HILLARY AND THE SEX OFFENDER BILL

I find the title of a column by Newsmax to be a bit ambiguous."Hillary Clinton Presses Bush on Sex Offender Bill"



Does that refer to the "sex offender bill"?

Or, does that refer to the "sex offender Bill"?


2008 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is calling on President Bush to sign legislation that would make a national registry of sex offenders available to the public.

...The bill - known as the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Database Act of 2005 - has been passed by the Senate and now awaits approval by the House.
"I am pleased that my Senate colleagues took the critical step of approving this legislation that would enable the public to easily find out if a sex offender is living nearby and give them access to the same nationwide database that law enforcement has," the top Democrat said. "I call on my colleagues in the House to do the same.”

In comments covered by her official Senate web site, Hillary made no mention of her husband, who was accused by several women of sexual assault before he was impeached for perjuring himself in a sexual harassment lawsuit.

...In addition to the Dru Sjodin Act, Mrs. Clinton is a co-sponsor of S. 1086, a more comprehensive bill aimed at cracking down on sexual predators.

That legislation would mandate that violent sex offenders be tracked by a Global Positioning System device. It also establishes a new, federally maintained sex offender DNA database to be used by law enforcement and prosecutors, and makes failing to register as a sex offender a deportable offense.

Regarding the "sex offender bill," I don't like big government. However, in this case, a national registry makes sense. The local registries, while a good first step, inadequately address the issue. It's too easy for sexual predators to cross state lines and be free to assault again.

Regarding the "sex offender Bill," he is an albatross around Hillary's neck.

Bill campaigned for the presidency citing Hillary as an asset. He promised that a vote for him was also a vote for Hillary. Remember the "get two for one" line he used on the campaign trail?

I predict that Hillary will not be using that line. That's not really a prediction. It's a given, with metaphysical certitude.

When a candidate has a spouse who's a sex offender, that's a liability, especially when that spouse was the President of the United States.

During his failed run for the presidency, Al Gore chose not to be associated with Bill. He wanted to be his own man and break from the many Clinton scandals.

Imagine Hillary's predicament!

You know she wants to run as her own man and she's plenty capable of doing so. However, unless Hillary files for divorce, she's stuck with Bill and all his baggage. It's definitely a sticky situation.

Then again, it's possible that nostalgia for those heady days of the 90s might make old Bill a plus for Hillary in 2008.

I find that theory difficult to swallow, but it's hard to say.