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Summary: A story of Courage and conviction
Review: When told from a first person point of view the whole evil mess of Watergate becomes breathtakingly frightening. That our judicial system could have become so compromised in the pursuit of partisan politics wasn't really clear to me as the investigation rolled on year after year. But now after reading this book and realising what Susan McDougal endured for the sake of defending her principals against the almighty U.S. justice department it is apparent that freedom in America should never be taken for granted.
Bravo to the true heroism of this amazing woman
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Summary: An incredible story by a truly heroic woman
Review: While it's scary to read a first hand account of incredibly unjust actions by people supposedly working for an independent and unbiased government organization (i.e. Ken Starr and the OIC), this is nevertheless a fascinating and uplifing story. Susan McDougal's story is simply amazing. And I can't help but feel so happy for her that she persevered through one nightmare after another and came out a stronger, wiser and better person for it. A terrific book!
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Summary: Who Cares?
Review: Who cares? Your lies are no longer in vogue now that Bill Clinton is no longer in office.
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Summary: You thought it was complicated?
Review: You thought Whitewater, and Madison Guaranty were complicated? So complicated that it took Kenneth Starr five years and $70M to get to the bottom of it? This book will straighten your thinking out quickly and easily. Whitewater, as Bill and Hillary Clinton said at the beginning the the press's feeding frenzy, was a real estate investment that failed. They lost money. Madison Guaranty was an S&L being run by a manic depressive with no experience in banking, and it failed because, in Susan McDougal's words, she and her husband "were idiots." So, the facts of Whitewater and Madison Guaranty being so simple, what in heaven's name sustained Kenneth Starr's gargantuan investigation to its ignominious end? What in heaven's name did the newspapers find to write about until the bitter and failed impeachment and the final, mean spirited "report" from the OIC? This book will tell you what Kenneth Starr's staff spent their time doing while the newspapers told you they were doing something important. This book will also introduce you to a sort of one-woman national conscience, a warm, funny, fallible human being who decided that no matter how many mistakes she had made, lying about the Clintons to save her own freedom was not going to be one of them. It will tell you in detail just what that decision cost her, and her family, and her friends. All of you sports fans out there, all of you people who think there are no heroes left in this world, this is what a real hero looks like. So, you get this extraordinary history lesson, this colorful and often loveable cast of characters, and you get a narrator with enough spirit, and tenacity, and compassion, and clear thinking for any ten average people. And you get someone who's funnier than all the cynics at the New York Times glued together. If you have any hope left for this country at all, you will not want to be without this book.
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