Dee Dee Myers Quotes
As long as the G.O.P., led by its increasingly visible women, continues to insist that the problem is not their policies but women's failure to understand their own lives and interests, the gender gap won't go away.
Myers, Dee Dee. "The G.O.P.'s Women Problem." Vanity Fair, Nov. 2010.
This particular rally targeted men rather than women. The nation was in a severe recession, and the audience of mostly men cried, “No!
She was the 5th female member of the House and its first Jewish member. She was the first woman on the House Military Affairs Committee, and was one of the few Republicans who advocated spending for military preparedness. At the time of her service, many Republicans were strict isolationists and were opposed to peacetime military spending. They accused the Democrats of being war mongers for wanting preparedness and a stronger military, After WWII, most republicans became Hawks, and after the Vietnam War, many Democrats became Doves. After the Iraq War many Republicans became Doves when they discovered that the President (George W. Bush) had either lied to them and the public, or made a major intelligence blunder.
Margaret Jane "Dee Dee" Myers is an American political analyst who served as the 19th White House Press Secretary during the first two years of the Clinton administration. She was the first woman and the second-youngest person to hold that position. Myers later co-hosted the news program Equal Time on CNBC, and was a consultant on The West Wing. She was the inspiration for fictional White House Press Secretary C. J. Cregg. She is also the author of the 2008 New York Times best-selling book, Why Women Should Rule the World. In 2010, she became a managing director of public affairs at The Glover Park Group.
