this
from Keith's list. May have some ref to the POTUS
thread.
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From: Keith Hudson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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LIB-DEMS NEED A
SHOW-BIZ LEADER (1)From: Keith Hudson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Ben Russell and Marie Woolf (Extracted from "Kennedy forced to defend his style of leadership to Lib-Dem faithful", The Independent, 20 September 2005)
Questions over Charles Kennedy's leadership have flared into the open after he faced a direct challenge from the Liberal Democrat conference floor. Mr Kennedy was forced to defend his leadership style during a question and answer session with delegates, chaired by Simon Kelner, editor-in-chief of The Independent, as part of the party's annual conference in Blackpool.
[Ed: Kennedy's whisky-red cheeks were so heavily made up last night on TV that he looked like a wraith. He is also short of stature. The fact is that elections in developed countries today are show-biz events. The essential characteristics of any party leader who aspires to power in any developed country is that he is tall, handsome and can play to the audience. Occasionally, more than usually ambitious women get to power but they've got to be pretty, too. Not film stars perhaps, but certainly attractive matrons. The most intelligent and incisive politician in the Conservative Party will, unfortunately, never make it to the very top on that account.]
Keith Hudson, Bath, England, <www.evolutionary-economics.org>
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