USAToday: Bill Clinton 'Loved' His Wife's 'He's Not Standing Here' Moment

[Hissyspit]

http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/09/bill-clinton-lo.html

Bill Clinton 'loved' his wife's 'he's not standing here' moment

Tonight on MSNBC-TV's Countdown with Keith Olbermann (8 p.m. ET), former president Bill Clinton is asked about the moment during last night's Democratic debate when Tim Russert pointed out that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton might disagree with her husband about whether it's ever a good idea to torture suspected terrorists.

Sen. Clinton, who had just said torture is not permissible, said of the possible conflict with the former president that "well, he's not standing here right now." (Video clip here.)

According to a transcript of the pre-recorded Olbermann interview that MSNBC just e-mailed to reporters, president Clinton says:

I loved it. I thought to myself, you know, Tim Russert is a very clever interviewer, he thought that he had trapped her, and instead she made the obvious point that if she is elected, she will be the president, I won't, she will make the final call and I completely agree with her about the policy. The United States has to be against terror.

[lisa58]

1. It was a good answer

[liberal N proud]

2. It did send a message that her policy isn't Bill's policy

At least on that subject anyway

[jgraz]

3. If she could only send a message that her policy isn't her corporate contributors' policy

Now THAT would be something to see.