The Gortons and Slades - Washington Secretary of State

More documents

Recommendations

Info

the eXtRAoRdinARy octogenARiAn 381 about how leadership—or the lack of it—is affecting the most pressing issues of the day. A diverse group of contributors offer answers. Gorton’s 200-word pieces appear two or three times a month on the Post’s Web page, often generating hot debate in the comments string. Given his personality and the breadth of his reading since childhood— all 12 volumes of Toynbee twice, Shakespeare and a smorgasbord of fiction from Mark Twain to Tom Clancy—he writes like he talks. “Better to be silent and thought insensitive than to speak out and prove it,” Gorton concluded one column, borrowing from the Bible, Confucius, Lincoln and Ben Franklin. 13 He saw no reason to be silent on a subject of insensitivity when Harry Reid, the already embattled Senate majority leader, faced more trouble in 2010. Game Change, the newly published best-seller about the 2008 race for the presidency, featured Reid’s observation that Obama had a good chance to become the first black president because he was “light-skinned” and had “no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.” Reid issued an abject apology, which Obama accepted. The GOP national chairman, an African American, was unmollified. He called for Reid’s resignation. 14 Recalling Lott’s gaffe in saying that if Thurmond had been elected president on the segregationist Dixiecrat ticket in 1948, “we wouldn’t have had all these problems over all these years . . .,” Gorton wrote: The nation cannot be deprived of the opportunity for a frank and open discussion of issues relating to race, no matter how controversial. That’s a policy that obviously must apply to members of Congress as well as to the press and public. Neither the comment of Senator Lott, which cost him his post as Senate Majority Leader, nor that of Senator Reid, which threatens his, however, dealt with contemporary political issues. Senator Lott’s was a throwaway to a 100-year-old retiring senator that, ill-advised as it was, was not true, nor did it represent Senator Lott’s actual views. It should not have cost him his position. Senator Reid’s comment, as inelegant and inadvisable as it was, was probably a correct description of election reality at the time. It is now almost two years in the past, and it should not affect Senator Reid’s post. 15 In 1989, Gorton and Norm Dicks had followed through on an idea hatched by Scoop Jackson. They helped Rich Ellings and Kenneth Pyle found The National Bureau of Asian Research in Seattle. Pyle was the director of the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. Ellings, a former Gorton aide, in 2010 established an integrated offshoot:
382 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in poLitics The Slade Gorton International Policy Center. Housed in NBR’s new hightech building adjacent to the university campus, the center plans to offer fellowships and internships and sponsor seminars on global economics, emerging technology and national security. Gorton is the mentor in residence. Creigh H. Agnew, another former Gorton aide, is its president. Ellings is leading a campaign to raise $13 million in public and private money to ensure the center’s long-term success. Gorton has already moved his 14 framed quills from his Supreme Court appearances. 