Christopher Hitchens on Bill Clinton | TVO 1999

[@mdaddy775]

“If you can charm everyone, it means you don’t care about anyone in particular” That quote has been in my head for so long, very glad to hear it again!

[@robertshipley6990]

Dr J. Vernon McGee, this i brimstone and fire preacher used to say something similar. But in a Texan way. LOL stuck with me ever since it's so true

[@walterpay341]

Sad world where Clinton and Kissinger outlived Hitch

[@deantheodosiou2886]

Indeed.

[@thomaschacko6320]

Perhaps if old “Hitch” had taken better care of himself, he might have been around to pass his usual gas!

[@MarjorainMD]

And con-artists quacks like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Kenneth Copeland, Joel Osteen, Peter Popoff, Joyce Meyer, Robert Tilton, Pat Robertson, Jim Baker and Benni Hinn.

[@ianrowland463]

He’s incredible to listen to. He’s eloquent but easy to understand- it’s awesome.

[@1984isnotamanual]

@@thomaschacko6320what gas did he pass. What has he said about Clinton that isn’t true? Or anything

[@pauldeverill926]

It's absurd that this has so few views. Imagine what Hitch would have made of this election...

[@queenanne5917]

This exact video was on KZbin years ago with substantially more views and I decided to save it to my computer back then. I quoted from it whilst I was studying the Clinton's back in 2014 alongside his book 'Nobody Left To Lie To'. Somebody else I think has re-uploaded it since, the original view count I think was in the hundreds of thousands.

[@LouisGFranco]

"Triangulation Policy/Strategy" Substitute Clinton with current Democratic Party and you wouldn't skip a beat. ....Mind Blown. When I watch this clip it reminds me of the the Cheney "Quagmire" interview of the early 90's in a weird way that's hard to describe because the role of the individuals (Cheney vs. Hitchens) is totally opposite.

[@AegisEpoch]

he's not alive?

[@LouisGFranco]

AegisEpoch No passed away cancer wasn't kind to him at all which ironically millions of religious ppl enjoyed.

[@scottspencer6899]

Christopher detested trump. There's an interview with Chris where he was being asked quick fire questions about how he felt about high profile people and one of them was trump. Chris replied 'well he's a man who's been able to cover 3 quarters of his head with only a quarter of his hair. 🤣

[@agear2]

"He has set a new stand for political corruption...." How ruthlessly accurate that statement is and also the observations of Norman Mailer who was also a very astute, political commentator. Mailer's commentary regarding Rockefeller's presidential campaign was chilling to say the least. Christopher Hitchens RIP.

[@scottspencer6899]

And hitchens didn't know about the epstien clinton scandal.

[@MarjorainMD]

It was kept hush-hush then, only a handful of crooks knew about Epstein and Bill “always hard” Clinton, I am certain Killary knew about it.

[@arcanuslosanara2823]

Hitchens would have deserved an award for being British in America.

[@MarjorainMD]

I know I am not going to live forever and neither are you, but until my furlough here is revoked, I’d like to elbow aside the established pieties and raise my tumbler of JWB 🥃 to the brilliant intellect and beautiful mind of Christopher Hitchens, truly miss the gorgeous bastard, he certainly made a positive impact in my life.

[@arman6119]

I hadn't heard of Clinton prior but when he announced for POTUS TV was asking politicians in Arkansas their opion...one republican said" all I know of Bill Clinton is that he'd rather climb a tree and tell a lie than stand on the ground and tell the truth" lol ...how true that became imo

[@floydjackson1961]

Thank you TVO for doing this, Canadian media nowadays wouldn't touch this

[@XerxesGammon200]

Is Canadian media influenced by the US?

[@floydjackson1961]

@@XerxesGammon200 certainly, and increasingly so nowadays

[@glindathegoodwitch3385]

OMG. I would love to be able to hear his thoughts on the current administration. He had such a brilliant mind. His death was a great loss.

[@wmr5143]

apart of Hitch's legacy is that you don't need him for his thoughts, he always encouraged us to think for ourselves, in a odd way we are all him so think about the current situations for yourself as he would want you to do :)

[@JOXCY]

Does anyone know Hitchens was referring to at 9:30 ?

[@drjmja1984]

Above someone said Jeffrey Epstein

[@drjmja1984]

@Scott Spencer Above someone said Jeffrey Epstein

[@scottspencer6899]

Hey what happened to my comment?

[@JOXCY]

@@scottspencer6899 you're right where did it go? Can you tell me who the guy was that Chris was referring to again

[@scottspencer6899]

@@JOXCY maybe check out who was pleading the 5th during the Clinton impeachment. I think he might be referring to a former republican hatchetman turned Clinton cronie, he's a gay guy with blonde hair. I saw an interview of him in time magazine during the 2016 election, but I can't remember his name. I'll have a look through my old time magazine's and see if I can find it, maybe you can online. check out a former republican muckraker known for ugly tactics turned Hillary cronie. Although I might be wrong. Chris was giving the impression of a shady bagman, not a campaign info smear merchant.

[@g.d.1722]

There was a much earlier upload of this interview by TVO itself with thousands of great, intelligent, funny, and insightful comments, which TV Ontario has removed. I wonder why ...

