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REVEALING HER TO BE A LOYAL
FRIEND, DEVOTED MOTHER, AND A
CUTTHROAT STRATEGIST."
>> INDEED, I DID HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP WITH MISS LEWINSKY
THAT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE.
>> Reporter: WE HAVE THE
UNCENSORED THOUGHTS ABOUT MONICA
LEWINSKY AND THEY WERE NOT NICE.
THE COMMENTS WERE MADE TO ONE OF
HER CLOSEST FRIENDS IN THE
1990s.
DIANE BLAIR KEPT EXTENSIVE
RECORDS OF HER CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE CLINTONS, INCLUDING THE
THEN FIRST LADY TRYING TO
EXPLAIN WHY HER HUSBAND STRAYED
WITH MONICA LEWINSKY.
"SHE THINKS SHE WAS NOT SMART
ENOUGH, NOT FREE ENOUGH OF HER
OWN CONCERNS AND STRUGGLES TO
REALIZE THE PRICE HE WAS
PAYING," BLAIR WROTE.
HILLARY ASKED TO KEEP THE
PRESIDENT'S ACTIONS WITH THE
QUOTE, NARCISSISTIC LOONY TOON"
IN CONTEXT.
HILLARY ALLEGEDLY TOLD BLAIR
THAT THE *** CONTACT MONICA
HAD WITH HER HUSBAND WAS NOT
MEANINGFUL.
AFTER BLAIR PASSED AWAY IN 2000,
HER NOTES WERE DONATED.
OTHER FILES CAUSED CONTROVERSY
IN 2008 WHEN MOST WERE STILL
UNDER LOCK AND KEY.
THERE WERE EARLIER SUGGESTIONS
THAT THE BLAIR FILES WOULD BE
AVAILABLE PRIOR TO THE 2008
RACE.
>> ONE OF THE MOST SECRETIVE
ADMINISTRATIONS IN HISTORY AND
AT THE SAME TIME THAT YOU'RE
MAKING A CLAIM THAT THIS IS THE
BASIS FOR YOUR EXPERIENCE I
THINK IS A PROBLEM.
>> QUIETLY OPENED IN 2010, THE
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON WAS THE
FIRST ONE TO DIVE IN THIS WEEK.
AMONG THE PAPERWORK, CAMPAIGN
ADVISERS TALKING ABOUT THE
CLINTON'S IMAGE AS THEY READY
FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE IN
1992.
>> I SUPPOSE I COULD HAVE STAYED
HOME AND BAKED COOKIES AND TEA
BUT MY HUSBAND WAS IN PUBLIC
LIFE.
>> HER STRENGTHS HAVE MADE AN
IMPRESSION.
AS ONE MEMO NOTED, VOTERS
GENERALLY LIKED CLINTON'S
INTELLIGENCE AND TEN NASTY BUT
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THESE TRAITS
IN A WOMAN.
SHE NEEDS TO PROJECT A SOFTER
SIDE, SOME HUMOR.
FAST FORWARD TO THE WHITE HOUSE
IN 1993.
>> I ACTUALLY MADE SOME OF
THESE.
>> BUT CLINTON WAS NOT WILLING
TO MAKE EVERY COMPROMISE.
ON THANKSGIVING DAY 1996, BLAIR
RECALLED A PHONE CONVERSATION
SHE HAD.
I'M A PROUD WOMAN.
I KNOW HOW TO COMPROMISE.
I HAVE COMPROMISED.
I GAVE UP MY NAME, GOT CONTACT
LENSES, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO TRY
TO BE SOMEBODY I'M NOT.
DECEMBER 1993 DIARY RECALLS
HILLARY COMPLAINING ABOUT WOMEN
UPSET ABOUT THE INCIDENT
SURROUNDING BOB PACKWOOD.
CLINTON WROTE, BLAIR, WAS TIRED