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Today, December 13, 1999, the fight for justice begins in earnest in my criminal prosecution in Maryland. First, the court will deal with the issue of immunity. After that, the court will deal with the evidence in a follow-on Kastigar hearing. There is speculation that the Judge may close the hearings. I hope the hearings as well as the trial are completely open to the public. I have nothing to hide. Do they?
But before I go much further, I must first express my heartfelt thanks to each one of you who continue to help me in my overwhelming and expensive fight against the State of Maryland, and by extension, the Clinton White House. This literally could not be done without you.
Within the next few days I will learn if the immunity I was given by Judge Starr on January 16, 1998 was legal. Today's hearing is about the issue of immunity. The powerful democratic machine in my adopted State of Maryland is vested in this case, and so has chosen to fight the immunity I was granted by Judge Starr. I ask you to think about something for a minute. The notion that officers of the court can promise immunity to a potential cooperating witness, in writing, and assure that witness that it protects that witness from any other arm of the law attempting to access and use the immunized information or materials, (only to discover months later that it could be "misinterpreted" or knocked out on a technicality), is mind-boggling.
This would mean that in my case, I would have been enticed to make "statements against interest", or to even unwittingly waive my constitutionally-guaranteed fifth amendment privilege -- none of which would have happened had I not believed in the veracity and authority of the Office of the Independent Counsel and the inviolate protection offered me by their letter immunity. Was I promised that the State of Maryland could not try to prosecute me? Of course not. Could the State Prosecutors obtain what had been provided in compelled production under a grant of immunity? I was told they could not.
I am told that federal prosecutors all over the country handle immunity issues in precisely the same way that my immunity was handled. I am further told that states routinely honor their fellow federal prosecutors' immunity agreements. But, this case is anything but routine.
Imagine if you will, the far-reaching impact of this immunity dispute. From my perspective as a non-lawyer, it looks a little like this: A federal witness is guaranteed immunity by a federal prosecutor and so, walks in the front door and provides compelled key information and hands over compelled materials critical to the federal investigation. But, when the witness exits the back door, having complied with the terms of that immunity, he or she is summarily slapped with an indictment by the State, based on that very same immunized information. How many witnesses do you believe will cooperate with the government when faced with this scenario?
I doubt that many law-abiding citizens would see the logic in this scenario, but even those who traffic outside the boundaries of the law would probably refrain from cooperating as well. If this is allowed to happen, I am told that it could adversely affect federal prosecutions all over the country. Once again, it is a matter of right versus wrong, principle versus expedient semantics. It is that most revered of documents, the Constitution, versus a runaway political machine.
Because of the political flavor of this unusual prosecution, anything can happen. Many political pundits are calling for a dismissal, some saying "everyone wants this to be over." For my part, this sudden turn around smacks of political self-interest. After investigating me for over a year and after forcing me to live with the threat of incarceration and the knowledge that I could be convicted as a felon, I am anxious to be fully exonerated.
Despite this expensive lesson, I continue to believe that each and every citizen has the duty to turn over evidence of criminal wrongdoing, especially evidence that implicates our highest elected government officials. For those of us who work, with honor, for the federal government, it is, in fact, a sworn duty.
For close to two years now, the White House mouthpieces have orchestrated a masterful campaign, in fact, a propaganda campaign, to undermine my credibility. Their now-exposed "nuts and sluts" crusade (routinely hauled out by these FOB to impeach those who dared disclose the truth about this President), would simply not work in my case. On they went to "Plan B." The next best message was, "She is a heinous and despicable villain, hell, she even looks the part; she "betrayed" a "vulnerable" young colleague; she is guilty of committing acts more monstrous than war crimes; besides, she was front and center at every single scandal Mr. And Mrs. Clinton touched, so she must be to blame." Did it work? You bet. Did I do anything publicly to try to fight it? Nope.
There is no method by which an average citizen can effectively fight the White House in the media. Not this White House. It's a completely lopsided playing field. The Clinton apologists have effectively colored the dialogue by drowning out the facts in a sea of spin, and they have even been able to change the dynamic of the impeachment of the President.
