Monica Lewinsky

Bill Clinton's Failed Television Career

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 06.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Cleopatra, Don Hewitt, Monica Lewinsky, Bob Dole, You Ignorant Slut, "Jane, " "I'm No Tammy Wynette Standing by My Man, Newt Gingrich, Bill O'Reilly, 60 Minutes, Gennifer Flowers, " Bill Clinton, Media News

Just two years out of the White House, Clinton was still struggling to find his place; Don Hewitt hoped that TV face-off starring Bill would become so popular that it would be parodied on SNL.

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Are You Taking Notes Now, George?

Stephen Kaus | Posted 05.03.2008 | Media

Read More: Obama, Marc Rich Pardon, Hillary Clinton, This Week, Monica Lewinsky, Hillary Clinton George Stephanopoulos, Travelgate. George Stephanopoulos, Media News

Stephanopoulos basically presided over a Clinton pep rally. None of the personal issues were raised and George was left sitting in his chair while Hillary paraded around the dais.

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The Reverend Wright on Bill Clinton and Monica

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rev. Wright, 'He Did the Same Thing to Us That He Did to Monica...", Bill O'Reilly, Monica Lewinsky, Politics News

Contrary to conventional wisdom that Bill Clinton was "good" for the African American community, Wright preached, "He did the same thing to us that he did to Monica Lewinsky."

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Bill and Hillary's Biggest White House Stresses Were Self-Inflicted, and Obama Should Say So

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 04.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Impeachment, Monica Lewinsky, Joseph McCarthy, Bill Ayers, Ayers, Ayers Obama, Politics News

The morning after last Wednesday's debate, Don Imus called Obama "almost a bigger pussy than she [Hillary] is." Imus is not alone in seeming to want to give Obama a shot of testosterone.

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In Monica's Shadow

Steven M. Gillon | Posted 04.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, Monica Lewinsky, Lewinsky Scandal, Clinton Lewinsky, Politics News

The Lewinsky scandal, and the impeachment drama that it spawned, not only ended any realistic plan for achieving entitlement reform, it exposed the bitter generational debate over the cultural legacy of the 1960s.

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Apologia, Papal and Other

Nina Burleigh | Posted 04.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Supreme Court, Iraq War, Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, Nancy Pelosi, Credit Crisis, President Bush, Pope Benedict XVI, Dick Cheney, Living News

An expression of regret can begin the process of re-constructing trust in the once mighty man-made institutions that have been brought low by individual men (and women).

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Monica Lewinsky, God, And The Campaign

Lloyd Garver | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Separaton of Church and State, Monica Lewinsky, Democratic Campaign, Religious, Politics News

Despite that the separation of church and state is one of our country's basic principles, in recent years the line between the two institutions has become more and more obscured.

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The "Ask Chelsea Clinton About Monica" Magic 8-Ball

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Monica Lewinsky, 23/6: News You Can Misuse, Chelsea Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton Chelsea Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, 236.Com, Politics News

At a college appearance yesterday, Chelsea Clinton was asked for the second time in a week to comment on the Monica Lewinsky scandal. It's starting to...

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Obama Fathers Two-Headed Gay Terrorist Baby: The National Enquirer-ization of American Politics

John Eskow | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Larry Sinclair, Monica Lewinsky, Political Journalism, Smears, Tabloids, Obama Muslim Smear, Tabloid, Roger Altman, Journalism, Hillary Clinton Smears, Politics News

It's beginning to seem that fish-wrapper newspapers are eerie predictors of the narratives we can expect to see in the so-called mainstream media.

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Backwards Day! Wherein We Call Out The Celeb Media For Referring To A Fact As A Rumor

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.27.2008 | Media

Read More: Chelsea Clinton, Video, Monica Lewinsky, Pimped Out, The Insider, Dan Abrams, Chelsea Clinton Press, Breaking Media News, Chelsea Clinton Media, Laura Spencer, Evan Strange, Breaking Politics News, Chelsea Clinton Monica Lewinsky, Rachel Sklar, Chelsea Clinton Lewinsky, Chelsea Clinton Campaign, Clinton Lewinsky, Media News

Is a rumor still a rumor once it's been videotaped, replayed on network and cable news, reported everywhere, debated furiously on cable news and in the press and been picked up all over the blogosphere?

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The Public Self-Destruction of Bill Clinton

John Eskow | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Bill Clinton, Toni Morrison, Clintons, Monica Lewinsky, 2008 Election, Politics News

The saddest part of what Bill Clinton is doing is that he's driving home the point, once and for all, that whatever grandeur we saw in him was a sham right from the start.

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Lewinsky Releases White House Schedule

Andy Borowitz | Posted 03.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Nafta, Susie Essman, Jonathan Alter, Monica Lewinsky, Osama Bin Laden, HIllary Clinton Schedule, Hillary Clinton White House Schedule, Bill Clinton Infidelity, 2008 Election, Lewinsky Scandal, Politics News

Lewinsky hoped that in releasing the schedule she would put to rest nagging questions about her role in the Northern Ireland peace talks and the controversial NAFTA trade agreement.

