I had the same opinion, FWIW. A Cruz presidency terrified me.

They rationalize it by saying that God helps those who help themselves.

I vehemently disagree. She’s very mentally ill, her illness has kept her from adequately doing her damn job, and because of her illness, many qualified people lost their jobs, because of her paranoia and instability. She fired qualified DAs because she thought they were spying on her and plotting against her.

And then banned anyone from investigating further!

I think you’re right. My issues with her are twofold: 1.) as an attorney, you have an obligation to your clients; as a DISTRICT ATTORNEY, you have a shitton of say in policy and an impact on people’s lives that other kinds of lawyers do not, so that’s even more reason to require mental fitness, and 2.) her mental…

You’re totally right. I honestly don’t have any good answers on this one.

Scranton.

There are certain professions where the potential impact on clients/others is far more important than the individual person experiencing psychological distress. Lawyers, doctors, social workers, therapists, teachers ... I’m sure there are more.

I’m more concerned about the impact having someone like her in a position of high power, and am honestly surprised that so many people are taking up the mantle for her. Personally, I feel for any drug defendants sentenced in her district, as well as all of her employees that she either targeted or who had to leave…

I think that she should lose her license, IMO. Her active addiction and severe mental health issues have absolutely impacted how she handles her profession. She’s a loose cannon with a pill addiction at best.

I think that the diabetes/chronic illness approach falls short because things like diabetes don’t really impact others. Once someone’s mental illness becomes apparent enough that others can tell that something is wrong, it’s likely had some sort of impact.

It’s sort of hard to separate the mental health stuff from a lot of the corruption, but it seems to be that she is claiming “depression” when her issues are related to drug use and a mood disorder or personality disorder. She fired a bunch of employees and made serious allegations against one of them, accusing him of…

Her mental instability is actually well-documented. She fired a bunch of her staff and was acting extremely paranoid. The linked article provides good information.

Speaking as another lawyer, I’m incredibly disturbed that a woman this ill, with an active addiction for at least some of the time, was in charge of the District Attorney’s Office. DAs have an immense amount of power and privilege over poor folks.

She actually threatened/discussed resignation publicly a bunch of times, IIRC.

The thing that I’m struggling with is that, as a District Attorney, she has a lot of power over people’s lives. It’s not really comparable to a lot of other jobs in that way.

Her issues have been in the national news off and on for years.

I think the bigger problem is that when she was around, she was acting paranoid and scaring her assistants. The linked article includes a mention of how she accused him of breaking into her home ...

I’m absolutely mystified that this woman managed to hold onto her job for the past 3 years. I remember when the news broke that her former assistants were filing suit due to her scary, erratic behavior, and assumed that would have been the end of it.

Totally bookmarking the hell out of that site for next time an MRA shows up.