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mentality. they really don t. i must say, i don t get it. i don t get so much on so many fronts, but the wimp factor, i really don t get. that they allow themselves to be insulted and they don t push back. they don t fight back. they let themselves get run over by this guy, and they don t make him pay, too. you ve got to make somebody pay politically, if they come after you. it s that simple. and none of them do. none of them have. and that s why he continues to run over them. you know, pete wehner, the thing i actually loved about the republican party back when i was a member, and you and i are a perfect example. we ve been good friends, we worked together on projects, but we also fought pretty tough when you were in the bush white house. i was a deficit hawk, some that worked with me would say a deficit freak, but we would have really tough back and forths. they were always thoughtful,
Bret Stephens writes that the '60 Minutes' story on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is an other example of how conservative politicians benefit from hostile media coverage.
it is his time in the sun and has not tried to upstage ronald reagan. george bush has to stop being seen and regarding s number two and be seen in the public s eyes as a president in his own right. 92 there was a lot of suspicions about whether bush was strong enough and tough enough to be president of the united states, to succeed the gipper. newsweek magazine where i worked, we do a cover story fighting the wimp factor. we used the word, wimp . bush said in his diary it was the cheapest shot he had ever seen in his political life. the people on my carrier in combat didn t feel that way. people in business didn t feel that way. people in the cia didn t feel that way and the american people won t feel that way. where did the term come from? i ve given you my answer. having participated in this story, i can tell you it was a mistake. it s too harsh. bush was not a wimp.
we shouldn t have done that. and bush was right to be mad. it affected me because i know he s no wimp. when you re loyal and subservient to a president and you give your soul to that person of course people will frame it, in this case, the wimp factor. in the iowa caucus, bush can t shake the wimp factor. he comes in a distant third behind senate minority leader, bob dole and televangelist, pat robertson. what happened in iowa, we got whipped. we wanted to win. we understand the road to the nomination is a very long arduous road. george bush is a winner and no one will outwork him to see to it he wins this nomination. to stay in the race, george bush must win the next state primary, new hampshire.