Albright: I Was Joking About Bush and bin Laden

Bill Clinton's dimwitted former secretary of state Madeleine Albright, who once admitted falling for the alleged "charms" of North Korea's genocidal dictatorship and helped make the rabidly anti-American communist regime a nuclear power, claimed today that she was just kidding when she questioned whether the Bush administration was concealing a captive Osama bin Laden.

It was a "tongue-in-cheek comment and was not intended in any other way," Albright told Fox News Channel.

"But witnesses to Albright's comment said the ambassador did not appear to be joking Tuesday when she suggested President Bush may reveal bin Laden's capture as an "October surprise" before next November's presidential election," FNC reported.

"She said, 'Do you suppose that the Bush administration has Usama bin Laden hidden away somewhere and will bring him out before the election?'" said Fox News analyst Mort Kondracke. "She was not smiling."

Two makeup artists who were witnesses agreed that Albright did not ask her question in a joking manner, Fox News reported.

White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said, "I don't think I have to dignify every ridiculous comment that's made out there."

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