Opinion: Bill Clinton’s so happy about Hillary’s new job, he’d like you to celebrate too

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You should know that Bill Clinton, the ex-president, is so happy about his wife Hillary becoming the new secretary of State and traveling all over the world all the time for the country that he feels like celebrating.

And he wants you to help celebrate too ...

Wait for it.

By giving her some more money.

You may not remember, which explains the spate of Bill e-mails in recent days, that the New York senator ran up quite a bit of debt bashing her new boss, the president-elect, during her unsuccessful presidential campaign that ended exactly six months ago Thursday. Gee, it seems like only twice that long ago.

Bill got in on the Barack-bashing too, to be honest, though he gradually came around in the fall. (And, btw, he’s sent word he’s not interested in taking over her Senate seat.)

Not counting the $13 million of her own money that she poured in and had to write off, Hillary’s campaign debt is down now to about $7 million and change, which is the way rich people talk when the numbers fall into the mere hundreds of thousands.

Hillary owes most of the debt to Mark Penn, the campaign strategist whose campaign strategy didn’t work too well, judging by the final Democratic Party ticket.

Technically, Bill’s celebratory e-mail is seeking, just between the two of you, a whole batch of congratulatory e-mails to give to his wife.

‘This is great news for our country.’ he says. ‘She understands the challenges we face, and her experience and judgment will help President Obama restore America’s reputation in the world and make our nation more secure.’

And there’s a place to click and leave an e-mail congratulations and your own e-mail address in case you’d like to receive more of these messages in the future.

There is also a large red button. See photo below.

--Andrew Malcolm

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