William McGurn: Why Hillary represents the real threat of despotism

It's been an ongoing theme of ours to push back against the following notion: Donald Trump is so unfit for the presidency, and represents such a strong threat of despotism and tyranny, that it may be necessary for the good of the country for Republicans to support Hillary Clinton. The problem with that notion - leaving aside whether the Trump characterization is correct - is that it assumes Hillary is some sort of safe, acceptable choice who is only a problem for conservatives in an ideological sense. Herman Cain, Rob Laurie and I have been offering every reminder we can that this is very much not the case. Hillary Clinton is a corrupt, dishonest, self-interested fraud who will use any power at her disposal to do whatever she thinks will benefit Hillary Clinton. Her promise yesterday to put coal mines out of business was a perfect example. Even if you assume she's smart enough to understand the perils of such an action - an assumption I would certainly not make - it doesn't matter because she doesn't care. She only cares about whether it benefits her politically both to say it and, if it comes to that, to do it.

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