Dee Dee Myers Quotes About Clinton

Quotes about: Clinton

• Part of Obama's persona is self-reliance. He's calm; he's cool; he's self-possessed. In many ways, he has tried to define himself in opposition to Clinton's sometimes needy, often undisciplined, emotionalism.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Self, Way, Calm

• While eschewing emotion - and its companion, vulnerability - Obama should be careful not to sacrifice empathy, the 'I feel your pain' connection that sustained Clinton. This connection is the shorthand people use to measure their leaders' intentions. If people believe you're on their side, they will trust your decisions.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Pain, Believe, Sacrifice

  "Memo to Obama: Get back in touch" by ee Dee Myers, www.politico.com. March 12, 2010.

• Yes, Bill Clinton is a big flirt.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Flirty, Flirting, Bills

• A lot of people over time have had this kind of pattern in their relationship with Bill Clinton. You first meet him and you're overwhelmed by his talent. He's so energetic and articulate and full of ideas and he calls himself a congenital optimist and that optimism is contagious.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Ideas, Optimism, People

  Interview with Barak Goodman and Chris Durrance, www.pbs.org. February 20, 2012.

• Bill Clinton sitting on Air Force One getting his hair cut while people around the country cooled their heels and waited for him, became a metaphor for a populist president who had gotten drunk with the perks of his own power and was sort of, you know, not sensitive to what people wanted.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Country, Cutting, Hair

• I worked for a lot of candidates, in tough campaigns that lost. Most of my candidates lost until Bill Clinton. There was always a point where you look in their eyes and they knew it was over. And there was never that point with Clinton. He never quit. He never gave up.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Eye, Campaigns, Looks

• Clinton's resilience became sort of the secret weapon of the campaign. He was never going to just give up and get out.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Giving Up, Secret, Resilience

  Interview with Barak Goodman and Chris Durrance, www.pbs.org. February 20, 2012.

• The first time I met Bill Clinton was actually 1988.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Bills, Firsts, Clinton

• Throughout his presidency, Clinton made a point of getting close - physically and emotionally - to the people whose problems his administration was working to solve.

  Dee Dee Myers

  People, Administration, Problem

• And Clinton was like that - he saw the whole playing field. He didn't just see the event that he was at or the circumstances of that week or that month. He saw the whole playing field all the time.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Events, Fields, Months

• In the run-up to the 1992 Democratic convention, Clinton's campaign realized that voters thought the young governor had a privileged upbringing. They didn't buy his alleged concern for the middle class.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Running, Class, Campaigns

• President Clinton intentionally created a structure that was a little loose. And one that kept him a little in the center. He didn't want one person filtering all the information that went to him. He had always operated with a lot of information coming in and a lot of stuff going out.

  Dee Dee Myers

  President, Going Out, Want

  Interview with Barak Goodman and Chris Durrance, www.pbs.org. February 20, 2012.

• When I became White House press secretary, there were other limitations that were thrust upon me. Bill Clinton was under pressure to appoint women to visible positions. I was 31, I'd never worked in Washington. Was I ready for this large and visible job? Still he wanted the credit. So he gave me the job but diminished the job.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Jobs, White, House

• Clinton had absolutely zero honeymoon, none whatsoever.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Zero, Clinton, Honeymoon

• When I joined Bill Clinton's start-up presidential campaign in 1991, I was confident that women would play an ever more important role, but I never gave a minute's thought to what would happen if we won. When we did - and I became the first woman to serve as White House press secretary - it changed my life. But it didn't change the world.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Play, White, House

  Dee Dee Myers (2009). “Why Women Should Rule the World”, p.15, Harper Collins

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