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but it edwards continues to do it. everything he needs to allow in fact edwards puts them together with hollywood casinos out of dallas and so, they have -- they do a proposal that is the best of any of them that are on the table. so he knows he is going to win. well, he says looker, getting the license is the easy part, the hard part will be selling it to the voters. so we need money, and a quarter of a million dollars to begin to campaign up and down northwest louisiana so people will vote for it because it has to be passed by the referendum. so, he says well, just do it right. with the whole thing and we will give you half a million dollars. i don't need half a million dollars. we only need about 250. here, take 4,000i will get you a check. but he never delivered. he never would deliver the check and it's because he had a guy in his office who said you need to stay away from edwards' because they are bad news. i don't want to associate with them. so he forces -- he forces edwards to fly to san francisco and pick up
but it edwards continues to do it. everything he needs to allow in fact edwards puts them together with hollywood casinos out of dallas and so, they have -- they do a proposal that is the best of any of them that are on the table. so he knows he is going to win. well, he says looker, getting the license is the easy part, the hard part will be selling it to the voters. so we need money, and a quarter of a million dollars to begin to campaign up and down northwest louisiana so people will vote...
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so edwards goes in, and he picks up the cash. well, of course, that instantly looks wrong, and edwards knows that. and he's, you know, he was, he was dumb for making that move. but the reality was is that debartolo stayed on the defense team after the charges were filed, he todayed on the defense team right up until -- he stayed on the defense team right up until until. and eddie jordan, the prosecutor out of new orleans, and the assistant prosecutor go to the owner of the san francisco 49ers and says if we beat you in court, you're going to lose the team and you're going to go to prison. are you sure your story's straight? so debartolo flipped. and he comes back and says, okay, now that 400,000 was extortion. so he flies here to baton rouge, and he says, he says i was a victim. now, the fbi had recorded some hundred, 200 conversations where debartolo had continually called edwards say, what do can you hear? we'll do whatever we need to do. edwards had only initiated three of those calls, so it's really hard to balance out who wa
so edwards goes in, and he picks up the cash. well, of course, that instantly looks wrong, and edwards knows that. and he's, you know, he was, he was dumb for making that move. but the reality was is that debartolo stayed on the defense team after the charges were filed, he todayed on the defense team right up until -- he stayed on the defense team right up until until. and eddie jordan, the prosecutor out of new orleans, and the assistant prosecutor go to the owner of the san francisco 49ers...
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edwards actually believed him. that was the segway into the final subject which is a summation, really about the soles of people who are in this freakish circumstance. i will start with edwards. you and i met on a bus. john edwards's bust with elizabeth and their two kids. you were doing a similar story to this. there was a case -- what was weird about that episode and it was the second time he ran, the parent disappeared in the middle of the day, a couple days and the kids were left and i went bowling with them but there was the case where you say the marriage was all about the public. maybe you disagreed. this seems to me this is what the obamas are trying not to be. if you could have some thought, summary thoughts on them and go to the floor on the soul of people under the brutality of politics, falseness of universal love, do you think their spiritual lives are still healthy? is there any religion in their spiritual lives? >> great question. religion like marriage is something that there has been a contest abou
edwards actually believed him. that was the segway into the final subject which is a summation, really about the soles of people who are in this freakish circumstance. i will start with edwards. you and i met on a bus. john edwards's bust with elizabeth and their two kids. you were doing a similar story to this. there was a case -- what was weird about that episode and it was the second time he ran, the parent disappeared in the middle of the day, a couple days and the kids were left and i went...
