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Clinton in Interview Meltdown over Contrition Credibility
NewsMax ^ | 6/19/04 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 06/19/2004 8:59:06 PM PDT by wagglebee

Two days before his $12 million book hits stores, ex-President Bill Clinton has already blown his stack at one TV interviewer who questioned if his contrition over his affair with Monica Lewinsky was credible.

"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," reports Sunday's London Telegraph.

"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," the paper claimed.

Clinton is said to appear visibly angry during the BBC sit-down for a period of several minutes, in a scene that could disrupt the carefully crafted rollout for his megabucks memoir.

U.S. interviewers have so far handled the impeached ex-president with kid gloves during book interviews. CBS's Dan Rather praised the presidential tome to the hilt after his own sit-down with Clinton, set for broadcast Sunday on CBS's "60 Minutes."

But for sheer entertainment value, Rather's overwrought gushing is likely to pale next to Dimbleby's performance.

A BBC executive who witnessed the interview, which took place in a New York hotel last Wednesday, told the Telegraph:

"[Clinton] is visibly angry with Dimbleby's line of questioning and some of that anger gets directed at Dimbleby himself."

They eyewitness said that the ex-president's videotaped rage is not a momentary flash, but instead a "substantial and sustained" outburst.

Clinton's meltdown is set for broadcast Tuesday night on BBC's popular "Panorama" show.


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To: wagglebee

I'll have to wait to see the actual interview...this sounds much like the leak story of Clinton's videotaped testimony, where he supposedly stormed out of the room and it ended up making him look good compared to the viewer's expectations.

It could be a ratings stunt. Don't get me wrong, I hoped it happened, but this guy will stop at nothing to get people to focus on him.


21 posted on 06/19/2004 9:34:48 PM PDT by scott7278 ("FR will NOT be used to help replace Bush with a Democrat." -- Jim Robinson, 2/01/04)
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To: William Tell
I think Clinton needs to "put some ice on it".

Bubba only needs to "put some ice on it" on the nights he strikes out.

22 posted on 06/19/2004 9:34:56 PM PDT by wagglebee
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To: Wolverine

...auuuhh never worked harder in all mah life as yer president...


23 posted on 06/19/2004 9:37:47 PM PDT by gargoyle
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To: scott7278

Except that the British have very strict slander laws and its hitting the press over there in the morning papers.


24 posted on 06/19/2004 9:38:20 PM PDT by wagglebee
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To: wagglebee

I bet it is a big setup. Remember his deposition with Starr? He was said to have gotten so pissed he stormed out. Never happened. This allowed the Clintonoids to spin the hell out of it - everyone watched to see him implode but instead he slid right on through the noose.

Fool me once....


25 posted on 06/19/2004 9:41:17 PM PDT by SteelTrap
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To: Pukin Dog; Howlin; StarFan; Dutchy; RaceBannon; evilC; stanz; Exit148; kphockey2; Doctor Raoul
Just shows that the media wants Kerry, and not Clinton. They don't want Clinton sucking the oxygen from the Kerry campaign.

BINGO!

26 posted on 06/19/2004 9:41:45 PM PDT by nutmeg (God bless President Ronald Reagan)
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To: jackbill
And add in the absolute Bull $hit about sleeping on a couch for two months, with all of the empty bedrooms in the private quarters of the White House.

That aside, Gary Aldrich claimed YEARS ago that the two slept in separate rooms.

27 posted on 06/19/2004 9:43:33 PM PDT by MegaSilver
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To: Paul Atreides
Heck, they now have separate houses!

Now, they have separate states!

28 posted on 06/19/2004 9:46:07 PM PDT by xsysmgr (There are 10 kinds of people: Those who understand binary; and those who don't.)
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To: wagglebee
A reporter not giving old BJ a Lewinski is about as rare as a Black Olympic Swim Medal. BJ should be outraged, after all who do they think they are questioning, a Republican???

Pray for W and Our Awesome Troops

29 posted on 06/19/2004 9:48:50 PM PDT by bray (Let's win one more for the Gipper)
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To: wagglebee
Is "praised to the hilt" the new term for kissing the Clinton butt? If so, Rather did it...

U.S. interviewers have so far handled the impeached ex-president with kid gloves during book interviews. CBS's Dan Rather praised the presidential tome to the hilt after his own sit-down with Clinton, set for broadcast Sunday on CBS's "60 Minutes."

30 posted on 06/19/2004 9:53:33 PM PDT by GOPJ
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To: Pukin Dog

That's It, On The Money!


31 posted on 06/19/2004 9:57:23 PM PDT by Boazo (OFF WITH MOORES HEAD)
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To: Paul Atreides

I think "recliner" might be a better code word. :)


32 posted on 06/19/2004 9:59:36 PM PDT by AUH2OY2K (1)
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To: wagglebee

What Dick Morris called a "PURPLE RAGE".


33 posted on 06/19/2004 10:19:42 PM PDT by Finalapproach29er (" Permitting homosexuality didn't work out very well for the Roman Empire")
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To: Paul Atreides
How about the hugs and kisses Drather traded for a box of moldy cigars from Infidel Castro...
34 posted on 06/19/2004 10:24:27 PM PDT by tubebender (If I had known I would live this long I would have taken better care of myself...)
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To: William Tell
Now Clinton's claim that he and Hillary attended counseling each week for a year? Is that what he said?

Yes--but not just each week. One day a week for the *whole day*.

I don't believe they took even one counseling session as one would normally interpret the meaning of "counseling session".

35 posted on 06/19/2004 10:25:46 PM PDT by cyncooper
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To: AUH2OY2K

Scot7278 may be right. Team Clinton specifically went to CBS and told them that Clinton flew into a fit of rage during Starr's videotaped questioning. Half the country tuned in to the television coverage to see Clinton handle the questions very well. Rather and the "Face the Nation" star sat there and gushed about how well he had handled compared to what they had thought. (For the life of me I can't remember who hosts Face the Nation) but he actually stated on camera that he had been the one that Team Clinton had approached regarding the blow up.

Clinton still wants to be UN President. This is being broadcast in Europe and they don't seem to mind the infidelity there as much as we do.


36 posted on 06/19/2004 10:26:14 PM PDT by poundsand
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To: Finalapproach29er

It was Bob Schieffer who was told by a WH insider that Clinton had a "purple rage". Schieffer should have realized his source was not trustworthy, but there ya go.


37 posted on 06/19/2004 10:27:18 PM PDT by cyncooper
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To: wagglebee

The Dimbleby interview will make Dan Rather look like a fool. Dan, sit back and take notes on how a real journalist works. Dan Rather interviewing Clinton is like Barbara Walters interviewing some celebrity. No hardball questions, just fluff and BS all over the place.


38 posted on 06/19/2004 10:28:24 PM PDT by dougherty (I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. - Michelangelo)
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To: poundsand

You're the second poster to say that instead of purple rage, Clinton did very well, or as the other person said "ran rings around Starr" (never mind that Starr wasn't even there).

He did not do well. It is when he informed us there are different nuances to the meaning of "is".

The rage story was indeed sent out to deflect and misdirect--and it wasn't because he did well.


39 posted on 06/19/2004 10:30:26 PM PDT by cyncooper
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To: Hildy
"I was sleeping on the couch" it's just a metaphor for the fact you were not sharing the marital bed.

At least he wasn't in the doghouse. ;^)

40 posted on 06/19/2004 10:32:40 PM PDT by Samwise (I posted this tagline "because I could.")
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