Posted on 08/18/2002 6:10:56 PM PDT by Paul Atreides
Embattled media mogul Martha Stewart is said to see a political conspiracy behind the deepening investigation into her questionable stock trades, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
"Martha really believes it is the Republicans who are behind this -- and they are chasing her for purely political reasons," a Stewart intimate said this weekend.
"Martha told me that she believes they are doing the very same thing to her, they did to President Clinton. What Ken Starr did. She believes it is nothing short of a witch hunt! They are even digging into her private e-mails! They are demanding to know who she's dated. Martha said to me, 'Can you believe they want to know who I'm dating?' Republicans on Capitol Hill are probing her sex life!"
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The close Stewart friend, who demanded not to be named out of fear of being dragged into the investigation, spoke just hours after Justice Department officials sacked her stockbroker's offices - removing boxes of evidence related to the ImClone stock scandal.
"Who runs the Justice Department? Republicans. Who runs the House of Representatives, and these committees looking into Martha? The Republicans," said the Stewart friend. "Guess who is a major force in raising money and contributing to Democrats?"
[Last year Billionaire Stewart contributed $125,000 in soft money to Democratic accounts, records show.]
The close Stewart friend predicted Americans will rally behind Stewart the same way many did with President Clinton during his impeachment.
"Once all the facts come out about this abuse of power, about these subpoenas, which ask for every detail on Martha's very private life, people will come to her side."
A spokesman for the House Energy and Commerce Committee strongly denied congressional investigators are being motivated out of any political concern and noted questions about a subject's personal contacts with other individuals are standard.
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The very FIRST time, I ever saw her ( I like to watch cooking shows and PBS had her do a special for Thanksgiving, in the '80s ), I knew she was a fraud. She talks down to people ( same kind of tone and inflection as algore has; just makes my teeth ache ! )and since I am a very good cook, I knew that what she was doing, was a crock.
I don't watch her; however, I think that she actually may be on something, when she does her shows. :-)
My thoughts exactly.
I still like watching Julia Child re-runs. And I like Sarah Moulton too.
Most of Martha's recipes seem to either turn into inedable goo, or sound just plain old disgusting ! Even her recipe for standing rib roast looked vile and I can't imagine cooking one, as was called for.
Lieberman - in order to get the vp nod!
Ummmm .. that was my thought
It's was like one of those bad movies that you keep watching in hope to figure out the point .. only to find out you should have changed the channel hours ago
Martha is one of a kind, that's for sure
My thought precisely. The thought of Martha Stewart having sex is something civilised people avoid.
Best Regards, Ivan
Well she was friends with the Clintons, after all. ;)
Best Regards, Ivan
According to " MARTHA , INC. " , she makes " her people ", write precise scripts, demands that they be put in a specific place, and then, most of the time, NEVER even looks at them. This has a funny way of making her completely unaware of what she's supposed to do and say, in any segment of her show. Then, because it goes badly, she has a major fit, swears a blue streak, and blames EVERYONE, but the guilty person ; herself.
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