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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jimpit who wrote (850)	8/9/1998 11:25:00 AM
From: Les H	Respond to of 13994

Tripp Kept Log Book, Too By KATHY KIELY Daily News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON inda Tripp reportedly did more than secretly tape-record pal Monica Lewinsky weeping on her shoulder - she took copious notes, too. According to Time magazine, Tripp has handed independent counsel Kenneth Starr a hand-written logbook chronicling the former intern's alleged contacts with President Clinton in minute detail. Tripp took nearly 100 pages of notes as the anguished Lewinsky poured her heart out over her alleged affair with Clinton, Time says in this week's issue. The logbook gave Starr times, dates, places and circumstances of supposed liaisons - an invaluable tool for Tripp to jog Lewinsky's memory once she agreed to cooperate. Starr will no doubt also use Tripp's thick book to grill Clinton when he testifies before Starr's grand jury via closed-circuit television on Aug. 17. Meanwhile, Clinton is starting one of the most crucial weeks of his life where he's most comfortable - on the campaign trail. Instead of holing up to prepare for Starr's mortifying cross-examination about his sex life, Clinton's taking off at the crack of dawn tomorrow for a three-day, coast-to-coast tour to raise money and enthusiasm for Democratic candidates in the Nov. 3 elections. He is not expected back in Washington until the wee hours of Thursday morning, which will leave him four days to prepare for his much-awaited date with Starr. It's a show of bravado that vividly illustrates the schizophrenic nature of life at the White House, where the President is out pursuing an aggressive political agenda while aides are buried beneath a flood of queries about Lewinsky's decision to turn state's evidence against her ex-boss. "It's a real good question to which I do not have the answer, and you know who is the only person who has the answer to that question. I'm as sick of saying it as you are of hearing it, believe me," White House deputy press secretary Barry Toiv said with a sigh as, for the umpteenth time last week, he punted a query to the President's personal attorney, David Kendall - a man who does not return reporters' phone calls. Kendall is a member of a close - and closemouthed - brain trust assembled by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton to manage her husband's defense in the Lewinsky case. They have taken management of the Lewinsky crisis almost completely out of the hands of the President's usual circle of advisers. For instance, no one in the White House press or communications offices has any idea whether Clinton will make a public statement after his testimony next week. "If this happens, the decision will be made by a handful of people, and it will happen very quickly," one aide said. The vacation schedule provides another stark measure of how checked-out many top presidential aides are on the Lewinsky crisis: Press secretary Mike McCurry is in the middle of a two-week vacation. White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles is taking this week off. Even White House counsel Chuck Ruff, a key member of the President's legal team, escaped town last week, though Toiv told reporters that Ruff remained connected to his client through "every electronic device available." For his part, the President not only appears unharried, he seems to be relishing political confrontation. Last week, he went on the attack against congressional Republicans. Original Publication Date: 08/09/1998 >>>It probably took Starr six months to gather evidence such as store >>>witnesses, Secret Service agent witnesses, receipts to corroborate >>>the log and the tapes. Sounds like the Dress with the DNA is just >>>another small piece in the puzzle.

To: jimpit who wrote (850)	8/9/1998 11:29:00 AM
From: Catfish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13994

There are too few defenders of our democratic republic today. We are threatened by an imperial presidency, a national political enforcement police force, a national internal passport/ID system, socialized medicine controlled by the same folks who wish to judge your politics, a weakened military, a nearly useless Congress, a criminal enterprise subverting the Democratic Party and our electoral process, uncontrolled immigration, treason in favor of a threatening nuclear enemy... etc. jmipit, Good analysis: This is the beginnings of totalitarianism. The enactment of "Hate Crime" laws coupled with the idea of "Political Correctness" is in direct conflict with the 1st amendment. Unfortunately, the definitions of these terms are whatever the Socialist Democrats say it is. They define the term, the law, and enforcement action against perpetrators. Darrell