Bill Clinton's Terrorism Temper Tantrum

ChronWatch ^ | 09/25/2006 | Doc Farmer

[true_blue_texican]

I guess his legacy could be called "The Vagina Monologues".

[COUNTrecount]

Chris Wallace recognized that he was part of a giant moment in television history and by letting BJ continue to rant and rave,and by not reacting, he got his best shot at a ratings and professional bonanza.

[GOPJ]

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[BenLurkin]

Correct.


He would have us believe that when he bombed Baghdad on the day of the impeachment vote -- that was because he thought Bin Ladin was there in Bagdhad.

[Hildy]

You'd think, that after the brouhaha of the PATH TO 9/11, Clinton would have had a stock answer to that question which would have invariably been asked of him. Something that made him LOOK GOOD...but not, TOTALLY CRAZY????

[truthingod]

The people who take the time to educate themselves and vote are the "Americans" to which I refer. Thanks for your note, it causes greater definition and thinking.

[Burlem]

I thought Clinton was “putting On” he did more bashing of the republicans, and the media having the gall to say”Media gave president bush a pass” Say What? Our president is bashed every day for petes sake. In my humble opinion his so called outburst was a political calculation as elections are in 6 weeks and republicans are closing the gap. He wanted to try and sway the publics opinion, much like Hillary and her “Right Wing Conspiracy” (the phrase coined by a columnist by the way)RWC is still used today. amazing!

I do not trust the Clintons or their groupies no matter what they say or do.

[Churchillspirit]

Who knows what the state of this clown's health is.

He never released his medical records while in office. Unless he can make political capital out of it now, we will never know unless he succumbs to something which he cannot hide.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I wonder what all those lefties who attacked Senator Allen for 'lashing out' at a reporter asking why his mother was a racist and why his family denied his jewish heritage are saying about Clinton lashing out .

[Max7]

Yes, and I think that even though Wallace was probably blanching at the point of Clinton's accusations, "tirade", whatever you want to call it, that Wallace was smart and savy enough to just let Clinton blather away, which of course, Clinton did. And unless you're a cynical hard-core Lefist Democrat (which may be a contradiction in terms), you would not have recognized what your "boy" was doing in losing whatever grace-under-pressure he may have had up until that point in time.

[r9etb]

Those misspeaks sound like the result of actual brain problems. Wouldn't be surprised if they're the result of mini-strokes related to his heart surgery.

[Ole Okie]

I'm sure this has already been noted on the thread, but I caught several slurs in Clinton's speech patterns. He may have been looped.

I recorded this on DVR. I also thought he sounded well "Fortified" with strong spirits.

Or something.

[neocon1984]

I have a left-wing relative, in her 70's, who clearly believes that. She still rants that Eisenhower (the guy who commanded the Allied forces in Europe) was an idiot and Stevenson was a genius.

You can imagine the rants I heard about Bush vs. Kerry and the uninaugurated one. Of course she is, like most lefties, unwilling to acknowledge inconvenient truths, such as Bush's marginally higher GPA at Yale than Kerry, his higher service IQ exams, and the similarity of Bush and Gore (a two-time grad school dropout) SAT scores. Oh, BTW, Bush has an MBA from Harvard.

[r9etb]

I wonder if maybe he's had a minor stroke, or ongoing ones, called TIAs?

I suspect you're right.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

I think Clinton's temper tantrum was contrived. He does nothing without some personal or political purpose behind it. My guess is that his self righteous "rage" was staged to make it appear the "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" is still out there attacking the liberals, and he wanted to appear as the valiant defender of truth.

That is a perfectly reasonable conclusion but one with which I disagree. Clinton can lie on-the-fly with the best of them. His many misstatements of fact are a sign that he wasn't prepared but was winging it. He always lies in the same vein as that interview - he was great the rest were awful; he did all he could when no one else did; it is a VRWC to get him; yada yada yada - but with preparation he can twist the facts a little better than he did.

[Osage Orange]

The people who take the time to educate themselves and vote are the "Americans" to which I refer

I see your "light" now....

Fair enough....

FRegards,

[PhiKapMom]

Bingo! I think alcoholic sums him up - have had experience with one and always everyone else is to blame.

[Jo Nuvark]

If I were Wallace, I'd be worried.
People who get in Clinton's way end up "Fostered".

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Chris Wallace recognized that he was part of a giant moment in television history and by letting BJ continue to rant and rave,and by not reacting, he got his best shot at a ratings and professional bonanza.

Watch it again. Wallace tried to interrupt him several times and get back on track but Clinton wasn't through ranting, even about "that smirk on your face" so Wallace eventually and meekly shut up. When Clinton got argumentative of the facts, though, Wallace jumped back in with questions.

There was more interaction, or attempts at it, than you may have noticed. However, the results will probably be as you note, a professional boost for Chris.

[DocFarmer]

I wonder if there's a downloadable version of that tirade - YouTube's not downloadable (and the quality's a bit off)...