Hillary never doubted Bill's love
18/01/2008 07:27  - (SA)  

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Washington - Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky is never far from the public mind.

But it's played a low-key role in the all-out race for the Democratic presidential nomination - until now.

On Friday, Senator Hillary Clinton - the former first lady and top bidder to lead her party back to the White House - was scheduled to talk about the affair on the televised Trya Banks talk show.

In unusually candid remarks released in advance on Thursday on the ExtraTV website, Clinton describes her feelings of humiliation when then-president Bill Clinton admitted in 1998 to the affair with the young intern.

"The momentary feelings - you know, you are mad, you are really upset, you are disappointed - all of that goes through your mind," she was quoted as saying. "I have found you really shouldn't make decisions in the heat of those moments."

The affair and successive investigations nearly brought down Bill Clinton's presidency, caused his impeachment by Congress and over-clouded his second term in office. Clinton was found not guilty of the charges of perjury and obstruction of justice during the trial in the Senate.

The former president continues to rate high in public popularity, and is a key campaigner for his wife's presidential bid, aggressively attacking her chief rival, Senator Barack Obama, on the election trail.

Had to 'think hard'

In the interview with Banks, Hillary Clinton says that she "never doubted Bill's love for me ever" or his commitment to their daughter and extended family.

She concedes, however, that she "really had to dig down deep and think hard about what was right for me, what was right for my family."

Responding to critics who said she should have left her husband, the senator added: "I say you have to be true to yourself. No one story is the same as any other story. I don't know your reality. I can't possibly substitute my judgment for yours. You have to do what is right for you and that may not be what anybody else believes." - Sapa-dpa

 

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