As for me, they have been able to ensure that retribution is full and long lasting. They have removed me from my position as Director of a very important Secretary of Defense program and stuck me at another, less visible location. They have essentially ended my 20-year career in government and they have caused me to amass hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal debt. But, omnipotent as they may seem when one reflects upon the past two years, there is one thing even they cannot do. They cannot bastardize the Constitution. The framers ensured the protection and the rights of each and every citizen. When I am feeling helpless, I find myself clinging to this truth. It is almost as if those intuitive framers foresaw the eventuality of a Clintonesqe presidency looming on the national horizon. I'm eternally grateful that they did.
With Thanks for your Support,
Linda R. Tripp
I am really having trouble understanding how this can go on in this country. It is what happens when you elect any related to a Kennedy.
Go get 'em Linda!
It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, who knows the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows in the end the high achievement of triumph and who at worst, if he fails while daring greatly, knows his place shall never be with those timid and cold souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt
Such as (Md.) Lt. Gov. Kathleen KENNEDY Townsend!
I will tell you how this happens- Maryland is a corrupt fiefdom of the Democrats. Voter fraud in their elections is routine and unpunished.
Thanks for the post. THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!
While I do not think that Americans are smart enough to rally to Lindas cause....I pray that this somehow backfires on the Clintons
The best way to express our disdain for the corrupt system in MD which is enacting the Clinton's vengence on Linda Tripp is to make a donation to her Defense Fund and write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper detailing the truth about this indictment (which the liberal media will not report) in her "personal message."
I urge ALL FReepers to do these two things ASAP!
Dear Linda,
While it is of little solace to you, please know that many, many Americans feel proud of you and what you did. We stand behind you and respect you more than you will ever be told.
I am so sorry you are alone at this time, but this too, shall pass.
Dear Linda,
While it is of little solace to you, please know that many, many Americans feel proud of you and what you did. We stand behind you and respect you more than you will ever be told.
I am so sorry you are alone at this time, but this too, shall pass.
They cannot bastardize the Constitution.
I hope and pray that you're right, Linda.
. . .There is speculation that the Judge may close the hearings. . ."
Prediction: The hearings will be closed and the records sealed for 50 years.
Linda,
You can count on me. A check is in the mail!
Keep up the fight Linda. You will win.
How long must we wait until those that persecute and hound us are punished for their deeds, the just and righteous are tiring in their tasks, the evil and the corrupt never seem to wane.
"What evil beast, it's hour come round at last, slouches toward Gomorrah to be born."
Keep your chin up Linda, you are an inspiration to me and a lot of people, you will persevere, a correct verdict will be forthcoming, it's nearly impossible to fool a jury of ones peers.
We are very proud of you, and pray for the dismissal of any charges against you. The Clintons and their cronies have wreaked havoc upon our country. Bless you, Linda.
I still don't understand the media painting Linda with such an ugly brush for trying to protect herself, and yet have no problem with Monica atempting to get her to lie under oath.
No way Tripp will be convicted.
All she has to do is say is that she taped the telephone conversations when she felt threatened.
Funny, but virtually everybody wants this case to go away, but the Maryland Attorney General's Office was to embarrassed to drop the indictment.
Didn't anyone tell the prosecutors that we were supposed to "Move On"? That this is "Old News"?
Support Linda Tripp by clicking here.
Read a detailed, searchable narrative of her (and other Clintoon accusers') travails here.
Within the next few days I will learn if the immunity I was given by Judge Starr on January 16, 1998 was legal. Today's hearing is about the issue of immunity. The powerful democratic machine in my adopted State of Maryland is vested in this case, and so has chosen to fight the immunity I was granted by Judge Starr.
Rush just mentioned that the Maryland judge hearing the case has determined that Linda's immunity does not count in this case and prosecution will go forward.
Once the higher courts overturn her (almost assured) conviction, I hope she gets filthy rich suing the state of Maryland.
From Mark Levin's WMAL Radio Show last night:
Linda Tripp Legal Defense Fund
626 Admiral Drive, suite 319
Annapolis, MD 21401
No way Tripp will be convicted.
