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© GettyWe know where Bill Clinton is, but what in the world happened to the other players from the former president’s Monica Lewinsky scandal? Well, Ms. Monica went to study in London and hasn’t been heard from since. Literary agent Lucianne Goldberg, who helped break the story, has remained quiet for Lucianne Goldberg, and we’ve heard nary a peep from Linda Tripp. That is, however, until wOw tracked her down to the Christmas Sleigh store which she owns in Middleburg, VA, with her husband. With more than 1,300 products, the C. Sleigh, according to their website, specializes in handmade or...

The D.C. Chapter of Free Republic will forever admire the courageous stand taken by Linda Tripp to tell the truth during the dark days of the investigation leading up to the impeachment of President Clinton. This was done at great personal sacrifice. It is with great sadness and concern that we learned recently that, while others have profited handsomely from their criminal acts during the Clinton era, Linda Tripp has been nearly bankrupted and is facing foreclosure on her home. She was fired from her government job by Bill Clinton on the last day of his term. Her attempts to ...

12/20/2005 The bratwurst served at Weihnachts Markt is authentic German sausage. Weihnachts Markt is a traditional German Christmas market plunked down along the Middleburg's main drag. Middleburg resident Linda Tripp (yes, of Clinton scandal fame) and her husband, German architect Dieter Rausch, are serving up bratwurst and other German delights to hungry, if not curious, passersby. Weihnachts Markt Where: In the garden of The Noble House, 101 W. Washington St., Middleburg When: Daily, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., through December, except Christmas Day. Offerings: Bratwurst, 'weisswurst,' stollen, hot apple cider, nuts and various German confections Contact: (540) 687-3665 or...

HILLARY'S SECRET WAR The real story behindthe Clinton body count Posted: July 13, 20051:00 a.m. Eastern Editor's note: The following is an eye-opening look into New York Times best-selling author Richard Poe's revealing book, "Hillary's Secret War." Whereas Edward Klein's book on the New York senator reveals previously unknown aspects of her personal life, Poe's expose focuses on how Hillary Clinton and the left's "shadow government" have labored to put her and her far-left agenda in the White House by controlling the still-uncensored flow of real news to Americans – via the Internet.If that sounds too fantastic to be...

Shortly after I moved from California in 1973 to begin covering the last year of Richard Nixon in the White House, I was invited to the home of a very affable FBI leader named Mark Felt. He explained that he could not answer a number of my questions – including one dealing with the identity of the Washington Post-designated "Deep Throat." I still believe that some of the information fed to Woodward and Bernstein was from additional sources – but attributed to this exciting nickname, the title of a porn movie. And that compels a question: Why did the Post...

With so much attention rightfully being paid to the unmasking of W. Mark Felt as "Deep Throat," the source of Watergate fame, it was time for a cultural experiment. So I typed "W. Mark Felt" into the news bar in Google and pressed the "enter" key. (snip) But cultural experiments must be fair. Otherwise, angry Nixonians could accuse me of liberal elitism, or is that elite mainstream mediaism? To add balance, I typed in "Linda Tripp" next to Felt's name and pressed the enter key. Guess what happened? Not much. (snip) So Felt is the hero. And last I heard,...

Is Mark Felt a hero for leaking the information about the Watergate burglary to Woodward and Bernstein that brought down Richard Nixon? A. Yes B. No, if he had resigned and brought his charges before Congress, the issue would have been before the public during the 1972 election and the scandal would have been avoided. C. Yes, that might have meant George McGovern ending up as president. D. No, we ended up with Jimmy Carter E. If he’s a hero how come Gary Aldrich and Linda Tripp aren’t heroes?

Too many public servants are afraid to blow the whistle when they spot terrible waste or wrongdoing in government. Other public employees, such as Linda Tripp, seek to expose government for self- promotion or partisanship. W. Mark Felt falls into an entirely different and dignified category. Felt, revealed this week as Deep Throat from the Watergate scandal, showed through his actions more than 30 years ago and by his silence until now concern for his country and an urge to do what is right. As the No. 2 man at the FBI, Felt had so much to lose and took...

With so much attention rightfully being paid to the unmasking of W. Mark Felt as "Deep Throat," the source of Watergate fame, it was time for a cultural experiment. So I typed "W. Mark Felt" into the news bar in Google and pressed the "enter" key. Up came stories about Felt, the former senior FBI official who leaked information to the Washington Post, and articles from that symbiotic relationship that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. But cultural experiments must be fair. Otherwise, angry Nixonians could accuse me of liberal elitism, or is that elite mainstream mediaism? To...

The former attorney for Clinton scandal whistleblower Linda R. Tripp -- who, like "Deep Throat," exposed White House misdeeds -- said his client's harsh public treatment stands in stark contrast to the veneration of W. Mark Felt, whose aid to the press helped bring down President Nixon. "I think that what happened to Linda Tripp -- demonization is too kind a word," said David Irwin, who represented Mrs. Tripp during President Clinton's impeachment trial. "I thought she got the brunt of a lot of people's frustrations. "There is no question that Linda Tripp, like Mark Felt, was not happy with...

