Clinton Sees Distorted Media

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[Roscoe Karns]

Former President Bill Clinton says this country's media culture tends to distort the true political record. Clinton showed up Friday for the last session of a University of Arkansas at Little Rock class that studied his presidency. He spent more than two hours discussing his administration's successes and failures.

The former Arkansas governor clearly wanted to defend his legacy. He lamented what he called an atmosphere where everybody has an opinion and all you have to do is sound articulate on the television. He said nobody every asks if there's evidence to support a position.

Clinton said his own naiveté allowed opponents to force his hand on gays in the military as soon as he entered office. Similarly, he criticized himself for a lack of oversight that led to 18 deaths of U.S. servicemen when a helicopter was downed in Somalia in 1993. He also said he moved too slowly to ease a humanitarian crisis later in Rwanda.

He said he made a mistake pushing a new health care system before his less-controversial welfare reform package. Clinton said that was a repeat of an error he committed in his first term as Arkansas governor: trying to do too much too soon.

[big bad easter bunny]

The first of decades of dribble from a man who has no soul.

[snooker]

ROFLMAO ...

Poor BJ Billy, maybe he should call down and out Ted. They can both roll in their misery.

[Jeff Chandler]

Make the bad man go away!

[dts32041]

The boy finally admits he was a failure.

[Cicero]

Now he claims to have supported welfare reform? It was forced down his throat after he vetoed it twice.

I hope the liberal pimps in the media who fell on their swords to support this sorry piece of trash are pleased to hear how grateful he is for all their efforts on his behalf.

[Defender2]

Case of a distorted person seeing a distorted media....He's
truly distorted.

[ChadGore]

Re: Clinton Sees Distorted Media

Translation: "Waaahaha I want my tax-payer-funded-media-spin war-room back so I can lie without impunity."

[Texas_Jarhead]

"...his less-controversial welfare reform package."

His? His? Did I miss something or is this a little less than accurate?

[tet68]

Clinton said that was a repeat of an error he committed in his first term as Arkansas governor: trying to do too much too soon.

Too many lots on the Arkansas river eh?
Too many broads up at the Gov'nas house ?
Too much toot out at the airport?

Oh, when will we ever be free of this dog pile.

[The Wizard]

He said nobody every asks if there's evidence to support a positionand his ass is lucky or he'd be in jail

[DainBramage]

trying to do too much too soon

UHMM...I beleive it was 'do too many'

[Renegade]

Did he mean SEX when he said he tried to get too much too soon ????????

[ChadGore]

Re: Oh, when will we ever be free of this dog pile.

How long does it take for a dog pile to biodegrade ?

[darkwing104]

Former President Bill Clinton says this country's media culture tends to distort the true political record.

I think the truth hurt him like a cross to a vampire. Someone needs to tell him he is no longer wanted.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

He lamented what he called an atmosphere where everybody has an opinion and all you have to do is sound articulate on the television.

He just described how he became President.

[Nachum]

Oh, when will we ever be free of this dog pile.

When he becomes an object of scorn and derision for all Americans, including his friends in the media.

[JulieRNR21]

Did he say anything about the mistake of not capturing Osama bin Laden when the Sudanese offered him?

That mistake certainly impacted on thousands on 9-11-01.

[rovenstinez]

18 posts, and no one of the above had anything nice to say about the guy. He can smile! He was never going to lie!. And history is written. Let's move on.

[RAY]

I think, in this same session, Clinton said he would not criticize George Bush, with respect to Iraq WMD, for going on what the CIA told him. He said something to the effect that the President has to go on the best information he has, and not second-guess his security agencies (CIA).

I, opposition to Clinton’s presidency and politics applauded him for this statement. I only hope the GOP will record and use this in the next election.