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

To: dougjn who wrote (7039)	10/3/1998 10:49:00 PM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Respond to of 67261

oh please...>>At a very plausible middle level of interpretation of the facts we have now, Tripp set out through a pretend friendship and concerted girl talk to either discover Lewinsky in, or if necessary goad, Lewinsky into, a bookable, and destroyable, sexual affair with the President from the get go of their "friendship."<< So now it's Linda Tripp who caused Clinton to unzip his pants in the Oval Office after taking a phone call from a US Congressman? Your credibility is becoming strained here. Have you read any of the e-mails? At one point, Linda Tripp was telling Monica that she was tired of hearing about her "sick situation" with the President, and told Lewinsky to stop e-mailing her. And yet you are suggesting that it was Linda Tripp who urged Monica to walk into the Oval Office and raise her sweater, exposing the side straps of her thong underwear? You Clinton supporters really know how to dig deep. And like other people have pointed out, Tripp and Lewinsky were not exactly bosom buddies: they were co-workers.

To: dougjn who wrote (7039)	10/4/1998 10:15:00 AM
From: Les H	Respond to of 67261

<<<What Tripp did was at a minimum a venal, mean spirited stalking of a vulnerable young woman >>> What's clear from the facts so far was that Lewinsky could be easily manipulated. On two fronts. Tripp and Clinton. As for stalking, she was stalking Tripp with the objective of getting her to lie in court. She (Lewinsky), Jordan, and Clinton discussed how to keep the affair secret from a sexual harrassment lawsuit. She was a willing partner in purjury and obstruction. And now she was trying to coerce Tripp through the threat of her employment, etc., to deny the affair. As for taping, government employees are often wired in anti-corruption cases. Remember Abscam. Unfortunately, in the case of most of the other Clinton scandals, the illegal conduct had already been completed before a wiretap could be applied.