The Woman Who Wouldn't Talk (Wash. Post Online Chat With Susan McDougal Wed. 1/15/03)

The Washington Post ^ | Wednesday, January 15, 2003 | None stated

[kristinn]

SNIP

Why didn't she cooperate? How did her time in prison affect her life? McDougal tells her story, from childhood to jail, in a new book, "The Woman Who Wouldn't Talk: Why I Refused to Testify Against the Clintons & What I Learned in Jail," (Carroll & Graf, 2003). She will be online to talk about her experiences on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at noon ET.

Submit your questions and comments before or during the discussion.

McDougal joins washingtonpost.com in advance of her upcoming visit to Washington, D.C., where she will appear on NPR's "Diane Rehm Show" and CNN's "Crossfire." She will be signing books at the Barnes & Noble in Georgetown on Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 7:30 p.m. ET

[kristinn]

If you submit a question, please be civil. But have fun--Susan plays the 'innocent' victim so well.

[The Raven]

What did Clinton's representatives encourage you to say and do?

[Brett66]

Do you feel fortunate since you didn't experience an Arkansas Dirt Nap?

[Mo1]

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[longfellow]

Here's the whole book-
CHAPTER ONE: It's hard to talk with Bill's D*** in your mouth.

[kristinn]

Great minds....Here's the question I submitted:

Phil Donahue, the liberal talk show host, recently said in an interview that he feared for his family and pets if he crossed Bill Clinton during the '92 campaign. Donahue joined a long list of people who have expressed fear for their lives--including witnesses, lovers, victims and reporters--if they crossed the Clintons.

Has it ever occurred to you that the reason you were moved around from prison to prison and kept in isolation some times was to keep you from meeting the same fate as your ex-husband did, and others--like Jerry Parks who died under questionable circumstances?

It may not seem like it to you now, but part of Ken Starr's job was to try keep people like you from danger. In your case, he succeeded.

[Deb]

Susan,
You told Barbara Walters that you hadn't asked Clinton for a pardon in exchange for your silence and you wouldn't accept one. What made you change your mind or were you just lying as usual?

A Follow-Up:
How much did you end up ripping Zubin Mehta off for?

[kristinn]

I'd like to know who paid Mark Geragos to represent her. Susan surely didn't have the funds.

[The Electrician]

Gee, Susan, you looked so good in orange. Too bad you changed your outfit.

[razorback-bert]

Susan did you ever find that missing picture of you, bill and the caddy?

follow-up

Since, I figure that neither you or bill could use the self-timer on the camera, who took the picture?

[L.N. Smithee]

Phil Donahue, the liberal talk show host, recently said in an interview that he feared for his family and pets if he crossed Bill Clinton during the '92 campaign. Donahue joined a long list of people who have expressed fear for their lives--including witnesses, lovers, victims and reporters--if they crossed the Clintons.

Has it ever occurred to you that the reason you were moved around from prison to prison and kept in isolation some times was to keep you from meeting the same fate as your ex-husband did, and others--like Jerry Parks who died under questionable circumstances?

Here's her (non-)answer:

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Susan McDougal: (Laughter.)

An innocent person has no reason to try to harm a witness. Only someone who is guilty, and that guilt is known to the potential witness, would have the need to silence them. In order to force me to cooperate with his tainted investigation, Kenneth Starr made my two years in jail as difficult as possible in order to break me, so that I would have no choice but to lie to save myself. End of story.

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L.N. Smithee: "End of story"? More like "The beginning of more lies."

[katherineisgreat]

"An innocent person"

COUGH COUGH COUGH. What a load of baloney!

[katherineisgreat]

Like many Clintonistas, Susan appears to have convinced her self that being honest under oath and saying what she knew would have being "lying." Obviously it would have been have been a lie to say anything bad about Bill and rat him out- he was "innocent" even though he actually did it. I think it's a wacked up kind of physcology. Someday she will know Clinton for who he really is..

[wingnuts'nbolts]

Susans's Theme song "Staying Alive". Name of the game. Hell hath no fury like a Clinton, especially the Beast.

[The Wizard]

this bitch shouldn't be on CSPAM.....she belongs in jail for protecting a rapist

[let freedom sing]

Cat got her tongue.

[skinkinthegrass]

The Final Chapter "My Positions on..." w/ Bill.

[Arpege92]

What are you receiving from the clintons for your silence? I don't understand your motives because other criminals would have turned another person in just so they could get less jail time.