Clinton Tells '60 Minutes' of Infidelity

[Kadie]

Clinton Tells '60 Minutes' of Infidelity

34 minutes ago

NEW YORK - Former President Bill Clinton (news - web sites) called his marital infidelity a "terrible moral error" whose disclosure to his wife put him "in the doghouse," during an interview scheduled for this Sunday's "60 Minutes."

Why did he commit adultery with White House intern Monica Lewinsky?

"For the worst possible reason," Clinton said. "Just because I could. I think that's just about the most morally indefensible reason anybody could have for doing anything."

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Clinton said he never considered resigning as president, and described his battle against the "abuse of power" of the impeachment process "a badge of honor."

"I stood up to it and beat it back," he said. "I don't see it as a stain, because it was illegitimate."

more... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=536&e=8&u=/ap/20040616/ap_on_re_us/60_minutes_clinton

I am looking forward to watching this interview and reading his book.

[Fenris]

1. Hee hee. He said 'stain.'

[Deja Q]

3. "stain", "beat it back", he's having fun with the double-entendres.

I think he's laughing. Not at Hillary but those who hate him for having Monica do to him what I can never seem to do to anyone else.

[qwertyMike]

8. Not a double-ententre but

"For the worst possible reason," Clinton said. "Just because I could..."

An allusion to Tony Blair, when he was caught off the record leaving the House, when a close friend asked him the 'real' reason for choosing Iraq to invade.??????

[lancdem]

10. Good catch

Clinton's transgression, of course, didn't kill anyone.

[Catherine Vincent]

28. Well, technically it did.

His semen could have been future seamen for the military!;-)

[0007]

13. .....looks like junior couldn't get the stain out of the Oval Office

[WLKjr]

30. lol and "beat it back"

glad he said it the way he did though, an honest answer to a question. Ahhh, the good ol' days of bj's in the whitehouse and scandals about buying land. I miss em'.

[lancdem]

2. I like his answer

He took full responsibility for what he did, which almost destroyed his marriage, but also called the impeachment exactly what it was - a politically motivated travesty.

[catzies]

4. That's what I like to say about him

He was a bad HUSBAND not a bad PRESIDENT. Makes freepers go woo :crazy:

[lancdem]

5. Yep

You can be a bad husband and a good president.

[cal04]

6. Clinton Calls Impeachment Battle 'Badge of Honor'

Former President Bill Clinton (news - web sites) called his fight against impeachment a "badge of honor" and his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky "morally indefensible" in a CBS television interview.


In the hourlong interview to air on CBS' "60 Minutes" on Sunday, two days before publication of his memoir, "My Life," Clinton said he was proud of his successful fight against impeachment, the network said in excerpts released on Wednesday.

"I didn't quit, I never thought of resigning and I stood up to it and beat it back," he said.

"The whole battle was a badge of honor. I don't see it as a stain, because it (the impeachment process) was illegitimate," added Clinton, who called the process "an abuse of power

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=584&e=2&u=/nm/20040617/pl_nm/people_clinton_dc

[camby]

7. On a related topic

Some idiot (I know a few of them) sent me a Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky joke over e-mail a few days ago. How long are these folks going to keep their heads in their asses? I guess these joke mails will be reverberating thru cyberspace for another decade or so...:shrug:

[Hoping4Change]

9. Welcome underground.

Hi there Camby. :hi:

[camby]

11. Love your bunny!

[Hoping4Change]

18. It's me having a bad ear day:)

And for some strange reason I found your bunny oddly familiar. Is it something in the eyes? Hmmmmm

[LTR]

12. He screwed up, plain and simple

But he admitted to and learned from his mistakes.

Just like LBJ regretted Vietnam, and Reagan regretted not doing enough to fight AIDS, Clinton admitted his errors.

Now Dubya, on the other hand...

[Media_Lies_Daily]

14. I find it interesting that Clinton's "error" didn't cause any loss of life

[Fenris]

17. For the record, I think not doing anything about AIDS and Viet Nam

Are bigger "mistakes" than having your penis fellated in the oval office by a woman who isn't your wife and then lying about it. No one died as a result of Clinton's mistake.

[LTR]

19. DING DING DING!

You nailed it.

Nobody ever died from a blow job. And if anyone did, it was with a smile on their face.

Just ask Nelson Rockefeller.

[lancdem]

20. LOL

[WLKjr]

31. Correction on Dying from a BJ

If you look in the Darwin Awards book ( I have one ), there was someone that died on a beach while giving head to her man, she drowned, and I wonder why? lol (how morbid of me)

[Stephanie]

26. Anyway, Poppy's blowjobs were off the record.

And Junior's were in his dreams.

[WLKjr]

32. yuppers

his 'wet dream' was the closest he got to head.