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edwards actually believed him. that always concerned me. and that is the segue into the sort of final subject which is a summation which is really about the people who are in this circumstance and i want to start with edwards because i think that you and i met on a bus on john edwards bus with elizabeth and their two kids you are doing a similar story to visited the was a case that was weird about that episode and i guess it was the second time you ran it is the parents disappeared in the middle of the day and the kids were sort of left. i remember i went bowling with them. so here is the case where you would say that the marriage was all about the public. and maybe you disagree. this seems to me this is what they are trying not to be. and so if you would just have some thoughts and then we will go to the questions on the floor on the soul of people under the brutality of politics, the publicity, the false universal love. do you think their spiritual lives are still healthy, is there any religion and the spiritual lives we should ask in thi
edwards actually believed him. that always concerned me. and that is the segue into the sort of final subject which is a summation which is really about the people who are in this circumstance and i want to start with edwards because i think that you and i met on a bus on john edwards bus with elizabeth and their two kids you are doing a similar story to visited the was a case that was weird about that episode and i guess it was the second time you ran it is the parents disappeared in the...
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stevens job, edwards job. deeter, you have to change those germans. yet to get the germans on board, to. >> they try to be good. i have to say that they want, they don't want -- [inaudible] that's an old vietnam story, right? kissinger created the price by saying at a point of time, everything was going in a different direction. and it cost many, many lives. and that's the issue here, how to make the transition to a necessary civilian process, about the west appearing, you know, cut and run. >> we have to have a measure of military here in order to justify your own withdrawal. and we all know withdrawal is going to come. and so, how can we find a moment, the right moment that at least doesn't appear to be defeat? >> and yet in your country, in france, the u.k., is a very unpopular policy. >> i am joking by saying germany public opinion is 70% against and 30% not in favor. [laughter] >> canada has already gone. >> if you have the situation, it shouldn't be the end of politics and the end of -- i would give obama the benefit of doubt he wants to get out
stevens job, edwards job. deeter, you have to change those germans. yet to get the germans on board, to. >> they try to be good. i have to say that they want, they don't want -- [inaudible] that's an old vietnam story, right? kissinger created the price by saying at a point of time, everything was going in a different direction. and it cost many, many lives. and that's the issue here, how to make the transition to a necessary civilian process, about the west appearing, you know, cut and...
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corners that were already cut but it showed you that they were bound and determined to finally get edwin edwards, and they did. but he survived it and now he's in his rv traveling the country. >> jonathan who has covered afghanistan since 1981 talks about the soviet experience in that country from the lesson is the obama administration learned from it. it's hosted by the center for international policy. >> skycam at the center for international policies and we welcome jonathan steele and all of you and in particular his wife and i was in afghanistan in august with edward over here and i was stunned by the security in kabul. anybody have one point the british consoles have a six hour fire fight and we are sitting in power in our bunker in our hotel my colleagues had been narrowing of this. i want to talk about these guys renting these security advances in afghanistan and kabul because kabul had been more less out of the fight. i had been reading your book. it is phenomenally good and we welcome you here and look forward to hearing from you for some questions. -- before very much for coming. what
corners that were already cut but it showed you that they were bound and determined to finally get edwin edwards, and they did. but he survived it and now he's in his rv traveling the country. >> jonathan who has covered afghanistan since 1981 talks about the soviet experience in that country from the lesson is the obama administration learned from it. it's hosted by the center for international policy. >> skycam at the center for international policies and we welcome jonathan...
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it was professor harry edwards. and he says to me, he says, john, they're having a meeting downtown at the americana hotel. do you think you could break away? someone asked me to invite you to the meeting. no problem. let me check with my mom. hey, mom, they're having a meeting. do you think i can go? oh, if they want you at the meeting, you need to be there. i'll handle the rest of this. all right, man, tell me where to come. i walk into this beautiful lobby. now, my mother was a perfectionist, she the type of woman buy furniture, put plastic on it, and you got to wait five years before you can sit on it. [laughter] y'all know what that's about. so anyway, i'm looking and seeing all this beautiful sofa in there, and i'm seeing the artwork and saying, man, i could get this for my mother, i'm just thinking about getting it all. i let that float through my mind, and then i went to the desk. i said, i'm looking for -- and he told me where to go. i go upstairs, and i knock on the door. a guy comes to open up the door, a
it was professor harry edwards. and he says to me, he says, john, they're having a meeting downtown at the americana hotel. do you think you could break away? someone asked me to invite you to the meeting. no problem. let me check with my mom. hey, mom, they're having a meeting. do you think i can go? oh, if they want you at the meeting, you need to be there. i'll handle the rest of this. all right, man, tell me where to come. i walk into this beautiful lobby. now, my mother was a...
