Clinton Rages at BBC for Quizzing Him Over Monica

Yahoo News ^ | 6/21/04

[marshmallow]

LONDON (AFP) - Former US president Bill Clinton (news - web sites) lost his temper during a BBC interview after being repeatedly asked if he was genuine in voicing regret over his affair with Monica Lewinsky.

Clinton, revving up a publicity campaign ahead of the release Tuesday of his memoirs, bristled at relentless questioning about the affair with the White House intern by veteran BBC interviewer David Dimbleby, according to British newspapers.

The Times said Monday that Clinton, known for being media savvy and cheerful in public, let out a rant that lasted several minutes.

"As outbursts go, it is not just some flash that is over in an instant. It is something substantial and sustained," said a BBC executive who viewed the interview, according to the Sunday Telegraph.

The weekly said Clinton then branched out into an attack on media intrusion into the private lives of public figures.

Britain's public broadcaster will air the Clinton interview Tuesday, in step with the release of his much-awaited memoirs.

While the book recounts key global events of the charismatic Clinton's two-term presidency -- Kosovo, the Middle East, Somalia -- public interest in the 957-page tome has focused on the Lewinsky affair, one of the "old demons" that nearly brought down the world's most powerful man.

In leaked excerpts of the book and interviews ahead of its release, Clinton describes the Lewinsky affair as a moral failing, says he worried about losing the love of his daughter Chelsea and confesses that his marriage was salvaged by a year of intensive marital counseling.

[lepton]

Do remember that this list wasn't written by political opponents of the Clinton Administration. It is the Clinton Administrations OWN list of what it thought it might be liable for. I think the date on it is December 14, 1994 - less than two years into the administration.

If you note, in a few cases there are descriptions which appear to show intent to violate the law, by jury tampering and interfering with investigations.

[Bonaparte]

Yes, I'm aware of all that. The Clintons basically just transplanted their criminal operations to the WH and continued as before. The only difference is that they were now mugging all of America, not just Arkansas.