Bradlee Reveals Clinton Marriage Still a Sham

NewsMax.com ^ | 6/11/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[kattracks]

Former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee stunned Larry King Tuesday night when he revealed that Bill and Hillary Clinton continue to have a sham marriage.

Bradlee, as well as presidential historian Michael Beschloss, was interviewed by King immediately after King's CNN interview of Hillary Rodham Clinton.

But Bradlee threw King for a loop when he revealed one of Washington's best known secrets: Bill and Hillary have still not reconciled since the Lewinsky affair.

Asked by King if Bill Clinton could become "First Man" if Hillary were to make it back to the White House, Bradlee responded, "I don't know. I don't know, the condition of the marriage, but it seems to me very difficult to pull this off. If they get back together again in any real way, I'd be stunned."

"If they get back together again" -- that's not what we heard on Barbara Walters this Sunday -- Hillary says she and Bill are suppose to be just one happy couple now.

King had a similar reaction to Bradlee's revelation: "You don't think they are a together couple?"

Bradlee stuck to his guns, answering King, "Well, I mean -- not by my definition."

Later in the interview Bradlee broached the subject of a possible Hillary-Bill divorce.

"Is there any possibility that -- do any of us feel that divorce is a possibility and she might try to run without him?" Bradlee asked King and Beschloss. Bradlee oversaw the Washington Post's coverage of Watergate and remains with his wife, society maven Sally Quinn, among the most well connected people in Washington.

[mewzilla]

I think it already has. Who wants a professional victim for president post 9-11? If the woman doesn't have the nads to make it on her own, how in heck can she say she's got the intestinal fortitude to defend the country? She can't. She's toast.

[Labyrinthos]

They'll never get a divorce so long as spousal privelege is necessary to cover their crimes.

The spousal privilege survives divorce as to those communications that occurred during the marriage.

[JoeSixPack1]

She can't. She's toast.

Never underestimate the power of corruption.

[mewzilla]

Pre 9-11 I'd've agreed with you.

[eartotheground]

The only thing Hillary was p@ssed off about vis a vis Lewinsky was that Bill left forensic evidence - DNA on the dress. Otherwise, they could have used their standard "trash the lying bimbo" strategy that worked so well in the past. Hillary being "shocked" by the Lewinsky matter is CRAP.

[Amelia]

Former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee stunned Larry King Tuesday night when he revealed that Bill and Hillary Clinton continue to have a sham marriage.

King might have acted stunned, but surely he's not stupid enough to have actually been stunned.

[Lee'sGhost]

No, King really is THAT stupid.

[Graewoulf]

You have just defined the clinton Legacy: "Deny, Delay, Lie, and Move on. The game is the Con and the Con is the Game."

All that is needed for political success for a Con Artist is a simple majority of gullible voters.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Have they EVER had a "real" marriage? I'm not even counting the birthing of Chelsea........ who looks an awful lot like Webb Hubbell. And what about Bill's telling Juanita Broaddrick that she didn't have to worry about getting pregnant because he was sterile due to the mumps?!!!

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

BTW, I'd trust Ben Bradlee over and above just about everyone who operates in DC to know the REAL truth of what goes on behind closed doors. And yes, it doesn't hurt that he's got a socially-connected wife. There are no real secrets in DC when it comes to personal relationships.

[flamefront]

2) Divorce him after the Inauguration

Fat chance. This is a mutually reinforcing protection racket. She needs him for his political pull. Perhaps also you didn't hear about Morris mentioning the idea of a proposed change of rules for UN Secretary General to actually get Bill in there.

[ewing]

No sex in the champaign room?

[Pharmboy]

The word a few years ago was that Sally Quinn felt the clintons had stained Washington and that she could not stand them.

[AxelPaulsenJr]

Take with a grain of salt anything Ben Bradlee has to say. I suspect this is just further crapola spin from the Senator Hitlery camp to garner sympathy for her. To further perpetuate the myth that Hitlery didn't know that klintoon played the field.

[P-Marlowe]

You forgot the most important reason. A spouse cannot be forced to testify against their spouse.

[OldFriend]

The clinton marriage was a sham LONG before the Monica mess.

They both grew up in chaos and continued that pattern to this day.

[bray]

They have the sickest marriage on the planet!

Pray for GW and The Truth

[twigs]

I think she is running this time.

I agree. I thought all along that Hill would line her ducks up in a row to step up in '04 IF she saw an opportunity, but would wait until '08 if that was better for her. I am beginning to think now it's to be '04. Most dems can't even name who's running. And the media is lining up to condemn George Bush about "lying" to the American public about WMD (which of course is just not true). I think the timing of Bill's book is the final reason to believe that Hill is running in '04. Waiting for '08 is too risky in case Rudy should run against her.

[nina0113]

You forgot:

4. Spousal privilege.

[gaspar]

When was the last time that you saw Bill and Hill together at a purely social event? The Hamptons, perhaps, five years ago?