Hillary: A Clinton after all

Hillary Clinton Defends Pro-War Vote

WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday defended her vote to authorize war in Iraq amid growing unease among liberal Democrats who could determine the potential 2008 presidential candidate's future.

"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," the New York senator said in a lengthy letter to thousands of people who have written her about the war.

At the same time, she said the United States must "finish what it started" in Iraq.

Clinton and other hawkish Democrats have come under criticism from liberal anti-war activists, many of whom will hold sway over presidential primary contests. The former first lady, who is up for re-election in 2006, would likely be an early front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination should she decide to seek it.

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So, The Witch Of Wellesley was hoodwinked by "faulty evidence"? We assume this deceit started with the Iraq Liberation Act championed by her "husband" in 1998 ... Wouldn't be the first time he lied to her.

Regardless, it's clear Hillary is buckling to the pressure from the Moonbat Left -- Cindy Sheehan, the MoveOn.org kids, the dozen or so folks who listen to Air America -- without whose support she has not a chance in 2008.

Heretofore, we have often remarked that, regardless of our personal disdain for Hillary, she had remained remarkably and uncharacteristically ... "unshrill", if you will, vis-a-vis Iraq.

Yesterday's statement proves she is just another self-serving, unprincipled Clinton.

We await her first utterance of "I feel your pain".