(Editor’s note: Though the content and tone of this post may be intensely critical of Hillary Clinton, the writer did at one time hold a deep admiration for her and her husband. For those supporters of Mrs. Clinton that may construe any of the comments regarding Mrs. Clinton to be offensive, such comments are intended to criticize the actions and the potential actions of the person, not the person.)

So what have we learned about Hillary Clinton in this exhaustive, knock-down-drag-out, go-on-for-ever, divisive, contentious, incredibly expensive, not-over-yet, Democratic primary that we can use to make a judgment on her fitness as a president:

1. She surrounds herself with advisors that tend to influence her toward manipulating facts in order to achieve an objective.

2.  She is skilled in delivering misleading statements designed to influence large segments of the population into believing things that are not true.

3.  She employs agents that privately work on objectives that are in direct opposition to policies she publicly claims to champion.

4.  She values individual achievement over party unity and success.

In what ways could these attributes shape a possible, but mostly improbable, Hillary Clinton presidency:

1.  She could lie to the American people over critical matters of state.

2.  She could revel in the awesome power of the office and lose her sense of obligation to the average American.

Do we now know enough to make an informed decision?