[@queenanne5917]

Yes, I thought this was a very insightful interview many years ago which is why I re-uploaded it if something were ever to happen to it

[@JayLeePoe]

Let me tell you, as maddening as it may be, it does seem to me that people truly do live through the times that they are actually meant/made for... They leave and they come _just in time._ History will rhyme in another generation and that will birth the next one. Hop, skip and a jump-- but that's still another 70-100 years for another Hitchens. Too long. Maybe he'll play future-piano, instead.

[@krishnakant9529]

This interviewer did another Q&A with Hitchens about Kissinger. Anyone have that clip? What is the interviewer's name?

[@queenanne5917]

I'll have a look for it

[@kevinhall2910]

Alan Gregg.

[@harryantino]

You can find it by typing in “Christopher Hitchens and Alan Gregg 2001” on YT

[@nateo6518]

Keep scrolling in your feed, I'm sure it'll pop up. I grew up thinking Kissinger was a 'good guy' (if we have to either be good guys or bad guys) and got that one wrong, but as an independent liberal I always DESPISED the ClintonS.

[@mdaddy775]

A very good interviewer too

[@frannieo6128]

I miss Hitch.

[@TuckFrump-r9h]

4:13 [Clinton] has set "a completely new standard for political corruption"... Donald Trump: "hold my beer."

[@latinboy906]

As bad as Drumpf is, he still can't hold a candle to Slick Willy.

[@jmlaw8888]

Joe Briben: Hold my entire bar.

[@Tavington-xx3uz]

@@jmlaw8888. 😂😂😂

[@vandanapathak8534]

Wats the name of the book

[@queenanne5917]

+dana pat Christopher Hitchens, No One Left To Lie To

[@vandanapathak8534]

+Craig Charles thank you

[@scottspencer6899]

What's the name of the man interviewing hitchens in this video? I want to know so I can recommend it to anyone who still defends the Clinton's, there legacy and impact on American politics.

[@iwantthe80sback59]

Alan Gregg. He hosted this show on TVO (TV Ontario, a non-profit TV Station in the Province of Ontario, Canada) called “In Conversation With”.

[@Chardonbois]

Bless Hitch. Pissed as a parrot but still as cogent and articulate as fuck!

[@kenclayton5088]

He backs it all up with facts....not fiction..a brilliant man

[@DarkSaint411]

Who’s the interviewer?

[@titansfan4215]

I’m always conflicted. I completely agree with Christopher, Bill was definitely a shady slime ball. But after having that incompetent bozo W in office for 8 years, I go back and appreciate Bills level of intelligence and competency. I don’t think he’s a great human being, but you cannot deny he was a pretty solid president aside from all the personal character issues. You think about Jimmy Carter, absolutely wonderful and incredible man. Very sincere and honest guy who has literally dedicated his life to helping others since his years in office. But if you had to pick between Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton to be president, who would you choose? For me it’s Bill all day long.

[@MoeHamHead-bx7og]

Actually I can deny he was a "pretty solid president." What did he do that was solid? The economy? Thank the internet boom for that. He sent Army Rangers into Somalia as part of a nation building exercise...how did that turn out? He actually apologized to Rwandans for the US not intervening in their civil war and stopping genocide, but he never apologized to the families of US military personnel that were killed in Somalia.

[@TakeNoteOfThat]

Carter didn’t launch military attacks to distract the public from the latest news about his sexual predation of an intern. Carter had character and a moral compass. Clinton had neither. Yeah other presidents have killed people blah blah W! blah blah REAGAN STARTED AIDS! Etc. Go talk about THOSE presidents on THEIR videos.

[@DavidAdarmases12]

Bill Clinton was not a solid President.

[@npriorejr]

Didn't Clinton have a mutual friend with trump?

[@no40acresandamuleforyou.47]

Clinton was pals with Jesse Jackson, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, etc

[@RobertJones-st3wj]

Hitch was so ahead of his time

[@tylerlately]

0:45 5:40

[@kabiam]

Hitch was not a big Clinton Fan.

[@tango-bravo]

I eat chow chow tacos 🌮 when I can. Its a Pennsylvania Dutch food I think.

[@sleddy01]

If you keep doing the lesser of two evils they keep getting more evil.

[@agenormartifernandez6883]

Somebody should teach this Hitchens guy how to speak English. I have no idea what he said in this video.

[@alanrodrigueztiburcio2272]

That German pained my ears.

[@johnbutler3141]

Monica would comment but her mouth was full.

[@thomasbonner8464]

I like Hitchens but he’s talking crap. Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan or Bush did nothing about Northern Ireland or The Middle East. Clinton did. Plus, the US economy thrived under him. He’s the greatest president since Kennedy. Hitchens is scraping. It’s really selective and poor journalism.

[@DavidAdarmases12]

Clinton is a war criminal and a rapist. He may have done one or two good things but they don't make up for those two things.

[@e.b.4356]

This is the Hitchens I don’t care for. He has personal grudges with Clinton. He’s most articulate about history.

[@Bertie22222]

What do you know that makes this personal?

[@DavidAdarmases12]

There's nothing personal about it; Clinton was a man who governed for his own interests, not for the interests of others. And Clinton, along with everyone who supported him, played a big part in setting a new standard for corruption and lying. The fact that Clinton was never criminally charged for breaking American laws (let alone international laws) is shameful.

[@woodytheduke]

what would he say about trump,,,had he lived

[@no40acresandamuleforyou.47]

Don't know. I do know Christopher Hitchens loathed and detested the corrupt POS Hillary Clinton