Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Kennedy perhaps exemplifies best this kind of politician: few would say he was a statesman. The reason, quite simply, is that he treats ideas as subordinate to actions and feelings. Kennedy is not interested in ideas themselves, but in what they can do. In using them to set the tone of his campaign last fall, he concentrated on medicare to great effect against Lodge, and on local issues to the dismay of Hughes. Pragmatically he says of the Senate "you're able really to make some suggestions if you've done your (intellectual) homework...
...special touch was described by Ribicoff, a politician who has it, as "visceral-the ability to get along with people. You'll never learn about it in a government course." Some freshmen, like George McGovern, acquired it: "I used to find handshaking awkward, but now I've developed a special capacity for it;" others took to it immediately. McIntrye has pleasant memories of "going up into the countryside with gals knocking wood with just a chemise," and Dominick proudly tells of the hours he spent "glad-handing" (20 hours a day, 7 days a week by his own estimate). Politics...
...Senate would not be of its power, or of its place in the order of things, but of its people. And Birch Bayh's impression was typical: "it's been wonderful." Besides the oath book ceremony, there are luncheons given by the leadership, and the little gestures that any politician appreciates. Daniel Inouye found his reception "extremely good, embarrassingly good. The senior members go out of their way to be nice to you; they even took me around to the masseur...
...Ribicoff is another freshman Senator interested primarily in national issues, but with an emphasis different from Inouye's. Ribicoff is a politician with an easy, graceful, and informal charm who has none of Inouye's historical concern. As to the man whose duty it was to handle Congress' opposition to welfare for Kennedy, he is primarily interested in actually passing bills, and less in the proper ways. His judgements are concise, devoid of rationalization and pussy-footing: "I just did not go along with Clark on the rules fight." The bills Ribicoff has introduced are not radical, but are simply...
...nationally-oriented Senator is Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii, who has little to worry about back home since he won 2 to 1 over strong opposition. He is a soft-spoken man, with a brilliant war record and a tremendous drive to succeed. He is also a politician with unusual trust in his constituents; his newsletters as a Congressman were filled with reasoned factual descriptions of his positions, and simple, but informative descriptions of foreign countries. "My approach has always been a simple one. Many either speak down or lower themselves to the so-called 'level...