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Clinton rages against Dimbleby in Panorama confrontation over Lewinsky
The Sunday Telegraph ^ | June 20, 2004 | Chris Hastings and Charles Laurence

Posted on 06/19/2004 4:38:44 PM PDT by MadIvan

Bill Clinton loses his temper with David Dimbleby during a BBC television interview to be broadcast this week when he is repeatedly quizzed about his affair with Monica Lewinsky.

The former American president, famed for his amiable disposition, becomes visibly angry and rattled, particularly when Dimbleby asks him whether his publicly declared contrition over the affair is genuine.

His outrage at the line of questioning during the 50-minute interview, to be broadcast on Panorama on Tuesday night, lasts several minutes. It is the first time that the former President has been seen to lose his temper publicly over the issue of his sexual liaisons with Ms Lewinsky.

The President initially responds to Dimbleby's questions by launching a general attack on media intrusion. When the broadcaster persists with the question of whether the politician was truly penitent, Clinton directs his anger towards Dimbleby.

The atmosphere, which was initially warm, then turns decidedly chilly. One BBC executive who has seen the interview, which took place in a New York hotel last Wednesday, said: "He is visibly angry with Dimbleby's line of questioning and some of that anger gets directed at Dimbleby himself. As outbursts go, it is not just some flash that is over in an instant. It is something substantial and sustained.

"It is memorable television which will give the public a different insight into the President's character. It will leave them wondering whether he is as contrite as he says he is about past events. Dimbleby manages to remain calm and order is eventually restored."

Mr Clinton agreed to speak to Panorama as part of the publicity campaign for his autobiography My Life.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: amazingdisgrace; angermismanagment; angrycrat; arkancide; clinton; explosion; hoax; impeachedx42; legacy; lewinsky; mylife; mylifesucks; noselfcontrol; publicity; publicitystunt; putsomeiceonit; scam
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To: MadIvan

LOL !


181 posted on 06/19/2004 6:45:56 PM PDT by lainie
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To: MadIvan
And oh dear, the real Bill emerged. ;)

Erect, puffy, purple-headed and veiny?

182 posted on 06/19/2004 6:48:33 PM PDT by RichInOC (Ronald Wilson Reagan, 2/6/11-6/5/04, R.I.P.)
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To: texasbluebell

THAT'S MONICA????????????????????????


183 posted on 06/19/2004 6:48:36 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (God Bless America)
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To: ohioWfan
OK. Now you've GOT to tell me what you're up to!

In your FRmail! ;)

184 posted on 06/19/2004 6:49:33 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick (Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! -- RIP, President Reagan)
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To: MadIvan
Drudge already has a headline & he is apparently waiting for a link.

CLINTON RAGES DURING BBC-TV SESSION; CONFRONTATION OVER LEWINSKY... DEVELOPING...

185 posted on 06/19/2004 6:50:39 PM PDT by lainie
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To: nutmeg
Let's sing --- BOOK OF LIES
186 posted on 06/19/2004 6:52:50 PM PDT by doug from upland (Don't wait until it is too late to stop Hillary -- do something today!)
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To: mware
You don't get it.

The less the public sees or hears from Kerry, the better his numbers are.

The last thing he wants is for the media to actually focus on the election directly.
187 posted on 06/19/2004 6:56:43 PM PDT by sharktrager (George Clooney has rubber nipples.)
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To: MadIvan

Is Dimbleby the son of Richard Dimbleby?


188 posted on 06/19/2004 6:57:54 PM PDT by expatpat
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To: MadIvan

So he couldn't fool the British broadcaster. Looking forward to seeing the interview and see Clinton's legendary temper in action.


189 posted on 06/19/2004 7:01:51 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul ("In answer to what we promised, the infidel got his fair treatment"Al-Qaeda to wife tearful pleading)
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To: MadIvan

When will somebody ask Pig Clinton, for the record, about Juanita Broadrick? Of the 8 years of Clinton, I look at the Lewinski thing as the time in the circus when the clowns are in the center ring. So much worse happened as he was president. Let us not forget so easily because now he has chosen to shine the spotlight on her.


190 posted on 06/19/2004 7:03:27 PM PDT by AD from SpringBay (We have the government we allow and deserve.)
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To: Psycho_Bunny

thanks Bunny--i understood 'ping' as it is used here at FR but did not know it had a "real world" origination--interesting


191 posted on 06/19/2004 7:05:49 PM PDT by krunkygirl
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To: MadIvan; All
Clinton was nearly kicked out of Oxford for raping a co-ed there while he was there for his Rhodes Scholarship. Has anyone questioned him WHY he never finished the program there? I am told it was because he was told to leave or the girl would press charges. If he left she would drop it. Why doesn't anyone ask him about that?
A 1969 charge by a Eileen Wellstone, 19-year-old English woman who said Clinton assaulted her after she met him at a pub near the Oxford University campus where the future President was a student. A retired State Department employee, who asked not to be identified, confirmed this week that he spoke with the family of the girl and filed a report with his superiors. Clinton admitted having sex with the girl, but claimed it was consensual. The victim's family declined to pursue the case.

192 posted on 06/19/2004 7:05:52 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: AD from SpringBay

clinton should stop doing coke.. i am giddy over this and cant wait to see the interview.


193 posted on 06/19/2004 7:07:32 PM PDT by Stellar Dendrite
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To: MeekOneGOP

I'm laughing here---just thinking about those two cheesey-looking paintings---yeah, and i'm referring to the subject matter AND the actual artwork
i was not impressed with the artistry of the artist


194 posted on 06/19/2004 7:10:17 PM PDT by krunkygirl
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To: MadIvan
Just a side note, the TV show Panorama is also famous for broadcasting the famous April Fools' Day hoax about the Swiss SPAGHETTI HARVEST.

Click Here to view.

195 posted on 06/19/2004 7:10:36 PM PDT by tellw
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To: MadIvan

Please let us know where we can see it!


196 posted on 06/19/2004 7:11:15 PM PDT by M. Peach (eschew obfuscation)
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To: OldFriend
Seems we heard a similar fabrication regarding klinton's temper once before.

You might ask journalist Paul Sperry about Clinton's temper.

197 posted on 06/19/2004 7:11:35 PM PDT by jackbill
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To: MadIvan

I don’t believe it. The same claim was made of the Kennith Star interrigation, that he lost his temper. Everyone tuned in, and he ran circles around Star.

Fool me once…


198 posted on 06/19/2004 7:12:42 PM PDT by elfman2
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To: MadIvan

That is exactly what he will be remembered for. ha ha ha.


199 posted on 06/19/2004 7:17:22 PM PDT by Delphinium
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To: MadIvan
Welcome to the British press as it once was

Clinton will be on 60 Minutes Sunday evening for the full hour, but I doubt that Rather will manage to make it so interesting.

200 posted on 06/19/2004 7:18:13 PM PDT by LibertyAndJusticeForAll
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