President Clinton to Peter Jennings:

[journalist3072]

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President Clinton schools Peter Jennings!

[Buzz Clik]

1. Nicely done.

Jennings had it handed to him, and it was richly deserved.

[Time for change]

47. Wow! What a great, great interview.

That should be used as a training video for Democrats, and I hope that Bill has hundreds of more interviews like that over the next two years.
:applause:

[jgraz]

2. All I could think during this is 'Wow he can actually speak!"

Can we please elect a smart person in 08?

[bluestateguy]

3. Clinton hated ABC News

and I'm sure he still does after their little "Path to 9/11" fantasy movie (wasn't that suppose to sink the Democrats in the election this year? Oh, never mind).

One of the most persistent reporters during the Lewinsky deal was fat Jackie Judd of ABC.

[baldguy]

4. "People were being indicted,"

"carted off to jail, bankrupted, ruined! Because they were Democrats and because THEY WOULD NOT LIE!."

[Why Syzygy]

5. I love this man.

Always have, always will. If we have to get a dictator, can't it be Clinton? I miss him. He's right. He never let us down. Unlike . we know who ..

[durrrty libby]

15. I feel the same way about him

[tblue]

33. He's the greatest. Ever. 911 would not have happened if not for what they did to Bill, IMHO.

Distracting him, accusing him, hounding him, defaming him. If you never saw or read The Hunting of the President, you have to see what hey did to Susan MacDougal.

Jennings was a putz. ABC was criminal and is to this day. I will never NEVER patronize ABC/Disney ever ever again.

[Marnieworld]

44. But he wouldn't be a dictator

He would refuse that power. Being President was enough for him. He is a true American Patriot loyal to the Constitution, understanding its brilliance and respecting it completely.

I'm sure you could tell I love him as well. He's not a perfect husband, but he was a good president and a gift to the country and the world. His mind, his beautiful mind. I miss him so. I never ever pass over him if I see him on TV. And I cherish these moments when he stands up to these people. He's strength and courage defined.

[Maraya1969]

6. Think about how many children's lives can be saved with 100 million dollars.

How many homeless people could be given shelter with 100 million dollars? How much needed medicine can be given with 100 million dollars?

Think about all the good things that could be done with 100 million dollars.

And the Republicans call themselves the party with "morals". They'd rather spend 100 million dollars in a futile attempt at revenge rather than help their neighbor.

[Frustratedlady]

8. OUR dollars, right?

I'd gladly pay my share to get this president/administration. Problem is, we probably don't have $100M left.

[chefgirl]

7. Republicans are garbage

That is all.

-chef-

[Rageneau]

9. Nice reminder that Peter Jennings was no different from the other media whores.

The ever-lamentable fact is that, of all major TV 'journalists' active during the Clinton Inquisitions, the only honest and objective voice belonged to Geraldo Rivera.

[The Count]

17. Jennings started the "how dare you say W was AWOL" schtick with Clark

during a debate. He asked Clark to disavow Michael Moore (which he refused). The table turning effort snowballed until it got Rather fired. But it was Jennings who fired the first shot, and I never got the fuzzies when he died like others here.

[Felinity]

25. Totally out-classed!

Jennings has some chutzpah, but lacks humility, not to mention sense. He should sit on the floor and beg like a dog to ask questions of Clinton or Clark.

[liberalpragmatist]

23. I like Jennings

I'm glad Clinton called him out on this, but he was overall a very good journalist.

And a true idea of Jennings' leanings is shown by his greeting to Henry Kissinger at a Washington social event:

"How does it feel to be a war criminal, Henry?"

[Joe Chi Minh]

27. Slime-ball Jennings was very much to the fore, on CNN, in the disgaceful persecution of the

Clintons by the Republicans, because they knew Bill's exceptional charisma and historic presidential leadership had cost them years in power through electoral fraud, and laid great foundations for more years of Democratic rule.

I am convinced that one one of the many reasons people all over the world still love wild Bill to bits, is because that persecution only served to confirm what they all knew - that he stood as the absolute antithesis of the Ugly American, the murderous racist rednecks of the CIA, FBI, State Department and military-industrial complex.

