Despite mounting evidence that Hillary Clinton is hiding serious health problems, she will press on in her campaign because of a crazed lust for power, which ultimately will propel her to self-destruction, contends a longtime critic.

That's the dire prediction of someone who has been following Mrs. Clinton's progress from the beginning, "Billy" Clinton's childhood friend and former romantic partner Dolly Kyle, the author of "Hillary The Other Woman."

"I really think she has been ’cruisin' for a bruisin', as we say in the South, because she's such an angry person and so driven by this inner rage," said Kyle. "People like that eventually break down, physically."

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Kyle has known the Clintons from their days in Arkansas. In "Hillary The Other Woman," she chronicles a number of disturbing episodes from Hillary Clinton's long career, including her infamous explosion of rage against mentally handicapped children when she was first lady of Arkansas.

But Kyle argues Clinton's continuous health problems and inability to keep her lies straight suggest she is "suffering from cognitive impairment," not just anger issues.

In "Hillary The Other Woman," Kyle, an award-winning lawyer, painstakingly assembles a damning case that Hillary Clinton is losing her mental capabilities and showing evidence of emotional instability, memory loss and difficulty planning and carrying out tasks.

Combined with what Kyle alleges is her natural paranoia and determination to control information, the result is a psychological disaster.

"That paranoia, that tendency to be a control freak, has always been a part of her personality," warned Kyle.

"I call her 'Hillary Scissorhands' because of her predilection for destroying records which could get in the way of her goals."

Kyle noted that in 1974, Clinton "destroyed notes and cards from Marla Crider, who was a girl Billy Clinton was dating at the time, as part of her effort to intimidate her."

"More worryingly, we see how eager she is to get rid of all kinds of evidence in the various scandals she's involved in, including tens of thousands of emails from when she was serving as secretary of state," Kyle said. "Her mania to destroy anything which she feels could be detrimental to her reputation is taken to such an extreme that she lies when the truth would do her good."

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The tendency for Hillary Clinton to lie, perhaps even unnecessarily, also applies to issues surrounding the Democratic nominee's health. The Clinton campaign's bumbling and inconsistent accounts of what precisely is wrong with the former secretary of state has contributed to Clinton's longstanding reputation for dishonesty.

Recent polls in swing states indicate voters are more likely to find Donald Trump trustworthy than Hillary Clinton.

But Kyle says Clinton's deception doesn’t just make her look bad politically. The author alleges the former secretary of state is suffering from serious health problems.

"Hillary Clinton is not physically fit to be president of the United States," Kyle told WND. "Anyone who believes that she is has their eyes closed. If she was in a wheelchair or blind or something like that, she could still do the job. But she is losing her mental capabilities, she's suffering from real cognitive impairment.

"I think if we saw her full medical records it would be a foregone conclusion that she's out," Kyle said.

"What's even more absolutely clear is that she is not psychologically fit to be president. She is mentally unfit. I wouldn't hire her to babysit my grandchildren. I wouldn't trust her with matches in the kitchen. She doesn't have the ability to think through a situation and come to a logical conclusion. She proved this in Benghazi when she couldn't respond to legitimate requests for help. She had all the resources of the United States of America, and she turned over and went back to sleep."

In recent days, top Democrats have held secret meetings to discuss the possibility of replacing Hillary Clinton at the top of the Democratic ticket. Joe Biden has been discussed as the leading candidate to replace her, though a new poll indicates a plurality of Democrats would rather see Sen. Bernie Sanders take over as the new candidate.

However, Kyle says this is all a waste of time. No matter what happens, no many how many problems and scandals surface, no matter what health issues arise, she argues the "power addicted" Hillary Clinton will never drop out, even if she takes the Democratic Party's hopes down with her.

"She has been running for president ever since she took hold of Billy Clinton's coattails so many decades ago in 1971," Kyle said.

"I do not consider it an admirable trait to be this tenacious, because I see it as a function of her power addiction. It's like a crack addict who needs that next fix, and they will do whatever it takes to get it. She's a power addict, and she will do whatever it takes to get that next fix."

Kyle argues the most important thing to understand about Hillary Clinton is how the former first lady subordinates her humanity to her ambition. It was only after seeing that ruthlessness publicly displayed that Kyle said she was forced to come forward to write "Hillary The Other Woman."

"I didn’t want to do this," Kyle said. "I've known the Clintons for decades, and I was finished with them. But when I saw Hillary say into the television with that fake 'sincere' look that she does that women who claim to have been raped and sexually abused 'should be believed and we need to support them,' that made me so angry! Because that is simply a lie.

"She will not support any woman who was raped or sexually assaulted by her husband," said Kyle.

"So I think it's interesting that she took that piece off her website recently. But she didn't do it soon enough to keep me from writing this book. So instead of throwing a shoe at the television screen, which I was inclined to do, I started writing the book, and it came very quickly because I know this information.

"I know the Clintons and I believe this truth needs to be out about them."

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