Conviction is not their aim.
They are trying to bankrupt Tripp. We can stop that by contributing to her defense.
$100 to the fund. Thanks for the links.
Support Linda Tripp!
Steny Hoyer and that bunch are up to their eyeballs in this mess. Trust me! Linda is 100% correct, this prosecution is nothing more than harassment orchestrated by the "most ethical administration" in history and Maryland's Dumbocratic machine....... Hang in there Linda!!!! This travesty shall not stand!!!!!
. . .There is speculation that the Judge may close the hearings. . ."
Prediction: The hearings will be closed and the records sealed for 50 years.
I am not -- fortunately -- in Linda's shoes, but I wonder what would happen IF, upon ruling that the trial would be closed, Linda and her legal team walked out and refused to take part in the trial. I know that the court would hold them in contempt, but could they also hold the trial without Linda's participation? What recourse would she or anyone have if they decide to hold the trial, and adjudicate her in absentia?
The sad fact is that people will literally die because of this judge's shameful behavior in not respecting the federal grant of immunity. The obvious effect of that decision is that there will be delays in obtaining immunized testimony from witnesses, and as a result, legitimate law enforcement activities will suffer. And, people will most assuredly die as a result of the authorities not having vital information that they otherwise would have been entitled to obtain. Who will suffer from the crimes that might have been averted had not this judge made such a wrong-headed call? Probably not the Clinton's themselves, or their puppets, but a bunch of Clinton dupes are bound to be victimized unnecessarily...
Linda does a wonderful job of summarizing the whole scenario. My guess is, if this does go to trial the Clinton's will make certain it is a closed hearing as Linda is entirely believable unlike Bill, Monica, Vernon and Bruce. It's amazing how good the truth sounds when you hear it. Putting Monica on the stand again could be risky. She's been hurt and eventually she'll realize it and prove to be an ongoing problem for Bill.
Just stopped by and tossed in my $25.
Jean: I know this may sound absurd, but I can assure you that I am quite sincere. I am a Hindu Astrologer, and I would be honored to read for Linda, so that she may know the outcome of her ordeal. If she has interest, then contact me at the email below. Dr. John Roberts vedicstar@aol.com
When Linda stepped outside the Grand Jury "Building" that windy day, which seems so long, long ago, and said, "I am you. I am just like you...", she could not have been more akin to me.
I wish I could relay that to her!
If you are reading this thread, Linda:
God Bless those who will stand for the truth against all who are wrongly in power! A very select few are, would or could be among those, Linda.
God will keep you In His Arms!
Eileen Lane
Palmdale, CA
The fate of a person who values truth, individual liberty, freedom and constitutional law is preordained in a totalitarian society.
Forward Linda's letter to as many bureaucrats and 'lamestream' editors as you can. Linda's words are as powerful as those of any single mother whose life is being threatened by the 'abusive' and 'deadbeat' dads of the Administration. She did what she did to protect 'the children'--hers and the country's--from those 'domestic enemies' that were identified by our founders in the Constitution.
"...but could they also hold the trial without Linda's participation? What recourse would she or anyone have if they decide to hold the trial, and adjudicate her in absentia?"
A defendant has a right to face his/her accusers but no obligation to do so. If she were to skip the trial, that would be her right. If she is convicted in absentia, she'll be picked up and held for sentencing. But she has every likelihood of being vindicated long before a trail commences. She just needs to hang in there. And she needs to listen to good advice.
This life is, after all, very short. At the end of the day, unlike all the president's men and girlfriends, you will have the quiet knowledge that you stood up for truth and justice. In my opinion, you are the real winner in this mess, regardless of what they do to you. Thank you.
Go Linda Go!
God be with you, Linda!
I know that the creature in the Oval office and/or his herd of rotweilers as well are monitoring this thread,so I am posting this for your benefit.
Mr. Clinton, why don't you call your attack dogs off of Linda Tripp? Every person with normal intellegence in America knows that this attack upon this citizen (one of the little people) would not be happening, if she had not offended you by trying to defend herself from you and your intern.