16 The Gorton Center is supported by a host of Slade’s old friends and former staff, including Dan Evans, Bill Ruckelshaus, Jim and John Ellis, Trent Lott, Pete Domenici, Rudy Boschwitz, Tom Daschle, Mike McGavick, J. Vander Stoep, Mariana Parks and Chris Koch. 17 An initiAtive pRoposing An incoMe tAX on the rich—defined as individuals earning more than $200,000 and couples twice that—found Gorton and Bill Gates Sr., two old friends, in opposite corners. Although Gorton also qualifies as genuinely rich, his net worth pales in comparison to Gates’, the co-chairman of the philanthropic foundation endowed Bill Gates Sr. and Gorton leave the stage following their debate of Initiative 1098 at the University of Washington Tacoma. I-1098 would have established an income tax on the state’s highest earners. Janet Jensen/The News Tribune
Page 2 and 3:
SLADE GORTON A HAlf Century in Poli
Page 4:
For Sally and Patsy
Page 7 and 8:
28. Who Gives a Hoot? 253 29. Back
Page 9 and 10:
2 slade gorton: a half century in p
Page 11 and 12:
4 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in p
Page 13 and 14:
Page 15 and 16:
Page 17 and 18:
10 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in
Page 19 and 20:
Page 21 and 22:
Page 23 and 24:
Page 25 and 26:
Page 27 and 28:
Page 29 and 30:
2 | Dumb and Dumped SoMe iMAgine sL
Page 31 and 32:
Page 33 and 34:
Page 35 and 36:
3 | The Change Agents wAs A BRAnd-n
Page 37 and 38:
Page 39 and 40:
Page 41 and 42:
34 slade gorton: a half century in
Page 43 and 44:
4 | The Freshman FRoM dAy one, RepR
Page 45 and 46:
Page 47 and 48:
Page 49 and 50:
Page 51 and 52:
Page 53 and 54:
Page 55 and 56:
Page 57 and 58:
Page 59 and 60:
Page 61 and 62:
Page 63 and 64:
Page 65 and 66:
Page 67 and 68:
Page 69 and 70:
Page 71 and 72:
Page 73 and 74:
Page 75 and 76:
Page 77 and 78:
Page 79 and 80:
Page 81 and 82:
74 slade gorton: a half century in
Page 83 and 84:
Page 85 and 86:
Page 87 and 88:
10 | General Gorton “Why don’t
Page 89 and 90:
Page 91 and 92:
Page 93 and 94:
Page 95 and 96:
Page 97 and 98:
Page 99 and 100:
Page 101 and 102:
Page 103 and 104:
11 | Unhappy Days EXuding confidenc
Page 105 and 106:
Page 107 and 108:
Page 109 and 110:
Page 111 and 112:
Page 113 and 114:
Page 115 and 116:
12 | Riding With History The pARKin
Page 117 and 118:
Page 119 and 120:
Page 121 and 122:
13 | Gorton Agonistes BecKy goRton
Page 123 and 124:
Page 125 and 126:
Page 127 and 128:
14 | The Jolt from Boldt MoRning dA
Page 129 and 130:
Page 131 and 132:
Page 133 and 134:
Page 135 and 136:
Page 137 and 138:
Page 139 and 140:
Page 141 and 142:
15 | Designated Hitters One of geoR
Page 143 and 144:
Page 145 and 146:
Page 147 and 148:
Page 149 and 150:
Page 151 and 152:
Page 153 and 154:
Page 155 and 156:
Page 157 and 158:
17 | A Gold Watch for Maggie Mount
Page 159 and 160:
Page 161 and 162:
A “Next Great Senator!” flier f
Page 163 and 164:
Page 165 and 166:
Page 167 and 168:
Page 169 and 170:
18 | The Giant Killers The gReAt co
Page 171 and 172:
Page 173 and 174:
Page 175 and 176:
Page 177 and 178:
Page 179 and 180:
Page 181 and 182:
Page 183 and 184:
Page 185 and 186:
Page 187 and 188:
20 | Ship Shape GoRton descRiBed hi
Page 189 and 190:
Page 191 and 192:
Page 193 and 194:
Page 195 and 196:
Page 197 and 198:
Page 199 and 200:
Page 201 and 202:
Page 203 and 204:
Page 205 and 206:
22 | Déjà vu All Over Again EXit
Page 207 and 208:
Page 209 and 210:
Page 211 and 212:
Page 213 and 214:
Page 215 and 216:
Page 217 and 218:
Page 219 and 220:
Page 221 and 222:
25 | Trick or Treat The goRton cAMp
Page 223 and 224:
Page 225 and 226:
Page 227 and 228:
Page 229 and 230:
Page 231 and 232:
Page 233 and 234:
Page 235 and 236:
26 | Post-mortems If victoRy hAs A
Page 237 and 238:
Page 239 and 240:
Page 241 and 242:
Page 243 and 244:
Page 245 and 246:
Page 247 and 248:
Page 249 and 250:
Page 251 and 252:
Page 253 and 254:
Page 255 and 256:
Page 257 and 258:
Page 259 and 260:
Page 261 and 262:
Page 263 and 264:
Page 265 and 266:
Page 267 and 268:
Page 269 and 270:
Page 271 and 272:
Page 273 and 274:
Page 275 and 276:
29 | Back at Bat “Baseball, it is
Page 277 and 278:
Page 279 and 280:
Page 281 and 282:
30 | New Friends and Old Enemies To
Page 283 and 284:
Page 285 and 286:
Page 287 and 288:
Page 289 and 290:
Page 291 and 292:
31 | A House Divided The Run-up to
Page 293 and 294:
Page 295 and 296:
32 | Messy and Unpredictable The un
Page 297 and 298:
Page 299 and 300:
Page 301 and 302:
Page 303 and 304:
Page 305 and 306:
Page 307 and 308:
Page 309 and 310:
Page 311 and 312:
35 | The Council of Trent Two AMBit
Page 313 and 314:
Page 315 and 316:
Page 317 and 318:
36 | ‘Dump Slade 2000’ EARLy on
Page 319 and 320:
Page 321 and 322:
Page 323 and 324:
Page 325 and 326:
37 | High Crimes or Misdemeanors? W
Page 327 and 328:
Page 329 and 330:
Page 331 and 332:
38 | A Dubious Honor AfteR iMpeAchM
Page 333 and 334:
Page 335 and 336:
Page 337 and 338: 330 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in
Page 347 and 348: 40 | Commissioner Gorton SLAde goRt
Page 351 and 352: 41 | Confrontation and Consensus Ah
Page 361 and 362: 354 slade gorton: a half century in
Page 371 and 372: 43 | Petroleum and Beyond BRitish p
Page 377 and 378: 44 | Not So Super GoRton sAved BAse
Page 383 and 384: Slade at Safeco Field in 2010. Dan
Page 387: 380 sLAde goRton: A hALf centuRy in
Page 395 and 396: Donors Donations to the Washington
Page 397 and 398: 390 souRce notes CHAPter two: dumb
Page 399 and 400: 392 souRce notes 4. Evans Inaugural
Page 401 and 402: 394 souRce notes 20. P-I, 10-29-72,
Page 403 and 404: 396 souRce notes 27. Colville v. Wa
Page 405 and 406: 398 souRce notes CHAPter 18: tHe Gi
Page 407 and 408: 400 souRce notes 8. White & Wildavs
Page 409 and 410: 402 souRce notes 11. P-I, 11-1-86,
Page 411 and 412: 404 souRce notes 32. Times, 10-28-8
Page 413 and 414: 406 souRce notes 3. Times, 9-19-91,
Page 415 and 416: 408 souRce notes 3. Times, 10-2-10,
Page 417 and 418: 410 souRce notes 12. NYT, 1-26-99,
Page 419 and 420: 412 souRce notes CHAPter 41: Confro
Page 421 and 422: 414 souRce notes 4. McClatchy-Tribu
Page 423 and 424: 416 BiBLiogRAphy Capoeman, Pauline
Page 425 and 426: 418 BiBLiogRAphy Kilgannon, Anne, T
Page 427 and 428: 420 BiBLiogRAphy Ziontz, Alvin J.,
Page 429 and 430: 422 indeX Baker, Howard 151, 159, 1
Page 431 and 432: 424 indeX Counterterrorism Center 3
Page 433 and 434: 426 indeX G.I. Bill 31 Gilmour, Jay
Page 435 and 436: 428 indeX Kapolczynski, Rose 239, 2
Page 437 and 438: 430 indeX Mondale, Walter 143, 150,
Page 439 and 440:
432 indeX Quinault District, Olympi
Page 441 and 442:
434 indeX Stanford University 22, 2
Page 443 and 444:
436 indeX Weekly, the 144, 159, 243
show all

The Gortons and Slades - Washington Secretary of State

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?