President Clinton’ s Private Confession
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President Clinton’ s Private Confession
The following ts a leaked transcript of a closed-door, secretly taped
prayer breakfast that Bill Clinton hosted for a group of religious leaders
after the impeachment trial failed to remove him from oftice.
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Gentlemen--and lady (I guess you must be the Episcopalian)—thank
you for being here. It’ s too bad Reverend Moon isn’ t among us this
morning, so he could perform a mass impeachment of all the senators
who swore under oath that they would be impartial. But seriously, folks,
I’ d like begin with an epiphany | had yesterday, one that truly humbled
me. Strangely enough, it happened while | was watching 7he Roseanne
Show. | had never seen it before, but she was interviewing Paula Jones and,
as my mother used to say, curiosity got the best of me.
Ms. Jones was telling Roseanne about the first time she saw me in
that hotel. She was working at the courtesy booth for the governors’
conference. She described me as funny-looking, the way my hair was
styled, being overweight, how my suit was out of fashion and didn’ t fit.
So, she was sitting at the registration desk with her girlfriend, pointing at
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