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What has become of Clinton?

Recently, it seems like former President Clinton has appeared more and more in the news. In the past few months, we have continously been fed more news of the humanitarian efforts of the former President.

Yesterday, he was in central Asia, to be exact--he was in India with a special tsunami relief group. India was one of the hardest hit areas of the devastating tsunami of 2004, which killed/affected more than 206,000 people. The former President was portrayed by the media touring some of the areas hardest hit by the 2004 tsunami: houses, schools, and shelters.

In the next few days, former President Clinton is expected to visit more central Asian countries, like Thailand and Indonesia, where the tsunami killled tens of thousands of citizens. He will make this visit as an UN envoy to the area, making it his second trip to the area in the past year.

When in the area, the media has captured the former president seemingly spending all of his time with victims, consoling them and giving sympathies. He also has started to head up an AIDS/HIV campaign in India.

In my opinion, I think this former President of the United States is acting more as an attention seeker than a sincere, concerned politician. He is continuing to step up his 'campaigns' in humanitarian efforts, all the while representing the United States. I personally think that Clinton should not allow the spotlight to be on himself. After making a fool out of himself while in office with his 'personal slip-ups', he should not be traveling the world and bringing international media attention to himself. The United States needs a politican who is not considered a shame to represent their country, not another embarassment.

posted by Anonymous @ 12/01/2006 11:16:00 AM