Robert Teeter Quotes

Another cause for the increase in alienation and cynicism is a feeling that too many policy decisions that affect individuals have been taken out of any system that has accountability or that they can influence.
Robert Teeter

Feeling, Another, Decisions

We ought not to be looking for something spectacular but rather develop a plan in conjunction with the White House to work our way out of this problem over the next six weeks.
Robert Teeter

Work, Problem, Rather

Look at the declining television coverage. Look at the declining voting rate. Economics and economic news is what moves the country now, not politics.
Robert Teeter

Politics, Country, Voting

Research has shown that the perceived style of leadership is by far the most important thing to most voters in evaluating officeholders and candidates.
Robert Teeter

Leadership, Important, Far

This is easy to say with the benefit of hindsight, but I think it once again points out how very important style of leadership, that is the way he does what he does, is to his perception.
Robert Teeter

Leadership, Important, Again

As the society has gotten larger and more complex, individuals have lost their ability to influence any of the institutions that affect their lives.
Robert Teeter

Society, Lost, Lives

Every person has only so much attention to give, and politics and government takes up only a fraction of what it did 25 years ago.
Robert Teeter

Politics, Government, Person

Most of the things that need to be said about the President are things he can't say himself.
Robert Teeter

Said, Himself, President

The President's political travel is going to get blamed (and probably rightly) for a share of this downturn.
Robert Teeter

Travel, Political, President

There are not enough people out talking about the President positively.
Robert Teeter

Enough, President, Talking

We need a little more 'Hail to the Chief.'
Robert Teeter

We need people out talking about the President, explaining, agreeing with and praising his actions.
Robert Teeter

President, Talking, Actions

We should remember the campaign advertising will be only a smaller portion of the President's total exposure.
Robert Teeter

Remember, President, Total

Also the fact that anything he does is seen and heard by the entire country, not just his actual audience or those who live in the region he happens to be in.
Robert Teeter

Live, Country, Fact

I think he could have made most of the trips and gone to most of the fund-raisers if he would have avoided the partisan rhetoric and talked to the country as President in each of these appearances rather than to the narrow partisan audiences.
Robert Teeter

Country, Rather, President

I think we need one recognized, respected public figure to make a tough, blunt statement on just what Reagan's record is and what he might do to the country, let alone the Republican Party before Christmas.
Robert Teeter

Christmas, Alone, Country

It is my belief that it is not the fact that he traveled as much as he did during the past few months as much as what he said and how he said it that hurt him.
Robert Teeter

Hurt, Past, Him

Many citizens see all the leadership of these large institutions together in a conspiracy against them rather than in any adversary relationship with each other.
Robert Teeter

Leadership, Together, Rather

People feel that decisions about their jobs, the way their children are educated, how their church functions, and products they buy are made by someone and some place so distant that they can't find anybody to talk to that has any influence over them.
Robert Teeter

Children, Someone, Find

People just automatically say 'If this guy is George and Barbara Bush's son, we don't have any question about those personal qualities that we were fooled on by Clinton.'
Robert Teeter

Son, Personal, Question

The endorsement of respected conservative Republican officeholders and politicians is particularly important at this time as to destroy Reagan's credibility as a loyal Republican.
Robert Teeter

Time, Important, Republican

The President has not created any Ford constituency, unique from that of any Republican President. The one exception to this is that he does show unique strength with young voters for a Republican.
Robert Teeter

Strength, Young, Show

The President, the Administration and the campaign need a theme. I am concerned that the President is seen as a tactician without an overall strategy of his plan for the country.
Robert Teeter

Country, Plan, President

There needs to be a planned series of speeches, interviews, etc., over the next two or three months by administration officials and other public figures talking about President Ford, what he is trying to do and what he has accomplished.
Robert Teeter

Trying, Two, Public

This has resulted in more and more people becoming inner-directed and having as their only goal, getting as much as they can get out of the system and putting as little into it as possible.
Robert Teeter

Goal, Getting, Possible

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Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: 1939

Died: 2004

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