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President Bill Clinton is set to make one of the big keynote speeches at the 2016 Democratic National Convention tonight. In 2008 he rallied the fractured Democratic Party around President Barack Obama and it’s expected that he’ll do the same tonight for his wife, Hillary Clinton. But he’ll also have another mission: to humanize their relationship. Of course, that might be a little difficult. For the past twenty-four years, Bill and Hillary Clinton have been depicted…erm…a certain way by the media. And that’s not necessarily a kind and loving way. However, it turns out that the two have had a genuinely sweet moment caught on film — it was just never aired on television.
CNN’s Race For The White House is an engrossing documentary series that puts the spotlight on some of the most heated presidential races in our nation’s history. The last one? “Bill Clinton vs. George H.W. Bush.” In the midst of the episode (at about 10 minutes in), we get the behind-the-scenes scoop on the Clintons’ famous face-saving 60 Minutes interview. You’ll remember it as the one where Hillary said she wasn’t like “some Tammy Wynette.” What you didn’t see was what happened when a light fell on Mrs. Clinton’s head and Bill rushed to her rescue.
That’s right: 60 Minutes, the premiere news magazine of America, almost killed Hillary Clinton in 1992.
Immediately after the jarring moment — which, by the way, revealed that Hillary’s curse of choice is “Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!” — Bill held her close and she had to calm him down.
It’s an incredibly earnest moment from a couple often perceived as being completely calculating. It also confirms that they two really care about and love each other. All in all, it’s just a fascinatingly candid scene.
Of course, you should check out the entire episode for the full lowdown on the Clintons as a campaigning couple. Spoiler: Hillary Clinton repeatedly saved the campaign from disaster with her savvy ideas. Maybe Trump and Republicans should be a little worried of the woman considered Bill’s “ace up the sleeve.”
