Anonymous wrote:Her father is a famous plastic surgeon so there's that to consider . . .

Or radiologist. Practically the same thing.

Anonymous wrote:She looks great. I always felt bad for her after what she went through in the media.

The media? You're blaming the media?

I blame Bill Clinton and Ken Starr.

Bill gave her the special treatment. He lift her up.

Her father is a famous plastic surgeon so there's that to consider . . .

If Monica Lewinsky had just been deemed a "crazy stalker intern" and just been a good little girl and gone away, then it would have stung at the time but no one would remember her now.

It was the proof that the affair actually happened and the vivid details of the affair that made Monica a household name.

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My god--who wouldn't tell at least one person they had sex with the most important person in the world?!!!

Of all the people, why Linda Tripp? I mean, really...she had no other girlfriends to gossip with? That part just has never made any damn sense to me.

OMG, this. I'm Monica's age and, whether at the time or now, cannot for the life of me imagine having conversations like that with someone my mom's age.

Anonymous wrote:While I agree that you could easily get caught up in the attentions of the most powerful man on Earth, I will NEVER understand why she kept the sperm stained dress. That hints at devious intentions.

I think she had a legitimate crush on him and obviously he wasn't an available boyfriend that she could see or talk to at any time. She didn't clean the dress initially because it was a tangible reminder of what they had done together. At some point, she began to see the value of the "evidence" on the dress. Maybe she was upset that the affair had been ended and this was her proof that she really had been with Bill. It wasn't just a figment of her imagination, it had really happened.

I think she explained at some point why she kept the dress but I don't remember exactly what she said.

Anonymous wrote:While I agree that you could easily get caught up in the attentions of the most powerful man on Earth, I will NEVER understand why she kept the sperm stained dress. That hints at devious intentions.

I'm forgetting the timing of all of this, but could LT have encouraged her to keep it (since LT is definitely not the naive one).

While I agree that you could easily get caught up in the attentions of the most powerful man on Earth, I will NEVER understand why she kept the sperm stained dress. That hints at devious intentions.

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she came on to HIM first, at least based on what I remember of the starr report

It doesn't matter. If she was behaving inappropriately he should have asked his staff to get him another intern. My guess is that he was giving her inappropriate signals or she never would have flashed her thong at him or whatever it is she did. The details don't matter. It was up to the POTUS to remain dignified and professional around his staff - and Bill was anything but professional when it came to Lewinsky. The whole thing was so ridiculous that I think lots of people really believed Bill when he said nothing happened and Monica was portrayed as a love struck stalker.

I do understand what you are saying - maybe he was giving her "signals", who knows? But as far as we know, the first official move was the thong show.

Now, what he did with that was totally wrong and he absolutely should have had more dignity, professionalism, whatever. He's gross and TOTALLY in the wrong, no doubt.

But, his staff was furloughed and the interns were running the joint. It was a recipe for disaster considering his history.

I mean that they were both flirting with each other which resulted in the thong flash...among other things. If Bill had been behaving like a responsible professional there would have been nothing encouraging Lewinsky to flash her thong. Nor would anything else have happened. If Bill didn't want Lewinsky there he could have sent her away and gotten someone else. Obviously, Bill was o.k. with the thong flashing..

again, probably - the answer to who was coming on to who is somewhere in the murky middle. And since there WASN'T an official staff at the time - bad things, man. BAD THINGS!

Oh, please. This was because *Bill* had unfettered access to an intern with an obvious raging crush on him. The minute she walked into his office he saw what he had there and he set things in motion. He knew exactly what to say to her and exactly how to react to everything she said. Didn't take long before he was getting some action. How gross of him.

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Yeah, those marines would have been more along the lines of what I would have been going for at that age for sure

Good googly, I swear my panties nearly melted from this one Marine that I passed one day. I was looking all cute that day, too, in my adorable little Express lavender short-skirted outfit that my 20 year old size 2 self could pull off without looking like a tramp. It actually took willpower NOT to turn on my heel and go grab him for a quickie.

I'm sure that would have been a whole lot more fun than that "affair" Monica had with Bill...

TRUTH!

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Yeah, those marines would have been more along the lines of what I would have been going for at that age for sure

Good googly, I swear my panties nearly melted from this one Marine that I passed one day. I was looking all cute that day, too, in my adorable little Express lavender short-skirted outfit that my 20 year old size 2 self could pull off without looking like a tramp. It actually took willpower NOT to turn on my heel and go grab him for a quickie.

I'm sure that would have been a whole lot more fun than that "affair" Monica had with Bill...

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she came on to HIM first, at least based on what I remember of the starr report

It doesn't matter. If she was behaving inappropriately he should have asked his staff to get him another intern. My guess is that he was giving her inappropriate signals or she never would have flashed her thong at him or whatever it is she did. The details don't matter. It was up to the POTUS to remain dignified and professional around his staff - and Bill was anything but professional when it came to Lewinsky. The whole thing was so ridiculous that I think lots of people really believed Bill when he said nothing happened and Monica was portrayed as a love struck stalker.

I do understand what you are saying - maybe he was giving her "signals", who knows? But as far as we know, the first official move was the thong show.

Now, what he did with that was totally wrong and he absolutely should have had more dignity, professionalism, whatever. He's gross and TOTALLY in the wrong, no doubt.

But, his staff was furloughed and the interns were running the joint. It was a recipe for disaster considering his history.

I mean that they were both flirting with each other which resulted in the thong flash...among other things. If Bill had been behaving like a responsible professional there would have been nothing encouraging Lewinsky to flash her thong. Nor would anything else have happened. If Bill didn't want Lewinsky there he could have sent her away and gotten someone else. Obviously, Bill was o.k. with the thong flashing..

again, probably - the answer to who was coming on to who is somewhere in the murky middle. And since there WASN'T an official staff at the time - bad things, man. BAD THINGS!

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Anonymous wrote:[
she came on to HIM first, at least based on what I remember of the starr report

It doesn't matter. If she was behaving inappropriately he should have asked his staff to get him another intern. My guess is that he was giving her inappropriate signals or she never would have flashed her thong at him or whatever it is she did. The details don't matter. It was up to the POTUS to remain dignified and professional around his staff - and Bill was anything but professional when it came to Lewinsky. The whole thing was so ridiculous that I think lots of people really believed Bill when he said nothing happened and Monica was portrayed as a love struck stalker.

I do understand what you are saying - maybe he was giving her "signals", who knows? But as far as we know, the first official move was the thong show.

Now, what he did with that was totally wrong and he absolutely should have had more dignity, professionalism, whatever. He's gross and TOTALLY in the wrong, no doubt.

But, his staff was furloughed and the interns were running the joint. It was a recipe for disaster considering his history.

I mean that they were both flirting with each other which resulted in the thong flash...among other things. If Bill had been behaving like a responsible professional there would have been nothing encouraging Lewinsky to flash her thong. Nor would anything else have happened. If Bill didn't want Lewinsky there he could have sent her away and gotten someone else. Obviously, Bill was o.k. with the thong flashing..

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Yeah, those marines would have been more along the lines of what I would have been going for at that age for sure

Good googly, I swear my panties nearly melted from this one Marine that I passed one day. I was looking all cute that day, too, in my adorable little Express lavender short-skirted outfit that my 20 year old size 2 self could pull off without looking like a tramp. It actually took willpower NOT to turn on my heel and go grab him for a quickie.