Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Linda Tripp: Hillary Knew About Monica
NewsMax.com ^ | 7/10/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

Posted on 07/10/2003 12:49:18 PM PDT by kattracks

Saying that Hillary Clinton's book "can't be allowed to go unchallenged," Sexgate whistle-blower Linda Tripp returned to the spotlight on Wednesday to challenge the former first lady's claim that she didn't know President Clinton was having an affair with Monica Lewinsky until a DNA test proved the allegation.

Tripp said that Mrs. Clinton undoubtedly knew about the illicit relationship much earlier because she had a top aide monitoring President Clinton's private activities.

"With Evelyn Lieberman, as deputy chief of staff to the president, Hillary's henchman - there was no way that Hillary was not completely apprised of Monica Lewinsky," Tripp told nationally syndicated radio host Sean Hannity.

"So the notion that she never knew - and then only knew - and was shocked and thrown to her knees in abject anxiety and grief, is nothing more than what the rest of her book is, a revisionist way of jockeying herself into a position [to run] for president," the former White House insider said.

Asked what she thought of Mrs. Clinton's book, Tripp told Hannity, "I was appalled and shocked."

The former Clinton aide said she was shocked, "not in that she lied throughout the book," which didn't surprise her, "but [I was] shocked that it is so well done that the average person reading this book will believe it."

Saying that a Hillary Clinton presidency can't be allowed to happen, Tripp urged, "I think people with personal, factual information, firsthand information, need to speak out."

"I've watched Hillary closely in action," explained Tripp, who is in the midst of recovering from breast cancer. "I sat next to her for a great period of time. I know her culpability and that her fingers were literally in each scandal.

"And she also knows I know," she added.

Tripp said that she came to know Mrs. Clinton while working for over a year in the White House Counsel's office, which was next to the office of the first lady.



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton; hillary; lindatripp; livinghistory; monica
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-46 next last
To: Brian Mosely
Wow, you dug deep in your FR past to pull that one out. I'm impressed...
21 posted on 07/10/2003 1:25:51 PM PDT by Damocles (sword of...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Sunshine Sister
How did Hillary cause breast cancer in another woman?
22 posted on 07/10/2003 1:28:34 PM PDT by Bon mots
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: Bon mots
When you are the queen of evil you can do anything!
23 posted on 07/10/2003 1:34:14 PM PDT by Sunshine Sister
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: Sunshine Sister
lol.

Thanks for the laugh. It really cracked me up. I needed a laugh tonight!

:-D

24 posted on 07/10/2003 1:36:05 PM PDT by Bon mots
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: Mia T
fyi (also see post #2)
25 posted on 07/10/2003 1:37:34 PM PDT by jla
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: jlogajan; Mia T; dukeman
Tripp is speculating.

The evidence is ovewhelmingly on Tripp's side. The existence of Hillary's managers placed in the Oval Office, to represent Hillary's interest, is well documented. The Hillary people had real power (the ran the justice dept, for example)and among other things they oversaw the intern program -- for good reason, to keep a leash on Bill.

How and why do you think that Lewinsky was 'banished' to the Pentagon, for instance? The Pentagon was used as a dumping ground to ease out people (with a soft landing, to co-opt their grudging silence) who Bill or Hillary didn't want in the WH.(which shows the CLinton's contempt for the Pentagon and the military, BTW).

That's why Tripp was sent to the Pentagon, unwanted as a hold-over from the Bush White House and someone who had troublesome knowledge of matters pertaining to, e.g., Vince Foster and other embarrassments.

And that's also why Monica was banished (by Hillary's henchmen) there -- banished by Hillary, based on reports from her Oval Office personnel that Monica and Bill were up to no good. Monica's path mirrored Tripp's path, and that's the basis for the friendship between them, to Bill's eternal regret.

