To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (31743 ) 2/26/1999 1:51:00 AM From: E Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 108807
I don't think it is a swindle. I believe he raped Juanita Broaddrick. She told a number of people about it at the time. She was found on the bed by a nurse who testifies that Broaddrick's upper lip was swollen to twice its normal size, that her pantihose had been ripped, and that she declared that Attorney General Clinton had raped her. Her then-lover, now husband of 18 years was told the same thing at the time. (When telling this, he was overcome with emotion, on the verge of tears.) Other people were told, too. There were many and extremely credible self-protective reasons not to report the attorney general. It is also, when you hear her story, understandable that she didn't want to get involved in the Paula Jones matter (which is what her earlier false affidavit was in regard to.) There is no book deal. Broaddrick is a very successful business woman, financially secure. I won't detail the corroborating background information here. I'm just giving my personal reaction to a combination of her words and affect and the research on the various circumstances done by NBC. I should mention as background that I thought the depiction of Monica Lewinsky as an exploited victim was ludicrous. I also thought the questioning of Clinton on the Lewinsky matter in the Jones case was part of a set up-- an effectual perjury trap. I thought that Jones's attitude was probably accurately described by her family members in the early television interview, in which they described her as being excited and happy about what had happened, and as having said, "I smell money in this." In addition, about Jones, I thought that the self-described several minutes she remained in the room after the president's penis had made itself a party to the discussion raised the question of what took a traumatized maiden so long to walk across the room to the door. Every minute that passes after you see pink and before you are out the door are, in my view, minutes of something that could be called, by a cynic, negotiation-- figuring out how to make the best of this situation. I also don't buy for a minute that she was harmed in her career. I felt the most sympathy for Kathleen Willey, but even that sympathy wasn't entirely without a certain cynical seasoning. But... I believe he raped Juanita Broderick. He is a true creep. My heart is breaking for Chelsea.