The Tripp/Lewinsky Tapes
The recordings that Linda Tripp surreptitiously made of her conversations with Monica Lewinsky about Lewinsky's affair with President Clinton have mesmerized the nation and are bound to become as much a part of our national consciousness as the Watergate tapes. For months we've read about the scandal and the people involved - we've heard the pundits - opinions and the politicians' spins - but now we are finally able to hear two of the key participants - in their own words - and to get a glimpse of the people behind the headlines.
Geoffrey Giuliano brings us highlights from these historic tapes along with his own commentary and it is fascinating listening.
How did Monica feel about Bill Clinton?
Why does she think he began an affair with her?
What did she think Clinton would say if asked about the affair?
How does she sound?
How did Linda Tripp urge Monica to save the “blue dress?”
How much did she steer their conversations?
Listen and decide for yourself.
No one knows what the ultimate result of Tripp's recordings will be. Will they bring down a president? Will the Republican Party end up more damaged by them than Clinton? What will America's perspective be on the scandal a year from now? Ten years from now? One thing is certain. They won't soon be forgotten, and this tape serves as a reminder why history should not repeat itself.
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Review:
When people struggle to comprehend how it was that Bill Clinton became the first American president put through impeachment proceedings in over a hundred years, they will inevitably--like it or not--have to confront a set of telephone conversations between a confused young woman (distraught at the end of a prolonged emotional and sexual relationship with the leader of the free world, conducted in furtive encounters in his office) and the coworker who claimed to be her friend but was surreptitiously taping every phone call (either to feed information to parties hostile to Clinton or gather material for her own book deal). Those tapes eventually found their way into the hands of Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr, who became so hot and bothered by their contents that he launched a grand jury investigation into Clinton's relationship with Lewinsky and the way he handled their "breakup."
For anybody who clings to the notion that the impeachment trial of William Jefferson Clinton represents a noble struggle over the ideals of democratic leadership, The Tripp/Lewinsky Tapes is a bracing dose of reality. From the hours and hours of intimate "girl talk" between Tripp and Lewinsky, producer Geoffrey Giuliano has culled 90 minutes of bathetic highlights. If Tripp's recordings are the raw stuff of history--as Giuliano's introduction posits--they're also a reminder that the American history taught in most classrooms is an idealistic fairy tale. (Running time: 1.5 hours, 1 cassette) --Ron Hogan
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- PublisherHarperAudio
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0694521949
- ISBN 13 9780694521944
- BindingAudio Cassette
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