Where Hillary's people screwed up, and they paid a price for it, was that they failed to discover that Monica was sneaking back to the Oval Office -- with the help of the Secret Service. That was old hat to Bill, who ran the same games back in Arkansas, which was documented in the American Spectator piece by Brock.

26 posted on 07/10/2003 1:38:14 PM PDT by WL-law
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Support Free Republic
I can't believe how poorly even most Freepers remember the Matt Lauer interview.

Hillary: "There is no proof of that, or no proof will come out. It is just speculation, and I don't think any proof will come out..." or some such thing.

Anyone who can remember it knows that Hillary KNEW the day after it broke...
27 posted on 07/10/2003 1:44:24 PM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: kattracks
Oh, Hitlery knew alright. She knows about everything because she was and is up to her neck in everything.

Instead of being the world's smartest woman(I ROTFL everytime I hear that one); she is the world's biggest bald-faced liar.

Do we really want to elect someone in any office like this woman? No.
28 posted on 07/10/2003 1:44:43 PM PDT by freekitty
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: freekitty
We already can't trust her.
29 posted on 07/10/2003 1:45:06 PM PDT by freekitty
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies]

To: kattracks
Isn't Linda Tripp a FReeper? Seems I heard that before.
30 posted on 07/10/2003 1:51:51 PM PDT by GulliverSwift
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: kattracks
Linda, this is old news. We all knew this already. But that's okay - maybe if you keep saying, some of the Hillary kool-aid drinkers will finally get it. (Don't hold your breath though.)
31 posted on 07/10/2003 2:07:45 PM PDT by MEGoody
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jlogajan
"I didn't say Tripp was wrong, I said she is obviously just speculating and has no first hand knowledge of what Hillary knew."

The 'dress' news had broken some days before Hillary claims she knew about Bill's 'indiscretion'. So she was either lying or incapable of facing facts. Either way, she isn't leadership material.

32 posted on 07/10/2003 2:09:48 PM PDT by MEGoody
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: kattracks
Also in the interview on Hannity (as I recall):

Linda Tripp - It was a well-known fact at the White House that Hillary wanted to run for president.
The saying that went around was


33 posted on 07/10/2003 3:59:55 PM PDT by Slyfox
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Slyfox
Dick Morris is on record with that phrase, too.
34 posted on 07/10/2003 4:24:56 PM PDT by lainie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: lainie
yeah, and then there is the letter Hillary wrote to Bill when he was running for congress and was entertaining the lovelies surrounding the campaign. One of the many bimbo's recalled reading it in the campaign office.

It said (I will paraphrase here) - "None of those girls will be able to help you the way I can. Remember our plan, Bill. I will help you get into the White for eight years and then you will help me to get eight years."

35 posted on 07/10/2003 4:33:31 PM PDT by Slyfox
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: WL-law; kattracks


EPILOGUE: (ADDITIONAL AUDIO)
Hear Christopher Shays: "The bottom line: HE DID RAPE BROADDRICK."

36 posted on 07/10/2003 4:34:16 PM PDT by Mia T (SCUM (Stop Clintons' Undermining Machinations))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: kattracks
Hillary was in on it and it was probably her idea to begin with, IMO. Same with all of Bubba's other affairs.
37 posted on 07/10/2003 4:35:56 PM PDT by Consort
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Consort
If, as I suggested, Hillary was in on it from the getgo, then they were not extramarital affairs and he did not cheat on her, technically speaking.
38 posted on 07/10/2003 4:37:59 PM PDT by Consort
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 37 | View Replies]

To: jlogajan
Nice hearing the view of a Libertarian atheist. Do you think we care?
39 posted on 07/10/2003 4:38:44 PM PDT by doug from upland (Bill - go away...Hillary - go away.....you have done enough damage to this great Republic)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: doug from upland
Nice hearing the view of a Libertarian atheist. Do you think we care?

Do you think I care whether you care? Nice non-sequitur, by the way.

40 posted on 07/10/2003 5:11:44 PM PDT by jlogajan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 39 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-46 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson