Mrs. Clinton's 'New Beginning' a Blast From the Past

I see Mrs. Clinton has unveiled a new theme for her sagging campaign, calling it "A New Beginning" and has a commercial to promote it.

Let's forget for a moment a new beginning is a redundancy and see if we can recall where we've heard this phrase before.

Oh, that's right, from her husband's first inauguration.

'On this day, with high hopes and brave hearts and massive numbers, the American people have voted to make a new beginning.' With these words, William Jefferson Clinton signified that his inauguration in January 1993 was a turning-point in American history. Clinton, an upstart politician from Arkansas -- a state which tended to finish next to bottom in just about every indicator of wealth, education or human endeavour -- was the first Democrat in the White House for 12 years, and the first president of the Vietnam generation.

Bill Clinton also noted this in his book My Life.

By the time we got to the capital, the public events of our inaugural, entitled “An American Reunion: New Beginnings, Renewed Hope,” were already under way.

If a rehash of Bill Clinton's eight years is considered a new beginning, then it appears all that is new with Mrs. Clinton is decidedly old.

If you have the stomach for it, here's the ad.