“Congress is best viewed from a distance—the farther the better—because up close, it is truly ugly. I saw most of Congress as uncivil, incompetent at fulfilling their basic constitutional responsibilities (such as timely appropriations), micromanagerial, parochial, hypocritical, egotistical, thin-skinned and prone to put self (and re-election) before country.” SelfCountryResponsibilitySawsElectionDistanceCongressUglyFulfillingIncompetentEgotisticalHypocriticalTimelyAppropriation Author:Robert M. Gates
“Congress is best viewed from a distance - the farther the better - because up close, it is truly ugly.” DistanceCongressUgly Author:Robert M. Gates
“I wish I could set deadlines for the Congress, but that's just not the way the Constitution is written.” WayWishWrittenConstitutionCongressDeadline Author:Robert M. Gates
“One of the big changes in the Congress since I first came to Washington is that all of these folks go home every weekend. They used to play golf together; their families got to know each other, go to dinner at each other's homes at weekends - and these would be people who were political adversaries.” PeopleKnowsFirstsPlayHomeBigsWould BeTogetherPoliticalUsedGolfCongressFolksDinnerWeekendAdversariesBig Changes Author:Robert M. Gates
