Word: sidey
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hugh Sidey's column "When the Elite Loses Touch," which attacked East Coast intellectuals' support of the Democrats, neglects the fact that close to 37 million "plain people" in the electorate saw through the Reagan smokescreen of flag waving and good feeling. They realized that the President possesses no substance and voted for Mondale and Ferraro...
Hooray for Sidey's reflection on the Reagan mandate. Now that history's best-educated and best-informed voting public has exercised its independence, whom will these liberals speak to? Themselves...
...Hugh Sidey's warning to "Pay Heed to the Prairie" [NATION, Sept. 10] struck a chord in my Midwestern heart. His admonition should remind us that agriculture is of primary importance to this nation and all other types of commerce and production are secondary. The greatest deterrent to a nuclear holocaust is our sharing with the Soviets the grain that comes from this nation's breadbasket...
...newly nominated, newly ebullient President Reagan was also eager to tell his story, in this case to Washington Contributing Editor Hugh Sidey. Sidey has had more than 200 interviews with seven incumbents, starting with Dwight Eisenhower in 1957. "Talking to a President should always be memorable and interesting," says Sidey. "If it isn't, the reporter has a problem, not the President. It never ceases to fascinate me when I come into the presence of a President and realize anew that in a world of 4 billion souls, this man has more power than any other single person. When...
...Hugh Sidey's "Mr. Inside vs. Mr. Outside" [NATION, July 30] was a brilliant delineation of the differences between the presidential candidates. To Mondale, Government is the solution whenever something hurts. To President Reagan, Government is the problem. Four more years will allow Reagan to put the individual in a position of strength and thus gain for our nation the world's respect...