Coakley Tells Kennedy Seat: Eleanor Roosevelt was Effective and Creative
KennedySeat.com has published a great interview with Coakley that gets beyond boiler-plate issues stances. Click over and read the entire thing, but here’s an excerpt that particularly interested me:
KS: Other than Ted Kennedy, who would you consider your political role model?
Coakley: As many of my friends and supporters know, I admire Eleanor Roosevelt. She had a way of tackling problems that was both effective and creative, and worked to give a voice to those who had none. For example, as First Lady, she began calling press conferences, but would only permit female reporters to attend. The major media scrambled to send women to cover the First Lady’s remarks, and the result was a strong, active women’s press corps covering White House activity for years.
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You spelled “Eleanor” incorrectly. Coakley is no Eleanor Roosevelt, either. Also, it’s a shame that the women press corps is being made out in this to be Roosevelt’s greatest legacy. There’s a hell of a lot more important stuff she’s done
Thanks for the spelling check!
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