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because unless you're going to be a scumbag trial lawyer like john edwards, you'll be working weekends the rest of their lives. a lot of great jobs out there. i met summit with the strangest job. what was it? i forget them but i said, did you know you're going to be doing this in college? of course she laughed. some crazy job -- i know what was that the person who designs food for tv commercials. lighting, how you put on the plate. that are a lot of jobs out there, and i think young conservatives should all be going into the media, to hollywood, become public school teachers. and by the way, the pay is fantastic. college professors. and as for advise, they could teach me a few tricks. if you're an open got a bad republican on the college campus, you are apparently not going with the flow. at me, that's where you first see the prophetic this. teacher, teacher, i found another example of homophobia in hamlet. no, no. that's fine, johnny, settle down. and so you really don't need advice from me. it was college republicans who came up with the illegal alien game which i have just bowled ov
because unless you're going to be a scumbag trial lawyer like john edwards, you'll be working weekends the rest of their lives. a lot of great jobs out there. i met summit with the strangest job. what was it? i forget them but i said, did you know you're going to be doing this in college? of course she laughed. some crazy job -- i know what was that the person who designs food for tv commercials. lighting, how you put on the plate. that are a lot of jobs out there, and i think young...
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. >> and edward english from woodstock. i am a customer of the post office and to begin with, i was sitting about three quarters of the way back. i could hear people, but i couldn't hear you, mr. moderator. but that's beside the point. but when it came to this projection that you put on, i couldn't even see it because there is too many people in front of me. and where'd you come come up with your eight something dollars that you are cutting when it wasn't even on that as far as i can see. i couldn't come up with anything on these papers are in your presentation. besides, i don't have a computer. and so i depend on the mail or else i won't have any. thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> my name is david kranzler, a member of the vermont workers center. i believe that the postal service is a public good. a public good is something that should serve the needs of our communities, not destroy our communities by shrinking itself in a death spiral. my first question and i apologize because i think it's a rhetorical question is, a
. >> and edward english from woodstock. i am a customer of the post office and to begin with, i was sitting about three quarters of the way back. i could hear people, but i couldn't hear you, mr. moderator. but that's beside the point. but when it came to this projection that you put on, i couldn't even see it because there is too many people in front of me. and where'd you come come up with your eight something dollars that you are cutting when it wasn't even on that as far as i can see....
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liberals go to law school to read because unless you are going to be a sum that trial lawyer like john edwards you won't be making that much money working weekends the rest of your life and there are good jobs. i met somebody with the strangest job. what was it? i forgot i said to her did you know you were going to be doing this in college and she left. it was a crazy job that we didn't know existed. the person who designed food for tv commercials in it so that it looks attractive, the lighting, help you put it on the plate. there are a lot of jobs out there and i think the conservatives should all be giving in to the media. to hollywood to become public school teachers and the pay is fantastic. [laughter] college professors and they can teach me a few tricks. if you are an open avowed republican on the campus you are apparently not going with the flow, and that is where you first see them you are sucking up to their professors. teacher, i found another example of homophobia in hamlet. no, that's fine. settle down so you don't need a device to read some of the republicans of course it was coll
liberals go to law school to read because unless you are going to be a sum that trial lawyer like john edwards you won't be making that much money working weekends the rest of your life and there are good jobs. i met somebody with the strangest job. what was it? i forgot i said to her did you know you were going to be doing this in college and she left. it was a crazy job that we didn't know existed. the person who designed food for tv commercials in it so that it looks attractive, the...
