Post by Old Rip on Oct 14, 2010 6:18:39 GMT -5
Roll up your sleeves and get it done no matter what- accept all offers of constructive help from any source. Fix things first, finger point later if you have to. No whining or pregnant doging. Set a bold example of leadership.
"Mr. Gorbachev: Tear down this wall!"
"Our task now is not to fix the blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future."
"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving a goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth."
(On occasion of the failure of the Bay of Pigs operation which he inherited from his predecessor, but happened on his watch and was a huge black eye at the outset of his administration. Kennedy mobilized the energy from that national humiliation into the man on the moon program).
It's all Bush's fault!!!
Accept offer's of help? No thanks, we are prevented by the Jones Act".
Hey, after a couple of weeks, maybe think I'll take a break from golf and head down there to see what's going on.
Shake 'em down for $20 billion slush fund that I control.
Hey someone tell me whose ass to kick.