On the other hand, it's also possible that Lewinsky is a Crazy Person. Supposedly she was recorded by Tripp as confiding that she kept the navy dress as a sort of souvenir because it had Presidential semen on it. Gross. And also untrue. No semen, no nothing. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
True story: about eight years ago a friend of mine, chairman of his department at a British university, was accused of harassment by a woman working in the department on a one-year contract. She'd seemed normal enough, then suddenly started telling everyone (including the school authorities) that he'd made hundreds of lewd remarks, had touched her, and in general had behaved very threateningly. No one who knew him well would have believed this for a minute, but needless to say an investigation was begun (it being England, the people involved hadn't yet run out to get attorneys, but they were close). My friend was horrified and very much afraid of losing his job. Then, to his great relief, the "victim" began insisting that he was sending her pornographic messages through the heating system.
All's well that ends well. She was packed off to a clinic. Lewinsky probably isn't that far gone, but I wouldn't absolutely rule out the possibility of her having invented the whole "affair" in order to impress her friends. Perhaps there was some interest on Clinton's part, but no actual sex. We'll probably never know for sure. |
