The transcript doesn't reflect something.
At this point (early in the interview)
WALLACE: So what is it that you can do as a former president?CLINTON: So what you can do as a former president is — you don't have the wide range of power, so you have to concentrate on fewer things. But you are less at the mercy of unfolding events.
So if I say, look, we're going to work on the economic empowerment of poor people, on fighting AIDS and other diseases, on trying to bridge the religious and political differences between people, and on trying to, you know, avoid the worst calamities of climate change and help to revitalize the economy in the process, I can actually do that.
I mean, because tomorrow when I get up, if there's a bad headline in the paper, it's President Bush's responsibility, not mine. That's the joy of being a former president. And it is true that if you live long enough and you really have great discipline in the way you do this, like this CGI, you might be able to affect as many lives, or more, for the good as you did as president.
The bolded portion, instead of 'responsibility', Clinton started to say 'fault'. My son and I both heard 'fau' before he corrected himself.
I heard him start to say "fault" as well. I guess he's used to saying "It's Bush's fault," just like everyone else in his party.
You are correct...he definitely began to say "fault".
"I mean, because tomorrow when I get up, if there's a bad headline in the paper, it's President Bush's responsibility, not mine"
it looked like he was going to say FAULT instead of RESPONSIBILITY...I taped it, going to check it again, but I believe he make a quick word change there...