Posted on 06/19/2004 4:38:44 PM PDT by MadIvan
Bill Clinton loses his temper with David Dimbleby during a BBC television interview to be broadcast this week when he is repeatedly quizzed about his affair with Monica Lewinsky.
The former American president, famed for his amiable disposition, becomes visibly angry and rattled, particularly when Dimbleby asks him whether his publicly declared contrition over the affair is genuine.
His outrage at the line of questioning during the 50-minute interview, to be broadcast on Panorama on Tuesday night, lasts several minutes. It is the first time that the former President has been seen to lose his temper publicly over the issue of his sexual liaisons with Ms Lewinsky.
The President initially responds to Dimbleby's questions by launching a general attack on media intrusion. When the broadcaster persists with the question of whether the politician was truly penitent, Clinton directs his anger towards Dimbleby.
The atmosphere, which was initially warm, then turns decidedly chilly. One BBC executive who has seen the interview, which took place in a New York hotel last Wednesday, said: "He is visibly angry with Dimbleby's line of questioning and some of that anger gets directed at Dimbleby himself. As outbursts go, it is not just some flash that is over in an instant. It is something substantial and sustained.
"It is memorable television which will give the public a different insight into the President's character. It will leave them wondering whether he is as contrite as he says he is about past events. Dimbleby manages to remain calm and order is eventually restored."
Mr Clinton agreed to speak to Panorama as part of the publicity campaign for his autobiography My Life.
It's gotta irk his guts that someday - probably a decade or more away - his stain will be obvious to all. The sham will eventually die.
On Drudge Now
Drudge already has.
"CLINTON RAGES DURING BBC-TV INTERVIEW: Developing..."
Let us know what you think after viewing......thanks, Jan
"It is memorable television which will give the public a different more accurate insight into the President's lack of character."
Say, hno, you wouldn't have access to the BBC, would you?
His legacy is a sad, 16-acre hole in the ground five blocks west of my apartment.
Thanks and a BTTT
This is from the NYTimes book review by Michiko Kakuani June 20,2004.
"Looking back on those days of living with a violent, abusive stepfather, Mr. Clinton writes like someone familiar with therapeutic tropes. He writes that seeing his stepfather angry and drunk, he came to associate anger with being out of control, and determined to keep his own anger locked away."
BJ should borrow Gore's Lockbox.And lose the key.
Hey, have you seen this? I wonder if this will be on BBC America, which we have on our satellite.
I'll take a wait and see pass on this. Last time we heard about a blow-up by slick it was a put-on about his Grand Jury Testimony.
Everything "toon", is a fabrication.
(PS- I do so want this to be real!) <|:-)~~
LOL! Clinton presumed that he would meet the squishy left media but walked into a windmill of a man! ...good work, David!
I heard almost the exact same promo for Clinton's deposition in the Paula Jones case. Wasn't true, but everybody watched.
Guess where I am.
Regards, Ivan (of London, UK)
ping for later
Hey bill......put some ice on it.....
Tape!
Video!
We demand video!!!!!
lol.
Hopefully, someone captured that on video. We sure know Viacom wouldn't broadcast it until they've edited it to make ole Bill look good.
I wonder if this will see the light of day on BBC America....
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