At the very end of Charlie Rose’s interview with Bill Clinton, as aired on Monday’s edition of his PBS show, the host sounded like James Lipton talking to thespians on Inside the Actors Studio as he tossed the following softball: “Let’s assume that you make it to heaven” and “God says when you get there — St. Peter, or whoever it is — says, ‘tell me what’s the most important thing that Clinton Foundation achieved?’”
Of the scandal-plagued Clinton Foundation, the former President responded: “We created jobs that saved lives. I’m proud of that. We got caught trying.”
The following is the relevant exchange as it was aired on the September 12 edition of PBS’s Charlie Rose show:
CHARLIE ROSE: Okay, let’s assume that you make it to heaven, and let’s assume that God says when you get there — St. Peter, or whoever it is — says, “You spent 20 years [sic] at the Clinton Foundation between the election of 2000 and the election in 2016, 16 years. I don’t have a lot of time, President Clinton, so tell me what’s the most important thing that Clinton Foundation achieved?”
BILL CLINTON: We got the world’s cheapest AIDS medicine to more than half the people on earth who are alive with it, including more than two thirds of the kids. We built an organization that helped 430 million people in 180 countries just by getting people together, including organizing the first 500 tons of medical equipment to the Ebola epidemic, and it didn’t cost the taxpayers a penny. And we made life better for a lot of Americans. We created jobs that saved lives. I’m proud of that. We got caught trying.
