Hillary Spins and Grins

Hillary has been crying crocodile tears about how President Bush has neglected the troops by not providing enough body armor. What do the troops in the field have to say about it?
Yahoo News via GOP Bloggers: Bulky Body Armor: Good for politics, Bad for battle.

Extra body armor — the lack of which caused a political storm in the United States — has flooded in to Iraq, but many Marines here promptly stuck it in lockers or under bunks. Too heavy and cumbersome, many say. Marines already carry loads as heavy as 70 pounds when they patrol the dangerous streets in towns and villages in restive Anbar province. The new armor plates, while only about five pounds per set, are not worth carrying for the additional safety they are said to provide, some say.

And does anyone besides me think Hillary's public face is usually inappropriate for the occasion? There is something unseemly about smirking when speaking about illegal immigration, and grinning when taking Jesus' name in vain. Jesus would not lead people into the desert and leave them to die. Targetting gangs who profit from cross-border human smuggling was one of the points of the house bill, not soup-kitchen volunteers. The Catholic church is misinformed.