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of very highly but it has become a great art form in the hands of people like david mccullough and edward morris and david stewart and some academic historians have become great popular historians like david hackett fischer, barry strauss in the library, for instance john sperling. it's about narrative, it's about telling a story because that is what makes him popular but in the hands of a master like david stewart it's much more. it's about telling us what's important about our history. it's about human character and what it has to do with the story, and usually told with some sympathy for the human character as difficult, as odd are the odd as they may be, as aaron burr was end with the right amount of color, the kind of color that we all see in the most interesting characters in our daily lives. i should say not quite as colorful as perhaps aaron burr but i think it's gore vidal as historical fiction. [laughter] and, then every great historian has a unique talent and david stewart with his training as a lawyer, brings to history what i think of as a forensic attitude toward the evidenc
of very highly but it has become a great art form in the hands of people like david mccullough and edward morris and david stewart and some academic historians have become great popular historians like david hackett fischer, barry strauss in the library, for instance john sperling. it's about narrative, it's about telling a story because that is what makes him popular but in the hands of a master like david stewart it's much more. it's about telling us what's important about our history. it's...
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i want to start with edwards because they think you and i met on a bus on john edwards is best with elizabeth and their two kids. you were doing a similar story to this really. and there was a case and what was weird about that episode and i guess it was the second time he ran, was that the parents disappeared in the middle of the day a couple days and the kids for that. i remember ever going with them. but there is a case where you say that the marriage was all about the public. maybe you disagree. and this seems to me what the opponents are trying not to be. >> ready. >> if you could just have some thoughts, so my thoughts and i will go to questions for the fuller. the soul of people in the brutality politics, obesity, falseness of universal love. do they -- do you think their spiritual lives are still healthy? is there any religion and their spiritual lives -- desk in this room. how do you evaluate that? >> it's a great question because religion like marriage is simply not have been kind of this contest that whether it's a public or private and for them. i'm barack obama first ran for pres
i want to start with edwards because they think you and i met on a bus on john edwards is best with elizabeth and their two kids. you were doing a similar story to this really. and there was a case and what was weird about that episode and i guess it was the second time he ran, was that the parents disappeared in the middle of the day a couple days and the kids for that. i remember ever going with them. but there is a case where you say that the marriage was all about the public. maybe you...
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c-span: but your brother edward is deaf? >> guest: my brother edward is deaf, but he's--he's very independent, very smart. he look out for my mother; literally take care of her. she's in good health. but he has really been sort of a--the doer and very independent, kept out--he's two years older than i am. c-span: how long did you live in pike county? >> guest: i lived in pike county until i left to go to school in may of--well, until 1957. i wa--i was 17 years old. but i went back home almost every summer until i got involved in the civil rights movement. c-span: and you went to school in nashville? >> guest: i went to school in nashville. i traveled by greyhound bus. is--in september, 1957, i was 17 years old when i left pike county. i had an uncle who saw that i wanted to get an education. i was the first one in my family to go to college. and this uncle bought me a foot locker, gave me a $100 bill. i left with this $100 bill and this foot locker, going to live in the city of nashville. c-span: what school? >> guest: a lit
c-span: but your brother edward is deaf? >> guest: my brother edward is deaf, but he's--he's very independent, very smart. he look out for my mother; literally take care of her. she's in good health. but he has really been sort of a--the doer and very independent, kept out--he's two years older than i am. c-span: how long did you live in pike county? >> guest: i lived in pike county until i left to go to school in may of--well, until 1957. i wa--i was 17 years old. but i went back...
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thank you. >> thank you. >> and edward english from woodstock. i am a customer of the post office and to begin with, i was sitting about three quarters of the way back. i could hear people, but i couldn't hear you, mr. moderator. but that's beside the point. but when it came to this projection that you put on, i couldn't even see it because there is too many people in front of me. and where'd you come come up with your eight something dollars that you are cutting when it wasn't even on that as far as i can see. i couldn't come up with anything on these papers are in your presentation. besides, i don't have a computer. and so i depend on the mail or else i won't have any. thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> my name is david kranzler, a member of the vermont workers center. i believe that the postal service is a public good. a public good is something that should serve the needs of our communities, not destroy our communities by shrinking itself in a death spiral. my first question and i apologize because i think it's a rhetorical question is, a
thank you. >> thank you. >> and edward english from woodstock. i am a customer of the post office and to begin with, i was sitting about three quarters of the way back. i could hear people, but i couldn't hear you, mr. moderator. but that's beside the point. but when it came to this projection that you put on, i couldn't even see it because there is too many people in front of me. and where'd you come come up with your eight something dollars that you are cutting when it wasn't even...
