"There's nothing wrong with getting angry if you're right, as
Chris Matthews put it. But when Clinton went after Wallace, he
inadvertently allowed his mask to slip. America got a glimpse
not just of a former president who feels mischaracterized,
but of a man filled with contempt for the lesser mortals who
would seek to undo him. His inner Gollum was visible beneath a
roiling rage... Experience tells us, too, that manipulators are
always contemptuous of those they manipulate... Clinton's marmish
scolding of Wallace was a telling moment, much like another time
he wagged his finger on television."
---columnist Kathleen Parker
"So where did that poise go as Mr. Wallace asked a thoroughly
mannerly question about the Clinton anti-terror record? The
answer is revealed in the first words out of his presidential
mouth. 'First I want to talk about the context in which this
arises. I'm being asked this on the Fox Network.' Huh? How in
the world does that matter? Is there something otherworldly
about fielding a question from someone who might not share your
politics? Ask Ronald Reagan or either President Bush about any
interview conducted over the years by CNN, ABC, CBS or NBC, to say
nothing of the agenda-setting major newspapers. Can you imagine
a Republican president angrily obsessing about the questioner
to the questioner's face before attempting an answer?"
---Dallas Morning News columnist Mark Davis