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...managed democracy.” In this nice little arrangement, the Russian president and the party he supports submit to relatively free democratic elections, but use state control over procedure and the media to push for electoral success. Some of the dirty tricks they perpetrate would make Richard Nixon blush, such as forcing government employees to actively campaign for the president’s favored party and limiting the opposition’s access to television time...
...Moynihan is up there in my pantheon of great characters, along with Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, two of the four Presidents for whom he worked. I encountered him inside the mournful White House the night of John Kennedy's assassination. He stood mute, tears coursing down his cheeks. Then he filched a picture of J.F.K. and joyfully told the world of his loving larceny. He held that picture to his heart the rest of his life. Once in Nixon's White House I listened to Moynihan expound on Schumpeterian economics while the snout of an opened champagne bottle peeked...
...just an uncomfortable man to be around." Richard M. Nixon, then-U.S. President, discussing Ronald Reagan, in a newly released tape of a conversation in the White House...
...Todd Walker and Trot Nixon who came up with the goods. And all year long, Bill Mueller, Ortiz and Kevin Millar contributed to the Red Sox success seemingly just as much as a poor defensive left fielder and a good shortstop who is past his prime...
...labor and economics (Rerum Novarum), one might begin to wonder if Marx didn’t write off his biggest potential ally. Then along came Ronald Reagan’s PR machine, turning the abortion issue into the electoral juggernaut that it is, and swung the Catholic vote like Nixon swung the “solid South.” Other factors like a rise from blue-collar ghettos to bourgeoisie suburbs certainly played a part in this, but the abortion issue has had a staggering impact...