He was sitting next to my mom, and about 10 feet from me. I have never seen him lose it like that before or since. Bill Clinton's speech was hilarious, too. It was March 1995, and the Republican takeover of the House was weighing heavily on Clinton's chances for re-election. But Clinton owned the room that night, and Gingrich leaned over to my mom and said something like, "Anyone who thinks this guy is going to be a pushover in the next election is fooling themselves." Clinton was mocking the Republicans' "contract with America" with his "I-Hate-The-Federal-Government-More-Than-You-Do" Contract With America. Al Gore, for what it's worth, told me that night not to worry, that he and Clinton were good bets for re-election, no matter how difficult things looked at that moment. How right he was.
After Hillary's video was shown, a Dutch reporter present wrote about it in a Dutch newspaper. I translated the article for the White House and had my dad deliver it to Mike McCurry, Clinton's press secretary at the time. He wrote back saying how amazed he was that Hillary's spoof connected with the Europeans, as it was such a particularly American theme.
From that memorable night:
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