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. >> host: minnesota, sam, go ahead with your question or comment for chris edwards -- chris hedges. >> caller: thank you for taking the call. i'm going to come do you have any opinion about what corporate america has to the native american and our culture, no, the fact that poverty-stricken reservations, and an inside and his multimillion dollar casinos that they are running sometimes, some of the states as well. i was wondering what your opinion on that was? >> guest: it's the idea that camera, and this is just outside of reservations, but i think within the country at large that some of him is a form of development. you see, of course, a big push now to build casinos in philadelphia. i live in princeton, so i'm following that debate. it's about an hour away. and this has worked for a few indian tribes. there's an indian tribe in connecticut that, of course, is working very well. but like there's one casino that nobody goes into on high and ridge pine ridge is a desolate, bleak area. so if you look at the totality of indian casinos, they have actually not been particularly lucrativ
. >> host: minnesota, sam, go ahead with your question or comment for chris edwards -- chris hedges. >> caller: thank you for taking the call. i'm going to come do you have any opinion about what corporate america has to the native american and our culture, no, the fact that poverty-stricken reservations, and an inside and his multimillion dollar casinos that they are running sometimes, some of the states as well. i was wondering what your opinion on that was? >> guest: it's...
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edwards. you said when you drove in this morning that you thought this was going to be a workday. your district is close to washington d.c. when the democrats were in control, you were often asked to preside over pro forma questions. when you were presiding over those sessions, did you anticipate or have an anticipation that any of those would be workdays, or is this somehow different? >> for me as a member of congress representing the people of the fourth congressional district, every day's a workday. and it's a workday that we need to get to work creating jobs for the american people. that's what i expect us to be doing after a long vacation. the rest of america that has a job went back to work. the congress needs to come back to work too. we have work to do. we have to create jobs, we have to make sure that we extend unemployment for millions of americans who are out of work, and we need to make sure that we extend those tax cuts for 160 million americans who went to work after the holiday. i came ready to work, i'm ready to work, our democratic colleagues, many of them were he
edwards. you said when you drove in this morning that you thought this was going to be a workday. your district is close to washington d.c. when the democrats were in control, you were often asked to preside over pro forma questions. when you were presiding over those sessions, did you anticipate or have an anticipation that any of those would be workdays, or is this somehow different? >> for me as a member of congress representing the people of the fourth congressional district, every...
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we would ask edward m. house, please check that cell phones of internal. it would be appreciated if we record the event. we, of course, will allow questions from our internet viewers can if you'd like to e-mail a simple addressing those to e-mail a speaker@heritage.org. and we will post a program within 24 hours for your future reference. hosting our discussion energizing our special guest this morning is jennifer marshall. marshall is director domestic policy studies and our richard and helen the vols center for religion and civil society. she oversees research and education, welfare, marriage, the family and religion and civil society. she also manages families faqs.org, our online catalog at social science research related to family and religious practice. prior to joining us here, she worked on cultural policy issues and empower america, and before that she's a senior director of family studies at the family research council. peugeot in welcoming jennifer marshall. jennifer? [applause] >> thank you, john things all of you for being here for our book ev
we would ask edward m. house, please check that cell phones of internal. it would be appreciated if we record the event. we, of course, will allow questions from our internet viewers can if you'd like to e-mail a simple addressing those to e-mail a speaker@heritage.org. and we will post a program within 24 hours for your future reference. hosting our discussion energizing our special guest this morning is jennifer marshall. marshall is director domestic policy studies and our richard and helen...