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America's Twisted Marriage of Religion and Politics

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Mormons, Hiv, Catholicism, George W. Bush, Colorado, Democratic Party, Pacifism, John Vitter, Eliot Spitzer, Defense of Marriage Act, Same-Sex Marriage, Catholics, Catholic Church, Jewish Issues, Mike Huckabee, New Jersey, Latino Voters, Ohio, John Edwards, Baptists, Aids, Republican Party, African-American Issues, John Magee, Mark Foley, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Atheism, Louisiana, Monica Lewinsky, Abortion Rights, Mitt Romney, Episcopal Church, Congress, Clintons, Mormonism, Pennsylvania, Democratic National Committee, Donna Hanover, Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, Geraldine Ferraro, Denver Convention, Religion, Rudy Giuliani, Bible, Christian Conservatives, Iraq War, Anti-Semitism, Joe Lieberman, Hillary Clinton, Christianity, Gay Marriage, Heterosexuals, Gay Issues, Methodists, Politics News

In a presidential campaign infused like never before with the candidates' efforts to sell their religious beliefs as best-fitting an illusory mainstream, Obama hasn't quite pulled it off.

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Hillary's First Lady Schedule Shows She Was Home When Bill Had Initial Encounter With Monica Lewinsky

AP | CALVIN WOODWARD | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton, BIll and Hillary Marriage, Hillary Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, Lewinsky Scandal, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton was home in the White House on at least seven days when her husband had sexual encounters there with intern ...

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In Defense Of Hookers

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Sideburns, Sex Scandal, Marijuana, Didn't Inhale, Whore, Mustang Ranch, Larry Craig, Puritanism, Brothel, Eliot Spitzer, Hooker's Army, Campaign Donation, Nevada, Hooker, Puritanical, Prostitution, Politics, Hookers, Moral, Moralistic, Politician, Cathouse, Political, Amsterdam, Whorehouse, Prostitute, Bill Clinton, J. Edgar Hoover, Lobbying, Politicians, Monica Lewinsky, Legalize Prostitution, Lobbyist, Campaign Donations, Joe Hooker, Lobby, Sex, Legalized Prostitution, Hypocrisy, Ken Starr, Campaign Funding, Puritan, Burnside, Politics News

It's impossible to describe the relationship between politicians, lobbyists, corporations, and campaign cash -- and have it come out sounding different than what a prostitute does for a living.

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Andrew Sullivan, What Do You Think?

Beth Arnold | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, Travel Gate, Andrew Sullivan, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, Kenneth Starr, Chris Matthews, Transparency, Greed, Clinton Tax Returns, Clinton Taxes, Hillary Clinton Tax Returns, 2008 Election, Politics News

Why don't the Clintons want to be transparent about their money trail? Hillary is panting for presidential power. She can just taste it. Why not be -- startling, now, for a Clinton -- open?

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Hillary Clinton: Tested in a Crisis

Seth Greenland | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: 3 a.M., Hillary Clinton, Northern Ireland Peace Process, Monica Lewinsky, Clinton Marriage, Politics News

There is one area where Hillary has vast experience in crisis management, and it is in the interest of national security that I raise it: her marriage to President Clinton.

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Hillary "Triangulates" Against Obama, Loses My Vote in the General

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Howard Wolfson, Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, Hillary Clinton, Joe Lieberman, Kenneth Starr, Mark Penn, Barack Obama, 3am Ad, Clinton 3AM, 2008 Election, Politics News

How can Hillary ever join a ticket with Obama now that she has ranked him below the GOP's choice?

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Stakes Soar After McCain Denial

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Who Is Vicki Iceman, Monica Lewinsky, John Mccain Vicki Iseman, Vicki Iceman, Vicki Iseman McCain, Vicki Iseman, John McCain Impeachment Bill Clinton, Vicki Isman, McCain Vicki, John McCain Vicki Iceman, Politics News

If McCain is lying about any aspect of this story, he will have doubly undermined his already shaky claims to be a politician of honor.

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Clinton Past Tenses Enough Already

Bob Franken | Posted 02.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Campaign, Bill Clinton, Whitewater, Paula Jones, Monica Lewinsky, Gennifer Flowers, Politics News

The only way Monica Lewinsky should be an issue this time around is if she endorses and campaigns for someone.

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Why My Femi-Friends Won't Vote for Sen. Clinton

Linda Keenan | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Feminism, Hillary Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, Barack Obama, Politics, Maureen Dowd, 2008 Election and Feminism, Feminist, Sexism, 2008 Election and Sexism, 2008 Election, Politics News

It bothers me that she seemed to pretty herself up and changed her name early in the Arkansas years, not to further even her own career, but to advance her husband's.

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Dante's Divine Comedy Meets Bill's Faulty Memory

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Mike Huckabee, Monica Lewinsky, Politics News

It must be something in the water. Two men from Hope, Arkansas, and each man bedeviled by one, if not more, of the seven deadly sins.

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10 Years Later: My Part in the Lewinsky Cover-Up

Chris Kelly | Posted 01.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Monica Lewinsky, Lewinsky Scandal, Clinton Lewinsky, Newsweek Lewinsky, Drudge Lewinsky, Matt Drudge, Drudge Report, Kathleen Willey, Media News

In 1998, a late night show couldn't just repeat anything some clod said online. It had to come from a legitimate news source. Like Page Six or the purple section of USA Today.

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The Daily Show Looks Back At Stewart's Lewinsky Coverage

Huffington Post | Posted 01.18.2008 | Media

Read More: Bill Clinton, John Oliver, The Daily Show, Monica Lewinsky, Jon Stewart, Media News

The Daily Show's John Oliver looked back at Jon Stewart's coverage of Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky on last night's show to mark the scandal's 10th...

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An Apology and a Casserole: My Connection with Hillary

Lea Lane | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Chappaqua, Hillary Clinton, New Hampshire Primary, Monica Lewinsky, Politics News

Whatever the ultimate result of this election, she's definitely better at running for president than she is at cooking.

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