Monthly Archives: September, 2012

Hail to the Chiefs Part XLI: 41

“I’m certainly not seen as a visionary, but I hope I’m seen as steady and prudent and able.”  – George H.W. Bush “What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn’t come every day.”  – Pygmalion “In many ways Bush was …

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Hail to the Chiefs Part XL: The Gipper

“I agreed to do that role if I could portray a guy who chose optimism as a revolutionary act.” – John Cusack “They look at me and they see themselves.”  – Ronald Reagan “He didn’t know anybody by name.  He didn’t even know his own HUD Secretary, Sam Pierce. He called him Mr. Mayor when …

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