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and, but it showed you that they were bound and determined to finally get edwin edwards. and they did. so that's -- but he survived it, and now he's in his rv traveling the country. >> and now h.w. brands and david gainer appearing at the texas book festival in austin to talk about their books. they spoke and took audience questions for just over an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> it's nice to see such a large crowd out here today. i'm wondering, does this have anything to do with the fact that the debt and the dollar might actually be relevant topics today? we're really, really lucky to have two fabulous, prolific writers with us today. and what two topics could be more relevant than to talk about in today's climate of economic crisis. david graber and w.h. brands here to talk about their new books. i'm assuming we won't have any trouble getting questions from the audience, but let me do a couple of housekeeping things, first, because i'm hoping when you're impressed with the two authors, you're going to buy their books in the book-signing tent. fifteen minutes after
and, but it showed you that they were bound and determined to finally get edwin edwards. and they did. so that's -- but he survived it, and now he's in his rv traveling the country. >> and now h.w. brands and david gainer appearing at the texas book festival in austin to talk about their books. they spoke and took audience questions for just over an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> it's nice to see such a large crowd out here today. i'm wondering, does this have anything to do...
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i think that e-mail is from john edwards. no one who has read one of my books could say that. >> host: why? >> guest: the end, love ann. >> host: why do you say that? >> guest: because they are heavily researched. even, in the one weekday review i got from "the new york times" and i did love this quote, the reviewer said, it is invective backed up with footnotes. look, you can disagree with me, and oh, by the way, i will just voluntarily there were two mistakes in "demonic". i found them. no one else did. i usually count media matters to do the last fact check week book comes out. i no one found them. i found them. which is why your eye goes over it. one for example, richard nixon pushing through the philadelphia plan and i said he did it in 1968. that was the year he elected. can't be 1968. john kerry claiming i was sent to cambodia by president nixon in 1968. 20 years, no journalist noticed it. i noticed it before the book came out but too late to change it. subsequent editions it will be changed. liberals spend their lives
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standing beside him with senator edward kennedy. it was an interesting moment. one of his sons said to him watching ted kennedy's stand behind his father as this legislation on health care, it seems to signal another problem had been solved of climate change because "hal had just frozen over." mitt romney and senator kennedy were standing side by side. it is an interesting moment and it is one you would not have expected perhaps. massachusetts was uniquely able to deal with this. there are far fewer uninsured people in massachusetts than other states. he viewed it as a signature the achievement that help them run for president. right after he signed the legislature, he walked across boston, to go to the ritz carlton hotel to meet with advisers from iowa that he hoped would run his presidential campaign in the iowa caucus. it is something he thought would be important and he thought would be helpful politically. >host: does the massachusetts constitution require a balanced budget in the state? guest: he talks about the balanced budget but i don't want to say a wr
standing beside him with senator edward kennedy. it was an interesting moment. one of his sons said to him watching ted kennedy's stand behind his father as this legislation on health care, it seems to signal another problem had been solved of climate change because "hal had just frozen over." mitt romney and senator kennedy were standing side by side. it is an interesting moment and it is one you would not have expected perhaps. massachusetts was uniquely able to deal with this....
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i just think it would be, i think in a legitimate -- >> host: if we knew about john edwards, for example, now if you were in -- >> guest: absolutely. absolutely right. i think that when you think, i had thought of it, until you raised this, but knowing what we knew even then about gennifer flowers case, and for him not to be asked about it. and i didn't ask about it either. i mean, i gave him ways to get too. i gave dole weighs. >> host: very artful. >> guest: yeah, yeah. i think today's world that would come out. >> host: definitely. and then i think, the question is, when you ask questions, whether a living to character, or whether it's about medicare, social security, whatever, people are watching these debates and they want to see if the candidate is the real deal. >> guest: you got it. >> host: so talk a little bit about that, and some moments maybe where you thought that's not the real deal. it doesn't look, maybe it was a sign moment for al gore or whether people, candidates can stand to canned, to craft desperate i think that's what most of the candidates, not all of them, but mo
i just think it would be, i think in a legitimate -- >> host: if we knew about john edwards, for example, now if you were in -- >> guest: absolutely. absolutely right. i think that when you think, i had thought of it, until you raised this, but knowing what we knew even then about gennifer flowers case, and for him not to be asked about it. and i didn't ask about it either. i mean, i gave him ways to get too. i gave dole weighs. >> host: very artful. >> guest: yeah,...
