"Not to sound like a homer, but I just watched the interview. He looks into the interviewer's eyes the whole times. He never dodged any questions. He said flat out, he has been faithful to his wife, not a Monica answer.
Why did he answer with out fire? Because that is the world's way."
Of course, when directly confronted he denied the accusations, but in my opinion he did so unconvincingly, like someone who is trying to show grief that he doesn't feel. An innocent man will evince a natural reaction of indignation at such an outrageous accusation (one can hardly imagine a more serious accusation to make of a man of the cloth). We have no control over such indignation - like genuine grief. It just flows out of us (again, this is not a matter of Christian humility).
By Haggard's own admission, he had just learned of the accusations a few hours earlier. Do you mean to say that his laid back demeanor is evidence of innocence? One would rather have expected him to take the bull by the horns, to speak forcefully with direct eye contact to the interviewer and to the camera, stating again and again in the most unequivocal terms that he had absolutely nothing to do with this man. And return to that most critical truth again and again during the interview, because that is the heart of the matter, isn't it?
Instead, I do not believe that he even once during the fairly long interview broached the sex question on his own initiative. On each occasion the interviewer had to draw him back to that central question from his ramblings about how the church investigation is conducted.
Instead, Haggard seemed willing to go on and on about everything BUT the key question at hand. And watch his face carefully: he avoids eye contact with the interviewer when asked about the sex, especially when the she returns to it again later in the interview (he keeps glancing down). The long, rambling interview is actually quite revealing, as Haggard clearly shows that he is quite content to avoid focusing on the 64,000 question.
And then there is the significant matter of his abruptly resigning the presidency of the NAE, apparently within hours of the disclosure of the accusations. Sorry, but this does not strike me as the response of a totally innocent man.
Again, I hope I am mistaken and that he is innocent, but these are my impressions after a lifetime of observing people and judging their character, for what it may be worth.