Word: instinctiveness
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True, most politicians have an instinct for the phony, but the American public need not accept it. Indeed, there are signs that Americans are readier than ever to be dealt with frankly, even if it takes some effort to live with frankness...
...wrote an intimate report of the intricate discussions that led Kennedy to the Cuban missile crisis, including the first use of "hawks and doves" and the unforgettable quote from Dean Rusk: "We are eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other guy just blinked." Stewart always had an instinct for the memorable or revealing quote...
...book. 'And I am always proud of the part Joe and I played in bringing down McCarthy. We were the first to attack McCarthy all out. And I'm proud that my column writing has been not brilliant but sensible and fair. I have an instinct for the center. I'm not a passionate man.' When we left, Stew climbed out of bed, hitched up his blue pajamas and shook hands. Always the gentleman...
...book is not a biography, Thomas convincingly illustrates the days of McCarthy's life. He settles on the metaphor of the buccaneer, and the book's thesis--if it can be said to have one--is that McCarthy had neither principles nor politics, but only the pirate's instinct to hit and run. One wonders why Thomas insists on so distinguishing this book as a non-biography. To be sure, he has glossed over the Senator's childhood and concentrated on McCarthy's age of glory. But what has he gained? He still views history with the biographer's myopia...
...does Magruder offer a sustained, considered judgment: "Without question, Nixon had the potential to be the greatest conservative political leader of his time; he knew his goals and he had the skills required to achieve them. Yet he had a fatal flaw too, an inability to tolerate criticism, an instinct to overreact in political combat. I don't know which came first, the liberals' loathing of Nixon or Nixon's loathing of the liberals, but the passions fed on one another, grew more and more bitter, until once he achieved the presidency, Nixon could not resist...