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his grandfather had been president of the same college, his grandfather was jonathan edwards, the great theologian, sort of unsettling. burr as a very young man, he was still a teenager, ran off to join the continental army when it was camped in front of boston. he joined an expedition into canada in the dead of winter, one of the most difficult and unsuccessful expeditions in american military history. he won great distinction. although he was a small, slight man, it turned out he was extremely tough and hearty. and he had a real military disposition. and by the age of 21, he was a colonel in the continental army. and he commanded a regiment at the battle of monomouth. and men who served with him for decades thereafter viewed him with great awe and respect. he had been wonderfulfully successful, brave and courageous officer. he retired, resigned from the army after four years, his health had been compromised by a variety of mishaps. but the military experience really took with burr. he was through his life a man of action, not man of ideas. he fancied himself a military figure. he was
his grandfather had been president of the same college, his grandfather was jonathan edwards, the great theologian, sort of unsettling. burr as a very young man, he was still a teenager, ran off to join the continental army when it was camped in front of boston. he joined an expedition into canada in the dead of winter, one of the most difficult and unsuccessful expeditions in american military history. he won great distinction. although he was a small, slight man, it turned out he was...
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one of the reasons edward g. robinson was once asked if he would ever play hitler in a movie and he said no. because i would have to find something about him to make him human and make an audience feel some empathy for him and i don't want to do that. i simply don't want to do it. if you have a sense of empathy and think about how many actors are from poor backgrounds and have to work their way up and have a hard struggle, you feel that empathetic and that empathy, that human spirit leads you into a kind of political liberalism where you can see both sides. world isn't back and white. is kind of gray. you are not radical right wing. >> let me ask about that. an interesting example of a film that was quite successful. last year i think. there is a movie that was regarded by critics who observed these things, good critics rather than people who are just reviewers, as a movie that was in some sense socially conservative. kind of a religious base to it. but there is no question that it was a film filmed in embassy. i
one of the reasons edward g. robinson was once asked if he would ever play hitler in a movie and he said no. because i would have to find something about him to make him human and make an audience feel some empathy for him and i don't want to do that. i simply don't want to do it. if you have a sense of empathy and think about how many actors are from poor backgrounds and have to work their way up and have a hard struggle, you feel that empathetic and that empathy, that human spirit leads you...
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bill.ooeat he took great pride in the billb when he signed the bill.stan standing beside him was senatorm edward kennedy, so it was a very interesting moment. a bad, very funny and a cut in the book about that moment in which one of his sons says to him that watching ted kennedy'sm stand behind his father as thisd legislation on health care, it seemed to signal that another problem had been solved, climate change. and using the code in the book. because pellets is frozen over. kennedy and romney were standing side by side. so it's interesting moment. something that you would note yo have expected. that's something that he ran on and the first-ever governor, but it was something that he saw looking at the data that wasachusetts probably was pretty uniquely able to deal with.th far fewer uninsured people here and in a lot of other states, and he also viewed it, quite frankly, as his signature achievement would help him run for president by after he signet health care legislation. he walked across boston common, went to the ritz carlton hotel to meet with advisers from iowat that he hoped would hel
bill.ooeat he took great pride in the billb when he signed the bill.stan standing beside him was senatorm edward kennedy, so it was a very interesting moment. a bad, very funny and a cut in the book about that moment in which one of his sons says to him that watching ted kennedy'sm stand behind his father as thisd legislation on health care, it seemed to signal that another problem had been solved, climate change. and using the code in the book. because pellets is frozen over. kennedy and...
