A Woman in Charge (102 page)
“made a sexual demand on me”: Sidney Blumenthal,
The Clinton Wars
(New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003), p. 341.
He said it was hard: Ibid., p. 340.
They had always been within sight: Ibid., p. 342.
“I had never seenâ¦himself”: Ibid.
“I was closeâ¦marriage”: Ibid., p. 343.
“empathy”: Ibid., p. 339.
“â¦fatherless and poorâ¦connect”: Ibid.
“I had beenâ¦phase”: Ibid., p. 340.
“His revelations [of]â¦conspiracy”: Ibid.
“G.K.”: Don Van Natta Jr., “White House's All-Out Attack on Starr Is Paying Off, with His Help,”
New York Times,
March 2, 1998, p. 12.
Blumenthal first metâ¦its inner orbit: Blumenthal,
The Clinton Wars,
p. 5.
“a Cataline conspiracy”: Blumenthal,
The Clinton Wars,
p. 340.
“The smoke wouldâ¦clear”: Clinton,
My Life,
p. 775.
“a more balanced”: Ibid.
“the hysteria was overwhelming”: Ibid.
“There is notâ¦relationship”: Bill Clinton,
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,
January 21, 1998.
Blumenthal's totally politicizedâ¦she suggested: Blumenthal,
The Clinton Wars,
p. 340; Clinton,
Living History,
p. 449; author's interview with confidential sources.
Watching in hisâ¦the White House: Toobin,
A Vast Conspiracy,
p. 246; Clinton,
Living History,
p. 444.
“My first instinct was justâ¦to'”: Author's interview with Carol Biondi.
“Well, we just have to win”: Independent Counsel Report.
The next morningâ¦and Hillary: Author's interview with confidential sources.
“She called and saidâ¦being received”: Author's interview with Mark Penn.
“herâ¦for a moment”: Author's interview with Mark Gearan.
“Step by stepâ¦impeachment”: Blumenthal,
The Clinton Wars,
p. 367.
“help her”: Ibid.
“I replied thatâ¦through”: Ibid.
“I think I'm going to get sick”: Ibid., p. 325.
Thomason believed theâ¦with a verdict”: Author's interview with confidential sources; Toobin,
A Vast Conspiracy,
p. 251; Blumenthal,
The Clinton Wars,
p. 370.
The president, afterâ¦about to say: Author's interview with confidential sources; Toobin,
A Vast Conspiracy.
“to fulfill myâ¦sustainable”: Author's interview with Robert Torricelli.
“deader really thanâ¦stroke”:
This Week,
January 25, 1999.
“There is talkâ¦House”: Howard Kurtz, “In a Blizzard of Allegations, Did the Media Throw Caution tothe Wind?,”
Washington Post,
January 27, 1998.
“I am very pleasedâ¦Clinton”: U.S. Newswire, January 26, 1998.
“Now I haveâ¦night”: Ibid.
“But I want to sayâ¦again”: Ibid.
“I did not haveâ¦you”: Ibid.
Hillary, Bill, and Kendallâ¦area of exploration: Blumenthal,
The Clinton Wars;
author's interview with confidential sources.
“the most important person”: Blumenthal,
The Clinton Wars,
p. 373.
“I want to sayâ¦lie”: Ruth Marcus and Thomas B. Edsall, “Jordan Gives Beleaguered President His Presence,”
Washington Post,
January 23, 1998, p. 1.
“Hillary had to walkâ¦scandal”: Blumenthal,
The Clinton Wars,
p. 373.
“part of the clique of elves”: Ibid., p. 368.
“Now they thinkâ¦story”: Ibid.
“a public uproar”: Ibid.
“There has beenâ¦Well, we'veâ¦He hasâ¦Yesâ¦chief defenderâ¦Wellâ¦this isâ¦Wellâ¦I've seenâ¦at work here”:
Today,
January 27, 1998.
“You tell them!”: Author's interview with Nicole Boxer.
“Everyone was yellingâ¦What do you know?'”: Ibid.
Hillary's brothers believedâ¦their wives: Author's interview with Nicole Boxer; author's interview with confidential source.
“I guess thatâ¦with us”: Toobin,
A Vast Conspiracy,
p. 258.
“We have moreâ¦strong”: Bill Clinton, State of the Union address, January 27, 1998.
“Now if weâ¦century”: Ibid.
“The speech remindedâ¦him”: Alison Mitchell, “Republicans Seek to Seize High Ground as Democrats Begin to Rally Around President,”
New York Times,
January 28, 1998.