Linda Tripp is the only innocent person in this whole perverted affair. Justice is non-existant in what is happening to this lady.
You started it all with your weak morals and over active libido. Do the right thing for once in your self serving life.
It wont make people like you any better, but maybe you will be hated with less intensity.
Where did this message come from? Her web site? Or what?
"All she has to do is say is that she taped the telephone conversations when she felt threatened."
Unfortunately, that doesn't fly. She has herself been recorded by Lucianne Goldberg, chattering with glee about getting the goods on Clinton....details that don't point to criminality on the part of Clinton, but rather details that would spice up the book they had in mind at the time. She DID write a previous tell-all book about the White House, too. Her argument of needing to tape for protection just isn't going to hold water.
She has herself been recorded by Lucianne Goldberg, chattering with glee about getting the goods on Clinton
I do believe that the First Felon's lwying mouthpiece, Fat Bob Bennett, had already informed the nation that "Linda Tripp is not to be believed." I presume you would be gleeful about sticking someone who called YOU a liar in public, and got clean away with it? Hmmmmm?
From your comments, you seem to place yourself in the "Might Is Right" camp. I myself admire a woman that would go up against the First Slimes and their battalion of $400-an-hour lwyers (paid for by us taxpayers, of course!).
bump!
No, I'm just being a realist. It looks as if she has no defense. The prosecutors are saying they did not promise her immunity from state prosecution, and the judge has ruled today that she did not have immunity.
The only recourse for Tripp at this point is to do what she did before: protect herself. If she flips, she'll be a VERY wealthy woman. She'll get a slap on the wrist AND she'll be a very wealthy woman.
Her argument of needing to tape for protection just isn't going to hold water.
I don't know about that, you need 12 out of 12 to convict.
I remember reading the transcript of one telephone conversation in which there was an implied threat.
With a majority to convict, Tripp would be in trouble, however with an unanimous ruling, required, hell I'll pick the first 12 jurors without regard to biases etc., and go pro se, and still be the rap, and have a lota fun doing it.
And if I am wrong about all this (I have been known once or twice in my life to be wrong), the worst I'll get would be a free 6-month vacation in Pennsylvania, with golf, tennis etc.
No, I'm just being a realist. It looks as if she has no defense.
OK, this next is not an attack on you: the starkly different manner in which the case of the weak (Linda Tripp) is handled, versus the handling of the case of the mighty (Bill Clinton), might make realists out of some few Americans, in the same way that the abolitionists became realists before the first American Civil War.
It is beginning to look like no conservative has a defense against the venomous hatred and duplicity of our enemies, the socialist Democrats. The Democrats are making a downpayment similar to the one that the Southern slavers made in the first half of the nineteenth century.
The article is from Linda's web site, http://www.lindatripp.com/
Trouble is that the liberal demoncrats, unlike the few southern slave owners, rule America, through the lying media, and that thing they have placed in our White House. Just remember one thing: Linda Tripp is all of us reduced to one hapless individual. They have come for Linda-I don't know just what the hell I am going to do, but I am not going to ignore it until the anti-American thugs come for me and mine. Sort of like Pogo once said, "We have met the victim, and Linda Tripp is us!"
Linda, may fortune and the law be with you. Thank you for doing what was right, regardless of the pressures and consequences.
I think the GOP convention organizers should arrange for Linda to be in attendance and recognized. Wouldn't it be great to see the entire convention giving her a standing ovation for courage in standing up to IMPOTUS.
If she flips
I pray Linda Tripp will not flip, and I don't believe she will, for she is on the side on truth. By your suggestion that she should tells us what side you are on.
Check out post 13.
Heh heh heh.
Not bad - "I can name that disruptor in ONE post!"
I think many freepers love to argue w/ each other and that's a good thing, but I think ALL Freepers admire the hell out of Linda Tripp! Go Linda! and may God be with you.
If she flips, she'll be a VERY wealthy woman. She'll get a slap on the wrist AND she'll be a very wealthy woman.
Sounds like something out of the Clinton Rule book,No Honor,total Deception,lack of Morals.Is that you Sid?
