Bill Clinton: “Yes. And he's said a lot of things that he just knows aren't so. And so I feel badly for him. But I don't--I can't be…”

“Yes. And he's said a lot of things that he just knows aren't so. And so I feel badly for him. But I don't--I can't be mad at him. With George, it's a different story. I think he's a brilliant man and basically a good person. But when George entered politics, he entered as a boy wonder. He came right in with Dick Gephardt, you know, and he assumed great responsibilities because he's a person of--he works like crazy, and he's smart, and he's basically good-hearted in a lot of ways. But he was, I think, always affected by being basically a Washington politician. I remember when I was attacked in the New Hampshire primary, and everybody said, ``He's dead, and he ought to get out,'' and all that, George was asking, ``Well, should we withdraw?'' And James Carville and I, who grew up in the country, you know, out there with the folks, we looked at him and said, ``George, if the people want me to withdraw, they will withdraw me at election time. That's what you've got elections for.'' And I think that--I think he's probably more comfortable now being a part of the professional critics of the Washington establishment, the media establishment. I think that's where he's--I think he's comfortable there. That's where he started in politics, and I think that's just where he is. Criticism of the President Mr. King. Do those pundits in general bother--do they get at you? Some guy--Truman wrote that famous note when he got mad. Some people let it slide off.”