THOSE WHO MAY CARE August 20, 1998: Monica Lewinsky Interview

*************************************************************************** * Just got this off the wire... * *************************************************************************** The following is a transcript of CNN's interview with Monica Lewinsky after her grand jury testimony: CNN: Miss Lewinsky, we know you are not at liberty to discuss specifics, but how do you feel about the president's confession and America's reaction? Lewinsky: I really have had enough of it all. This whole mess has left a bitter taste in my mouth. CNN: Do you blame the Press for your troubles? Lewinsky: I feel as if I am the one getting the shaft. This twisted matter really just blew up in my face. CNN: So what's next for Monica Lewinsky. Will the next few months be a trying period for you? Lewinsky: I am experienced now. When things get hard is truly when I am at my best. I have faced hard things in the past and know what is coming. I am prepared to meet this challenge head on and not turn away this time. CNN: Yes, but our audience will say that you are young, naive and don't really know you're in for. Lewinsky: I'd tell them I have licked bigger things than this before and given the right tools, may again. CNN: Wouldn't it be best for you to just come out and say, "I didn't know what I was getting into and I'm sorry for all the trouble I have caused?" Lewinsky: Maybe at first I could have. It appeared to be a small issue then, but it got blown all out of proportion. CNN: Did you at any time think you could just walk away from all this and that things could go back to normal. Lewinsky: No. I don't want people to say that Monica Lewinsky isn't a finisher, that she quit before the job was done. CNN: Do you think that the name Monica Lewinsky can ever be cleared? Lewinsky: I will fight to restore my good name until it is wiped clean of this whole affair. I will not be stained by it. CNN: Thank you Miss Lewinsky. Lewinsky: Thank you. Source: Severely Modified Original from Barry D. *************************************************************************** * MOO THINKS: ' |\___ ---___/| THOSE WHO MAY CARE * * ' \--/0 0 --/ * * "I apologize folks, I ' / \===================____ * * had managed to stay out ' | oo ) '''''''''''''''''''\\-- \\ * * of this sordid mess so ' \_/\_/\ \\ \\_ * * far, but had to get my ' '' | | ~~~\\ * * blows in before it all ' \ _______ _ | {} * * subsided." ' || || \ /|| || * * --Editor 8{ ' || || ||| || || * * ' || || ''' || || * * ' [] [] [] [] APOULOS * ***************************************************************************