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Why is Linda Tripp being blackballed?

Posted on 03/01/2002 10:52:56 AM PST by watsonfellow

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To: watsonfellow
Finally, if this is how we treat those who are on
our side; then clearly our ranks will become quite thin.

I don't think she has lost weight.

21 posted on 03/01/2002 11:58:39 AM PST by gcruse
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To: AppyPappy
Didn't get it from the media, got it from a conservative source.

The lady's name was Fitzgerald, one name I would especially remember.

22 posted on 03/01/2002 12:19:22 PM PST by B-A-Grizzley
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To: meandog
It is interesting to point out that as hated as John McCain is on this website, he at least once said that Linda Tripp should be reinstated in the government...

Really? And he hired Linda when and for what job?

23 posted on 03/01/2002 12:35:46 PM PST by Bommer
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To: watsonfellow
Reason 1235 why I will not be fooled into voting for Bush again, some gentleman he is.....

While Im sorry she has cancer, she is not a national icon, she is a national pariah. As for Bush, why should he hire a known malcontent, gossip, someone who could never be trusted in an environment that requires trust. Furthermore, if there is one thing that Bush despises it's those who leak info to the press. Bush owes her nothing.

If anyone owes her a job its those in the cottage industry that grew up around Whitewater. Why not give them hell? How about John Fund, he could use someone to keep him away from his girl friend? How about that nutcase and his legal foundation thats currently sueing Cheney? How about her good friend, Lucienne? Hell if you feel so strongly about it, why dont you hire her or get your company to hire her? She has strong secretarial skills and only wants a six figure salary plus plenty of time to gossip.

24 posted on 03/01/2002 12:36:04 PM PST by Dave S
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To: watsonfellow
Who cares? Because first of all she did this country a great service by pointing out the misdeeds of Clinton etc. Finally, if this is how we treat those who are on our side; then clearly our ranks will become quite thin. What does this say to future whistle blowers. Loyalty is fine; but this current President; who I am growing to detest every day; overdoes it

She didnt do this country a great service. She drug the entire country through the mud, lowering discourse, and bringing grossness into everyday conversation. She's also responsible for the large increase in oral sex among teenagers who point out its not sex.

Whistle blowers have never done well. That's why you have to either be extremely committed or a fool to run off at the mouth. Get a life. Whitewater is offer. Its a new century. Again, I say if you are so concerned about her, you hire her. Its not the governments responsibility to feed this women.

25 posted on 03/01/2002 12:45:29 PM PST by Dave S
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To: watsonfellow
Looks like we've found the Achilles Heel of the Republican party in the next few elections. Better not let McAulliffe hear about his.
26 posted on 03/01/2002 12:54:14 PM PST by GoreIsLove
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To: Dave S
You are right about the whistleblowers. They never end up with any justice. They usually end up without a job and scorned. Linda should make it clear just where she stands in politics. She doesn't seem to be very opinionately about anything except clinton being a crook and Monica being a mindless fool. I wish her well but I think she needs to find work out of the government. Actually, I think almost everyone needs to find work out of the government.
27 posted on 03/01/2002 12:58:38 PM PST by Cowgirl
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To: B-A-Grizzley
And also remember that LOYALTY is a top criteria for the current Bush administration.

LOYALTY was also a top criteria of the last administration, wasn't it? The Clinton's insisted on the loyalty of their people keeping quite as just about every law you can name was systematically broken. And from where I stand, I don't see a whole lot of difference between the Bush and Clinton administrations (or their staunchest supporters). at least as far as upholding laws is concerned. If there were, by now we would know how many FBI files were were really taken, know whether the information in those files is still in DNC hands (or on their computers) and know Hillary's role in the whole ILLEGAL BLACKMAIL scheme. But Bush, perhaps because of what was contained in those THOUSANDS of files that Linda testified UNDER OATH to have seen being loaded onto DNC databases, hasn't done a thing about Filegate. Has he? Just like he has ignored ALL the other crimes the Clinton's and DNC committed. The Riady non-refund. Chinagate. Emailgate. Election tampering in Florida. The death of Foster. The death of Brown.

No ... I'm afraid I don't see a whole lot of difference between the Bush's and the Clinton's.

Their followers are BOTH willing to trash the reputation of someone (Linda) who did think the law mattered.

28 posted on 03/01/2002 1:09:24 PM PST by BeAChooser
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To: watsonfellow
The problem is most whistle blowers end up having a worse life after the incident is over than before. I'm not saying it's right. It's not right. But unfortunately the whistle blower, even those with the purest of intentions, are not trusted again. If there is a stigma attached to whisteblowing, it was put on by society in general. Narks are always looked down upon.
29 posted on 03/01/2002 1:21:51 PM PST by Metal4Ever
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To: watsonfellow
Linda should do what any Republican would do when put out of work: FIND ANOTHER JOB. The classifieds are full of them.

Whining about how the government "owes" her something is for Rats.

30 posted on 03/01/2002 1:54:43 PM PST by Truebador
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To: Semper Paratus
And Ms. Lewinski once again trashed Linda last night on King's idiotic program on national TV. Women seem to hate Linda because of the supremely stupid "you don't rat on your friends" idea. Here's an immoral, young intern doing the Felon in the WH and these women are mad at Linda? Go figure!
31 posted on 03/01/2002 2:15:25 PM PST by Paulus Invictus
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To: Dave S
She didnt do this country a great service. She drug the entire country through the mud, lowering discourse, and bringing grossness into everyday conversation. She's also responsible for the large increase in oral sex among teenagers who point out its not sex.

