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> The journalist replied "You could just have said you don't believe them," to which Gore – astonishingly – replied: "I didn't say that," before going on to enu

> The journalist replied "You could just have said you don't believe them," to which Gore – astonishingly – replied: "I didn't say that," before going on to enumerate how any crimes Clinton may have committed were balanced out by his record of public service?! Is there anywhere I can read about this? I tried feeding this into Google with quotes and got no results.

georgespencer 3y ago
Here you go. The transcript is of a town hall meeting Gore held in Derry, New Hampshire, on 14th December 1999. KATHERINE PRUDHOMME: When Juanita Broaddrick made the claim, which I found to be quite credible, that she was raped by Bill Clinton, did that change your opinion about him being one of the best presidents in history? And do you believe Juanita Broaddrick's claim? And what did you tell your son about this? AL GORE: [Nervous laughter] Well, I don't know what to make of her claim, because I don't know how to evaluate her story, I really don't. […] GORE: I didn't see it. There have been so many personal allegations and such a non-stop series of attacks, I guess I'm like a lot of people in that I think enough is enough. I do not know how to evaluate each one of these individual stories. I just don't know. I would never violate the privacy of my communication with one of my children, a member of my family, as for that part of your question-- PRUDHOMME [I slightly misremembered this part - apologies - but it doesn't change the substance]: So you didn't believe Juanita Broaddrick's claim? GORE: No, I didn't say that. I said I don't know how to evaluate it, and I didn't see the interview. But I must say something else to you about this. Why don't you just stand back up, I'd like to look you in the eye. I think whatever mistakes Clinton made in his personal life are in in the minds of most Americans balanced against what he has done in his public life as president. -- He then goes on to talk about his religious faith helping him to understand that "all of us are heirs to the mistakes that–are prone to the mistakes that flesh is heir to". It's one of the most unsettling moments in American political history IMO.

georgespencer 3y ago

Here you go. The transcript is of a town hall meeting Gore held in Derry, New Hampshire, on 14th December 1999. KATHERINE PRUDHOMME: When Juanita Broaddrick made the claim, which I found to be quite credible, that she was raped by Bill Clinton, did that change your opinion about him being one of the best presidents in history? And do you believe Juanita Broaddrick's claim? And what did you tell your son about this? AL GORE: [Nervous laughter] Well, I don't know what to make of her claim, because I don't know how to evaluate her story, I really don't. […] GORE: I didn't see it. There have been so many personal allegations and such a non-stop series of attacks, I guess I'm like a lot of people in that I think enough is enough. I do not know how to evaluate each one of these individual stories. I just don't know. I would never violate the privacy of my communication with one of my children, a member of my family, as for that part of your question-- PRUDHOMME [I slightly misremembered this part - apologies - but it doesn't change the substance]: So you didn't believe Juanita Broaddrick's claim? GORE: No, I didn't say that. I said I don't know how to evaluate it, and I didn't see the interview. But I must say something else to you about this. Why don't you just stand back up, I'd like to look you in the eye. I think whatever mistakes Clinton made in his personal life are in in the minds of most Americans balanced against what he has done in his public life as president. -- He then goes on to talk about his religious faith helping him to understand that "all of us are heirs to the mistakes that–are prone to the mistakes that flesh is heir to". It's one of the most unsettling moments in American political history IMO.