Robert E. Rubin Quotes
Try not to offend someone who writes a weekly column.
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Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury (Democrat), Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs (Democrat), Remark, Panel, Institute for International Economics, August 9, 2004
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Grant had ordered Sherman to start a diversionary attack and then pull back. They both knew that the newspapers would describe Sherman’s efforts as a failure, and Grant was apologetic that Sherman would get some bad press.
Tweed was the powerful boss of New York City’s corrupt political machine—Tammany Hall. The newspapers had been attacking Tweed and Tammany Hall for several years but they never resonated with the public. The cartoons of Thomas Nast however were not only understood by illiterates, but the cartoons caused an emotional reaction against Weed and his organization which led to their downfall.
The queen was a lot more sophisticated about the newspapers than politicians in the 21st century.
It is interesting to note that the First Lady described herself as a “poor scribe”. However, she wrote more columns over the years than any other journalist or columnist while doing everything else she did.
TR worked very hard for his press coverage. He literally met with the press every day—often several times. Daily, his barber had to cut and shave with the President talking to the reporters and answering questions. The only time he stopped talking was when the barber was shaving his chin or upper lip.
This was an interesting contrast with the newspapers in America which relied on advertising for most of their income and were mostly conservative in nature.
He was responding to criticism that the media was bashing the President.
McCarthy was in many ways like Donald Trump. One was taht the press loved to cover his statements and accusations that were so absurd and sensational that they sold a lot of nespapers, magazines and obtained many TV / Radio viewers/listeners. As a result he got much more media coverage that he warranted in teh view of many, President Dwight Eisenhower, who generally would not even mention McCarthy's name was percieved by Adlai Stephenson and many others as weak and fearful of McCarthy, Tannenhous and some other historians believed that fear had nothing to do with it, but that Eisenhower not only chose this as a deliberate strategy, but one that was quite effective.
Robert Edward Rubin is an American retired banking executive, lawyer, and former U.S. presidential cabinet member. He served as the 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury during the Clinton administration. Before his government service, he spent 26 years at Goldman Sachs, eventually serving as a member of the board and co-chairman from 1990 to 1992.
