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Bill Admits He Is Unlike 'Any Other Spouse'

Playing offense for Hillary was inapt, ex-prez says

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 8, 2008 2:21 PM CST
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(Newser) – Bill Clinton said yesterday he took the wrong approach in defending his wife before the South Carolina primary. “The mistake that I made is to think that I was a spouse like any other spouse," he said in an interview with a TV reporter in Maine. "I can promote Hillary but not defend her, because I was president."

The ex-leader of the free world told WCSH of Portland that he “learned a valuable lesson from all that dust-up.” He added the campaign was not his, and the presidency would not be his: “I don’t want to be the story.” Clinton rejected charges he personally attacked Barack Obama, saying "I never criticized him personally."

Former President Bill Clinton speaks on behalf of his wife, Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, at Dillard University in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Former President Bill Clinton speaks on behalf of his wife, Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, at Dillard University in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Alex...   (Associated Press)
Former President Bill Clinton speaks at a campaign rally for his wife, Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Former President Bill Clinton speaks at a campaign rally for his wife, Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert...   (Associated Press)
Former president Bill Clinton speaks with campaign workers about the upcoming New York primary election for his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, during a rally in Buffalo, N.Y., in this photo from Jan. 20, 2008. As he campaigns Clinton has been taking aim at his wife's rival, Barack Obama, and...
Former president Bill Clinton speaks with campaign workers about the upcoming New York primary election for his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, during a rally in Buffalo, N.Y., in this photo from Jan. 20,...   (Associated Press)
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