The point was that people were willing to overlook some actions that are at best morally ambiguous and at worst set an extremely scary precedent because the guy

The point was that people were willing to overlook some actions that are at best morally ambiguous and at worst set an extremely scary precedent because the guy was charming and likeable (I liked him too). That an arguably much worse guy gets to use that precedent and expanded executive power makes it even worse. I don’t see how that’s inflammatory when my point is that an email scandal wouldn’t have hurt a stronger candidate if assassinations via drone strikes doesn’t hurt them; and that email stuff really seems like a sticking point when it comes to wiki leaks and the left.