Jackie Calmes
The Diplomat
People, composure and the difficult conversation held well.
Jackie Calmes is a seasoned journalist with extensive experience covering Congress and the White House. This interview reveals her ability to navigate complex political landscapes and her commitment to providing context and understanding in her reporting.
“My father was a government employee and some of his military benefits, she didn't have to go to work. She was able to stay home with all five children. And we were very happy. We had a great neighborhood, lower middle class.”
“The status quo. Right. And you probably are with me that I don't find that such when people marvel that there could be people that voted for Trump. I mean, Obama in 2008 and Trump in 2016. I don't find that all that contradictory or hard to understand Really at all, but I thought, you know, That Barack Obama was so He was so rational.”
“They're impactful people there were. And if you're talking just about Congress alone, or as opposed to the White House national politics, I think Gingrich could be the single most impactful figure. And not in a good way, and I don't mind saying that because there's plenty of Republicans who agree with me.”
“That's all we have to do. We, they have to do is do their job. And my worry is the economics of journalism. We still haven't figured out You know, with advertising revenues down in paper papers going out and being replaced by the internet, we haven't figured out how to Good business out of this.”
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