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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: j_b who wrote (6711)	10/2/1998 7:27:00 PM
From: dougjn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

<<Once again, what was Goldberg's motivation.>> Goldberg's and Tripp's motivations were quite similar. A combination of deep hatred of the President (more ideologically based in Goldberg's case, more generally discarded woman based in Tripp's case) , combined with the lure of a lucrative sensational book deal. Arranged (probably including finding a ghost writer) and agented by Goldberg, and purportedly authored by Tripp. With the tapes for backup. After their political use both brought down the President, and validated their truth and importance. Doug