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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK
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To: Bilow who wrote (6847)10/3/1998 1:12:00 PM
From: dougjn  Read Replies (3) of 67261
 
Carl, I think to believe Linda Tripp's cover story about why she made the tapes is really to go very far in self deception.

Now, like all good cover stories, it has an element of truth to it. Linda Tripp DID expect a showdown with the President's people, and did know that without some powerful backup like the tapes, were word would indeed be questioned. Especially since the subject matter was so deeply personal and the type of thing the mainstream press is ordinarily not inclined to want to delve into.

But the point is that Tripp began making the tapes very early on in their relationship. Much before she was called as a witness in the Jones suit. Why was she so sure she would be called to testify about her Lewinsky conversations unless she herself expected to have at least a hand in revealing the Lewinsky affair in the first place.

At the very least I am quite convinced that Tripp made the tapes, and manipulated Monica, so as to have a marketable and highly lucrative book deal, through Goldberg.

I think they were both also motivated by a deep hatred of the President, and a desire to bring him down. Tripp for reasons more of personal resentment of a frustrated and discarded woman, generally. Goldberg for more ideological reasons.

Goldberg may well have been acting in concert with the groups funding and directing the Jones suit. I don't know. It would be very interesting to find out.

Doug
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