I wonder what sort of thank you card you send to someone who lied for you and broke federal law so that you wouldn't have to be seen in a negative light? Well, if you're the Clintons, you don't send  a card. You reward him with a plum advisor role; the same role he was fired from by the Kerry campaign in the 2004 elections.

The story of Sandy Berger is well known on the Right and probably just as well known on the Left. He willfully stole and destroyed critical documents from the National Archives in 2003, documents that were not only originals, but that it is believed provided a scathing critique of the Clinton administrations lack of domestic preparedness against terrorism in the wake of the Millennium Bomb plot. These could have seriously undermined the story of the former President and those called to testify from his administration (the ones not still in jail) proving that much of what he said was (as usual) riddled with lies and half-truths.

Sandy managed to lie himself until the evidence caught up with him showing what he did was not an "accident" or "honest mistake". The Bush administration Justice Department botched the actual trial, though and he walked with a $50,000 fine, some probation and his security clearance being revoked until 2008.

The punishment seemed a tad light for the crime. After all, we're talking about destroying original documents from the National Archives. What if he'd wiped his butt with the Constitution? Actually, seeing how little it's cost the Left to do just that since the '40's, I suppose we should be thankful that he was even punished as much as he was. What he should have gotten was hung by his neck from the main gallery as a warning to others who would destroy our history for their own gain.

And worse, what few people will or have considered, what he did was par for the course during the actual Clinton administation. This was standard operating procedure for any scandal that involved inconvenient documents. They were destroyed or "lost" accidentally of course in all cases.

As a side note, Media Matters has made a big stink over the fact that Bush's administration has had a few convictions of its own (besides Lewis Libby) staining its legacy. With the exception of one minor solictiation conviction (sometimes there's just not enough bullets in the world), the rest of the convicts pale in comparison to the list of Clinton convictions. 

So now here we are back in the present. Hillary Clinton, promising to be the antidote for the "culture of corruption" that somehow only taints Republicans, hires a known federal felon to advise her with her campaign. This is what everyone should expect and what everyone should condemn from Clinton's campaign.

Sadly, with such a complicit press, no serious scrutiny will arise from her choice and she will never be challenged on it. Clinton's campaign is like a runaway freight train and the antique media is content to push our nation in front of it. Look for there to be more scandals, more Norman Hsu's, more Sandy Bergers and more outrages that apparently will receive little or no mention from the antiques, who are too busy analyzing the latest non-scandal from one of Hillary's enemies on the Right.

This may be the best magic show since Criss Angel. Get your popcorn.