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Clinton rages against Dimbleby in Panorama confrontation over Lewinsky
The Sunday Telegraph ^ | June 20, 2004 | Chris Hastings and Charles Laurence

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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: amazingdisgrace; angermismanagment; angrycrat; arkancide; clinton; explosion; hoax; impeachedx42; legacy; lewinsky; mylife; mylifesucks; noselfcontrol; publicity; publicitystunt; putsomeiceonit; scam
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To: MadIvan

Guess where I am.

For some reason, i always thought you were in Canada. Sorry.

61 posted on 06/19/2004 5:03:23 PM PDT by fso301
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To: TomGuy

I believe it!


62 posted on 06/19/2004 5:03:25 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Howlin

Hee hee...this is going to be a great interview. Bookmarking.


63 posted on 06/19/2004 5:03:45 PM PDT by I got the rope
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To: Howlin

It sounds like this Dimbleby fellow is of the same stuff.


64 posted on 06/19/2004 5:04:21 PM PDT by mware
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To: MadIvan

Wow! Ping to myself, for followup. Can't wait to hear the details!


65 posted on 06/19/2004 5:05:11 PM PDT by Judith Anne ("The convictions that shaped the president began to shape the times..." President G.W. Bush)
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To: NYC GOP Chick

Did his face turn a reddish purple?


Did he bite his lip ?


66 posted on 06/19/2004 5:06:27 PM PDT by sawmill trash (NADER !!! NADER !!! NADER !!! NADER !!! NADER !!! NADER !!! NADER !!! NADER !!!)
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To: Howlin
Perhaps Dimbleby did it, because he could.
67 posted on 06/19/2004 5:06:58 PM PDT by mware
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To: MadIvan
This is nothing new. We have seen his temper in action before. Did he really think that "therapy all day" and "sleeping on the couch" (in the White House, yes, we certainly all believe that... They had separate bedrooms, anyway!) stuff was going to fool us? Lewinsky was not his only affair inthe White House! He was NEVER penitent, just upset that he was caught.

This is the real Bill, all right.

And as I recall, the first time we saw him angry about "Miss Lewinsky" was when he blew a fuse at US, the American People, and shook his finger in all of our faces and told us he had had no "relations."

68 posted on 06/19/2004 5:07:10 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: sawmill trash
Did he bite his lip ?

And if so, did he put some ice on it?

69 posted on 06/19/2004 5:07:40 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick (Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! -- RIP, President Reagan)
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To: fso301; All
Interview should appear at http://www.bbc.co.uk/panorama/ when it starts at around 17:35 EDT on Tuesday. I say "should" because it is a special programme; Panorama is normally only on Sunday nights, so I don't know if it will be put up on the page.
70 posted on 06/19/2004 5:08:29 PM PDT by gary_b_UK
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To: NYC GOP Chick

You have to love it, Clinton is sucking the air right out of Kerry's lungs.


71 posted on 06/19/2004 5:08:38 PM PDT by mware
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To: mware

hey, let's not forget how he dressed down Britt Hume at the presser with RBGinsburg. well, i'm warming up to this book tour idea now. only downside: if Clinton continues on this track, it might make JFKerry look better in comparison.


72 posted on 06/19/2004 5:08:42 PM PDT by avital2
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To: mware
You have to love it, Clinton is sucking the air right out of Kerry's lungs.

Yep, just like Monica su... nevermind... ;)

73 posted on 06/19/2004 5:09:36 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick (Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! -- RIP, President Reagan)
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To: MadIvan
"It is memorable television which will give the public a different insight into the President's character......"

It's an insight, all right, but not a different one.

We've seen him remove his microphone at news conferences before and walk off pouting, like the little kid he is, at the asking of a probing question.

74 posted on 06/19/2004 5:09:44 PM PDT by nightdriver
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To: MadIvan

Thanks Ivan. Was David Dimbleby's father Richard Dimbleby
of years ago BBC?


75 posted on 06/19/2004 5:09:54 PM PDT by SoCalPol (Ted Kennedy.... A Blond in Every Pond)
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To: mware

I like it.

Perhaps Bush should take that up as his excuse for any and everything he is accused of!


76 posted on 06/19/2004 5:10:03 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: NYC GOP Chick
Yep, just like Monica su... nevermind... ;)

I had a feeling I would get that response when I posted it.

77 posted on 06/19/2004 5:10:32 PM PDT by mware
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To: TomGuy

Gorelick is involved in EVERY Clinton scandal according the articles I found googling.


78 posted on 06/19/2004 5:10:35 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: MadIvan

Will the BBC be "allowed" to air this interview?


79 posted on 06/19/2004 5:11:24 PM PDT by TheSpottedOwl (Torrance Ca....land of the flying monkeys)
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To: MadIvan
I'm not surprised at his reaction at all. He plays an incredible game of 'impeachment's my badge of honor', and I always suspected that his true feelings about his impeachment ran to the exact opposite. Not because he's ashamed necessarily, but he's enraged that he was brought so low, so publicly.

He really doesn't consider it a badge of honor, and knows full well that unless he cures Cancer, impeachment was his final, historical eviseration and judgement.

80 posted on 06/19/2004 5:11:47 PM PDT by AlbionGirl ('Bringing into captivity every understanding to the obedience of Christ.')
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