The Battle For The Mind Of Ronald

I Guess The Second-term Team Is Not Quite As Adoring As The First.

Tv Gives Everyone An Image, But Radio Gives Birth To A Million Images In A Million Brains.

Now He Is A Statesman, When What He Really Wants Is To Be What Most Reporters Are, Adult Delinquents.

There Should Be A Name For This, For The Process Whereby One Knows One Is Being Yanked And Concedes It Has Been Done Successfully - That One Is Grateful To Have Been Spun. In The Theater, It Is Called The Willing Suspension Of Disbelief. That's What Allows The Play To Make An Impact On The Audience: They Have To Be Able To Make Believe That What's Happening On The Stage Is Really Happening. Maybe To A Degree It Is A Requirement For All Political Participation, All Effective Political Communication, Too.

Ted Sorrenson, Jfk's Presidential Speech Writer, When Asked How It Came About That He Wrote The "ask Not What You Can Do..." Speech, He Would Answer 'ask Not.'