COLUMN: 02-27-2008

Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright's new book is the worst advice anyone running for president could take. Just because the Bush Administration has an even worse foreign policy does not mean that the Clinton era was a good one in this regard. While the American economy was good during that period (with President Clinton deserving none of the credit for having the internet boom occur on his watch), every other policy was a miserable failure as the administration focused on political scandals and insider agendas and not anything that would benefit the American people. Secretary Albright inherited a solid cold war foreign policy from the Reagan and first Bush administrations and wallowed in it's wake for the entire Clinton administration, focusing more on showmanship than on any major policy initiative. The final straw was when President Clinton ordered the bombing of an innocent pharmaceutical plant in Sudan on the same day as his impeachment hearing for perjury. Albright is clearly trying to rewrite history in her favor, but contrasting yourself to one of the worst administrations in history will not erase the evidence that you were part of what was probably the second worst administration in history.

In other news, it's clear that the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign is desperate because they have not been able to convince the American people of their lies and have thus lost 11 primary elections in a row. From being "outraged" because of political mailings one day to being "upset" about media bias the next, it's clear they are floundering from one failed campaign strategy to the next and it's actually enjoyable to watch them sink under the weight of their failure to win through disreputable tactics. America will definitely have a brighter future when the Clintons have left the political scene and taken their lowest form of self-interest politics with them.