On that note, I guess I don’t understand why a Nazi grandfather has any meaning whatsoever. I think her response to someone pointing that out should be “Yup, can’t pick our relatives,” shrug, and move on.
Being descended from a villain or hero doesn’t tell us enough about a person to have any meaning.
Having a sordid family history certainly isn’t disqualifying. Not being honest and transparent about it raises more Red flags than I’m willing to accept from someone angling to run a country.
While there is a part of me that agrees with you, I also try to cut some slack. She is as human as the rest of us and there aren’t many of us who are comfortable talking about our unsavory relatives.
Ideally, she would have whatever it takes to be both open and dismissive of this fact, but of everything that I consider disqualifying, this relatively minor personal failing doesn’t even make the list. Let’s face it, the only people making this an issue are busybodies and dirt-diggers, hardly the people she should be paying attention to.
I’m taking it more as a stain on her due to how she’s handled it rather than the issue itself. If she can’t be honest about something so evidently obvious, how do you trust her to be honest about the issues that face the country?
I don’t think she came across as honest and forthright with how she handled the COVID situation also. She made Trudeau look good and at this point that’s really hard to do.
That, of course, is for you to decide. But (you knew it was coming!) I think it’s counterproductive to expect perfection and making much of this issue just strikes me as petty.
No one expects perfection from a politician, I’m just not going to back someone who so obviously lies and obfuscates. It’s like voting for Doug Ford. Doesn’t help anyone.
On that note, I guess I don’t understand why a Nazi grandfather has any meaning whatsoever. I think her response to someone pointing that out should be “Yup, can’t pick our relatives,” shrug, and move on.
Being descended from a villain or hero doesn’t tell us enough about a person to have any meaning.
Having a sordid family history certainly isn’t disqualifying. Not being honest and transparent about it raises more Red flags than I’m willing to accept from someone angling to run a country.
Can you give me a brief rundown on your family history?
Include all the gory details.
While there is a part of me that agrees with you, I also try to cut some slack. She is as human as the rest of us and there aren’t many of us who are comfortable talking about our unsavory relatives.
Ideally, she would have whatever it takes to be both open and dismissive of this fact, but of everything that I consider disqualifying, this relatively minor personal failing doesn’t even make the list. Let’s face it, the only people making this an issue are busybodies and dirt-diggers, hardly the people she should be paying attention to.
I’m taking it more as a stain on her due to how she’s handled it rather than the issue itself. If she can’t be honest about something so evidently obvious, how do you trust her to be honest about the issues that face the country?
I don’t think she came across as honest and forthright with how she handled the COVID situation also. She made Trudeau look good and at this point that’s really hard to do.
That, of course, is for you to decide. But (you knew it was coming!) I think it’s counterproductive to expect perfection and making much of this issue just strikes me as petty.
No one expects perfection from a politician, I’m just not going to back someone who so obviously lies and obfuscates. It’s like voting for Doug Ford. Doesn’t help anyone.