Linda, you are the only person out of this mess thats honorable. When I get married and have kids and my kids ask what a patriot is I'll tell them about you. You are a clear example of a true American and Patriot and God will bless you for holding out while you had the crap being shoveled on you by this corrupt society. Trust in God and He will be with you through this hopefully last ordeal. May Jesus bless you for being a true American!
Jonathan Motyl
Missouri
a.k.a son of zeebob
"Sounds like something out of the Clinton Rule book,No Honor,total Deception,lack of Morals.Is that you Sid?"
Au contraire. I have suggested that she should tell the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, about ALL the events and ALL the players, and she should make money from telling the truth. There's nothing amoral about telling the truth.
"Sounds like something out of the Clinton Rule book,No Honor,total Deception,lack of Morals.Is that you Sid?"
Au contraire. I have suggested that she should tell the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, about ALL the events and ALL the players, and she should make money from telling the truth. There's nothing amoral about telling the truth.
If Linda Tripp had not done what she did, the great satan would not have been impeached! Linda Tripp is a national hero!
"Linda"
(To be sung to Bruce Springsteen's "Sandy")
Linda, them scumbags are flailin' 'gainst your reputation tonight,
Spinnin' their lies out to all those stoned-out faces...
Victimized by the Lib'ral Lie.
Damn this town...the District's full of Slick Willie lovers...
So crass, so slimy, so warped!
Guv'ment lawyers say, "Law-breakin's Okay!"...
While blockin' Justice and Ken Starr.
And the pawns for Janet Reno glance blindly at evidence...
It's gettin' tougher to ignore!!
While Clinton's maulin' White House interns, he's such a Boor!
Oh, Linda, all good Americans support you...
And hist'ry will vindicate you, forever!
Oh, just testify, 'cuz the Truth will trump their vile spin...
Hey, Linda girl, you tell 'em, baby!!
Now the Lib'rals, ahh, they trash your name and threaten you for bringin' the Truth to light.
Them boys from Begala/Carville, ah Linda, we know they ain't right!
But me, I just got tired of list'nin' to James' Cajun' tirades,
Labelin' good Patriots as "mean"!
So, let me take care of them Soc'list slimeballs...
And I promise they'll get their clocks cleaned!!
And you know that Ger-al-do, he's Sly Blumenthal's stag...
I watched him last night, but his show's goin' off!
Still, Uncle Bob keeps on spinnin', lyin' to get Slick Willie off.
Oh, Linda, all true Americans support you!
Slick Willie'll soon resign or Libs're gonna get slaughtered,
It sucks when you can't trust Our Boss with your teenaged daughter!
We'll remember, Linda, girl, you're a true Lady!!
Linda, the Media's exposed their malice for you...
But I watched you just tonight and I said,
"I won't let Leftists mislead me anymore!"
Your "friend," she asked you to lie under oath...
Elites got no clue that's a no-can-do...
After twenty years with the black and gold!
Still, you see Slick dressed like a star...
Partyin' with them Hollywood whores,
At Martha's Vineyard or somewheres out on the Left Coast.
Well, Ken Starr's finally bustin' Billzabubba...
For tellin' Untruths...Lib'rals, go get screwed!
The White House lies'll soon be disproved...
I think Slick oughtta go to prison, too!!!
Oh, Linda, public uproar is risin' behind us.
Election this November will be a slaughter...
Oh, you've testified and the Nation will owe you forever...
Oh, I mean it, Linda girl, you are a true hero!!
MUDBOY SLIM
HsamorfiH = Hi From Ash
Lame, really Lame
How do you know that she isn't telling the truth?The tapes made it pretty clear she was being pressured to commit perjury.
I support what she did,Hell,I praise her for what she did.If more people in Clintons administration were as brave and honest as Linda Tripp, Bubba and half his staff would be in jail.
After the trial, of course.
Go, Linda Tripp! I'm contributing $100 to help you fight the WH Rapist and his Maryland Fascists.
"How do you know that she isn't telling the truth?The tapes made it pretty clear she was being pressured to commit perjury."
