I offer as a suggestion that you read a speech given by Jack Burden in Robert Penn Warren's ALL THE KING'S MEN (1946) that is in neither of the films made from the book. Jack is reacting to Willie Stark's desire for "a new tax structure," and goes into an explanation of what and, more importantly how, he actually needs to say in order to win. What Jack advises Willie is as good an insight into what lies at the core of first the campaigns of George Wallace and second, our current Chief Executive. Building an infrastructure will be necessary for 2026 and 2028; it will not succeed unless those who do the organizing and planning realize the nature of what their opponents are going to say and, as Willie Stark discovered, how effective it continues to be.
Amen amen. Let's go people, this is not a drill
I offer as a suggestion that you read a speech given by Jack Burden in Robert Penn Warren's ALL THE KING'S MEN (1946) that is in neither of the films made from the book. Jack is reacting to Willie Stark's desire for "a new tax structure," and goes into an explanation of what and, more importantly how, he actually needs to say in order to win. What Jack advises Willie is as good an insight into what lies at the core of first the campaigns of George Wallace and second, our current Chief Executive. Building an infrastructure will be necessary for 2026 and 2028; it will not succeed unless those who do the organizing and planning realize the nature of what their opponents are going to say and, as Willie Stark discovered, how effective it continues to be.