[spooky3]

35. I respected PJ for not interrupting when the Pres. was laying out

his argument. That was the right thing for him to do.

People who think "morality" = sexual behavior are...American wingnuts. That's not even 1% of it.

[Joe Chi Minh]

45. I have to say, you're very undemanding, if you respected him for that.

Limbaughs only come along once in a decade.

[LoZoccolo]

10. Clinton is a pimp.

I mean that fond-like.

[fob]

24. You got that right! Did you notice he was able to calmly drink a

Mickey's Big Mouth while smacking that "immoral" shit right outta the park.


note: I know it's not a Mickey's but it looks like one, so I'm going with it.

[LoZoccolo]

29. The only thing that would have made that sip more pimp...

...was if he had a pimp cup with which to drink it. We need to start a Friends of Clinton the Pimp society to donate a pimp cup to the Clinton Library, to be used only by the the Big Dog himself.

[arewenotdemo]

38. lol

[Bernardo de La Paz]

43. A pimp beats women into prostitution. Please don't tar Clinton that way.

[LoZoccolo]

50. I never knew that; thanks.

I'm glad I have you and the rest of concerned DUers to point these things out and keep me on track. :hug:

[The Backlash Cometh]

11. Gladly gave the fifth recommendation.

I wish we had been a more united group back in 1998. Our country would have been better off today if we had stopped the right-wing conspiracy back then.

[Gregorian]

12. We are now standing.

They hit us sitting down. They punched when we weren't looking. They ganged up on us unfairly. They robbed us blind. But we're standing now. And we're armed with powerful knowledge.

Bill Clinton, whatever secrets and faults he may have, is still a great man. And you cannot say that about many presidents in recent history.


Off to the Greatest page with you!

[SlavesandBulldozers]

13. History smiles on Bill Clinton.

he was a great steward of this country. flawed? certainly. deeply flawed? hardly.

The chimp isn't worthy of being in the same room as this man. Watching interviews with Clinton makes me even more embarassed by the chimp. Just the thought of him, I shudder to think what might have been and what could be.

[spooky3]

37. I wish someone would conduct a poll

asking people how they would compare Bush 43 to Clinton.

I would love to see the results.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

53. me too.

it would make a great cnn poll.

[mopinko]

14. .

[monmouth]

21. I remember during the Kenneth Starr investigation Christmas

was coming up so I decided to send President Clinton a card. I wrote a note telling him "this too will pass" and other words of encouragement. It wasn't two weeks later I received a lovely letter from him thanking me for my kind words. I realize he sent thousands of these out, but that meant a great deal to me. Still does.

[FlaGranny]

42. Hey, I've got one of those around here somewhere, too.

I forgot all about it. :-)

[Tellurian]

16. If they had Clinton rated behind Nixon...

Those historians are supported by a Republican think tank not fit to wipe Clinton's shoes.

Liked it though, when you pointed that finger at Jennings. You scared the begeesus out of him!
He feared a humiliating descent if he came back again after you put him down in the second round.
Afraid to go down in embarrassment like the Wallace's brouhaha..

Good on ya Big Dog! That'll learn um'- I see you did better as well...This time, They can't accuse you of losing your temper!
Dr. Clinton (surgeon extraordinaries)

[The Count]

18. The words "moral authority" in times of torture, massacres and trashing the

Constitution ring so very shallow - it's not even funny!

[liberal N proud]

19. Clinton calling out the media whores!

[pacalo]

20. This is even better now that Bush-style dirty politics has become so well known.

What puzzles me, though, is what was Poppy's motivation for buddying up to Clinton in these last few years. To clear his conscience? To keep his enemy near, while getting inside Clinton's politically-brilliant head? To soften the Democrats' anger about Clinton's treatment by the Rethugs' character assassination machine?

[monmouth]

22. I think Bill is the son he wished he had, out of all of them...

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

31. Yes. And Clinton grew up without a father. The two of them have formed a bond that is not that hard

to fathom.

