Please help me find this interview with former House Appropriations Chairman Jamie Whitten of Mississippi.
December 6, 2005 6:11 PM Subscribe
Please help me find this interview with former House Appropriations Chairman Jamie Whitten of Mississippi.
I came across this interview around 1993 or 1994, so it was probably published before then. It was in Congressional Quarterly or some similar highbrow, expensive, but not precisely academic publication. It was written in transcript form. It contained two pieces of dialogue that I was quite struck by. The first was when the interviewer asked Whitten something along the lines of "what was your most satisfying and interesting time as a public servant?" Whitten replied: "Talking to you." Then the interviewer asked how he made decisions, what his overarching philosophy was, etc. Whitten said something to the effect of "The one thing you have to keep in mind is that everybody here is just trying to get an advantage over someone else."
If I could get a citation or a link or a PDF of this interview I would be very grateful -- I need it for a class I am teaching this summer.
I came across this interview around 1993 or 1994, so it was probably published before then. It was in Congressional Quarterly or some similar highbrow, expensive, but not precisely academic publication. It was written in transcript form. It contained two pieces of dialogue that I was quite struck by. The first was when the interviewer asked Whitten something along the lines of "what was your most satisfying and interesting time as a public servant?" Whitten replied: "Talking to you." Then the interviewer asked how he made decisions, what his overarching philosophy was, etc. Whitten said something to the effect of "The one thing you have to keep in mind is that everybody here is just trying to get an advantage over someone else."
If I could get a citation or a link or a PDF of this interview I would be very grateful -- I need it for a class I am teaching this summer.
It's not on Nexis, FYI. (And I couldn't email you it to you if it were because you don't list one.)
posted by CunningLinguist at 8:32 PM on December 6, 2005
posted by CunningLinguist at 8:32 PM on December 6, 2005
Response by poster: Wow! Thanks, jimw: I called them today and they emailed right to me!
posted by Mr. Justice at 3:49 PM on December 7, 2005
posted by Mr. Justice at 3:49 PM on December 7, 2005
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