I didn't say she wasn't telling the truth. I said she should tell the all the truth about ALL the players. There's no money to be made off talking about Clinton and Lewinsky, but there is a helluva lot of money to be made from talking about Goldberg and the Jones lawyers and a few others. The WHOLE story, in other words. I'm still wondering if she has other tapes.
"After the trial, of course."
Very soon, Tripp is not going to have any leverage at all. If convicted, perhaps she will never be able to sell her story if Maryland has one of those laws where you can't profit from criminal activity. A lot is going to come out in the trial itself. Who knows? Others may turn on her to protect themselves. Her chance to provide for herself and her family is now.
I predict that Linda Tripp will walk away from her persecutors in the end, perhaps not as rich as 20/20 hindsight might see as having been possible, but vindicated.
Linda, you're going to walk on this one. However, "they"'re going to make your life a living hell in the interim. You're paying the price for taking on the most powerful people in the Free (?) World. Well, God bless ya. Cooler heads WILL prevail, and it will be shown that you are a political prisoner minus the bars.
She's not being harrased by Jones lawyers and Goldberg,she is being unfairly persacuted by the Clinton administration through the Democratic political machine in Maryland.
"There is no method by which an average citizen can effectively fight the White House in the media."
I know it's already been a long and hard fight; but you are actually winning this battle where it really counts.
No serious historical perspective can fail to admit the gross injustice perpetuated on you by the state of Maryland as well as the president himself.
As far as clinton's prized "legacy" is concerned, he would be well advised to drop this case as fast as possible - but some people just don't get it.
Hang tough, and know that your fight is for all of us that believe in truth, justice and liberty.
What a chapter that might make in Tripp's autobiography, the hundreds of duplicitous and vindictive Demorat politicians, ranging in moral turpitude all the way down to rape at the highest levels, making objects of contempt of themselves by egregiously abusing our legal system in order to assault and injure Linda Tripp using any means at their hands.
I would like to see a list of all of the major players who are truly responsible for this war on Linda Tripp. These are people I feel that I could oppose with a clear conscience, since their regard for self is clearly so much higher than for humanity.
Poor Linda. She's getting screwed and didn't get kissed. This is Clinton's America.
Dear Linda
You are getting what's coming to you.
Your actions offended EVERY principle held dear to REAL AMERICANS.
Your efforts to veil your violations of privacy and lawbreaking under the guise of "protecting yourself" or the "greater good" (since you thought you could help "get" Clinton) are ridiculous. You're no better than the administration you claim to have moral issues with.
Spare us the crap. Your actions were an attempt to gain fame or wealth at the expense of your young friend. Not an effort to "protect yourself".
You are a vile busybody and I can't help thinking there is a divine hand in the turn of events that led to your being prosecuted while Clinton walked. While no fan of his, the entire Starr investigation should have disgusted every American citizen, and your involvement should nauseate every person who claims to be a patriot.
Your reply #33 was a good one. Where is that quote from? As I continue to watch what is put out by the media, I believe they are willing accomplices in our country's movement toward liberal socialism. I wonder about the impartiality of our courts, the validity of our whole election process. Better stop, hey, what's that sound, everybody look what's goin' down.....(Buffalo Springfield, ca. 1968). I sent a contribution off to Linda a couple days ago. We're with you, Linda.
I disagree.
I don't think any US citizen deserves to be persecuted by spiteful assholes and lying hypocrites, particularly when American justice is being perverted by doing so.
I don't think any US citizen deserves to be persecuted by spiteful assholes and lying hypocrites,
particularly when American justice is being perverted by doing so.
I don't think anyone who did what Tripp did deserves to be a US citizen.
"This is Clinton's America"
Yes, but it's a perversion of classic republican virtues and will eventually fail due to its own profanity.
The case against Linda is all smoke and mirrors and cannot stand the light of historical perspective.
Do you ever get carpel-neck syndrome from keeping your head up in there all the time?
"While no fan of his [Clinton's], the entire Starr investigation should have disgusted every American citizen, and your involvement should nauseate every person who claims to be a patriot."
