Confessions of one of the Clinton's guest use of the Lincoln Bedroom.. a Blast from the past, remember this in the news ..Sept 21, 2000?
The administration has pledged to release a list of names of the campaign donors who were granted an overnight stay in the White House's famed -- and now somewhat infamous -- Lincoln Bedroom for their generosity. The release could occur on Friday.
The president's push for a second term brought a tangled web of probes into his and the Democratic Party's campaign fund-raising practices. The allegations of fund-raising improprieties still haunt Clinton and Vice President Al Gore, who is looking to take Clinton's place in the residential wing of the executive mansion. The release is expected to put some of the complaints to rest.
The White House pledged to release a list of overnight White House guests after new questions arose over first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign for Senate in New York. The administration has acknowledged that donors to Mrs. Clinton's campaign have stayed overnight at the White House, but said the stays were not awarded in exchange for a donation.
The Lincoln Bedroom, which served Abraham Lincoln as a refuge and office, rather than a bedroom, became synonymous to some critics and observers with the lowest form of campaign politicking. High-rolling donors to the Democratic Party, many said, neither earned nor did they deserve such access to a national landmark.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/09/21/wh.guests/