Jim Devine wrote:
> President Eisenhower, it is said, pretended to be inarticulate in order to
> have the "common touch" so necessary to success in US politics. He was, the
> same stories say, a closet intellectual.
I remember one anecdote. They were planning to issue a press release
on some p
Oh, quite a few foreigners know all too well it wasn't a slip, Max. It's
still a gem, though. Ebulliently abounding in pith, mebbe.
Cheers,
Rob.
>My favourite of his was the 1988 gem 'I never apologize for the United
>States of America. I don't care what the facts are.'
>
>Ya just don't get ca
My favourite of his was the 1988 gem 'I never apologize for the United
States of America. I don't care what the facts are.'
Ya just don't get candour like that any more, eh?
Cheers, Rob.
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Actually this quote would make perfect sense to
quite a few people he
>At 01:16 PM 5/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
>>Reported in the Washington Post, May 5, 2000, Page C1.
>>Title: "What's On W's Mind? Hard To Say," by Dana
>>Milbank.
>
>President Eisenhower, it is said, pretended to be inarticulate in order to
>have the "common touch" so necessary to success in US poli
>AND let's not forget George Senior:
>
>"Please don't look at part of the glass,
>the part that is only less than half full."
My favourite of his was the 1988 gem 'I never apologize for the United
States of America. I don't care what the facts are.'
Ya just don't get candour like that any more,
At 01:16 PM 5/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Reported in the Washington Post, May 5, 2000, Page C1.
>Title: "What's On W's Mind? Hard To Say," by Dana
>Milbank.
President Eisenhower, it is said, pretended to be inarticulate in order to
have the "common touch" so necessary to success in US politics.
Reported in the Washington Post, May 5, 2000, Page C1.
Title: "What's On W's Mind? Hard To Say," by Dana
Milbank.
Nobody posted the article so I am compelled to extract
the actual remarks of Texas Gov. George W. Bush, quite
possibly the next president of the United States of
America:
"terrier
