Hillary has been a Hawk. Even though her speech explaining her vote for the invasion of Iraq seems balanced, the fact is she voted YES the first time. Now she votes No for continuing, but did it in an almost underhand nature. Leading up to the actual vote she and Obama played coy, refraining from taking a position and waiting for the vote itself to slip quietly in. Yes she voted no, but if that was her position she should have stood strong like SOME dem's and decried this bill from the beginning.

So it is with conviction that I support this resolution as being in the best interests of our nation. A vote for it is not a vote to rush to war; it is a vote that puts awesome responsibility in the hands of our President and we say to him - use these powers wisely and as a last resort. And it is a vote that says clearly to Saddam Hussein - this is your last chance - disarm or be disarmed.
Floor Speech of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on S.J. Res. 45, A Resolution to Authorize the Use of<br>United States Armed Forces Against Iraq

Also, she like many of the candidates on both sides she's a representitive of the establishment, those beltway politicans in tight with lobyists and the like. Career politicians are not what this country needs, but thats just an idealistic rant on my part. The system is as it is. It needs to be changed, but this isn't the post to discuss it.

I have nothing against her personally, but her very existance inspires a shocking degree of anger and hatred from the right. While I would love to have Bill back in the White House, I haven't worked through my feelings about his wife.

Then again, I wish this nonsense about "flip-flopping" would stop once and for all. Since when must a person maintain ONE course of action, regardless of the results? It's downright foolhardy. If politicicians are not allowed to revisit issues, we'll forever be trapped making the same mistakes. After all, it's not flip-floppping. It's THINKING.
RamblerGambler Reviewed by RamblerGambler on . Bush gets his Iraq funding WASHINGTONâ??Congress approved a compromise war-funding bill stripped of troop-withdrawal deadlines today as President Bush warned Americans to brace for a "bloody" August in Iraq leading up to a crucial assessment of the war in September. After months of Democratic pledges to force a timetable for bringing U.S. troops home, the measure passed the Senate on an 80-14 vote shortly after the House voted 280-142 to back it. The Columbus Dispatch : Bush gets his Iraq funding This vote isn't Rating: 5