Herman Henry Kohlsaat Quotes
McKinley did not once give a speech to the nation without either wiring, telephoning or writing me, and sending me his speeches before delivering them.
Herman Henry Kohlsaat, 1853–1924, Businessman & Newspaper Publisher, advisor of five U.S. presidents: William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson & Warren G. Harding, Quoted in Doris Kearns Goodwin, The Bully Pulpit, 2013
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Referring to President Lyndon B. Johnson
The reference was to President George W. Bush.
President George W. Bush initiated an invasion of Iraq based on the fact that Iraq was developing nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. After the invasion however, there were none of these weapons found and much evidence that there were not any at that point in time. By the time Congress, the body which is supposed to declare war, found out that the reason for the war was bogus, it was too late. We had already occupied the country and were in the midst of a civil war. The President either acted on bad intelligence or wanted to invade Iraq for other reasons and history may finally tell us which, but Fein sees the problem as too much secrecy in the executive branch.
Madison was the first Presidential Speech Writer.
Trump, in contrast, to other president, in times of crisis, tendned to send tweets on the subject--often very political and divisive--instead of takeing the kind of leadership steps taht were taken by the otehr presidents of the 20th adn 21st century.
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