Now Phil wouldn't want to sound paranoid like us 'right wing-nuts' he and his bud Al Franken so often malign.....
Posted on 01/07/2003 5:54:24 PM PST by kattracks
MSNBC TV talker Phil Donahue bristled Tuesday at charges that he went soft on a 1999 rape allegation against Bill Clinton, explaining that an interview with the ex-president seven years earlier had left him so rattled he worried about his family.
"You know, you're talking to a guy who's got the finger from Bill Clinton for raising Gennifer Flowers on my television show. I did not give Clinton a pass," Donahue told nationally syndicated radio host Sean Hannity, who pressed him on Sexgate allegations by Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broaddrick.
"And I was booed by my own audience," Donahue insisted. "And I continued to question him about Gennifer Flowers - an issue at the time that he was denying."
But the one-time king of daytime TV talk complained that Clinton tried to intimidate him during the 1992 broadcast, telling Hannity, "He looked at me and he gave me that pointed finger. You remember when he said, 'I did not have sex...' He looked at me and he said, 'You're the reason for the cynicism in this country, Phil.'"
Donahue said he was worried about the impact the Clinton altercation might have on his family.
"My mother was watching from her apartment in Cleveland," he explained. "I've got a family and two dogs. I mean, that's a tough drill to take.
"So, don't say that I am just blindly surrendering," he told Hannity.
The Donahue-Hannity exchange went like this:
HANNITY: The guy you are defending - I've interviewed Kathleen Willey. She's a woman - you're a liberal, Phil. (And she's) on record saying that he groped me and grabbed me.
DONAHUE: Yes, and she called the president afterwards. She called the president after the incident and wanted to know if she could have a job with him.
HANNITY: She had no money, Phil. And what about Paula Jones? And what about the rape accusation by Juanita Broaddrick?
DONAHUE: You know, you're talking to a guy who's got the finger from Bill Clinton for raising Gennifer Flowers on my television show. I did not give Clinton a pass. And I said during the very first campaign that if the polls show that if the Americans care about the character issue in a presidential campaign, then the media has a responsibility to chase these issues. And I did. And I was booed by my own audience. And I continued to question him about Gennifer Flowers - an issue at the time that he was denying.
And he looked at me and he gave me that pointed finger. You remember when he said, "I did not have sex..." He looked at me and he said, "You're the reason for the cynicism in this country, Phil." My mother was watching from her apartment in Cleveland. You know, I've got a family and two dogs. I mean, that's a tough drill to take. So, don't say that I am just blindly surrendering. (End of Excerpt)
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Oh.
Nevermind.
Dear Sean: Please stop putting these ranting libs on your radio program. If I want to listen to libs, I can listen to any other radio station on the dial.
the ken and john show in los angeles reported several times that grey davis had physically shoved a female aide into the wall, injuring her.
she was told not to pursue the matter because "he'll ruin you".
so, she got the state of california to remove her to another office.
Now Phil wouldn't want to sound paranoid like us 'right wing-nuts' he and his bud Al Franken so often malign.....
Freepers, I think this is the beginning of a rash of defections from the Clintonista Camp. As the Bent One's political cache diminishes, those who previously felt threatened by the Dixie Mafia will be denying their past allegiances in the coming Conservative Era. This should be entertaining.
Paul Sperry is journalist who physically went toe-to-toe with Clintoon -- on the White House' South Lawn, no less!
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