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Summary: Such a Courageous woman to read about
Review: Although this book was assigned for my Government Summer School class, I definitely enjoyed reading this biography. This woman was so courageous in her struggles with Jim, Kenn Starr and the Clintons. Her life started as a middle child and ended as the middle man in a huge scandal. Whether it be as a child or an adult, she always stood that middle ground and she did it with pride, bravery and most of all courage. I strongly recommend reading this book; it was very interesting for me as I can see for many others as well.
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Summary: Great story
Review: As a story I enjoyed this more than the other two Clinton books I've read (Stewart's "Blood Sport" and Maraniss's "First in His Class") although I still don't fully understand Whitewater. I'm not entirely convinced she was entirely innocent.
As far as I can see Bill McDougal was a man who recklessly borrowed money to gamble on real estate deals. She says she got involved in this because she was entirely under Bill's influence. Some of the borrowing was illegal, using his political influence. One illegal borrowing was from the government, the Hale loan. In the case of the Hale loan she walked off with a check for $300,000 made out to Susan McDougal.
On the other hand the punishment she got for that was excessive and unjust. The jailing for her silence before the grand jury was outrageous. It remains to be seen whether the circumstances of her imprisonment were deliberately made harder by Kenneth Starr. Her account of her time in jail is riveting and inspiring - the best part of the book.
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Summary: Amazing Story about What Can Go Wrong in Justice System
Review: Every American should read this book. Every American should have known what was happening to Susan McDougal because it could happen to anyone.
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Summary: Brave, special, rare person
Review: I admire this women for the strenght , courage, and integrity that is almost impossiable to find. An extrodinary lady that deserves the best in life.
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Summary: An Important Book
Review: I agree with several other reviewers that Susan McDougal's book should be compulsory reading for every thinking American. Whether Republican or Democrat, Clinton-supporter or Clinton-hater, all should know as much detail as possible of the unremitting investigations into the life of a sitting president of the United States. McDougal's story is real. It happened and it happened here. We allowed it to happen. Even more alarming is the number of people who still believe it is okay that it happened. Even more alarming than that is that what happened to Susan McDougal occurred before September 11, before the terrorist threats, before we began to willingly jettison more and more of our prviacy rights and put our trust in powerful government employees, believing they will use their powers for good, exercise judgment, restraint and common sense, and always have our interests at heart. Reading McDougal's book should trigger alarms in all of us.Thank you, Susan McDougal, for your book. It is compelling reading and I salute you. May you be rewarded 10,000-fold for the injustices you endured. (And I hope your back is better!)
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Summary: Susan is a tough lady.
Review: I am from Camden Arkansas and I new Susan Henley McDougall and several members of her family. We were not terribly close but in a small town everyone knows everyone. I am not surprised Susan responded the way she did to the OIC but I am surprised at how bad things got for her. I also agree with her politics. All in all I loved the book but I wanted to let other readers know of my biases. It was down to earth and relays her side of the story in an entertaining manner. Susan if you read this, thanks for signing my book. E-mail me, and let's have dinner at the White House, the next time I am home....Sam
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Summary: Finally, the truth about Kenneth Starr's witchhunt
Review: I don't read much non-fiction, but I couldn't put this book down. Susan McDougal's courage was absolutely amazing. It would have been so easy to give Starr's zealots the lies that would have kept her free, but she didn't. She made poor choices out of misguided loyalty, and she paid dearly for them. I admired her frankness in admitting her errors in judgment and never looking for the easy way out. Bravo, Susan!
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Summary: The GOP owes her reparations
Review: I heard Susan many times on the radio during her persecution, but she was always constrained about what she could and couldn't say -- she couldn't call the guy with the keys to her cell a lying sack of --, for instance. This morning on KPFK, I heard her interviewed by Amy Goodman. A sane and courageous woman. If the right can't get the point now, I'm just sorry for them. They sponsored and were victimized by a genuine conspiratorial witchhunt, where political strategy completely took the place of morals and ethics. They will pay, eventually.
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Summary: This book is a must read - honest, heartfelt , well written
Review: I must admit that when my husband ordered this book, I didn't have much of an interest in reading it. However, I'd just finished reading Living History by Hilary Clinton and she recommended reading the book for information on OIC and Whitewater. With that, I started reading the book on a West Coast to East Coast airplane flight and couldn't put it down. I finished the book in a little more than a day. Not because it was an easy read but because it was a compelling one. One cannot come away without a better understanding of what role partisan politics can play in our judicial process. This book is more than this however; it's a real life story of how one person's life and health was nearly ruined, how she stood up to the Kenneth Starr and the OIC pressure, and how she survived the time in prison. This is a first hand look and it's an eye opener. The forward is written by Helen Thomas whom I've always greatly admired. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: The part about the Mehta's was hysterical!
Review: I never laughed so hard...especially about the Mehta's dog! This book was well written and actually very humorous! A must read!
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