"A key premise of the Reagan team was that the modern presidency was more about the visual images that viewers saw each day than the substance of what the president said or what was said about him by reporters or his political opponents."
I think this statement from Gould should be alarming to all of us. Unfortunately, this seems to have become the way campaigns and presidencies are run (a key part of an imperial presidency?). It strikes me as very undemocratic.
In that vein, here is a video of Reagan on Dean Martin's show roasting Frank Sinatra. I believe this if from 1977, so it's before Reagan is president, but it still shows how Reagan can woo an audience without talking about his politics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47hcybjZmVY
- Brandon Stinchfield
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