-the-cuff comments without considering their implications is not really a favorable trait in a president. It wasn't at all necessary for him to say what he said and still make his point about Clinton. That he did suggests a problem with impulse control.
Now I don't think a lack of impulse control will manifest itself with him "pushing the button" over a perceived slight if he makes it to the White House, but the president is often the Voice of America and impulsive, foolish statement by him can be problematic (kind of like the Obama's red line in Syria).
Ultimately, if Clinton has told America the truth that all of the 30,000 + e-mails only covered yoga and baby showers, to use her own language "What difference does it make?"
You can't have it both ways.