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Ford: Hillary won't make it
29/10/2007 17:16 - (SA)
Washington - The late president Gerald Ford believed that US Senator Hillary Clinton was a tough politician who would probably become her party's presidential nominee some day.
In a book based on interviews with Ford published posthumously, the one-time president noted that her husband, former president Bill Clinton had a sex addiction and needed treatment.
And he concluded that Hillary Clinton, who leads the bid for the Democratic Party's nomination for next year's presidential elections, would not make it to the White House.
The book was written by Thomas M DeFrank, the White House bureau chief of the New York Daily News, under the mouthful of a title: Write it when I'm gone: Remarkable off-the-record conversations with Gerald R Ford.
"I don't think the country is ready for a lady President," Ford is quoted as saying.
The Daily News published a story about the book on Sunday.
Ford said he believed Hillary was "stronger and tougher" than Bill.
"When she takes a point you're gonna have to be damn sure you're well informed because she won't compromise as quickly or as easily as he," Ford is quoted as saying.
"She's very bright. She's strong, and I think he defers to her. When she gets her dander up, she ain't gonna roll over."
Bill 'not subtle'
Ford said the former president's affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky showed that he was "sick - he's got an addiction. He needs treatment".
"I'll tell you one thing: He didn't miss one good-looking skirt at any of the social occasions," Ford said.
"He's got a wandering eye, I'll tell you that ... He isn't very subtle about his interest."
Ford said he offered to help Clinton during the impeachment proceedings over the Lewinsky affair, as long as CLinton admitted he had lied to officials.
He said he was stunned that Clinton refused to tell the truth about the situation.
"It's a character flaw," he concluded.
Ford died at age 93, and gave the interviews to DeFrank over the years leading up to his death.
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