Pathetic First Lady

I no longer expect Democrats to hold their tongues when the President is conducting the nation's business off our shores, but this, from the shrill Hillary Clinton is going too far:

The former first lady hit out at the US president as he wrapped up a tour of the Middle East, during a 2008 Democratic presidential campaign debate here.

"President Bush is over in the Gulf now begging the Saudis and others to drop the price of oil," Clinton said. "How pathetic."

It's not only a cheap mischaracterization of what the president is doing, it is detrimental to our best interests. Does she forget that her husband sent Bill Richardson over to do exactly the same negotiations just eight years ago? Course, they were negotiations then, now it's "begging". And duh, OPEC will probably not raise production. But it'd be nice if the president could present our concerns without being undermined by this shabby opportunist. Kick her butt, Obama.