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The video of Hillary Clinton peevishly snapping at a student questioner in the Congo was the meltdown seen 'round the world. But that undiplomatic moment was hardly her worst on the Africa swing.

The real clunker came with her pathetic attempt to compare Nigeria's corrupt and violent 2007 elections to the contested 2000 American presidential results.

In equating the two, the secretary of state echoes President Obama's sour apologia tours around the globe. Either he's writing her speeches now or Clinton's drinking the White House Kool-Aid. Neither is appealing.

To read Mr. Goodwin's complete column, click here.