March 31, 2008, News Update

Hillary Clinton has fanciful memory lapse about trip to Bosnia while First Lady. John McCain keeps stepping on tongue on trip to Middle East. And these are the candidates with "experience" in foreign policy.

Overlooked footnote to Clinton's arrival in Bosnia. It happened at 3 a.m.!

Nancy Reagan endorses John McCain. Says she likes the kid.

Condoleezza Rice now says she would be interested in being McCain's running mate. The Peter Principle on steroids.

Sen. Pat Leahy urges Hillary to drop out of race. She doesn't replay using a four-letter word that Cheney once used in addressing Leahy. But I bet she was thinking it.

Fred Thompson to return to acting. Didn't make it as president, but he can still play one on TV.

New NY Gov. David Paterson disclosed extramarital affairs in first news conference. Following week, admitted to using pot and cocaine in his youth. This week? Will confess to watching The View.

Pentagon mistakenly ships secret nuclear missile tips to Taiwan instead of helicopter batteries. Definition of Pentagon: Screwed-up Rectangle.

Airlines oppose NY state law requiring them to provide food, water, fresh air and clean toilets for passengers stuck on delayed planes. Heckuva public relations move.

Medical study claims 80 per cent of lung cancer deaths could be prevented through widespread use of CT scans. Turns out study was funded by tobacco companies. They borrowed their integrity model from the Bush administration.

Newsmax.com headline: "Beer Fights Cancer." That study couldn't have been funded by Budweiser, could it?

Crisis in Hip Hop Land. Sales off 30%. They're lucky to have any sales at all.