Christopher Hitchens on Bill Clinton: No One Left to Lie To (1999)

[goldbluntz]

@51:25

[zackhanscom]

morgan freeman called and got cut off at 33:10

[wasteofspace20]

Hitchens had what few ever manage to develop side by side, objectivity, courage and integrity. 

[jimmbo13]

I like how he admires both Buckley and Vidal, two brilliant figures who loathed each other.

[LiNGiE]

Hitch's reaction to the caller at about 19:00 is hilarious.

[mvies77]

He is totally correct and truthful in every single word on Clinton and wife. What always dumbfounded me was the way the American people and the Democrat's worshipped this evil man. How blind can you be.

[jdk209]

@mvies77 Some people would always vote for democrats no matter what. These alcoholic people tend to be insanely jealous of successful people and like to blame others. They would fall for Clinton and his every man act of jogging and going to McDonald's and playing the sax on Arsenio.

[mvies77]

@jdk209 It is also the attitude that has brought our nation to the brink if not there, of disaster. It is evidenced by the present president who had little experience but that everyone felt"spoke well".Hardly a reason to be chosen as president.We are told that things are better but the evidence with family, friends, neighbors,my city and state is screaming the contrary.It will be or is too late to repair the nightmare, but our gvt keeps on with business as usual and more and more gvt intrusion.

[Hirnlego999]

Why do so many know-nothings bother to call? (I'm not against it, but there are rarely any interesting questions)

[folkhippy]

I think he purposely blew his nose during that negative caller. Hahaha. I love you Hitch.

[britturk123]

If i were clinton i would watch this laughing and pull one off lol.

[john84753]

I wonder if he knew "No one left to lie to" is grammatically incorrect.

[gulshabbo]

@john84753 "No one left to whom to lie"?

[pokemon111990]

@john84753 it's not grammatically incorrect; the only time you can't end a sentence with a preposition is when the sentence would mean the same thing without it. the "at" in "where are you at" is superfluous because "where are you" means the same thing.

[john84753]

@pokemon111990 You're right. Very good! I Googled it too after I already piped in and read the same thing. I was just always taught that in school.

[migkillertwo]

RIP Christopher Hitchens 1949-2011

[weefeatures]

That war veteran about 30 mins in is so sweet :D Love the way he talks

[TheLcstyle]

@weefeatures Holy sweet Jesus! Hitchens can barely contain his laughter at what this man proposes. Not only that, the way that he say's is it fully classic! Last but not least, this man's comparison of Clinton and Milosevic is a stunningly beautiful analogy. I think Hitchens learned to respect this man, even if he does have a southern drawl.

[umbrellaman75]

16:48 picks his eye and looks at his finger.

[umbrellaman75]

Haha blows his nose on CSPAN. This is why I love Hitchens. He doesn't give a fuck.

[creationcenterTV]

Does not citing your sources diminish the strength of your argument? Because I've read that Hitchens doesn't mention his sources in this book and the one about Mother Teresa.

[zandeman5]

@creationcenterTV You might be better served reading the book than reading about it. He does cite his sources in both books.

[creationcenterTV]

@zandeman5

Oh okay. I sure will. Thanks :)

[migkillertwo]

"I knew his house. There were a lot of draft dogers there"

unintentional hilarity?

[charlesvan13]

Hitchens position on Clinton is rather hyperbolic. But Clinton is clearly a sleez ball liar. I often wonder why liberals liked Clinton so much. He passed by far the most right wing legislation. 

[Easleytee]

Bill Clinton...never has so little...meant so much...to so few.

[danielhakimlawyer]

Solipsist- classic Hitchins

[Dougca1985]

"...she is the robotic defendent on someone who is a pathological liar, almost certainly a rapist..." Htichens on Hillary Clinton, ouch LMAO

[vdubs4life1964]

Hitchens with a tie?!??

[marlboroman1985]

That remark at 46:40 is particularly insightful.

[GoodAvatar]

@anthonygrg I disagree with you. Hitchens is primarily a globalist, and is an American patriot second.

No, I think the Salman Rushdie affair angered the shit out of him. Frankly, I think he's quite correct about the threat of Islamic influence and wealth. His arguments about the War on Terror(always hated that fucking name) made me a grudging advocate of it.

He knows what he's talking about when most Americans don't know anything about history AT ALL.

[GoodAvatar]

18:40 "And I know someone who works for the State named PAULA!"

I'm sorry..... Does knowing someone named Paula somehow convey a shadow of a point about anything?

Anything at all?

Am I alone in thinking that Mr.(Mrs?) Redneck should actually READ a bit before trying to claim knowledge based on someone you know?

Was the person trying to be a smartass, or clever?

I'm very confused by that statement with so emphasis on PAULA.....

I know someone named Fred... I don't know Fred Phelps, though.

