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I've been poking around and found another article that just doesn't add up with what Hillary's now saying:
Washington PostMy guess: There are a BUNCH of reporters like Merida out there tearing through their old notes, preparing a story once the book comes out. This might actually be fun!
Kevin Merida
August 19,1998 (The toon testified on August 17th)[snippet] Once again Hillary Clinton finds herself in this familiar place – the woman scorned, a public figure under the national spotlight being dissected like a lab frog.
"People are sort of impressed when they call, that she's doing well," says a White House official who is close to her. "They say she sets an example for the rest of us in tough times."
But what is that example? We can draw some tentative conclusions from her actions of the past 72 hours, though in some respects those actions only deepen the mystery about her inner core. She accompanied her husband to church on Sunday, holding his hand, smiling. [trying to fool us again] She invited Jesse Jackson over to the residence that night, saying 18-year-old Chelsea wanted to talk. Jackson prayed with mother and daughter and later desribed the first lady as pained and humiliated, but not shocked by her husband's latest sexcapade.
She was not by the president's side for his televised confession Monday night, as she was for his vague admission of infidelity on "60 Minutes" during the 1992 campaign. But she did help write his speech and participated in strategy meetings preparing him for his grand jury testimony.[I thought they weren't speaking!]
It's not clear when Hillary Clinton first suspected her husband was sneaking around with an intern half her age, but her spokeswoman Marsha Berry said yesterday that the first lady learned only this past weekend that her husband would testify to having an inappropriate relationship. [Note, in this early version, she learned he would TESTIFY, not that "he had lied to her". And if it had happened the way Hill put it, then the early leaks would prolly have said "When he told her...."]
As the Clintons departed yesterday for a 10-day vacation on Martha's Vineyard, they presented a wholesome family tableau. Walking across the South Lawn toward the helicopter, Chelsea held hands with her parents, dog Buddy trotting alongside.
Just as she has done in other times of turmoil, Mrs. Clinton portrayed herself yesterday as the loyal, protective partner. Through Berry, she conveyed that she loves her husband, is committed to their marriage and forgives him. [This is two days after his supposed "confession". Today she says she couldn't forgive him for a long, long time.]
So commonplace, this ritual. [Was the reporter referring to Clinton revisionism?]