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Questions That I Would Like To Be Asked During a Debate
September 13th, 2011 by John FeeheryJimmy Carter
September 20th, 2010 by John FeeheryIt was good to see Jimmy Carter on 60 Minutes last night. Perhaps it will remind voters why they dislike Barack Obama so much.
Former President Jimmy Carter speaks at The Carter Center Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010 in Atlanta. Carter discussed his recent trip to North Korea where he secured the release of American prisoner Aijalon Gomes. (courtesy Kansascity.com - Erik S. Lesser)
Carter went on the venerable news magazine show to promote his new book, a compilation of diaries from his day in the White House. Leslie Stahl and the producers obviously thought that Carter’s hatred of Ted Kennedy was the most newsworthy thing in the book, as Carter blamed Kennedy for the fact that major health care was not passed during his administration.
It could have been Kennedy’s fault. But in his defense, it was only because Jimmy Carter was such a terrible President that Kennedy even thought about running in the primary against him. Had Carter been effective, perhaps Kennedy would have thought twice about crossing him.
Tax Fight
July 29th, 2010 by John Feehery
In 2001, right after President Bush took office, his people pushed hard for Speaker Hastert to pass through a huge tax cut. The economy was slowing down as the tech bubble burst, and the Bush team wanted a big enough tax cut to jump start economic growth.
Hastert was entering his third year as Speaker, and he had been through several different tax fights with Mr. Bush’s predecessor, Bill Clinton.
What Hastert learned in his fights with Clinton is that it is far better to talk about the actual policy than it is to talk about big numbers. In other words, it was better to talk about getting rid of the marriage penalty, getting rid of the death tax, lowering the cost of investment, giving families with kids help with a child tax credit, and branding business tax cuts as ways to create jobs.
The new Bush Administration wanted to push through a big tax cut early, but Hastert insisted that the House methodically communicate as it legislated by breaking up the big tax cut into its smaller parts. And on each one of its parts, a substantial number of Democrats joined with Republicans to enact the Bush tax cut agenda, not because they wanted to, but because they had to.
McChrystal Should Not Go
June 23rd, 2010 by John Feehery
The Rolling Stone magazine was iconic a couple of decades ago.
It was a great place to read about cultural trends, about pot, about rock and roll, and every once in while, it had an interesting political story.
Rolling Stone is now going all retro on us. It suddenly has a story that might have a major league impact on our foreign policy, on how our President is perceived overseas, and more importantly, how our enemies view us.
In this week’s version, as I am sure you have all heard, Rolling Stone does a profile of the general who is in charge of our wartime strategy in Afghanistan.
The story, itself, is of limited significance. It talks about how Stanley McChrystal was a whiz kid when he was growing up, how he was a badass when he was at West Point, how he kicked ass as a Ranger when he got out of West Point, and how he willingly took over the battle of Afghanistan with a controversial counter insurgency strategy that has ruffled the feathers of some notable politicians, like Joe Biden.
But the buzz that has come from the story may sack McChrystal and it may complicate our efforts to win in Afghanistan.
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