Peter G. Peterson Foundation 2014 Fiscal
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May 14, 2014 - PBS's Gwen Ifill
interviewed former President Bill Clinton. At the end of almost
an hour of exchanges on a wide range of subjects, she asked, "Karl Rove asked yesterday, or
raised the question over the weekend I guess, about whether Hillary
Clinton is well enough to run for president in 2016 and whether in fact
she had suffered a brain injury. Dr. Rove wants to know as much
as we do whether that's true and whether it will affect her decision
making."
Clinton responded, "Well first of all I've got to
give him credit. You know that embodies that old saying that
consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. First they said she
faked her concussion and now they say she's auditioning for a part on
"The Walking Dead." I mean you know whatever it takes.
Ifill: "You think they're just trying to..." "Look. She works out every week. She is strong. She's doing great. As far as I can tell she's in better shape than I am. She certainly seems to have more stamina now. And, there's nothing to it. It, it, I didn't even, I was sort of dumb-founded. "They went to all this trouble to say that she had staged what was a terrible concussion. It required six months of very serious work to get over. It's something she never low-balled with the American people, never tried to pretend didn't happen. Now they say she's really got brain damage. "Well if she does then I must be in really tough shape because she's still quicker than I am." "I don't know, but if it is you
can't be too upset about it; it's just the beginning. They'll get
better and better at it. I mean you know, it, I'm still waiting
for them to admit there was nothing to Whitewater. I mean, you,
it's just part of the deal. You can't- When a question is
asked it has to be answered in a serious fashion if it raises a serious
issue even in a ridiculous way. After that you just have to trust
the people and go on and get back to the business of what's really in
the public interest."
Clinton then turned to the subject of the deficit, which was after all the subject of the summit. |
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