Tag: Craig Melvin

Appearing with co-author James Patterson to discuss their thriller 'The President Is Missing,' the former president faces more questions about Monica Lewinsky. Bill Clinton discovered yet again Tuesday night that it's not so easy to escape his past. But this being held in liberal New York City, moderator Pamela Paul received boos from the crowd whenever she tried to bring up the subject. Clinton admitted that his responses during the previous day's interview on NBC's Today show "wasn't my finest hour." "I apologized to the people who were most hurt…I meant it then, I mean it now," Clinton went on. Asked what he would say to Lewinsky if she were in attendance (more boos), Clinton deftly parried the question: "If she were here now and I would to speak to her, it wouldn't be a private conversation." When asked, "Are you worried about the state of the culture under this presidency?" "Politics should be other-directed," he responded, making the case for greater civility in our discourse. "I told the president, we can't go 300 pages before something happens," he joked. He said he enjoyed Scandal, but added, "It's not true that these people commit murder all the time"; praised House of Cards, or at least its "first three seasons"; and described Madam Secretary as "the most realistic show on TV."