Posted on 10/22/2007 9:52:02 PM PDT by Doofer
Pundits and Democrats are making the same mistake with Fred Thompson that they did with Ronald Reagan and Dwight Eisenhower: underestimating him because he's not a workaholic. Mr. Reagan liked to joke that "They say hard work never killed anyone, but I figure, why take the chance?" Reagan also once observed of himself, "I've really been burning the midday oil." The same could be said of Mr. Thompson. To detractors, this is clear evidence of his limitations. It isn't.
Any wise manager knows that long hours are not synonymous with added productivity. It could be the other way around. Working too hard usually indicates that an executive is disorganized, can't manage time, and has problems delegating authority. That person stays up late and brings work home on weekends because he has to. But working overtime is hardly the same as working effectively. Typically, it's just the opposite.
One of Al Gore's weaknesses during the 2000 campaign was that he worked such long hours and had his fingers in so many pies that he seemed to lose sight of his overarching message. Mr. Gore was not good at delegating. He was more in the Jimmy Carter tradition. As president, Carter was notorious for being so loath to delegate authority that he brooded over schedules for the White House tennis courts.
For some reason this tendency seems to afflict Democrats more than Republicans. Democrats routinely confuse hyperactivity with achievement. This began when John Kennedy made such a fetish of contrasting his "vigor" with Ike's apparent indolence.
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You’re whining! Fred voted to convict Clinton. Thats all that matters. Don’t use the spirit of Reagan to obfuscate the facts and bash Fred. Thats wrong and unconvincing.
I worked for President Reagan, Fred Thompson is as close to RR as we’re probably going to get for 50-100 years. See my profile for an explanation, or ask me about it.
Fred knows that too. He has even said so.
Here's a handy template for use in four years... and four years after that... and so on:
Too bad we have to battle the entire MSM(Fox included) to get (insert name of Republican candidate) to win.
“Too bad we have to battle the entire MSM(Fox included) to get (insert name of Republican candidate) to win.”
Thanks Charles.
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