Both are ex presidents, to boot.

I don't see them together much, lately, though.

MKJ

[AtomicKitten]

26. The Media Heathers are every bit to blame.

The MSM is Junior High School redux.

Compare that to the free ride the current WH occupant has had and your head will explode.

[libnnc]

54. "Media Heathers"...

THAT is the BEST description I've heard yet. They are just a bunch of nasty Heathers.


Filing it away for future use...

[BootinUp]

28. Luved watchin that again...

Thanks for the post. :)

[acmavm]

30. It was lovely to watch Clinton put Jennings in his place like that.

I've seen that video before.

At one time I had great admiration for Peter Jennings. He seemed (seemed being the operative word) to be one of the most honest journalist out there. But he ended up being nothing but a partisan hack. And after bush** started running for office, and the theft of the 2000 election, Jenning proved what a spineless deceitful republican shill he was.

[Glimmer of Hope]

32. It is still hard to believe what he and others went through.

And all the crimes the current administration have committed without a slap on the hand.

[Tellurian]

34. But you see, it had to be this way...

nothing else would have or could have worked. The VRW had been organized for Poppy's second term. They were prepared to come at us, guns loaded, and done then what has been done now. Republicans are only good at getting things done on the sly. They cannot
survive scrutiny under the light. They never could and never will. That is their greatest weakness and our greatest strength.

We could have chipped away at them, a little at the time, but as soon as one entity was vanquished, another would pop up to replace him. Whereas now, the entire Right Wing of the Republican Party has been taken down. Each entity has been outed as the fraudulent, criminal, hypocrites and un Americanism they represent. They can NEVER, NEVER, be Trusted to hold power in this country ever again..

Our job as a collective, is to protect our country for all eternity from these psychopathic monsters masquerading as politicians.

[Laurab]

36. I miss Bill.....

and he is so right in what he says in that clip. Kenneth Starr was such a sleazebag, the Repukes were so self-righteous and hypocritical - some things never change. I'd love to know the names of the people who did that study, because I doubt it was "people across the board politically".

[Joe Bacon]

39. Clinton put that liar Peter Jennings in his place.

ABC = Always Been Conservative. If you don't believe me, watch any lie that John Stossel says.

[buddysmellgood]

40. Holy shit. I had never seen that. Thank you.

[autorank]

41. I love this guy so much...

He IS the towering intellect on the public stage. He's not perfect and he doesn't claim to be
but he is telling the TRUTH HERE. The 'moral authority' question was beautifully answered and
his logic is both persuasive and correct. His contempt for the limitations of the 'historians'
is also well taken and delivered in the off handed style that their ill informed status deserves.

Thank you Bill Clinton for proving that in this great country they can't put a good man or woman
down who is as filled with talent as you are. They can and they most certainly will try but in
Clinton's case, his intellect and great common sense prevailed. He's looking pretty damn good
too for having gone through his health crisis.

God bless THE PEOPLE of the United States and may the oligarchs and their minions have to endure
many more Clintons to come. It is our only hope.

[Jade Fox]

46. Thank God Clinton is standing up for himself.....

Peter Jennings smugness in that video just took him down a serious notch in my opinion.

[goddess40]

48. Big Dog at his finest!

I didn't agree with everything he did (NAFTA was the worst)but he was so much better then anything the republican's have ever done. Clinton really cares about America.

[KatieB]

49. Fantastic - Clinton Finally putting these people in their place

Wish he could have said this while he was President.

[Dangerman]

51. Kick ass Bill!

[whistle]

52. Jesus Christ, Clinton handled that so well, he nailed the national

....networks and Peter Jennings and ABC regarding the constitution and how they allowed Ken Starr and the neo-cons to wipe their asses with it. I hope Bill Clinton keeps telling the truth on those bastards for everything they have done to steal this country away from Americans.

[underpants]

55. That is from the opening of his library. I had that saved on my old DVR

but I lost it when we turned it in (TiVo). Thanks for posting this. The entire interview is something to behold.