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Bush's 'Revenge' -- Leaving a Really Big Mess, Economically and Otherwise

Posted Jan 22nd 2010 1:30PM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: Politics, Recession, Financial Crisis

A public policy colleague in Washington likes to retell an observation and joke that made the rounds as President George W. Bush was leaving office:

'When President Bush realized he had screwed up half-way through his presidency, he then decided to really screw things up, because he knew if he did, whatever Democrat who won in November 2008 would not succeed, because he'd have to deal with and confront so many daunting problems!'

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Is Obama in 2008 like JFK in 1960 -- on the glory road?

Posted Feb 11th 2008 2:22PM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: Other Issues, Politics

A colleague based in Washington, D.C. recalled that moment in the 1960 presidential campaign when Kennedy's campaign staff knew that John F. Kennedy would defeat Richard Nixon. It occurred that fall, just before their first televised debate -- the first presidential debate ever broadcast on television.

The then Sen. Kennedy, a Democrat, was fresh from a vacation at the Kennedy Compound at Hyannis on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He was bronzed from days spent sailing in the sun, and he was well rested. He looked like a Greek sculpture.

Conversely, the then Vice President Nixon, a Republican, looked ashen, tomb-stone white, with deep-set eyes from weeks of campaigning.

And as is the norm before a show, the TV producer asked Kennedy if he wanted some make-up.

"Nah, I don't want any make-up," Kennedy said, and motioned off the make-up man with his hand.

Nixon, perhaps trying to match Kennedy, and despite his sweaty face, refused make-up, as well.

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JetBlue passengers grounded ... again

Posted Mar 16th 2007 9:21AM by Michael Fowlkes (RSS feed)
Filed under: Before the Bell, Forecasts, Bad News, From the Boards, Management, Industry, Consumer Experience, JetBlue Airways (JBLU)

If you woke up this morning expecting to take a trip on JetBlue Airways Corp. (NASDAQ: JBLU) you may want to double check your flight before heading off to the airport. The airline announced that 215 flights have been canceled due to stormy weather forecast.

The hardest hit hub was New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport where over 200 planned flights were canceled. This comprises a little over one-third of all JetBlue flights scheduled for the day.

JetBlue thinks that canceling these flights will avoid the problems it had faced back on Feb. 14th when hundreds of passengers got stuck for long periods of time (some over 10 hours) on parked planes at Kennedy airport. During that storm the airline company decided to try to get all its passengers to their destinations, a decision which had severe backlash on the company.

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