LIVE THREAD: Chris Wallace's interview with former President Bill Clinton ... FNC 6pm eastern

FNC | sept., 24, 2006 | me

[blogblogginaway]

Thought it would be a good idea to discuss the upcoming interview where we already know Clinton loses it with Wallacae here. I for one am anxious to see it.

[alwaysconservative]

The comments from the incredibly stupid (unedukated)supporters of Slick are driving down the ratings. Boy, are they pathetic!

[txrangerette]

Paul Sperry of Investor's Business Daily (at the time)

AT PICNIC, CLINTON GETS ANGRY AT REPORTER'S QUESTIONS [Free Republic]

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a37f076267798.htm

And there was a confrontation with Brit, too, as was mentioned.

[shrinkermd]

On another thread I discussed left vs. right handedness. This after a Freeper told me President Clinton was left handed.

Remember in the famous Monica speech he wagged his right index finger at the camera when he said "...I did not have sex with that woman..."

In this interview, President Clinton spent most of the interview using his right hand to make his points. His expressions were almost all (actually all that I saw) on the right until the dreaded topic of Osama Bin Laden came up.

Then he not only became florid, angry and almost assaultive but he used his left hand to punctuate his efforts including wagging his left index finger. His speech changed, and if you forget the actual arguments he made, what he did was switch to Daily Kos type paranoid statements including "neocon," "right wing" and other pejoratives.

I leave the interpretation to the Freepers; however, it is apparent when he uses his left hand, he uses it when emotional, angry and speaking extemporaneously without the usual rehearsal I ams sure he relies on.

Finally, don't forget all things being equal left handed men earn more than right handed men, are more common in the creative disciplines and are over represented in college faculties compared to right handers.

He surely has succeeded beyond any conceivable measure from his family background. In someways he has a typical "wonder kid" type personality often found in alcoholic and other dysfunctional families.

[jazusamo]

Wow! That's really bizarre, thanks for the post. It's uncanny how similar that rant of his was to todays. I don't know anything about mental health but it looks like he has a real problem, maybe some kind of persecution complex?

It's known he's got a problem with the truth and with taking resposibility for his mistakes but this thing with the media and the right wing conspiracy is something different.

One good thing though, he's no longer president.

[alwaysconservative]

He was slapping or poking Chris Wallace knee with his left hand. Is that what you were referring to?

[alwaysconservative]

"Chris Wallace knee" should read "Chris Wallace's knee".

Fingers moving too fast, I'm afraid.

[shrinkermd]

No, I was talking about the index finger wagging. He does this to make a point, intimidate and so on.

Invading Wallace's private space I did not see; it surely speaks poorly for his decorum and maturity that he did so.

I have often wondered after his cardiac surgery whether he had a mild cognitive insult resulting in increased emotional lability.

[bvw]

Count me as a proud member of what you called the "peanut gallery". Clinton's missile emissions were just of a kind with his other emissions. As cheap an opportunist as a some lougne lothario who spies a recent widow on her first night of heavy drinking.

With the 20/20 that hindsight affords I'd think even you and the wonderously intelligent Republican elected politicians would see that support given him at the time as the ruination it was. Those one-shot outbursts -- and cut and runs -- were what empowered Bin Laden, so Bin Laden himself as said. We should all thank their committment in support Bill's loose wailings? Nope! They cost us dear.

[maica]

Thanks for the link.

*****


A side note to the Fox News panel discussion this morning. I did not hear anyone use the phrase 'Mr Clinton' as they all insist that their stylebook requires they refer to 'Mr Bush.' All I heard, over and over was "Presidentclinton" or even "the president" referring to x42, not our sitting president.

[alwaysconservative]

I didn't know someone with his level of emotional lability could get any more labile, but he sure proved me wrong!

What a buffoon Clinton was in this interview! We FReepers should now add a new word to our lexicon; we should refer to a "Clinton" when we say someone completely bombed an interview and physically threatened the interviewer.

[maica]

One of my worries during the campaign of 2000 was that GWB was not lefthanded. The previous 3 presidents are/were lefthanded, and I was afraid that another lefthander would prevail. Luckily, W broke the pattern.

[hardworking]

In someways he has a typical "wonder kid" type personality often found in alcoholic and other dysfunctional families

And in diagnosed psychopaths, and no they are not all serial killers. According to the author of 'Without Conscience' - a professor at U. of B.C. - there are probably about 2 million psychopaths in our society at any given time. Psychopaths do not have a conscience and hence lying is merely an exercise, nothing more.

[cwb]

"Bush went on f(Edited)king vacation..."

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You gotta love the Left. These people act as if Bush had nothing to do for his first 8 months, when in reality, he had one of the toughest starts of any president...especially when you include 9/11. Hell, Bush entered office with a deliberately hostile Democrat party on the heels of a contested election, making even getting his appointments thru a challenge.

His priority push for tax-cuts was necessary when you consider the recession and the corporate scandals that were rocking this country. From the ABM Treaty and SDI to the UN, Kyoto and the ICC, Bush had a full-plate of international issues that he was dealing with. Lost in this shuffle was the Chinese/Spy Plane crisis that some in the media even elevated to Gary Power status...as Bush had to immediately deal with an international incident.

Unlike Clinton who presided over a government shotdown, pizza parties with interns and BJs in the oval office, Bush had a much deserved vacation due after his first 8 months.

[popdonnelly]

What's really annoying is that this notorious liar thinks he can do his thing on television, and everyone will believe him. He takes us all as a bunch of fools without minds, no awareness of what happened, and no ability to think. Fits his main audience, the DU.

[sageb1]

Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy_Checklist-Revised_%28PCL-R%29

Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R)

This is a clinical rating scale with 20 items. Each of the items in the PCL-R is scored on a three-point (0, 1, 2) scale according to specific criteria through file information and a semi-structured interview. A value of 0 is assigned if the item does not apply, 1 if it applies somewhat, and 2 if it fully applies. The items are as follows:

1. Glibness/superficial charm
2. Grandiose sense of self-worth
3. Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom
4. Pathological lying
5. Conning/manipulative
6. Lack of remorse or guilt
7. Shallow affect
8. Callous/lack of empathy
9. Parasitic lifestyle
10. Poor behavioral controls
11. Promiscuous sexual behavior
12. Early behavioral problems
13. Lack of realistic, long-term goals
14. Impulsivity
15. Irresponsibility
16. Failure to accept responsibility for own actions
17. Many short-term marital relationships
18. Juvenile delinquency
19. Revocation of conditional release
20. Criminal versatility

The items are then summed in order to obtain a total score. The cutoff for psychopathy is 30 points or greater (25 in some studies).

[A CA Guy]

Amen

[A CA Guy]

No mention on the more important issue of having Bin Laden and letting him go!

[shield]

Thanks. I wonder why I thought Paul Sperry was with WND? Maybe he wrote some editorials for them...I can't remember. I didn't know about Brit. Again thanks.

[shrinkermd]

Killing him with kindness while expressing shock and surprise as to President Clinton's antics. This from a man who has spent a lifetime focusing on not being just "liked" but but Willy Loman,"well liked."

Beats me as to why he chose Fox News to make his point. He even attacked poor Chris Wallace for "smirks." They made their points without seeming biased and that takes doing when you are dealing with RATS.

[wouldntbprudent]

And here's a good thread on the subject from yesterday ---

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1707076/posts