Reagan Diaries
I'm up to May 3, 1984 in the Reagan Diaries, and there's something President Bush could learn from this book. 237 pages of journal entries, and almost none involve meetings with Reagan's Attorney General, William French Smith. At least one of those men, and probably both, understood the nature of the Attorney General role.
Reagan never hesitated to find a compromise. A few times he would hold his line, but most of the time he was happy to get something, rather than nothing.
Reagan believed the media was not a faithful observer. Time after time, he wondered what event the reporters had seen... similar to when a basketball fan wonders what game a referee is watching when he makes a ridiculous call. Seems that even in Reagan's day, reporting was being abandoned for influencing. That capability inherent to the media is irresistible.
Reagan never hesitated to find a compromise. A few times he would hold his line, but most of the time he was happy to get something, rather than nothing.
Reagan believed the media was not a faithful observer. Time after time, he wondered what event the reporters had seen... similar to when a basketball fan wonders what game a referee is watching when he makes a ridiculous call. Seems that even in Reagan's day, reporting was being abandoned for influencing. That capability inherent to the media is irresistible.
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