[OneBigRetard]

@GoodAvatar

You!! You are a liar. You... you are one of those people that just have it in for Miss Redneck. Do you have any sources? Its people like YOU... I hate people like you who just... you just... you hate Miss Redneck because it makes you money. I flew over Arkansas once and I know about Miss Redneck and you just... just... you... do you? You don't know anything. I haven't read your awful book about Miss Redneck and that's because its awful.

Thank you caller.

[ldnkid]

Pure entertainment.

[bongoloid77]

Listen to that inbred guuuuuuud @ 18min... Jeeeeesus. Hilarious and the reason why The USA is so fucked

[MasonicEyes]

I love how hitchens describes the picture, "hint of triumph". Totally a perfact picture.

[ZF1000]

Lol caller: 'I share every thought in your head'

Hitchens: 'Well that's too much.'

[willsl321]

Hitchens elevates Clinton hatred to the level of high art.

[ydamoydamo]

fuck america

!!!!!!!!!

[TheConciseStatement]

"He sounded pretty conservative to me."

Hee hee! I think that's how they build liberals in many parts of Texas - save for Austin maybe.

[whalefish83]

Clinton does look like Milosevic

[GaiusIuliusTaberna]

I love how he smiles and laughs at the idiocy of his hecklers, while they are heckling him. Its the perfect way to completely and utterly infuriate them, I try to emulate this tactic whenever possible.

[NotAG4yName]

@GaiusIuliusTaberna haha its not even tactic hes intending to use he just does it because they are so stupid

[gweijai]

Hitchens is on top of his game throughout but really nails it in the last 3 and a half minutes, beginning with his answer on triangualation. It's easy to say, yes, that it's co-opting the ideas and the 'donor base' of your opposition, quite true, but it's what you do afterwards that seals the deal and that's what I haven't heard anyone else put so succinctly.As for what history's verdict on Clinton would be,as well as he did so, he may have answered a different question...what it ought to be.

[qtutoringhelps]

17:55 - Hah, Hitchens has got some serious haters! :-)

[LondonPride25]

67 year old, 25 year USN veteran African-American caller from Silver Spring at 29:17 ... best caller by a country mile.

[LondonPride25]

Caller from Texas around 19:00, the hysterical heckler...now it struck me that it was a man with a rather high-pitched voice, caused by his either his being terribly worked up or generations of in-breeding. Hitch seems to think it was a woman. Am I wrong? Is Hitch, or was it a seamless put-down from the Hitchmeister? Who knows

[stew3128561]

Great interview from over a decade ago....

[ChollieD]

05:30 Always felt really bad for Madeleine Albright after she had to defend the President. Not only was it none of our business, but the President was perfectly willing to sacrifice the prestige and reputation of his cabinet members to avoid having to say "I banged an intern. Sorry, Honey. And I'm sorry that we have to waste our nation's time on my marital infidelity." A low point for both the Executive and Legislative branches.

[redryan20000]

when he said "subpoena us"

I couldn't help but think of...

[Razor8472]

Lying to a federal court was bad enough but pales in comparison to declassifying secret weapons technology and transferring it to China for a campaign contribution.

[LlortnA]

Called at 18:00 had me in stitches. What a moron.

[gamerunknown]

If I had to guess why the Republicans didn't go for the throat it was because corruption runs deep. The speaker of the house didn't support publicising accounts of the British MPs and guess what? He was a cog in the corrupt system.

As a Reaganite, what do you think of Iran and the Contras?

[60sThru80s]

Always great fun to read comments on a Hitchens vid. So many people insist that "if you believe in X, then you MUST believe in Y and Z."

For myself, as an atheist (conservatives hate me for that) and a Reaganite (liberals hate me for that), I know exactly how it feels when you're not welcome in ANY political circle because you don't pass the childish "pigeon hole" test.

[petetube99]

Hitchens was ass-raped by George W Bush and didn't seem to mind that much.

[youngbuck189]

Hitchens wasn't so quick to run his pompous mouth about the neo-cons. Establishment liberal makes us sick.

[whysers]

@youngbuck189 Well first he was. Second they didn't produce a Clinton so how can you blame him for not criticizing a group who weren't as bad to the same degree.

[pugay69]

@youngbuck189 Hitchens is anything but an "establishment liberal".

[F33bs]

@youngbuck189 "Establishment liberal" Hitchens? HA!

[davidperi]

Does Hitchens still feel the same now that Clinton (s) seem to be so diplomatic now-a-days? Hillary and Bill on the world´s stage being so self-assured for the public interests.

[allencrider]

The Clinton impeachment gambit was in itself crass political theater. No way were they ever going to get the votes to get rid of him. Also, at that time he was extremely popular.

[F33bs]

@allencrider It might have been theater, but it doesn't mean he didn't deserve to be impeached.

[helterskelter139]

thanks for the upload!!!! good christmas present :)

[antihostile]

It's hard to read "No One Left..." and not come away with the opinion that Clinton was a mendacious rapist. Excellent book.

[SmelOdies]

Hitchens was never big on Cliton. You got to wonder what kind of moral outrage he would have taken about oval office blowjobs if it wasn't a man he despised since the Arkansas days and before.