Word: sidey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hugh Sidey's bewailing the Carter Administration's lack of "class" [March 6] bewildered me. Typical it was, however, of today's obsession with form over essence. I'll allow Ham Jordan his pyramidal fantasies if he and his "classless" Georgians spare us from an international faux pas as calamitous as the Viet Nam one. Enough of the Best and Brightest...
...Hugh Sidey, in his highly complimentary column on the Secretary of HEW, Joe Califano [Feb. 20], tells us this man is "determined to make American life a little better than it was." I assume Mr. Sidey knows that "a little better" means a lot more socialism and that the extraordinary energy Big Brother Joe brings to the job of "tinkering with the heart, mind and body of America" stems from the pressure of knowing he has only six years left until...
Nonetheless, reports TIME Washington Bureau Chief Hugh Sidey, who has covered the capital for 20 years: "Veterans of Washington have increasing admiration for this doubting, debating Congress. The men and women* in it are better informed, better traveled, better aware of their rights and prerogatives than any who have served before them...
...95th Congress has sometimes given the impression that it is markedly open to influence by special interest groups. Legions of lobbyists for consumer groups and the oil and gas industry swarmed over the Senate while it was working on the energy bill. Nonetheless, Sidey concludes, this Congress actually is less receptive to old-style lobbying than its predecessors: "Back in the days when the big leaders used to roam the halls, lobbyists could find a man or two and work their deals. But today one cannot push buttons and get things done. The issues are so complex and interlocking that...
...Hugh Sidey joins the ranks of the ridiculous with his column on the President's preference for "Jimmy" [Dec. 12]. Personally, I prefer an honest Jimmy to a boring Hugh. And, who knows, if President Hoover had been the type to prefer Herbie, he might have been a man to face up to the issues of his time...