[Hutzpa]

36. How many times if any have you

had a BJ! word of advice try and get one, so you won't misssout in one of life's annointment. I strongly believe everyman should get a BJ before they pass into next life.

Thats my thought anyway.

[Hutzpa]

37. How many times if any have you

had a BJ! word of advice try and get one, so you won't misssout in one of life's annointment. I strongly believe everyman should get a BJ before they pass into next life.

Thats my thought anyway.


B-)

[JI7]

42. agree about admitting errors, but Clinton's BJ does not rank with Vietnam

and aids concerning lbj and reagan. and i believe lbj got some also.

[WilliamPitt]

15. Good stuff. Wish I'd heard it in 1998.

It would have saved us a lot of trouble. :grr:

[lancdem]

16. Sometimes people need to learn lessons the hard way

even presidents. :)

[Kadie]

21. I agree.

But it wouldn't have been enough for the republicans, they would have continued to stir the pot. Who knows what they would have come up with next.

[KG]

22. his infidelity cost al gore a slam-dunk, walk-off victory in 2k.

[Kadie]

24. Do you think the infidelity is more to blame, or the lying?

I could care less that he had an affair, as far as I am concerned that is for him and his wife to deal with. But I was very upset when he lied about it. I understand that he was being pushed into a corner, but he should have been up front and honest immediately, and not gone on national tv and lied about the relationship.

However, Clinton still had high approval numbers, and I think Al Gore made a mistake by distancing himself too much from Clinton.

[KG]

25. does it really matter?

short version - no blow job - no bush

[Kadie]

29. That should be a bumper sticker

no blow job - no bush

I can't stop laughing at that. Sounds like someone has been deprived. OK, my mind has gone the wrong direction now.

Good Night. LOL

[maggrwaggr]

41. "in my day, gentlemen were expected to lie about their sex lives"

Gore Vidal said that on Democracy Now, and I, for one, agree with him.

There is only one person who has any business asking me about my sex life.

That's my wife.

[quaker bill]

27. Gore allowed it to cost him a walk off victory in 2K

He chose to distance himself from Clinton, who was still quite popular. The distance only added legitimacy, weight, and a sense of shame to the charges. Clinton's approval ratings were proof that most of the country had moved on.

Gore should have spent more energy claiming the record of Clinton administration with pride.

[Hutzpa]

35. If only he had used...

some common sense and take the risk, we would have been in greater shape than we are now. Having to put up with these no good sonsofbitches!!

mad at you AL but will forgive
:mad: :toast:

[TexasBushwhacker]

23. I'd like to ad something to Clinton's "reason"

"Why did he commit adultery with White House intern Monica Lewinsky?

"For the worst possible reason," Clinton said. "Just because I could. I think that's just about the most morally indefensible reason anybody could have for doing anything."

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It certainly wouldn't be good for Clinton to say this, but IMHO, he didn't do anything that most men wouldn't do given the same opportunity. I remember Ross Perot having a hissy fit about the whole thing and all I could think was "She didn't offer to go down on you, you little pointy eared freak!" Most men put in the same situation would do it if they could. I doubt that Clinton is the first to "do it" in the Oval Office and he's certainly not the first politician to be unfaithful to his wife.

He was asked a question about his personal life that was no one's business except his and his wife's. He lied because he felt they were asking about something that should be kept private. As he said, "Even presidents have private lives." The Freepers need to get over it. That was the worst thing they could come up with on him and so they turned it into a BIG FUCKING DEAL. The affair was long over before we heard anything about it. It was a non-issue.

[Hutzpa]

33. Top Dawg Himself!!!

ha! how they would love to be him, go on you..you dawg.


:bounce: :yourock:

[maggrwaggr]

34. so we're hearing this bullshit instead of the Sibel Edmonds story?

what the FUCK?

Bill, get off the fucking TV. Your time is over. Quit trying to sell a goddamn book when the country is burning down.

[JohnOneillsMemory]

39. Maybe undecideds will see that Clinton wasn't bad after all and dump *.

I agree there is more important stuff to chew on but a foil can make the unseeing more able to see that important stuff.

[Tellurian]

38. Bill is educating the critical mass..

not everyone is politically inclined to the point,
they communicate for hours via message boards. ya know.

[Kinkistyle]

40. Which is worse: Getting BJ or Dumping Wife with Cancer?

Just wonderin. The guy who wrote the officials handbook for Republican "morals" is the bigger villain IMHO.

[dorktv]

43. Wow...Clinton can have sex for 60 minutes, or is Lewinsky just that bad?

This is a guy who can admit screwing up...Bush PAY ATTENTION AND LEARN SOMETHING! YOU TOO HAYWORTH!