Brutal Bill Clinton Bashes Barack Obama

Wild Bill Clinton drew his wife's battle-scarred campaign even further off track when he told interviewer Charlie Rose that Americans would be taking a risk by voting for close rival Barack Obama, saying the junior senator from Illinois wasnt ready to lead.

...If you listen to the people who are most strongly for [Obama], they say basically we have to throw away all these experienced people because they have been through the wars of the 90s, Clinton told Rose for the PBS show that aired Friday night.

Obama supporters want someone who started running for president a year after he became a senator because he's fresh, he's new, he's never made a mistake, and he has massive political skills. And we're willing to risk it.

Clinton later added: "It's less predictable. Isn't it?"

... By the end of the discussion, Clinton's staffers were pushing Rose producers to end the interview, reports said.