This Day in History August 17,1998 Clinton Admits To 'Wrong' Relationship With Lewinsky

CNN ^ | 8/17/07 | CNN

[mdittmar]

President reverses earlier denial; asks the matter be ended

Breaking seven months of near silence, President Bill Clinton admitted Monday night that he did, in fact, have an inappropriate and "wrong" relationship with ex-White House intern Monica Lewinsky, but insisted he did nothing illegal.

[mdittmar]

'These allegations are false,' says Clinton

Didn't his wife back him up on this?

[Farmer Dean]

Backed him in public,threw ashtrays at him in private.Ask your wife if she accepts the “eatin’ain’t cheatin’”defense.

[Jaysun]

F**k him and f**k his wife for trying to lower the bar on what is wrong and what isn’t. Mr President, teaching a chunky young intern to play the skin flute is wrong. Are you that fuc***g stupid?

[traditional1]

"that at no time did I ask anyone to lie, to hide or destroy evidence or to take any other unlawful action"

He left off the part where "Hillary did all the dirty work to cover it up and to make sure Vince Foster would never testify on other illegal activity...."

[traditional1]

Well said....

[Jaysun]

acked him in public,threw ashtrays at him in private.Ask your wife if she accepts the “eatin’ain’t cheatin’”defense.

Uh, my wife does accept the eatin ain't cheatin defense. But she knows that once I eat I must complete, so I guess the point is moot.

[kinoxi]

It will live forever in the anals of US Presidential history. This isn’t a sentence or two in book. He lied on international television.

[RepublitarianRoger]

As much as I hate to be reminded of that jerkface, this is a day that should be remembered in infamy.

[NautiNurse]

I believe he referred to Lewinski as “that woman.”

[LexBaird]

Ahh, Little Monica. Seems only yesterday she was just a child, bouncing on her sugar daddies knee.

[potlatch]

[JRochelle]

Never ever have I gotten more enjoyment out of someone else’s troubles.

1998 was a good year for that. Clinton’s legacy forever stained.

[359Henrie]

That depends on your definition of “knee”.

[JohnLongIsland]

what a coincidence, i’m reading this smoking a nice fuente hemmingway cigar.

[Nitro]

Hit your knees and thank God for George W........

and pray for Giuliani next.

[Cementjungle]

While Clinton exercised extremely poor judgement (and moral character) in this incident, it’s relatively minor compared with some of the other things he did to this country.

[wastedyears]

Adultery might not be illegal on paper, but it is in the eyes of God.

[mdittmar]

Like lying under oath in a Grand Jury investigation?

[devolve]

[JRochelle]

I’d toss the cigar after reading this!