tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post6114646388085295540..comments2024-03-28T15:05:10.372-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Mayor Daley's bookNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41436497675157022922018-08-19T07:20:29.437-05:002018-08-19T07:20:29.437-05:00I don't know that Obama is the type of person ...I don't know that Obama is the type of person to be harsh about any one. He could have written about what is going on now by writing op eds.sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06580867647162091670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-36358027450638671382017-08-19T09:13:05.524-05:002017-08-19T09:13:05.524-05:00Richie could write a book, but it would take him f...Richie could write a book, but it would take him forever to copy it in longhand, at the kitchen table from the guy who wrote it, (What does this word mean, McFly?) To paraphrase the amazingly gifted and multi-talented Carl Reiner, "What you say sounds vague, but in reality is meaningless, Richie"! No, we still don't miss you yet!surayabayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08689122693500059169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-54316479528721430762016-08-19T12:41:31.260-05:002016-08-19T12:41:31.260-05:00Agree about Obama's book, can't wait!Agree about Obama's book, can't wait!<br />Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01841022739864511731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-31962501359528211032016-08-19T11:30:37.659-05:002016-08-19T11:30:37.659-05:00Sanford: You might be surprised.
What comes to (m...Sanford: You might be surprised.<br /><br />What comes to (my) mind is the memoir of Gen. Omar Bradley. He remained, by all accounts, a nice guy while having to deal with Patton, Montgomery, MacArthur--IOW, some of the most insufferable egomaniacs ever to put on military uniforms. I wondered how he did it.<br /><br />Well, boy howdy, did he ever let loose in that memoir. Just unloaded on all those guys. I have the distinct feeling that, once Obama is out of office and the last inhibition is cast off, he's going to do the same.<br /><br />Bitter ScribeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857840826894504436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-50951494476712931612016-08-19T10:58:17.702-05:002016-08-19T10:58:17.702-05:00I don't know that Obama is the person who woul...I don't know that Obama is the person who would be harsh about his critics. I don't know that he would even be very self critical.sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06580867647162091670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-73327103295051022502016-08-19T09:54:11.777-05:002016-08-19T09:54:11.777-05:00I am reading a superb autobiography right now that...I am reading a superb autobiography right now that relates to politics in our town: David Axelrod's "Believer." One of the most appealing things about it is how honest he is about the mistakes he's made along his very successful way. It's made me admire this man I had already admired tremendously even more.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04483068113750987322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-80580954728542038332016-08-19T09:36:55.263-05:002016-08-19T09:36:55.263-05:00Tobias Wolff, who IMO is America's greatest li...Tobias Wolff, who IMO is America's greatest living memoirist, once said that the key to writing a good memoir is to take no thought of your own dignity. I can't see Daley, or indeed 99 out of 100 politicians, taking that advice.<br /><br />(That said, I intend to buy and read Obama's presidential memoir the moment it becomes available. That man must be bursting to strike back at all the people who insulted, obstructed, and generally made his presidency several times more difficult than it had to be. Can't wait.)<br /><br />Bitter ScribeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857840826894504436noreply@blogger.com