Posted on 12/14/2022 7:08:53 PM PST by Rummyfan
One of the best and most poignant moments in the underappreciated 1999 TV movie, RKO 281, about the making of Citizen Kane and the battle between William Randolph Hearst and the brash upstart Orson Welles, comes when Hearst, defeated, broke, and broken, defends himself and the choices he's made in an argument with his mistress, Marion Davies:
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Hearst seemed to have everything: wealth, political influence, multiple homes, a beautiful actress-mistress in California and a wife and five sons back home in New York. And, of course, a media empire that included prominent newspapers across the country. He tried his hand at politics, serving two terms in the House as a Democrat, but losing races for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1904, mayor of New York (twice), and governor of New York. Relentlessly acquisitive, he eventually spent himself into penury, losing control of his company and retiring into seclusion. As James Cromwell, the actor portraying Hearst in the film cited above, says: "I am a man who could have been great, but was not."
If that reminds you of anybody, join the club. Donald J. Trump's recent lackluster announcement that he will seek the GOP nomination for president of the United States in 2024 has a Hearstian air about it, the last cry of a wounded bull who could have been great during the four years the nation allotted him in the Oval Office, but was not. Of course, he did some splendid things with both the economy and in the realm of foreign policy, most if not all of which have been overturned, reversed, and otherwise destroyed by the regime of the doddering Joe Biden. But he failed early and often to grasp the peril he was in...
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They don’t like him when he is aggressive and they don’t like him when he is more low-keyed.
In others, they hate Donald Trump, and actually fear him because his goal is to tear down their World!
the four years the nation allotted him in the Oval Office
More like two years in office and two under siege.
Not to mention the ongoing attacks and “investigations”...
I think Trump’s HUGE announcement tomorrow IS he is going to run for speaker!!
Not exactly. He retained control of his publications and bounced back when the economy recovered after the Great Depression.
Well, that's true for most of us.
In her younger days, my mother was a Hearst reporter. She had some funny stories about him, but she said he was the best boss she ever had.
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