Tape Excerpts

Excerpts from tapes that Newsweek magazine describes as conversations between former White House intern Monica Lewinsky and former White House aide Linda Tripp, talking about President Clinton:

Lewinsky: “Look, maybe we should just tell the creep. Maybe we should just say, don’t ever talk to me again, I (expletive) you over (by telling others about the affair), now you have this information, do whatever you want with it.”

Tripp: “Well, if you want to do that, that’s what I would do. But I don’t know if you’re comfortable with that. I think he should know.”

Lewinsky: “He won’t settle (the Paula Jones case). He’s in denial.”

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Lewinsky on how difficult it would be to tell Clinton she had been talking to others about the situation: “If I do that, I’m just going to (expletive) kill myself.”

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Lewinsky: “I was thinking about the fact that I sent a note to Nancy (Hernreich, as assistant to the president), a note to Betty (Currie, the president’s personal secretary), and a note to creep to thank them all for when my family came for the radio address. The note I sent to him, ‘Dear Schmucko, thank you for being, as my little nephew said, it was great to meet the principal of the United States.”’