Death of American Virtue - Ken Gormley [471]
He purchased 42 percent: Jim McDougal to Sam Heuer, 10 July 1990, Heuer papers.
“Dear Jim”: J. William Fulbright to Jim McDougal, 11 Jan. 1982, Heuer papers.
“We went into Kingston”: Susan McDougal, interview by author.
“Jim did not give a damn”: Susan McDougal, interview by author, comments of Claudia Riley.
Hippies growing marijuana: McDougal and Wilkie, Arkansas Mischief, 174.
The loan McDougal had finagled: Stewart, Blood Sport, 94–95.
“We had to keep taking”: Susan McDougal, interview by author; McDougal and Wilkie, Arkansas Mischief, 74–75.
“There were many years”: Hillary Clinton, “RTC Interrogatory Responses,” no. 26, p. 67.
“Whitewater will pay”: Susan McDougal, interview by author; Hillary Clinton, “RTC Interrogatory Responses,” no. 10, pp. 15–16; McDougal and Wilkie, Arkansas Mischief, 211.
“McDougal believed that the placement”: Hillary Clinton, “RTC Interrogatory Responses,” no. 10, pp. 15–16.
When Bill Clinton lost: McDougal and Wilkie, Arkansas Mischief, 197–98; Stewart, Blood Sport, 98.
“Dear Jim: How is business”: J. William Fulbright to Jim McDougal, 16 Feb. 1982, Heuer papers.
“It’s gone bankrupt”: McDougal and Harris, The Woman Who Wouldn’t Talk, 67. See also McDougal and Wilkie, Arkansas Mischief, 179–80.
“Neither she [n]or her husband”: McDougal, “OIC/FBI Interview,” 95, with attached FBI Report from 1989.
Now McDougal stumped: John Brummett, “Democratic Meeting Turns into Pep Rally for Party’s Nominees,” Arkansas Gazette, 20 June 1982; descriptions contained in Wells, “McDougal’s Life,” A1.
he energized audiences: McDougal and Harris, The Woman Who Wouldn’t Talk, 70; McDougal and Wilkie, Arkansas Mischief, 189.
“Isn’t it time”: Wells, “McDougal’s Life.”
“I fell in love”: McDougal and Harris, The Woman Who Wouldn’t Talk, 66, 71; Susan McDougal, interview by author.
with an array of sixteen-year-old: Terry Ford, “It’s Rodeo Time Again! Parade Friday,” Montgomery County (AR) News, 29 July 1982.
He delivered a “fiery” speech: John Brummett, “Report Delights Democrats: Party Leader Suggests White’s Resignation,” Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 18 Sept. 1982.
McDougal also shared: “Democrats Open Office,” Russellville (AR) Daily Courier-Democrat, 14 Oct. 1982, 16; McDougal and Wilkie, Arkansas Mischief, 187.
Mrs. Mondale was pictured: Ginger Shiras, “Mrs. Mondale Sees Eureka Arts, Attacks Republicans,” Harrison (AR) Daily Times, 10 Sept. 1982.
McDougal was trounced: McDougal and Wilkie, Arkansas Mischief, 191.
a big loan went bad: McDougal and Harris, The Woman Who Wouldn’t Talk, 73.
“In October at the crucial time”: Jim McDougal to Sam Heuer, 10 July 1990, Heuer papers.
“Oh, I loved”: Bill Clinton, interview by author.
McDougal transferred: Jim Guy Tucker, interview by author; Stewart, Blood Sport, 102–106; McDougal and Wilkie, Arkansas Mischief, 197.
“winos and porn houses”: Hickman Ewing, Jr., interview by author.
“That’s where they were grinding”: Bill Simmons, Jim McDougal, and Sam Heuer, transcript of conversation, circa 1993, 75, Heuer papers.
The location was also ideal: Stewart, Blood Sport, 106–107.
He built himself: McDougal and Harris, The Woman Who Wouldn’t Talk, 83; McDougal and Wilkie, Arkansas Mischief, 197; Jim Guy Tucker, interview by author.
McDougal used “creative financing”: McDougal and Wilkie, Arkansas Mischief, 200.
Susan took charge: Susan McDougal, interview in Borod & Huggins Report, 81, attached to McDougal, “OIC/FBI Interview,” 95.
“Just a twelve-minute drive”: McDougal and Harris, The Woman Who Wouldn’t Talk, 80.
“We were selling lots”: Simmons, McDougal, and Heuer, transcript of conversation, 43.
Governor Clinton one day jogged: McDougal and Wilkie, Arkansas Mischief, 208–10.
McDougal claimed: For Mrs. Clinton’s explanation concerning this work, see Hillary Clinton, “RTC Interrogatory Responses,” no. 30, pp. 74–75.
Jim was now hiring: McDougal and Harris, The Woman Who Wouldn’t Talk, 94.
A former armed guard was promoted: Stewart, Blood Sport, 107.
Arkansas magazine listed: McDougal and Wilkie, Arkansas Mischief, 93, 98, 199.
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