Monica's baby, the ruin of Clinton - a TL

[BlairWitch749]

Prolouge - He could have made it right with the book. But he hasn't. He is a revisionist of history. He has lied - Monica Lewinsky OTL

January 7th 1996 Washington DC

22 year old White House intern Monica Lewinsky strolled along the reflecting pool before the Washington Monument. Over the last 3 months, she had several sexual encounters with the President of the United States, William (Bill) Jefferson Clinton. These things had certainly happened before, the White House legend was that Clinton's idol JFK was known to have Marilyn Monroe as "guest" in his bedroom from time to time. Monica was certainly no starlet, in fact as a somewhat lost 20 something fresh out of college, her relationship with Bill was an clear sign of some of the serious emotional problems she was having. Suffering from an acute depression, she latched on to an inappropriate and impossible relationship with Bill, feeling that she would never be good enough to be a man's number one woman.

There was of course more to it than that, the power and office of course had their charm, but Bill was a handsome and charming man, burdened with an iced marriage that had lost its charm more than a decade before, but kept on for political expedience. Monica, even if her heart knew she couldn't have Bill to herself still genuinely cared for him... and as the encounters continued, in her lost state she became more enfatuated with him, despite an increasing deep feeling about the wrongness of the situation. As she strolled along the reflecting pool with the crisp winter air blowing through her raven hair, she spotted a couple, an older man and a younger woman, her belly protruding rather obviously, Monica locked onto them and stared... it was probably his second marriage, they looked happy, they where a family; the image burned itself into her heart in a way she didn't appreciate at first as she disengaged from her stroll and made her way to the White House

.......

that afternoon Monica took the lead for the first time which surprised Bill who normally exercised control of the relationship. Monica had him to herself in the Oval Office, and on the "Resolute Desk" she carefully and teasingly manipulated Bill into giving her what she wanted. Lost in lust and the moment, Bill gave in to her and they mode love quietly and rapidly in his office, when it ended, as it always did, the shame and embarassment of what they where, and what they where doing set in, Monica took some time to compose her self and clean her self up, Bill seemed nervous about what happened. She reassured him that she was on birth control, and that she cared for him deeply... he was silent, perhaps lightly stunned at his own behavior. Monica bit her lip at the lie, she had never lied to Bill before, since she wasn't seeing anyone sexually (she and Bill had only had oral relations previously) she had stopped taking the pill some time ago; she just felt that hearing that would stop him from feeling worried or guilty about what they had done... she wanted it to happen again...

to be continued...


thoughts?

[historybuff]

Interesting idea, keep up the good work.

[Color-Copycat]

Er, this came totally out of left field. An interesting start, can't deny that.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by historybuff

Interesting idea, keep up the good work.

Originally Posted by Color-Copycat

Er, this came totally out of left field. An interesting start, can't deny that.

Aye, I third what they said.

[theReturner]

Odd for a TL to start of like a porno.

Anyway, could be interesting. I'll keep an eye on it.

[RogueBeaver]

I'll be following and will be happy to provide any advice if need be.

[Cuāuhtemōc]

Time to whip out the popcorn and read this bad boy.

[jmill]

Slick Willie can't wiggle his way out of this one.

[Mike Stearns]

Hmmmm...a TL that starts like a trashy romance novel. This should be interesting.

[jayel]

you forget he "did not have sex with that woman"

[King Nazar]

Looks interesting

[Commissar]

Originally Posted by Mike Stearns

Hmmmm...a TL that starts like a trashy romance novel. This should be interesting.

Is this a bad time to mention I read Harelquin Romance Novels?

[Wendell]

I'm curious about this because I'm not sure what it would really change long term, except perhaps aspects of Bill Clinton's post-presidency.

