Word: oles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shrewd businessman who reads books and presents himself as less intellectual than he actually is, but that is simply a reflection of self-deprecating Southern humor and a long-standing desire to be a "good ole boy" having a few brews and shooting the breeze at his gas station...
...commercialization of that image he blames on the media "about 95 per cent of (whom) would be on welfare if they weren't reporters," although he admits he himself has pushed the redneck idea "a little bit too far." In truth, he says, he is a good ole boy, not a redneck...
...short-order cook. You want some French fries, I'll give you some French fries. I'm not sitting here making great decisions." That is pure Jordan, or "Jerden," as the name is pronounced down home. To all appearances, he is the good ole boy come to Washington: joshing, tieless, rumpled, feet on desk, a thick scallop of hair falling across an unlined, apple-cheeked face that is as unrevealing of emotion as a painted Easter egg. Operating only 50 steps from the Oval Office, Jordan, 32, still looks as if he would be more at home with...
...Washington, which can detect power budding in the dark, has now had eight weeks to lock its sensors on Jordan and decide this is no good ole short-order cook. It has found he is enough at ease with power not to have to show it. His informality lulls people into relaxing their guard, encourages them to underrate him. Those who have crossed him learn all too late that he is an infighter who can hold his own in any political company and a far more complex personality than appearances suggest. House Speaker Tip O'Neill has dubbed...
White House watchers also think they can glimpse a tad of arrogance showing through the good ole boy pose. Jordan is specifically charged with not answering enough of his telephone calls. He pleads in his defense that he gets from 200 to 300 of them a day. But he could hardly spend more time at work. He usually eats lunch at his desk, constantly fighting his weight (185 Ibs.) with a low-cal chopped sirloin, cottage cheese and salad-then snitches sweets from his secretary's candy jar. His rollicking good humor leavens the fatiguing days. He responds...