Gary Hart Quotes
You really can't go back to the Senate after running for President .... The danger of running for the Presidency is that if you don't make it—and that's the case for almost everyone who tries—then you are considered a failure.
Gary Hart, U. S. Senator (Democrat, CO), Candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, Quoted in David Remnick, "Gary Hart in Exile," The New Yorker, April 19, 1993
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Patton always believed that Eisenhower wanted to be President. At the beginning of the war Patton was much senior to Eisenhower, but President Roosevelt promoted Eisenhower above many more senior generals. Eisenhower thought Patton the best fighting general in the army, but a public relations and administrative problem. Several times when he had gone too far, Eisenhower reprimanded him but kept him in his command position. After the fighting was over, Patton became the military governor of part of Germany and was not as successful at peacekeeping and nation building as he was at fighting. Eisenhower was convinced that Patton would destroy himself and get fired by the army command and the President if he continued as governor. Patton confused Eisenhower’s prudent and politic demeanor with the allies as a lack of courage. And Patton could never get over the fact that Eisenhower and never commanded an army fighting in the field. He was jumped to Supreme Allied Commander, in a very bold and brilliant stroke by FDR who passed over many senior generals.
TR has somewhat of a “straight arrow” and a reformer at the same time. The ethical standards of politics then were even lower than that of modern times, and Roosevelt particularly offended the people in his own party. See {585079} for the negative view of TR by the head of his own party.
Rogovin had just asked Califano how he felt about possibly being Republican congressman John Anderson’s running mate for the presidency
As a young Senator JFK had called for Algerian freedom from French rule. The French ambassador was not even upset.
The first Jew to run for the Vice Presidency on a major party ticket.
The two insulting adjectives are used very rarely these days, but they were in common use at the turn of the end of the 19th century. “Briefless” when applied to a lawyer connoted little intellectual substance, as the important facets of a case are usually in an attorney’s briefs. “Jackleg” described a unprofessional, shoddy person with no standards of excellence. Eg. A person who made do with a temporary jack to hold up a large piece of furniture rather than a proper leg. These were very insulting terms at the time.
In Iowa they have a caucus primary system, which is very foreign to most politicians.
Gary Warren Hart is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. He was the front-runner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination until he dropped out amid revelations of extramarital affairs. He represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1975 to 1987.
