Paul Begala Quotes
Rick Perry is the perfect candidate for those who thought George W. Bush was just too dang cerebral. And Adios, Mofo is the perfect guide to his record, his rhetoric and his remarkable hair. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll vote.
Begala, Paul. Blurb. Adios, Mofo: Why Rick Perry Will Make America Miss George W. Bush, by Jim Hightower, Holt Paperbacks, 2011.
Owens had just retired after 24 years in Congress. When Reagan began his campaign the majority of the racists of the South were furious that their party, the Democrats, had passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ending legal segregation and racism of the South. Reagan implemented a “Southern Strategy” by using code words that endorsed Southern racism and this swung the formerly Democratic “Solid” South to the Republican side changing the balance of power for years. Although Reagan was not himself racist and was a very popular President there were many who never forgot his pandering to the racists to get elected to begin with.
Harriman was the senior Democratic leader of the era. Every aspiring Democratic politician would make it his business to get to meet Harriman and try and get his endorsement. However, Carter was not a typical politician and when he decided to run for the Presidency, he had not even met many of the leading Democratic Party leaders. Harriman, a man of the old school, could not believe that anyone in the party who he did not know could possibly have the connections and the sophistication to win the presidency. However, Watergate had seared the American political soul and voters were not looking for a veteran, sophisticated politician. Nixon had been that.
Paul Edward Begala is an American political consultant and political commentator, best known as the former adviser to President Bill Clinton.