“While no proof hasâ¦causes”: Tim Weiner and Jill Abramson, “In the Case Against Clinton, Some Links to Conservatives,”
New York Times,
January 28, 1998.
“Part of my dutyâ¦information”: Blumenthal,
The Clinton Wars
.
There had beenâ¦February 3: Author's interview with confidential sources and Nicole Boxer.
“And she saidâ¦House'”: Author's interview with Nancy Bekavac.
“[Hillary said], âTellâ¦I hung upâ¦for her”: Ibid.
“Clinton's political enemiesâ¦presidency”: Richard Morin and Claudia Deane, “President's Popularity Hits a High: Majority in Poll Say Political Enemies Are Out to Get Him,”
Washington Post,
February 1, 1998.
“Now you knowâ¦case”: Blumenthal,
The Clinton Wars,
p. 397.
“Conspiracy or Coincidence”: “Conspiracy or Coincidence?,”
Newsweek,
February 9, 1998.
“overreached the factsâ¦sex”: Thomas Oliphant, “The Witness Who Wasn't,”
Boston Globe,
February 17, 1998.
“In essence, I wasâ¦as I could”: Blumenthal,
The Clinton Wars,
p. 411.
“the key”: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 450.
“These accusations againstâ¦anywhere”: Ibid.
“Too many liesâ¦come out”: Pete Yost, “Clinton Says He Told the Truth About Willey Encounter,” Associated Press, March 16, 1998.
“When she cameâ¦it”: Deposition of Bill Clinton, January 17, 1998, District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
Four days afterâ¦once disclosed: Author's interview with confidential sources and Office of Independent Counsel.
(When some ofâ¦expurgate it): Woodward,
Shadow,
p. 454.
“The president of theâ¦officials'”: Ben Evans, “Gingrich Tells Christian Group of Affair,” Associated Press, March 9, 2007.
“Speaker Gingrich is talking toâ¦I knowâ¦talking about”: Jonathan Broder, “Gingrich's Impeachment Scenario,”
Salon,
April 29, 1998.
“credible”: Guy Gugliotta, “House Republicans Wary of Plan for Starr Panel,”
Washington Post,
March 20, 1998.
“we are now notâ¦settings”: Ibid.
“faith the peopleâ¦underway”: Ibid. '
“the earthy stoicism of rural women”: Sheehy,
Hillary's Choice,
p. 305.
“We can doâ¦bit”: Author's interview with Diane Blair.
“because I wasâ¦stupid”: Ibid.
“the joy went outâ¦as openâ¦to know”: Ibid.
“She would call meâ¦to anyone”: Ibid.
Later, Hillary wouldâ¦talk of sex: Clinton,
Living History;
author's interview with confidential sources.
“This is fantastic”: Author's interview with confidential source.
“We did not actâ¦genocide”: “Clinton's Painful Words of Sorrow and Chagrin,” Associated Press, March 26, 1998.
“I never spent anyâ¦Whitewater”: Steve Barnes, “McDougal Trial Sees Mrs. Clinton's Videotape,”
New York Times,
March 17, 1999.
“They would holdâ¦affection”: Author's interview with confidential sources.
“By Mayâ¦him.”: Author's interview with confidential source.
“I think she handledâ¦situation”: Author's interview with Mary Mel French.
Hillary told Kendallâ¦against impeachment: Author's interview with confidential sources; Clinton,
Living History,
p. 465.
Bill went to Lindaâ¦declined: Toobin,
A Vast Conspiracy,
p. 310.
Hillary later claimedâ¦: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 465.
“My husband mayâ¦to me”: Ibid.
“President Weighs Admittingâ¦Contacts”: Richard L. Berke, “President Weighs Admitting He Had Sexual Contacts,”
New York Times,
August 14, 1998.
“This timeâ¦bed”: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 465.
“much more serious”: Ibid., p. 466.
“inappropriate intimacy”: Ibid.
“brief and sporadic”: Ibid.
“I could hardlyâ¦Chelsea'”: Ibid.
“dumbfounded, heartbrokenâ¦at all”: Ibid.
“She should haveâ¦spot”: Author's interview with Sara Ehrman.
“he had lied to her, too”: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 466.
“irreparable breach”: Ibid.
“Third Way”: Blumenthal,
The Clinton Wars,
p. 459.
“âembarrassed'”: Ibid., p. 461.
“Hillary had hopedâ¦gesture”: Ibid.
“They just thoughtâ¦Mr. President, wereâ¦It depends onâ¦inappropriate intimate contactâ¦I don't haveâ¦I believed thatâ¦Most of my timeâ¦gave me”: Independent Counsel Report.
