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...Comedy is tragedy plus time. These funny people have a lifetime of things to say and are enough distance away from any pain to talk about it," says Judy Carter, a Los Angeles comic, comedy teacher and author of Comedy Bible: From Stand-Up to Sitcom--The Comedy Writer's Ultimate "How To" Guide...
...young pollster named Patrick H. Caddell submitted to President-elect Jimmy Carter a 62-page memo titled "Initial Working Paper on Political Strategy." The subject was how to govern...
...works the reverse in politics," Caddell wrote. "Too many good people have been defeated because they tried to substitute substance for style; they forgot to give the public the kind of visible signals that it needs to understand what is happening." Caddell then made some famous suggestions about ways Carter could sell his substance: by conducting a humble, informal presidency, cutting back "imperial frills and perks," giving fireside chats, wearing sweaters instead of suits...
...Essentially," Caddell wrote, "it is my thesis governing with public approval requires a continuing political campaign." ("Excellent," Carter wrote in felt pen on the cover page, and instructed his Vice President, Walter Mondale, "See me on this...
...horse-race presidency. New policies are analyzed politically rather than for what they are intended to achieve. Success is measured in days and weeks-in polling blips-rather than months or years. This has been a terrible thing: Presidents need to be thinking past the horizon, as Jimmy Carter belatedly proved. Some of his best decisions-a strict monetary policy to combat inflation, a vigorous arms buildup against the Soviet threat-bore fruit years after he left office and were credited to his successor, Ronald Reagan. But then, Carter was among the worst recent Presidents as a Permanent Campaigner...