Spoken like the good democRAT that I think you really are.

During our first exchange last year, in defending the "move-on" philosophy, you argued against the possibility of foul play in the Ron Brown and Vince Foster cases ... by smearing credible sources like Christopher Ruddy and Judicial Watch without providing ANY basis for do so, by refusing to discuss the facts in those cases at every turn, by deliberately spreading untruths and misinformation about those cases, and by pretending to be knowledgeable about the cases when you clearly were not. You were ONLY interested in "moving on".

It seems to me that you are attempting to do the same thing here. If you wish to disagree, let us talk about Filegate, which is where Linda did, IN FACT, do this country a great service. You maintained a year ago that allegations of foul play in Foster's death were just conspiracy otherwise two special prosecutors and their staff's wouldnt have agreed that it was a suicide. I asked you then, which you never answered, why if Starr is as honest as you claimed did he allow Clinton to keep the 900+ FBI files that EVERYONE agreed were illegal for the Whitehouse to have? They were STILL in the Whitehouse's possession YEARS after Starr concluded his investigation and he (and Clinton) told the public they had been returned to the FBI. What's the problem ... is the answer not in your talking points?

Anyone else who wishes to see that Dave S is not what he claims to be ... a conservative republican ... can visit the following two threads. The first is http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3a8c176b2669.htm. The second is http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3ac236c107b3.htm. They show by how he debates and what he defends, that he is anything BUT a conservative.

In fact, I'll repeat my top 10 reasons (from the latter thread) why Dave S is a democRAT:

And one last time, I'm NOT A DEMOCRAT. I BE CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN.

You protest too much! We know you are a democRAT because you argue JUST like a democRAT and you argue a position that ONLY new-age democRATS could possibly support (like ignoring the crimes of murder, mass murder and treason).

Here are the top 10 reasons why you are a democRAT:

1) you run from using ANY facts to support your arguments,

2) you put your "faith" in the authorities even when those authorities are clearly controlled by the likes of Clinton ... even when those authorities have already been caught in lies and actions that show they are corrupt,

3) you put your faith in the mainstream media (why it's not biased ... how else would you know about Broaddrick ... HA!),

4) you resort to adhominen arguments and unsubstantiated smears to try and delegitimize your opponents and their sources,

5) you try and link reasonable questions about a set of events (like the Brown death) to non-related "conspiracy theories" that you think will be viewed as discredited (and perhaps rightly are),

6) you imply that your opponent said something on a subject you think will make him look like a "kook" when in fact he has never said anything about that subject,

7) you impune the intelligence of your opponent rather than argue the facts he has presented (no ... anything but THAT!),

8) you claim ignorance of the facts ... even when they are presented to you over and over,

9) you are completely poll driven (rather than driven by "principles"),

10) you use logic like "they all do it"

You don't fool any of us. You IS a democRAT (by any definition of "is").

I'm gone. Wasted too much time already.

Bye now ... but be assured that if you try to suggest Bush and Republicans "move on" then I or someone like me will be there to point out the obvious ... THAT YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT.

32 posted on 03/01/2002 2:33:02 PM PST by BeAChooser
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To: Paulus Invictus
I don't suppose it ever occurred to Ms. Lewinski that Linda's whistleblowing , Linda telling her to save the Blue Dress, and Linda's tape recordings just may be the reason Ms. Lewinski is alive and well, enjoying her celebrity status today?

I seem to recall a taped Monica telling Linda how frightened she was that something was going to happen to her. She was afraid of the Big Creep. It sure happened to a bunch of other people. Bill isn't so frightening but his hatchetwoman (wife) is.

33 posted on 03/01/2002 2:42:38 PM PST by wingnuts'nbolts
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To: wingnuts'nbolts
Bill isn't so frightening but his hatchetwoman (wife) is.

Tell that to Ron Brown ... although it was indeed Hillary who was on the same plane that "crashed" and "killed" Brown just a week or two later.

34 posted on 03/01/2002 2:49:18 PM PST by BeAChooser
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To: watsonfellow
I think you are an idiot who knows nothing about politics or philosophy. You are laughable and I hope you post a million more responses because you are making me laugh soooooooooooooooooo hard.

You said it!

35 posted on 03/01/2002 3:05:20 PM PST by lonestar
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To: writmeister

Very interesing. Do you have a source/link to where that came from?

36 posted on 03/01/2002 3:16:36 PM PST by deport
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To: Dave S ; dighton ; Orual
She's also responsible for the large increase in oral sex among teenagers who point out its not sex.

"Gee, why didn't I think of that?"
The Harlem Globetrotter

(Credit to Safire for BJ's newest handle.)

37 posted on 03/01/2002 3:50:59 PM PST by aculeus
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To: deport
yet voted for Clinton in 1992.

I'd be curious as to the source of this claim too. By the way ... so did Dave S. He admitted it in one of the URLs I mentioned. Interesting ... as you say.

38 posted on 03/01/2002 5:04:36 PM PST by BeAChooser
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To: watsonfellow
I take back anything mean I may have said in another post here regarding Linda Tripp. I didn't know about her cancer. I'm very sorry for her.
39 posted on 03/01/2002 5:20:39 PM PST by Soaring Feather
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To: BeAChooser
It wouldn't suprise me as they are free to vote as they see fit. I'd not heard this before and was curious about the validity of it.
40 posted on 03/01/2002 6:03:20 PM PST by deport
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