Sunday October 29, 2000; 12:35 PM EDT
Nader: 'Clinton Is a Liar and a Disgrace'
Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader, whose rising poll numbers have Gore campaign officials begging him to drop out of the race, called President Clinton a liar on Sunday, saying he disgraced his office over his affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
Nader voiced his strong criticism of Clinton during an interview on ABC's "This Week with Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts":
DONALDSON: You say that if you'd been in the Senate, you would have voted to convict Bill Clinton in his impeachment trial. Correct?
NADER: Correct. And I would have voted against [Robert] Bork and I fought vigorously against [Antonin] Scalia and [Clarence] Thomas, which is more than I can say for Vice President Gore.
DONALDSON: You think Clinton is what - a liar? A perjurer? I mean, what...
NADER: I think he disgraced the office. He then lied about it. A judge confirmed that. He dragged it out and he took a year of journalism from both of you.
DONALDSON: Well, a lot of your supporters, according to our poll, were Clinton supporters.
NADER: Well, they're going to have to choose, aren't they? |