[BlairWitch749]

thanx for the interest gents ....... this is something I have been cooking on the back burner since I joined (RB I'll be taking you up on consultation frequently since you offered)... I have a lot of open projects, this is going to be something of a micro tl for its first version; so we will follow the POD from Jan 7th 1996 to election day 1996, and depending on feed back and speculation, i'll expand from there

[EWHM]

Clinton in this scenario might actually come clean earlier, which IMO would help him since he couldn't be nailed for perjury in the sexual harrassment case. Yeah, he might lose the suit---if memory serves, Monica was brought up in that suit as a means of establishing a pattern of behavior by Bill by the plantiff---but that's small fry for a sitting president. He probably could have said something like---Mistakes were made in an inappropriate relationship between Ms Lewinski and I and just settled the suit. This would probably butterfly away the impeachment hearings entirely.

[Some Bloke]

Bloody hell, I had no idea she was that young!

[NoOneFamous]

Originally Posted by usertron2020

There could be no settlement. Paula Jones, who makes Sarah Palin look like a Nobel Prize winner in physics by comparison, dumped her highly politicized but still ethical lawyers Davis and Cammerata and fallen into the orbit of the VRWC (Vast Right Wing Conspiracy) fulltime. They had this airhead convinced she was America's answer to Joan of Arc regarding Slick Willie. I make no apologies for Clinton. That SOB enabled very wicked people to weaken him and destroy a lot of the people around him who had put their faith in him.

What you suggest WAS offered, and spurned. No amount of $$$, no amount of apologies, would satisfy Jones' new handlers, except Clinton being escorted out of the White House in handcuffs, leg irons, and wearing an orange jumpsuit. I'm quite serious in this. Newt Gingrich himself openly boasted that the GOP in Congress would remove Clinton for perjury, then Gore, for the "crime" of pardoning Clinton, so he, Newt, could become the 44th POTUS. Oh yeah, they knew what they were doing.

How is a Presidential pardon a crime?

[HeavyWeaponsGuy]

Originally Posted by NoOneFamous

How is a Presidential pardon a crime?

Not a crime in the legal sense but in the moral sense, I don't think this timeline would have the same sense of a "Ford pardoning Nixon" feeling, though I still think there'd be all sorts of ways to connive and get Gore out of office if the GOP folks realized they could nail Clinton on such an issue.

[Rickshaw]

Originally Posted by Some Bloke

Bloody hell, I had no idea she was that young!

What has age got to do with it? She had reached the age of majority and was an adult. She knew what she was doing (if she didn't then I have wonder how she got to the White House, not even they let complete airheads into their intern programme I'd hope!).

I find it interesting the comments that the Right were so hell bent on nailing Clinton. Was there no consideration by them of the potential damage this could cause to the American polity?

[Rickshaw]

Originally Posted by usertron2020

One of the reasons this was able to happen at all was due to the Newt government shutdown. Since most non-security personnel were furloughed (and even those who stayed were unpaid), it left Clinton alone with the always unpaid interns. And a complete airhead almost got within one heartbeat of the Oval Office, so I think we have had bigger things to worry about then dumdum interns.

Still doesn't explain what her age has to do with this. Legal adulthood is what, in the US? 18 or 21? Either way, she was older than it. I also can't believe she was a complete airhead. Foolish perhaps but completely stupid? I don't think so.

Concern for the American polity? Well, that was a question asked over and over and over again. But isolated in their crazy quilt districts, the GOP House Congressmen and women were only hearing what THEY wanted to hear. If a Macon Georgia suburb was filled with people who despised Bill Clinton, they didn't care if the charge was "suspicion of being slick". Guilty! It was all about re-election, feeding the beast of the Republican base and it's pathology for the Clintons, and satisfying their rich donors in the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy (VRWC). The country could go to Hell, just as long as Newt and his gang could nail that Great White Whale.

Yes, it was very much a Captain Ahab Syndrome. And like Captain Ahab (Speaker Newt), and the crew of the Pequod (the House Republican Leadership), they paid the price for it. Schadenfreude.

I suspected that was the case. Unable to see the wood for the trees, they couldn't see that once they set a precedence it was possible that it could be used against them and their side of politics just as easily as they were using it against Clinton. Ironic they got their comeuppance. I see Newt is touting for the Presidency again. Do you think he's learnt any lessons?