You’ll recall in 1974 that a CBS reporter and anchor, Roger Mudd, asked Ted Kennedy why he was running for president..........
What has happened to basic fact checking? This interview with Roger Mudd was in 1979, not 1974.
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I’m trying to remember one time that Obama has made a positive comment about our country.
Hopefully, constantly tearing down America with him being “the one” to revive her, is getting real old with the public.
Even on a one on one basis, hanging around someone who is constantly negative results in the listener wanting to beat feet.
Answer: Because I can't get a real job.
“America’s best days were back there somewhere”
Yeah, back in the good ol days when most men spent at least 10 or 12 hours behind a plow looking at a mules pratt and then die young. Women and children often died in birth and a a fellow had the freedom to step on a nail and die of tetanus. Yep, it sure was great!
Here's a report from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick_incident
“It is widely believed that the Chappaquiddick incident was the major factor in Kennedy's decision not to run for president in 1972. The case resulted in much satire of Kennedy, including a National Lampoon page showing a floating Volkswagen Beetle with the remark that Kennedy would have been elected president had he been driving a Beetle that night; this satire resulted in legal action by Volkswagen, claiming unauthorized use of its trademark.
"Ted Kennedy challenged incumbent President Jimmy Carter for the Democratic nomination in the 1980 U.S. presidential election. On November 4, 1979, CBS aired a one-hour television special entitled “Teddy” presented by Roger Mudd. The program consisted of an interview with Kennedy, interspersed with visuals. Much of the show was devoted to the Chappaquiddick incident. During the interview Mudd repeatedly questioned Kennedy about the incident, and at one point directly accused him of lying. During the interview, Kennedy also hurt himself by giving what was considered an incoherent answer to the question “Why do you want to be President?”, and by calling the US-supported Shah of Iran “one of the most violent regimes in the history of mankind”. “Teddy” is credited by several sources with inflicting serious political damage on Kennedy. The Senator went on to lose the nomination to Carter."
Mudd was never heard of again (sort of) until he showed up as a host on the History Channel.
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Of course he knows why he's running for President. It's just that "remaking the United States into a communist country" isn't a very campaign-friendly answer.
Another view would be that Nietzsche whose "will-to-power" covers more ground since it also is found in everyone and the striving is as much for excellence and meaning as some vague concept of thymos.
In any case, if we are honest with ourselves we don't want ordinary people for leaders and we do want people who express a desire to lead.
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