Liberal author Bob Woodward confessed last week that Al Gore told him the American public knows just "one percent" of what went on during Bill Clinton's presidency. Speaking to the Organization for International Investment's dinner on Thursday, the longtime author admitted that this fact didn't sit well with him: "I kind of died inside and have to confess to having an unclean thought."
Woodward also bashed Gore. According to The Hill, he didn't enjoy sitting next to the former Vice President at a previous event: "Now, sitting next to Gore is taxing...In fact, it’s unpleasant."
[Woodward] then dug a little deeper, asking Gore, if the former VP were to write a memoir, how much Americans would know then. Gore retorted, “Two percent.”
A spokeswoman for Gore had no comment.
If Woodward is bothered that so many of Clinton's actions are unknown to the American public, perhaps he should have done more investigative reporting.
During eight years, the journalist wrote only "The Agenda," about Clinton's first term, and "The Choice," about the 1996 election.
(He produced another book, "Shadow," but that dealt with how every President since Watergate has dealt with scandal.)
In comparison, Woodward released "Bush at War," "Plan of Attack," "State of Denial: Bush at War III" (highly critical) and "The War Within: A Secret White House History" between 2001 and 2008.
"State of Denial" received a huge media push with its harshly negative take on the Bush administration.
