I wonder if I can prevail upon the nation’s many multidimensional-chess players to tell me, a mere dilettante of the 2D game, which variant of strategic dexterity this bewildering little incident is supposed to represent:
Granted, I lack the raw political sagacity of your average Roger Stone or Jason Miller, but to my uninspired eyes, this seems to have been transparently stupid. “What,” I have been asked in recent days, “is the difference between what Donald Trump did and what Hillary Clinton did?” Well, I’ll tell you one thing: Unlike Trump, Hillary Clinton is actually good at being villainous. Informed that the feds were onto her, Hillary proceeded as a veteran mobster would have: She lawyered up, feigned ignorance, and destroyed evidence, playing the game like a champ. At home, no doubt, she cackled herself to sleep each night. But when the lights were on her and the tapes were whirring away, she was disciplined enough to get away with it.
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