Hey punk, I'm a patriot and it's folks like you who nauseate me!! Your defense of a Sociopathic Tyrant and the Most Corrupt Administration in our Nation's History belies a hatred of everything our forefathers spilt their blood to preserve...don't even try to tell me how I should feel about those who would dare to expose the Corruption of the Effete Elite!!
Ain't there an anti-FReeper site calling your name?!
MUD
Linda, can you appeal the Judges decision today? Those who are in the right have been batting 100 on the appeals.
"I pray Linda Tripp will not flip, and I don't believe she will, for she is on the side on truth. By your suggestion that she should tells us what side you are on."
I'll tell you precisely what side I am on. I believe that the Lewinsky investigation was a show trial, manipulated and managed as a distraction from other more serious matters that would implicate corrupted politicians from both sides of the aisle. I'm pretty offended that those who wanted the secrets kept manipulated a whole lot of good conservatives. I want the whole truth released about how and why this show trial took front and center stage. If the Starr investigation is corrupted, I want to know about it. Linda Tripp probably knows more than anyone else. I'm not advocating that she desert the truth. I'm advocating that she tell it all, and let the chips fall where they may.
How do you explain Tuesday's revelation in Maryland court that Tripp regaled the members of her bridge club with tales of taping Lewinsky talking about an affair with the president, and holding a party so these women could get an eye-load of Monica? How does that compute with her story of a frightened attempt to protect herself? The bridge club women will take the stand on Wednesday.
You sure hit the nail on the head on that one.
If your daughter, God forbid, had to sue her boss for sexual harrassment, and the boss lied in court and suppressed evidence, would that be O.K. because it's just about sex? Should a prosecutor who persued the evidence have "...disgusted every American citizen"?
If a woman who was about to be supeonaed in your daughter's hypothetical case produced hard evidence of perjury by the boss, would she be a "vile busybody" because the evidence, in a sexual harrassment case, was about sex?
Paula Jones is someone's daughter, and someone's mother.
The fate of a person who values truth, individual liberty, freedom and constitutional law is preordained in a totalitarian society.
"In a democracy graze with the sheep, in a tyranny howl with the wolves." Lots of wolves howling out there.
No quote just me.
I guess this is the $100,000 education kicking-in.
Has anyone thought of an organized boycott to the state of Maryland?
"Your actions were an attempt to gain fame or wealth at the expense of your young friend"
Your interpretation reveals more about your character than Linda's.
This is government of the the democrats, for the democrats and by the democrats. It's time we Freepers stopped trashing each others candidate and make sure we elect a republican to start to put this nation back together.
? Should a prosecutor who persued the evidence have "...disgusted every American citizen"?
A prosecutor who spent $10 million chasing a perjury charge about consensual sex irrelevant to a sex harassment suit thrown out for frivolity should lose his citizenship and be the object of scorn and disgust for every single citizen in a free nation.
Paula Jones is someone's daughter, and someone's mother.
Glad she's not either to me
I guess you're another anti-freeper, huh?
Jim, can he get booted for such wreckless stupidity?
Linda does not have a friend in Monica. Monica was ordering her to commit felonies or else face the wrath of Clinton.
So, JMott, I suppose that's what you do to your friends, if you have any: Order them to commit felonies and place them and their children at risk, or else! Some friend you would make.
Another support "Clinton at all cost, because the alternative is conservatism."
Put another way, "Support our Marxist leader at all cost otherwise we face partiotism and capitalism mixed with freedom and having to support ourselves from now on!"
Another Marxist shown in bright colors. (noticed that he picked red to make his statement.)
"How do you explain Tuesday's revelation in Maryland court that Tripp regaled the members of her bridge club with tales of taping Lewinsky"
You would trust Bill or Monica over Linda?
"You would trust Bill or Monica over Linda?"
Neither Bill nor Monica are members of Tripp's bridge club.
"Neither Bill nor Monica are members of Tripp's bridge club."
I'm no more concerned with Linda's bridge club than I am with Bill's private life.
I do care about government corruption, and worse, though. That's where my question comes in; would you trust Bill over Linda?
"I do care about government corruption, and worse, though. That's where my question comes in; would you trust Bill over Linda? "
I wouldn't trust either of them to tell the truth if they were in a tight spot. Nor would I trust Starr, or Goldberg, or most of the other actors.
