Word: gergens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hand-carved one-liners (which is about all we get these days), this remark was ambiguously simple. It seems a criticism of two papers unpopular with right-wingers, but in Reagan fashion it was a bite without a sting. The remark could also be read, suggests David R. Gergen, the White House's director of communications, as implying that people in Peoria are more receptive to Reagan's message...
...Below the belt!" protested White House Spokesman David Gergen in a heated 45-minute briefing the following day. "To lay all of the problems that have been with this country for a long time on Ronald Reagan's doorstep, we think, is not fair," he added. Gergen sent two sharp missives to CBS News President Van Gordon Sauter requesting, "out of fairness," that the Administration be given a half-hour of prime time to respond. Replied Sauter: "In light of the extensive coverage which CBS has and will continue to provide to Administration viewpoints, we do not believe that...
...increase of $34 billion next year, along with tax cuts of $91.6 billion), while listening patiently to budget alternatives in other areas. But the definition of the "fundamentals" is hazy. When asked what Reagan meant when he said he wanted to avoid a "fundamental retreat," White House Spokesman David Gergen replied: "It's like obscenity. You'll know it when...
Still, it apparently is not as prevalent as it once was in the White House. Said David Gergen, President Reagan's director of communications, about his boss...
Among the politicians that expect to attend are W. Hamilton Jordan, former White House chief of staff in the Carter administration, and David R. Gergen, assistant to President Reagan for communications...