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The Forth Worth Star-Telegram published an interview with Republican former House Majority Leader Dick Armey today.

Excerpts:

Q. Who's going to be the next president?

A. If you said right now, 'Dick Armey, put your money on a horse that's in the race,' I'd put my money on Hillary. She will be whoever you want her to be. She's a skillful, able politician. Her husband could go in and screw it up in a day. She's walking around with a ton of dynamite in her hip pocket.

Q. I assume you wouldn't vote for her, though.

A. Of course I wouldn't vote for her. Betting on a horse to win doesn't mean you want to buy the horse.

Q. Your views on the Iraq war?

A. I'm not sure that it was the right thing to do. You might say removing Saddam from power was a right thing to do. Maybe it was, but was that necessarily then our responsibility to do that? And was it our responsibility to do that by invading a country that had no way declared any war on us?

Q. You voted for the resolution to go to war.

A. I did, and I'm not happy about it. The resolution was a resolution that authorized the president to take that action if he deemed it necessary. Had I been more true to myself and the principles I believed in at the time, I would have openly opposed the whole adventure vocally and aggressively. I had a tough time reconciling doing that against the duties of majority leader in the House. I would have served myself and my party and my country better, though, had I done so.