Barack Obama made a blunder last week when he decided to follow the lead of conservative hack reporter Matt Drudge and criticize the Clintons for their recently-released financial information. Drudge seemed shocked that the former president earned $10 million last year. He shouldn't be, Clinton makes up to six figures for a single speaking engagement. Call it one of the perks for being an ex-two term president.

Like any wealthy family, the Clintons are invested in a variety of companies. Some companies do bad things. Some companies do "un-American" things, like moving jobs to India. It's unwise for a politician to criticize another's stake in such companies, as they are really hard to avoid. Companies are after profit, and profit and "the American way" do not always go hand-in-hand. The companies that move jobs to India eventually win out over the company that pays an American union worker $60 an hour.

Matt Drudge is an idiot and a sensationalist. He publishes news that he knows very little about with sources that are often dubious. Just last week, he left a story that was debunked before it hit his front page up there for over 12 hours. That's not journalism. That's cheap tabloid trickery. Let's hope all candidates, both Democrat and Republican, learn an easy lesson and avoid following Matt Drudge.
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