Noted that you ignored the questions and went ad hominem.
Very astute observation! :)
"The notion that officers of the court can promise immunity to a potential cooperating witness, in writing,
and assure that witness that it protects that witness from any other arm of the law attempting to access and use the immunized information or materials,
(only to discover months later that it could be "misinterpreted" or knocked out on a technicality), is mind-boggling."
bmp
I'm just trying to achieve club member status!!!
Hope both of you are well!!
xo,
Anna
I'm just trying to achieve club member status!!!
And what club would that be - Ash-busters?
Hope both of you are well!!
Can't speak for Critter, but I'm doing about as well as my slippery grasp of reality allows, thank you. And you?
How do you explain Tuesday's revelation in Maryland court that Tripp regaled the members of her bridge club with tales of taping Lewinsky ...
If I KNEW I was doing something that could get me 10 years in prison, would I brag about it?
On the other hand, if I thought I was exposing the president of the U.S. committing perjury in a civil rights case and had been warned I was in danger, I might want everybody to be suspicious of my accidental death, and want everybody to know there was documentation of the cause.
If I KNEW I was doing something that could get me 10 years in prison, would I brag about it? On the other hand, if I thought I was exposing the president of the U.S. committing perjury in a civil rights case and had been warned I was in danger, I might want everybody to be suspicious of my accidental death, and want everybody to know there was documentation of the cause.
She knew it was against the law. Her gamble that she wouldn't be prosecuted was stupid. She did brag about it, even to her bridge club and friends. It wasn't that she confided in some people about danger to her. She GOSSIPED about it, for attention and titillation. She has wanted it both ways; she wanted personal gain, and now she wants to be thought noble. The American people aren't that stupid.
"A prosecutor who spent $10 million chasing a perjury charge about consensual sex irrelevant to a sex harassment suit thrown out for frivolity should lose his citizenship and be the object of scorn and disgust for every single citizen in a free nation. "
I'm sorry, we are discussing Linda Tripp and her role in the impeachment of Bill Clinton, what case are you talking about? As far as I can remember, a Clinton-appointed judge ruled that the subject of Clinton's perjury was so relevant to the Jones lawsuit that he was fined $90,000. So, what case are you talking about?
font [font off] fix?
damnit!
"I'm doing about as well as my slippery grasp of reality allows, thank you. And you?"
About the same. It's too crazy of a world out here. I think I need to go back to sleep.
Free Republic=NoDoz
If only I wasn't such an addict.
Oh but you're such a cute addict! ;)
Don't ya just hate it when people use important threads for personal back patting?
Heh heh heh.
P.S. I think you're cute, too!
Linda,
You are our warrior on the Armageddon battlefield and have come face to face with Satan.
And you are an idiot without hope. Go get your prozak.
She DID write a previous tell-all book about the White House, too.
And what is the name of this book? I would like to buy it!
Hey, who fonted?
"I will tell you how this happens - Maryland is a corrupt
fiefdom of Democrats ..."
As one who lives in the Peoples Democratic Republic of
Maryland, I can confrim your statement. Maryland probably
has the most corrupt state government in the US.
And soon the state will be turned over to the tender mercies
of the Kennedy Klan in the form of Kathleen Kennedy-
Townsend.
JMOTT----Hey JMOTT, you said to the "Most Honorable Ms. Tripp", "Your efforts to veil your violations of privacy-----blah, blah, blah."
Hmmmm----Uhhh privacy violations? Do 900+ FBI files in the White House ring your bell? I'd love to cover this issue with you in person....then again you most likely are employed in the White House------
"All she has to do is say is that she taped the telephone conversations when she felt threatened."
Was she ever threatened! She was told she would be prosecuted for perjury if she told the TRUTH! And the corrupt Justice Department could do just that.
Congress needs to impeach Clinton again along with all of his cabinet.
Jim Rarey
RE: Your reply #71: How does it feel to have such a malleable mind? The Democratic spin machine has you right where they want you.
You, sir/ma'am, are a blithering idiot.
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