Wimp Factor News Today

From above. The higher power. Because nearly impossible to endure ten days of relentless work with little food and almost no rest. We are immensely grateful for what they accomplished for their bravery and for the lives they saved. Our Sons And Daughters deserve the highest recognition for their courage and sacrifice. We are honored to stand here today receiving this recognition on behalf of the 13 who gave their lives. As Gold Star parents, our grief never truly ends. It changes, it transformed...

Mentality. >> they really dont. i must say, i dont get it. i dont get so much on so many fronts, but the wimp factor, i really dont get. that they allow themselves to be insulted and they dont push back. they dont fight back. they let themselves get run over by this guy, and they dont make him pay, too. youve got to make somebody pay politically, if they come after you. its that simple. and none of them do. none of them have. and thats why he continues to run over them. you know, pete wehner, th...

Bret Stephens writes that the '60 Minutes' story on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is an other example of how conservative politicians benefit from hostile media coverage.

It is his time in the sun and has not tried to upstage ronald reagan. >> george bush has to stop being seen and regardings number two and be seen in the publics eyes as a president in his own right. 92 there was a lot of suspicions about whether bush was strong enough and tough enough to be president of the united states, to succeed the gipper. >> "newsweek" magazine where i worked, we do a cover story fighting the wimp factor. we used the word, "wimp". bush said in his diary it was the cheapest...

We shouldnt have done that. and bush was right to be mad. >> it affected me because i know hes no wimp. when youre loyal and subservient to a president and you give your soul to that person of course people will frame it, in this case, "the wimp factor." >> in the iowa caucus, bush cant shake the wimp factor. he comes in a distant third behind senate minority leader, bob dole and televangelist, pat robertson. >> what happened in iowa, we got whipped. we wanted to win. we understand the road to t...

When youre loyal and subservient to a president and you give your soul to that person, of course people are going to frame it in this case the wimp factor. >> in the iowa caucus, bush cant shake the wimp factor. he comes in a distant third between bob doyle and pat robinson. >> what happened in iowa is we got whipped. we wanted to win but we understand the road to the nomination is a very long road. george bush is a winner and no one is going to out work him to see to it that he wins this nomina...

May 1st, 1990. she called them the gracious cruise director. they lampooned him for patting barbara on the derriere during the campaign. as for his relationship with the press, look at this 1987 newsweek cover. bush considered it the cheapest shot of his political career. check it out. you can read it, referring to him as the wimp factor. how about this great relationship with dan rather during a 1988 interview? >> well, dan lets be careful here, because youre -- >> i want you to be careful mr. ...

I dont have respect for what you are doing here tonight. >> laura: give us all a break. we could go on and on with this but helen thomas, all of these crowd -- >> "the washington post" once wrote that george bush reminded every woman of her first husband, in the 1980 campaign he got in a contentious argument with a group of reporters because they charged he wasnt tough enough to be president. this man was a war hero. he set out in the wilds of texas to create a business. of course he was tough e...

Lampooned him for patting barbara on the derrier during the dukakis campaign. thats the nice stuff she said about him. as for the relationship with the press as we alluded to earlier look at this 1987 "newsweek" cover, bush considered it the cheapest shot of his career. referring to him as the wimp factor. how about this relationship with dan rather during a 1988 interview. >> well, dan, lets be careful here -- >> i want you to be careful, mr. vice president. how do you explain -- you cant remem...

>> first of all, i mean, there has been this emotional outpouring about the kinder and gentler and decent style of george herbert walker bush, thats great. i do have to contrast that with how he was actually covered as a candidate and president when he was, for example, infamous "newsweek" cover the wimp factor who was a world war ii hero. there was criticism of the willie horton and the 88 campaign. when he broke his no new taxes read my lips pledge. instead of saying he did what was right for ...