Michael McKnight's recent column on Erskine Bowles' U.S. Senate campaign was blatantly erroneous and disturbingly off-base.
To say that Bowles makes little mention of his time serving under the Clinton administration and wishes to "erase" the Clinton years from his past simply is not true.
I sat and listened while Bowles thoroughly outlined the progress that was made while he was Clinton's chief of staff and head of the Small Business Administration: a balanced budget, a decrease in the unemployment rate, an increase in funding for education and billions of dollars in loans for women and minorities involved in business, to name a few.
It is clear that Bowles is proud of what he helped accomplish during his time in Washington, as well he should be.
He has proved that he can work with members of both parties to find sensible solutions to our nation's problems.
Bowles has nothing to hide about his time in the White House; Bill Clinton's personal misconduct has absolutely nothing to do with Erskine Bowles' individual integrity.
Surely no one was more angered by Clinton's behavior than Bowles, who was working 18-hour days on behalf of the president to push his agenda and effect positive change in this country.
Furthermore, Bowles has made no attempt to "shirk responsibility for his involvement in the corporate arena."
And why should he?
