management job in america which is running the pentagon. it s tough for anybody to do that but in some ways especially tough for former uniformed general officer. let s talk about the patton description. there s that famous scene where bradley says to patton the difference between you and me, george, is i do this because i have to do it. you do it because you love it. patton says i do love it. that s not mattis at all, is it? general mattis is one who has seen war, is wary of it at best. mattis is a warrior intellectual i would say. he s not a blood and guts guy. he is a person who likes a fight when he s in it and wants to win it. he was tough on the way to baghdad in 2003. he fired one of his subordinate commanders for being insufficiently aggressive in that campaign. he was furious at the white house for not letting him push
power without seeming dictatorial. what if shirley maclaine had gone into politics instead of show business? i don t think i was ever that nuts. they asked me how old was i? i guess i was in my 50s. a bunch of people with money came and asked me if i would run for the senate from california. not interested. oh, i think i said sure, i ll do it, but if i win, i want at least eight weeks a year to play vegas. she needed a larger stage and her signature moment came in a movie. you have to go back to the oscar, terms of endearment the famous scene. you the mother are frantic to get your dying daughter a painkiller and you scream. all she has to do is hold on until ten and it s past ten!