The cult of the presidency
Cato Institute
by Gene Healy
‘I ain’t running for preacher,’ Republican presidential candidate Phil Gramm snarled to religious right activists in 1995 when they urged him to run a campaign stressing moral themes. Several months later, despite Gramm’s fund raising prowess, the Texas conservative finished a desultory fifth place in the Iowa caucuses and quickly dropped out of the race. Since then, few candidates have made Gramm’s mistake. Serious contenders for the office recognize that the role and scope of the modern presidency cannot be so narrowly confined. Today’s candidates are running enthusiastically for national preacher — and much else besides... (for publication 06/08)
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9396
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gene+Healy
by Gene Healy
‘I ain’t running for preacher,’ Republican presidential candidate Phil Gramm snarled to religious right activists in 1995 when they urged him to run a campaign stressing moral themes. Several months later, despite Gramm’s fund raising prowess, the Texas conservative finished a desultory fifth place in the Iowa caucuses and quickly dropped out of the race. Since then, few candidates have made Gramm’s mistake. Serious contenders for the office recognize that the role and scope of the modern presidency cannot be so narrowly confined. Today’s candidates are running enthusiastically for national preacher — and much else besides... (for publication 06/08)
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9396
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gene+Healy
rudkla - 13. Mai, 09:29
