# Clinton v Trump - The Stretch Run Thread

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [September 30, 2016, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277 "2016-09-30T11:21:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 1, 2016, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clinton-v-trump-the-stretch-run-thread/767277/4273 "2016-11-01T07:05:54Z")

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> [@Jragon](#):
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> Hillary is a very human candidate. On one hand, I agree she plays politics. A lot, and they probably do political wheeling and dealing. On the other hand, people that work with her constantly refer to how warm she is as a person, and amidst the whole email leak people never talk about private emails such as this one:
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> [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/Vry54iy.png)
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> This was a private email to Melanne Verveer that shows genuine concern for someone. If this had panned out, I wouldn’t be surprised if Clinton used it for political points, but I think it’s also a mistake to view her as some cold unfeeling power seeker-bot.
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> I’ll happily vote for her. Is she flawed? Yes, there are politicians that are less shady (and/or better at hiding it), but she also seems to be very good and caring a lot of the time. I’d openly agree that we can produce a better candidate, but I also don’t think that means Clinton is bad.

Thank you for posting this. I definitely feel she gets a bum rap.

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