David Maraniss on Bill Clinton's Reaction to Book

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David Maraniss on Bill Clinton's reaction to book: "We hadn't talked since the book came out. I knew that that he liked half the book and hated half the book. And he would say to his staff, you know, why did why did you come off so good in this book? But that's Bill Clinton. So, he comes around to shake hands with me. I don't know what to say. Clinton says, 'Nice tie, David, congratulations on your award.' So, I whispered to my dad, who was in the audience. 'He said, nice tie.' So, Clinton goes down into the audience, shakes hands, you know, puts his arm around my wife, shakes hands with my dad, talks to my dad for a few minutes, and my dad's first words to him were 'Nice, tie, Mr. President.' Two months later, I'm in New York at a dinner with several former Clinton people, including George Stephanopoulos. And Stephanopoulos said, David did. Did Clinton ever talk to you after your book came out? And I said, no, only talk to once. And he said, nice tie. And so George said, 'well, you k