Last night's Drudge report made me reminiscent of those days...
What is the likelihood that the following is actually true? 3%?
BTW, I'm presently writing up thoughts about BillG's house. Will post
soon...
> From drudge@drudgereport.com Tue Aug 18 20:21:26 1998
> To: DRUDGE@drudgereport.com
> Subject: DRUDGE-REPORT-EXCLUSIVE 8/18/98
>
> XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUE AUG 18 1998 22:12:16 ET XXXXX
>
> CLINTON WORE LEWINSKY TIE DURING SPEECH!
>
> **Exclusive**
> **Must Credit**
>
> Insiders who have full knowledge of the gifts exchanged between Monica
> Lewinsky and President Clinton tell the DRUDGE REPORT that Clinton
> wore a tie given to him by Monica Lewinsky -- during last night's
> national TV address!
>
> The silver-blue tie, with little black checkers, was the first tie
> Monica Lewinsky gave President Clinton early in their relationship.
> And investigators may ask Lewinsky about that tie when she makes an
> appearance before the grand jury later this week, it has been learned.
>
> "It's Bill Clinton playing with fire," warns one case insider. "This
> is his finger to the world."
>
> Bill Clinton may have not even remembered that Monica Lewinsky gave
> him the tie, but one source, directly involved in the case, strongly
> doubts it.
>
> "I know it's unbelievable, but he was wearing her tie!"
>
> The White House offered no immediate comment.
>
> The NEW YORK TIMES fronts a story on another tie sighting in Wednesday
> editions, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
>
> "When President Clinton strode into the Rose Garden on August 6, his
> jazzy gold and navy necktie stood out sharply against his white shirt
> and sent a jolt through certain lawyers around town... According to
> what Ms. Lewinsky told a close friend, Ms. Lewinsky told the president
> that because they would not be able to see each other every day, 'when
> I see you wearing this tie I'll know that I am close to your heart.'"
>
> DRUDGE FOOTNOTE: It was Halloween of 1997. The romance was over
> between Lewinsky and Clinton. Even the phone sex had cooled. It was
> a dangerous time, with lawyers for Paula Jones looking into Clinton's
> activities. Monica Lewinsky gave the president a little
> jack-o'-lantern lapel pin, according to case intelligence. Videos and
> pictures track how the president wore it all day, during all of his
> public appearances.
In the words of Al Pacino's "Scent of a Woman" character, Hoo hah.
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adam@cs.caltech.edu
I'd love to be off [X-files], but because of my greed I have to give
them an extra two years... I assumed there was no way it would last. It
wasn't that interesting and I thought it was silly. Obviously I was
wrong... [the plots] don't make sense. There are lots of holes.
-- David Duchovny to the BBC about "The X-files",
as quoted by Drudge 8/18/98