Flashback: Stephanopoulos In ‘91 Slamming Debate Tactics By Moderator

April 19, 2008

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Watch this footage taken from the 1991 special “The War Room” which chronicled Bill Clinton’s first presidential campaign. Watch as “Boy George” Stephanopolous insisted to Sam Donaldson that the media hold itself to a higher standard when Donaldson begins a line of questioning on Clinton’s “character” issues touching on his infidelity, Vietnam deferment, and a handful of other other political sideshows:

STEPHANOPOULOS: What he’s going to do in this campaign is focus on what’s important to the American people, on the jobs and the education. That’s what the American people care about. They want to move into the future. They don’t want to be diverted by side issues, and they’re not going to let the Republican attack machine divert them