Former Nixon aide Pat Buchanan said Wednesday that the same mainstream reporters who paint newly revealed "Deep Throat" source Mark Felt as a hero couldn't find a good word to say about Linda Tripp, whose secret tapes led to the impeachment of President Clinton. "The only reason Mark Felt is a hero now [is because he helped] destroy was Richard Milhous Nixon," Buchanan told WABC Radio's John Gambling. But when it came to President Clinton, he noted, reporters suddenly developed a distaste for whistleblowers. "I mean, did they make Linda Tripp a hero?" the former Nixon speechwriter asked plaintively. "At...

'"...Our nation is also indebted to U.S. Army Sergeant Joseph Darby who, despite great personal risk, stood up for the rule of law and exposed the torture and scandal in Iraq. In a time when politics and government have been marked by incivility and partisanship, these individuals have distinguished themselves by their political and moral courage and by their vision of what was right for the country...."'

The 'Bush Tapes' Finds Future President Down on the Press from Git-Go By E&P Staff Published: February 19, 2005 8:00 PM ET NEW YORK Even before becoming president in 2001, George W. Bush privately railed against press scrutiny and liberal bias, accusing the news media of a "campaign" against him, according to tapes secretly recorded by a friend. He talked of certain reporters as "pro-Bush" and called Time magazine "awful." Referring to rumors about him that appeared in the press, he commented, "They just float sewer out there." Bush’s views, from 1998 to 2000, emerged Saturday in a lengthy New...

Winchester continues its reputation as a wedding mecca in Virginia. Linda Tripp, who caught the nation's attention during the Monica Lewinsky episode of President Clinton’s second term, came to the Winchester Circuit Clerk’s office to obtain a marriage license Dec. 30. “I asked her if she was THE Linda Tripp and she said yes,” reported Will Gardner, deputy clerk of the court. “I was curious about how many people could have that name,” Gardner said. He didn’t recognize her physically but did remember the name when he was typing up the license. Gardner said she seemed a little anxious once...

Would you lick Slobodan Milosevic? Linda Tripp? Now, apparently you could, thanks to a new custom stamp service from Stamps.com. Launched last month, Stamps.com's service lets customers put wedding photos and pet portraits on their postage, a notion that The Smoking Gun's Web site finds inappropriate. In an effort to prove its point, The Smoking Gun submitted several photos of some unlikely characters for custom stamps; Milosevic and Tripp were two of many "ridiculous" submissions, one of the site's editors said. Those stamps and others are being showcased in a gallery on the site. "We thought we'd give this service...

The 9/11 Commission & Iraq's WMD March 29, 2004 Listen to Rush… (…explain how the libs are trying to separate Iraq from the war on terror to hurt Bush) BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: You know what the liberals obviously are best at, what they're demonstrating that they're best at, is investigations. I might even call them witch hunts. They don't care whether there's ethics involved, they don't care who they destroy and smear, it is simply an ends to justify the means. So what we have now, we basically have a book, and it's going to be followed by another book...

Democrats, it would seem, have developed a sudden new sense of protectiveness for those who tell tales out of school. Anyone who remembers the name Linda Tripp cannot help but be amused at the Democrats rushing forward to decry the “trashing” of Richard Clarke. Where were these same Democrats when Linda Tripp was vilified on a daily basis? It is worth taking a few moments to consider the two cases in a comparative light. Alleged Offense Clarke broke with over two hundred years of tradition, and revealed the national security deliberations of professional non-political career civil service advisers to the...

Funny how the partisan Democratic, liberal journalists in the AP and the rest of the liberal media are not pointing out that the man who is going after Rush Limbaugh, Barry Krischer, the Florida State Attorney of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit (which includes Palm Beach County), is a Democrat. The liberal media are letting people assume that because the Florida Attorney General, Charlie Crist, is a Republican, and because Governor Jeb Bush is a Republican, the Florida State Attorney for Palm Beach, who is going after Limbaugh, is also a Republican. We saw the liberal media do the same thing...

Larry King's Linda Tripp Interview 'Puff Piece', Ignored Unecessary Torture She Inflicted on America Weiner Asserts 12/2/03 12:01:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: Bob Weiner, 301-283-0821 or 202-329-1700 WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Larry King's hour-long interview of Linda Tripp tonight was a "puff piece" which "ignored the unnecessary torture she inflicted on America," Bob Weiner, Clinton White House staffer who was subpoenaed by Ken Starr before the Lewinsky Grand Jury, asserted tonight. Weiner said, "I couldn't get past their call-in 800 line busy signal to ask what King himself should have asked and emphasized to Tripp...

<p>LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight exclusive, Linda Tripp. Her own life was changed forever when she helped get the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky scandal in motion. And now she is breaking her long silence. Her first interview since being diagnose with breast cancer and since settling her lawsuit against the Pentagon. She'll even break some news too, something she has never discussed in public before. Linda Tripp for the hour is next on LARRY KING LIVE.</p>