Griever-in-Chief and Guardian of Common Ground | The Clinton Era
Whistlestop: Presidential History and Trivia
Slate Podcasts
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2018
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
This episode of Whistlestop travels back to April 19, 1995 when the Oklahoma City Bombing shocked the nation and the President stepped up to offer emotional and political guidance.
Whistlestop is Slate’s podcast about presidential campaign history. Hosted by our political correspondent and Political Gabfest panelist John Dickerson, each installment will revisit a memorable (or even a forgotten) moment from America's quadrennial carnival.
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| 0:50.0 | Hello and welcome to Whistlestop, a podcast of the presidency. I'm John Dickerson, co-host of CBS this morning. |
| 0:59.0 | In the east room of the White House, the beleaguered and battered president, was trying to take back his presidency through the force of argument. |
| 1:08.0 | I have some common goals with the new Republican majority in the Congress. |
| 1:12.0 | Bill Clinton had fought back from a political hole before on the campaign trail. |
| 1:16.0 | In 1992, he'd survived a brutal primary in New Hampshire and come in second as the comeback kid. |
| 1:23.5 | Then in 1992 he defeated an incumbent president. |
| 1:27.1 | But in April of 1995, |
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