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
