The Presidency
One of Peter's less famous principles goes like this: "Speak when you're angry and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret." Well, not always. At the White House the political strategists calculate that Ronald Reagan could not have snapped "Shut up!" at a better time.
First, Washington oldtimers cannot remember such an ill-mannered assault on a President in the august East Room under the daunting gaze of George and Martha Washington. Second, Gary Richard Arnold, the congressional candidate from Santa Cruz, Calif, (slogan: LOOKS LIKE LENIN, TALKS LIKE LINCOLN), who provoked Reagan, was the perfect person to spark...
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