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From: ray@rochester.UUCP (Ray Frank)
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Subject: Re: reagan's weekends
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Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 12:19:32 EDT
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> > > >> What difference does it make where any President spends his
> > > >> weekends?  Or how many, for that matter.
> > > 
Amen.
> > > In the case of Reagan, it may not make any difference at all where or how he
> > > spends his weekends -- fact is, even when he's in Washington he's only a
> > > part-time President.  He's the only President in modern U.S. history who
> > > watches soap operas, takes long afternoon naps and has important decisions
> > > presented to him by his staff as multiple-choice problems.
> > > 
A. Did you read this?
B. Do you know this to be true?
C. Do you believe everything you read?
D. None of the above?

How much of your time at work is actually spent on WORK?
From what I've read about the president's schedule, most men half his
age would be hard pressed to find the mental or physical energy required to
endure it.

> > Is this different from many CEO's?  Most of them spend a lot of time
> > outside the sompany, doing PR and going to high-society events, and
> > the vice presidents and senior executives run the company on the inside.
> > Reagan does the PR (and he does it effectively).  How many of you
> > work for companies in which the CEO does the analysis for policy
> > decisions?
> 
> Yes it is different. I think you will find that CEOs spend a great
> deal of their time on company business. The work may look different (eg
> more glamorous, less tedious) but I think you will find most CEOs are on
> top of the major issues in their company's. You will also find the CEOs
> reading the analyses prepared for them. The CEO can trust an underling to
> make a decision, but the CEO is responsible for its adoption. Reagan, on
> the other hand, does not take responsibility for his actions. The closest
> he has come to it is to say something of the sort "one of my aids did it
> so I take responsibility". What that amounts to is a nice way to pay lip
> service to the Truman notion of "the buck stops here" while passing the
> buck along.
> 
Um, is that why CEOs love the Concord?  They can breakfast in New York, and
have supper in London, that is unless they're having a round of golf that
day.  Have a perfectly marvlous day, dalling.  See you on the courts at
5-ish.     


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