Posted on 06/21/2004 1:35:17 PM PDT by marshmallow
LONDON (AFP) - Former US president Bill Clinton (news - web sites) lost his temper during a BBC interview after being repeatedly asked if he was genuine in voicing regret over his affair with Monica Lewinsky.
Clinton, revving up a publicity campaign ahead of the release Tuesday of his memoirs, bristled at relentless questioning about the affair with the White House intern by veteran BBC interviewer David Dimbleby, according to British newspapers.
The Times said Monday that Clinton, known for being media savvy and cheerful in public, let out a rant that lasted several minutes.
"As outbursts go, it is not just some flash that is over in an instant. It is something substantial and sustained," said a BBC executive who viewed the interview, according to the Sunday Telegraph.
The weekly said Clinton then branched out into an attack on media intrusion into the private lives of public figures.
Britain's public broadcaster will air the Clinton interview Tuesday, in step with the release of his much-awaited memoirs.
While the book recounts key global events of the charismatic Clinton's two-term presidency -- Kosovo, the Middle East, Somalia -- public interest in the 957-page tome has focused on the Lewinsky affair, one of the "old demons" that nearly brought down the world's most powerful man.
In leaked excerpts of the book and interviews ahead of its release, Clinton describes the Lewinsky affair as a moral failing, says he worried about losing the love of his daughter Chelsea and confesses that his marriage was salvaged by a year of intensive marital counseling.
True....same media that put him in office..is on a crusade to take a good and honorable man out of office. Why? They
can't handle truth and honesty and a man who loves this
country and will defend it, but also go on offense when it
warrants it...the Hollywood libs, chicken Democrats and a
few RINO's can also be included in the "bash Bush" crowd
and I for one hope that GWB...takes 47 states...give them
Massmychooseits..and 2 others.....Jake
Here's a suggestion for you, Slick. Then don't write books about your private life and go on media tours to promote them.
And this man is supposed to be bright?
I thought that I had heard somewhere that he doesn't mention Monica Lewinsky by name in the book. Does anyone know if this is true. Just wondering because all the articles are written as if she is mentioned by name.
Clinton's legacy will be Monica. There is nothing he can do about it!
It already is. I find it quite amusing as he tries to change it, but it will never be anything else.
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Back when Clinton was still "in orifice," a photo was posted here of bubba screaming in Paul Sperry's face at some barbecue event for the media. Sperry had dared to ask Clinton when his next press conference might be. Slick looked like his eyes were going to pop out and his head was going to explode. When Clinton finished screaming, Sperry just calmly repeated his question.
I think it looks like somebody slapped him.......
Too bad no one sat down with Clinton as a youth and read to him; "The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner", by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The point of the poem being both matrimonial fidelity and personal integrity to one friends and acquaintances. And so for Bill:
"Ah wel-a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old and young;
Instead of the cross the Albatross
About my neck was hung.
Some FR poster made a comment a day or two ago about a Clinton rage. The poster said that the reason George Steffonofolus quit was that Clinton was always loudly screaming profanities at him daily.
[I had not heard that before.]
I'll believe this when I see it. We were snookered once before during the grand jury testimony. I think this is just book sales hype.
What has that to do with anything? clinton's affair with Lewinsky was nothing to do with his "private life" - It was done in the work place (YOUR Oval Office), during working time (Supposedly doing "the peoples work") with an employee - not on his own private time.
No one, at any time, investigated anything that went on in his bedroom.
That is what he truly deserves!
***Woaaaa....dude...and like you paid someone to do that?***
LOL!
No, if they went to a counselor at all, it was only for show. All they had to do to keep the marriage intact was to remind each other that while married they can't be forced to testify against each other.
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