Monica Lewinsky, in a statement released today, countered President
Clinton's firm denial: "I have had enough.  This whole experience has left a
bitter taste in my mouth, and I can't stomach any more.  I feel as if I am
getting the shaft, that this ugly matter has come to a head and blown up in my
face.
This may be a  load to handle, but when things are hard, that is when I
am at my best. I have faced hard things in the past, and I know what is
coming.  I will meet this challenge the only way I know how...head on. I have
licked bigger things than this before, and I will again.  No one will ever be
able to say that Monica Lewinsky isn't a finisher, that she quit before the job
was done.  I will work non-stop and fight this, blow by blow, until I am
wiped clean of this dirty affair.  I will not be stained by it.

                        Thank you,
                        Monica Lewinsky