Mike McCurry Quotes
Why do you ask me a question like that, when you know you’re not going to get an answer that’s going to be useful to anyone?
Michael D. McCurry, White House Press Secretary (Democrat), Rebuke of reporter, Quoted in Capital Style, November 1998
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Commenting on media criticism of her:
And the New York press is probably the most difficult and cynical in the world.
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.
Just quotation tells us something about Mrs. Roosevelt that is fascinating. Note that she tells us that she had her usual press conference. She typically had several press conferences a week. Before Mrs. Roosevelt, first Ladies did not have press conferences by themselves. She did almost wherever she went. She had more than the President did. And the presidents staff rarely knew what she was going to say. They found out about it in the next day’s newspapers. No first lady before or since then has ever had as much access to the press or as independent access as Mrs. Roosevelt.
Michael Demaree McCurry is best known for having served in Bill Clinton's administration as the nation's 18th White House Press Secretary. He is a Washington-based communications consultant and is associated with the firm Public Strategies Washington, Inc. He is also active within the administration of the United Methodist Church, serving as a lay delegate to the Church General Conference and on various denominational boards. He currently co-chairs the Commission on Presidential Debates. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, he was educated at Princeton University and Georgetown University.