“touching her breastâ¦genitalia”: Ibid.
“Hillary thinks it'sâ¦around”: Author's interview with James Carville.
“It was likeâ¦died”: Ibid.
“She'd obviously beenâ¦with me'”: Ibid.
At the endâ¦his statement: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 467.
“I don't thinkâ¦somber thing”: Author's interview with James Carville.
“Her mind was elsewhere”: Ibid.
“out of habitâ¦love”: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 46.
“Well, Bill, thisâ¦it”: Ibid., p. 468.
“including questions aboutâ¦As you knowâ¦This has goneâ¦life”: Bill Clinton, Speech to the Nation, August 17, 1998.
“not adequate”: Dan Balz, “Hill Democrats View Speech as a Failure,”
Washington Post,
August 20, 1998.
“What were weâ¦prosecutor?”: Ibid.
“It was all right”: Blumenthal,
The Clinton Wars,
p. 465.
“Hillary also approvedâ¦of all”: Ibid.
“bantering”: Ibid.
“They were stillâ¦possible”: Ibid.
“She believes in theâ¦public”: Ruth Marcus, “First Lady âCommitted' to Her Marriage: Aide Says President âMisled' His Wife on Lewinsky Relationship,”
Washington Post,
August 19, 1998.
“Chelsea, I thinkâ¦point”: Author's interview with confidential source.
“It was awkward”: Author's interview with confidential source.
“looked at meâ¦serious”: Author's interview with confidential source.
Hillary slept upstairsâ¦no exception: Clinton,
My Life,
p. 803; author's interview with confidential sources.
“[He said] that he wasâ¦survive'”: Author's interview with Robert Torricelli. 519 “Well, when Iâ¦one”: Ibid.
“âYou're still aâ¦to her”: Ibid.
“Our target wasâ¦today”: “Clinton's Words: âThere Will Be No Sanctuary for Terrorists,'”
New York Times,
August 21, 1998, p. 12.
He talked about Jackieâ¦: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 470.
Hillary and Chelseaâ¦really loved her: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 470.
“She was veryâ¦easy”: Author's interview with Diane Blair.
Bill returned toâ¦as well: Author's interview with friends of the Clintons'.
“thaw”: Clinton,
My Life,
p. 805.
“shell-shocked”: Author's interview with William Styron.
“devastatedâ¦composure”: Ibid.
“Everyone sensed theâ¦through”: Ibid.
“a pompous lectureâ¦sense”: Ibid.
“I remember anâ¦way”: Ibid.
“They were strugglingâ¦sources”: Ibid.
“that Pittsburgh nut”: Ibid.
“She's plainly aâ¦intelligence”: Ibid.
“She is aâ¦today”: Ibid.
“a new phraseâ¦president”: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 471.
“the reason heâ¦typical”: Madeleine Albright,
Madam Secretary
(New York: Hyperion, 2003), p. 452.
“I thought the meetingâ¦say that”: Author's interview with Donna Shalala.
“I wasn't sureâ¦get it”: Ibid.
Hillary was preparingâ¦Clinton go: Author's interview with confidential source on Clinton defense team; Office of Independence Counsel; Woodward,
Shadow.
“the narrative showsâ¦information”: Woodward,
Shadow,
p. 453.
That afternoon, theâ¦on the Internet: Ibid., p. 465.
“This is aboutâ¦person”: Harris,
Survivor,
p. 351.
“The core of theâ¦blow job”: Woodward,
Shadow,
p. 475.
“So Hillary hadâ¦weekend”: Author's interview with Betsy Johnson Ebeling.
“moving on separateâ¦ourselves”: Author's interview with Diane Blair.
“surreal”: Ibid.
Account of Stevie Wonder episode from author's interview with Betsy Johnson Ebeling.
“If you were myâ¦nose”: Peter Baker,
The Breach: Inside the Impeachment and Trial of William Jefferson Clinton
(New York: Scribner, 2000), p. 104.
“The fact is thatâ¦proceedings”: Ibid.
“a philanderer”: Ibid.
“a liar”: Baker, Ibid.
“offended at whatâ¦him”: Ibid.
“We have oftenâ¦your life”: John F. Harris and Juliet Eilperin, “Clinton Allies Seek Compromise on Hill: GOP Pursues Vote on Inquiry; Lawyers Cite Starr's Omissions,”
Washington Post,
September 23, 1998, p. 1.
“You could feelâ¦watching”: Author's interview with Melanne Verveer.
“Grace strikes usâ¦happen”: Clinton,
Living History,
p. 470.
“She was on fireâ¦for you”: Author's interview with Nicole Boxer.
