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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (31530)	6/19/2004 11:09:01 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Clinton: I told Bush of bin Laden and he changed the subject FOREIGN STAFF BILL Clinton claims that he warned President George Bush before he took office that the biggest threat to national security was Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda, in a sensational passage from his memoirs revealed for the first time yesterday. Mr Clinton also speaks frankly in the book about the Lewinsky affair, calling it "the darkest part of my inner life", and even thanks his enemies’ pursuit of him for bringing him and his wife, Hillary, back together. The details - culled from the first leaked copy of his memoirs - reveal that Mr Clinton has pulled no punches in his account of his presidency, even when it is he on the receiving end. In the passage on his al-Qaeda warning, when Mr Bush was president-elect, Mr Clinton claims Mr Bush said little in response, and then switched subjects. Mr Clinton looks at his personal failings with surprising candour, saying that his wife looked as if he had punched her in the gut when he finally confessed to his affair with Monica Lewinsky. He confirms that he slept on the couch for at least two months after the confession. In My Life, copies of which have started to leak out in the United States, the former president wrote that the affair was immoral and foolish. He said that after he confessed the affair to his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and daughter Chelsea, he and his wife began counselling one day a week for about a year. He wrote that he came to learn that his upbringing had made certain things more difficult for him than for other people, and that he was particularly prone to self-destructive behaviour when he was tired, angry or feeling lonely. Writing about the impeachment proceedings which followed, Mr Clinton said Republican leaders were not punishing him for dishonesty or immoral conduct. He said he believed the reason was power, and because his political goals were different from theirs. He said he was able to withstand the ordeal and concentrate on his job because of the support of the White House staff and Cabinet - even those who felt betrayed by his behaviour - numerous world leaders, and encouraging words from both friends and strangers. .....http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=697202004