Posted on 09/24/2006 1:37:33 PM PDT by rface
Following today's buzz generating conversation with Bill Clinton, Chris Wallace shared some of his post-interview thoughts with FishbowlDC:
I was delighted to get the chance to interview former President Clinton. This was the first one-on-one sitdown he's ever given "Fox News Sunday" during our 10 years on the air.
The groundrules were simple--15 minutes--to be divided evenly between questions about the Clinton Global Initiative and anything else I wanted to ask.
I intended to keep to the groundrules. In fact--I prepared 10 questions--5 on the CGI and 5 on other issues.
I began the interview with 2 questions about Mr. Clinton's commitment to humanitarian causes. His answers were cogent and good-humored.
Then--I asked him about his Administration's record in fighting terror--fully intending to come back to CGI later (as indeed I did).
I asked what I thought was a non-confrontational question about whether he could have done more to "connect the dots and really go after al Qaeda."
I was utterly surprised by the tidal wave of details--emotion--and political attacks that followed.
The President was clearly stung by any suggestion that he had not done everything he could to get bin Laden. He attacked right-wingers--accused me of a "conservative hit job"--and even spun a theory I still don't understand that somehow Fox was trying to cover up the fact that NewsCorp. chief Rupert Murdoch was supporting his Global Initiative. I still have no idea what set him off. Former President Clinton is a very big man. As he leaned forward--wagging his finger in my face--and then poking the notes I was holding--I felt as if a mountain was coming down in front of me.
The President said I had a smirk. Actually--it was sheer wonder at what I was witnessing.
I tried repeatedly to adhere to the ground rules--to move the President along--and back to the CGI. But he wanted to keep talking about his record fighting terror.
When it became clear he wanted to throw out the ground rules--then I just went with the flow of the interview.
Clinton looked like Castro...or Chavez. All that was missing was foaming at the mouth and a military parade.
He better stay away from any parks!!! He could get depressed.
(gratuitous Fort Marcy Park, reference)
Clinton-FNS Interview 09-24-06
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Transcript posted by defconw at post #350:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1707296/posts?page=350#350
Nah, not like an ass on a mountain, rather almost like the perfect a--hole on a mountain. He would be the perfect a--hole, but the mountain has hemmaroids.
I knew it was a plug for this crap. Hillary's campaign funding scam.
For all the world, it looked like Clinton was trying to poke something else!
bttt
And: "Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive"
How can anyone forget the protests and finger wagging regarding Monica. Deja Vu
Yeah ... I remember another finger wagging incident ... the "I didn't have sex with that women, (pause) Miss Lewinski".
He was lying then and he's lying now.
And FNC is also going to reshow it again at 10pm; I guess the interview is so popular, they must be getting great ratings over the rantings of the slickster. So 6pm and 10pm est will be a replay of FNS on FNC.
Oh please, this is classic white trash behavior they exhibit when they've been caught doing something wrong; especially when it's something they know they're guilty of.
Looking forward to more of this from the whole crew...
gee, I wonder if Hillary was watching....
Liberals have spent more time attacking smirks than they've spent attacking America's enemies.
Chris is now an "undocumented" journalist. He did a job nobody else in the MSM wants to do. Ask Willie some tough questions. Way to go Chris!!! Good job senor!
bookmark
Amen!!
It's a black expression for getting ahead or advancing oneself.
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