Hillary: Tired, Confused, Dizzy

Hillary Clinton is a mess.

The only things she has going for her are the throng of Dems that see her as their savior and the adoration of the mainstream media.

Will that support be enough to make her the first woman to be President of the United States?

(A horrible, icy chill just went through me.)

Bill is responsible for giving Hillary the best of times and the worst of times.

Without him, she wouldn't occupy a U.S. Senate seat. Without Bill, she wouldn't be set to launch a presidential campaign.

(There's that chill again.)

Bill has been a double-edged sword for Hillary. While he's responsible for delivering her to the Senate, he's also responsible for presenting her with a plethora of problems to overcome in a presidential bid.

Many make the argument that one's personal life is irrelevant when determining a candidate's worthiness. I disagree. Character is an important issue.

Some of Hillary's personal characteristics are sure to be enormous hurdles for her in 2008. Thanks to Bill's choices, his serial degradation of women, Americans know Hillary to be a serial enabler.

Why has she spent decades putting up with Bill's philandering, his complete disrespect for her and women in general?

Anyway you slice it, she comes off badly. Hillary's relationship with Bill reveals her to be either pathetically weak or disgustingly self-centered.

Hillary has not worn the years with Bill well. She seems tired. Perhaps that's why she appears utterly incapable of maintaining the consistency and cohorence necessary to be viewed as a strong leader, at home and abroad.

Yesterday, Hillary was in dual dove and hawk mode.

In a CYA e-mail to supporters, Hillary said, "I take responsibility for my vote, and I, along with a majority of Americans, expect the President and his administration to take responsibility for the false assurances, faulty evidence and mismanagement of the war."

She claims she was misled by the Bush Administration while simultaneously citing the importance of succeeding in Iraq.

"I have continually raised doubts about the President's claims, lack of planning and execution of the war, while standing firmly in support of our troops."

Hillary goes on, "Criticism of this Administration's policies should not in any way be confused with softness against terrorists, inadequate support for democracy or lack of patriotism."

"America has a big job to do now. We must set reasonable goals to finish what we started and successfully turn over Iraqi security to Iraqis."
Huh?

If the war is so wrong, why not insist on immediate troop withdrawal?
If the war is the right thing, then why criticize the President for taking the nation to war?
It seems that Hillary is arguing to keep Americans in harm's way for what she considers to be a pack of lies.

It must be the same sort of reasoning that she uses to convince herself that staying married to Bill is the right thing to do. She's stuck in that "finish what we started" mentality, even though she perceives what was started to be an enormous mistake.

Hillary, this potential Commander-in-Chief, apparently wants to continue fighting a war and allowing American blood to be shed in Iraq, though she believes it isn't a noble cause.

Or is it?

I'm not sure what she is really saying. I do know that she is speaking with her own self-interest and presidential aspirations in mind. That is certain.

Self-interest is her guiding force, her morality. As a result, Hillary's values and policy statements are muddled and messy, or as John Kerry would say, "nuanced."

While that dizzying confusion may be in Hillary's comfort zone, I think it would be disastrous for America.