The Clinton Presidential Center's website is up and running, and while the foundation's virtual library tends to the lofty business of conflict resolution and racial reconciliation, it's also good for a couple of yucks. Take the presidential timeline. We checked out the entries for "1998." Alert readers may remember that period as 365 days of Clinton lying to reporters, a grand jury, and his cabinet, while becoming the only president in the modern era to face impeachment. The site, however, suffers from its subject's selective memory. Here, 1998 is fondly recalled as the year in which Clinton launched his class-size reduction initiative.
Our favorite section, however, is the one encouraging visitors to send in a "photograph that captures an interaction you had with President Clinton." Before one eagerly logs on, anticipating, say, the snapshot of stewardess Debra Schiff sitting in the jump seat of Clinton's campaign plane, "Longhorn One," with his meaty paw lodged between her knees, one should consult the "submission guidelines," first reported by MSNBC. The guidelines state, "We will not accept materials of a prurient quality." Perhaps because of these restrictions, only one photograph is featured. It runs under an "America Remembers" link. Americans, apparently, are trying to forget.
In other Clinton news, a tip of the cap to the Reason editors who spotted this gem from New York's junior senator. "No one should have to leave their hometown, their families, and their roots to find a good job in America," Hillary Clinton -- former resident of Illinois, Connecticut, and Arkansas -- announced on the Senate floor on March 1.