Posted on 11/18/2004 8:08:30 PM PST by InvisibleChurch
Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004 10:30 p.m. EST Bill 'Captain Queeg' Clinton Threatens Peter Jennings
A paranoid-sounding Bill Clinton threatened ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings in an interview broadcast Thursday night, in a bizarre rant about his impeachment that laid bare the ex-president's persecution complex.
"You don't want to go here, Peter," Clinton warned, after Jennings told him that historians ranked him second to last of all presidents in terms of moral authority.
Squinting his eyes, an angry Clinton seethed, "You don't want to go here. Not after what you people did. And the way you - your network - what you did with Kenneth Starr. The way your people repeated every little sleazy thing he did. No one has any idea of what that's like." The amazing exchange came after Clinton at first claimed he didn't care about the verdict of historians.
"I had more support from the world when I quit than when I started," he claimed. "And I will go to my grave being at peace about it. And I don't really care about what [the historians] think."
Immediately, Jennings challenged Clinton, all but calling him a liar.
"Oh, yes you do . . . Excuse me, Mr. President. I can feel it across the room. You care very deeply."
Jennings' challenge sent Clinton into a thinly veiled rage, prompting him to threaten, "You don't want to go here, Peter."
The full exchange went like this:
JENNINGS (Discussing rankings by presidential historians]: They gave you a forty-first in terms of moral authority - after Nixon.
CLINTON: They're wrong about that. You know why they're wrong about it? They're wrong about it.
JENNINGS: Why, sir?
CLINTON: Because we had $100 million spent against us in all these inspections . . . In spite of it all, you don't have any example where I ever lied to the American people about my job, where I have let the American people down. And I had more support from the world when I quit than when I started. And I will go to my grave being at peace about it. And I don't really care about what they think.
JENNINGS: Oh, yes you do.
CLINTON: They have no idea . . .
JENNINGS: Excuse me, Mr. President. I can feel it across the room. You care very deeply.
CLINTON: No, no. I care. In care. You don't want to go here, Peter. You don't want to go here. Not after what your people did. And the way you - your network - what you did with Kenneth Starr. The way your people repeated every little sleazy thing he did. No one has any idea of what that's like.
Check the transcript again. Jennings didn't "badmouth" him. He gave him a chance to explain and defend himself (for the umpteenth time).
He still won't realize that clinton is a psychopath.
Boo-hoo-hoo! I feel your pain, Bill.
Peter is striking the first blow at Clinton to try to recast the liberal,prosocialist, procommunist, pinko,immoral,leftist, godless media as being just as moral as conservatives. Peter was a huge schill for Clinton and a coenabler with Hillary, but now their political calculus has changed and they will pretend to eat their own. This was for moral democrat (oxymoron,I know) consumption. I would not be surprised if the whole thing wasn't staged.
At least I thought a leftist like Jenning would be even more fawning to Clinton - I would have imagined all the feel-good irrelevant questions would be thrown at him.
Yes! Will be listening eagerly to Laura I. Should be a riot.
Here's the thread!
ROTFL!
I am stunned that Jennings even brought it up, unless of course it was planned so that he could get his spin in and blame Starr and the "hostile" (oh ha ha) media and all that money spent to get him!
Dang! I can't believe I missed this!
Will she play this tape?
I want to SEE it!
(hehe)
You are so right. It is really getting scary because sooner or later one of these nut cases will get elected again, and we can't afford that now.
It gets better.
The opening ceremonies today (which lasted about 3 hours) were held outdoors.
In a complete downpour of rain.
Evidently these "best and brightest" didn't plan for any type of coverings or awnings for the guests, including former presidents and our current president, except for umbrellas and the audience had to wear those plastic rain ponchos.
My only fear is that one of our Bushes gets sick from having to endure that three ring circus.
And I had more support from the world when I quit than when I started. And I will go to my grave
knowing that Afafat is waiting for me
Well, well. What burr got under Jennings saddle to make him corner Bubba about anything? Maybe Peetah didn't get an invitation to the opening of the Library and Massage Parlor and was miffed.
Prairie
Well, dear lady, it is a radio show. If she 'shows' it, we will not 'see.' ;O)
But I'm 90% certain she'll 'unpack' the audio for maximum entertainment value.
Gee, never lied to the American people.....alrighty then....I guess I was dreaming when he shook his finger in the camera saying...I did not have sex....ah forget it!
..... about his "job".
But that's when I showed them [Clack! Clack!] ... with geometric logic!
I was getting very afraid and depressed before the election...and election afternoon when those phony polls came in, I turned off the TV and curled up with a blanket - could not take it.
I am feeling better every day now - life is good
I even find myself giggling - ain't done that in a long time
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