Colbert reiterated the question and added his own tag: “Can Bill Clinton’s past take down Hillary Clinton’s future? I will also say, add Hillary Clinton’s past in there. Can things from the ‘90s count now?”
Dickerson responded:
“Well it’s ah…so it feels like this campaign’s going to be a lot about Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton’s past and Donald Trump’s past. Elections are supposed to be about the future. And it feels like we are not, um, we’re not having that conversation. Although we’ve tried it. Actually, you know, one of our jobs is to try to take the conversation and make it about the future and people’s lives, not about adjudicating the past.”
Dickerson did say an exception could be made if that “past goes to character and temperament which is crucial because we’re not going to be there when the big decisions are made and you need people who have the character and the temperament for the job.”
The Clintons would seem to qualify for his exception, yet Dickerson said, “So, um, I don’t know.”
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The Dictatorship of MSM Double Standards: Reporters Are Always Willing to Let Candidate Bygones Be Bygones— Unless, Of Course, It’s a Republican