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it's one of the reasons edward g. robinson was asked to play hitler in a movie, and he said no, because i'd have to find something about him to make him human and to make an audience feel some empathy for him, and i don't want to do that for him. i simply don't want to do it, and so i think if you have a sense of empathy on think about how many actors by and large come from poor backgrounds, work their way up, have a hard struggle that you feel them empathetic, and that empathy, that human spirit leads you into a kind of political liberalism where, you know, you see both sides. the world's not black and white. it's gray. you're not a marxist or a radical right wing. >> okay. let me ask you a question about that. there's a film called "the blindside," and there was a movie regarded by critics who observed these thing, good critics rather than people just sort of -- or reviewers let's say. a movie that was in some senses socially conservative. it had a kind of religious feel and base to it, but there's no question that
it's one of the reasons edward g. robinson was asked to play hitler in a movie, and he said no, because i'd have to find something about him to make him human and to make an audience feel some empathy for him, and i don't want to do that for him. i simply don't want to do it, and so i think if you have a sense of empathy on think about how many actors by and large come from poor backgrounds, work their way up, have a hard struggle that you feel them empathetic, and that empathy, that human...
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it's one of the reasons edward g. robinson was once asked if he would ever play hitler in a movie, and he said no because i would have to find something about him to make him human and to make an audience feel some empathy for him and i don't want to do that for him. i simply don't want to do it. so i think if you have a sense of empathy and think about how many actors by and large come from poor backgrounds, have to work their way up, have a hard struggle, you feel that empathy and that empathy, that human spirit leads you into a kind of politico liberalism where you know you can see both sides. the world is in black-and-white. black and white. it's kind of gray. you are not a radical right-winger. >> let me ask you a question about that. here hears in a shooting example of a recent film but was quite successful. this was blindside, last year i think. there was a movie that was her guarded by critics who observed this, people who were reviewers that say as a movie that was in some sense socially conservative. it had
it's one of the reasons edward g. robinson was once asked if he would ever play hitler in a movie, and he said no because i would have to find something about him to make him human and to make an audience feel some empathy for him and i don't want to do that for him. i simply don't want to do it. so i think if you have a sense of empathy and think about how many actors by and large come from poor backgrounds, have to work their way up, have a hard struggle, you feel that empathy and that...
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transfer a lot of regular troops, the best of the best, duke of wellington's brian rosser in law, sir edward packingham is put in charge of an expedition to capture new orleans. new orleans, this is less than 10 years after the louisiana purchase, and new orleans and louisiana is really just sort of a sliver of american territory stuck down there between the spanish owning the floridas, and i say that plurally because it's west and east florida at that point. and texas and all of that area to the west. so the spanish, whose ally are they? british allies. duke of wellington has been fighting in spain trying to help defeat napolean's troops there. so they are allies and great britain basically attacks new orleans to control that great mouth of the mississippi river and some would argue, we'll talk about that in a second, try to recapture the louisiana territory for spain, which has sort of been coerced to sell it to france and you'll remember that napolean sold it to the united states. but great britain never recognized that. so in the fall of 1814, great britain is attacking new orleans, tryi
transfer a lot of regular troops, the best of the best, duke of wellington's brian rosser in law, sir edward packingham is put in charge of an expedition to capture new orleans. new orleans, this is less than 10 years after the louisiana purchase, and new orleans and louisiana is really just sort of a sliver of american territory stuck down there between the spanish owning the floridas, and i say that plurally because it's west and east florida at that point. and texas and all of that area to...
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i don't know what that has to do with edward carrington's eligibility, but patrick henry thought an awful lot. now, carrington wins a special election three days later, but this is what you were dealing with if you were an anti-federalist -- if you were a federalist, excuse me, and one of the problems and the reason they were so outmatched is because the leading federalists of virginia, people like john marshall and james madison weren't part of the legislation church, but patrick henry who demanded his -- commanded his majority with absolute obedience was able to get these measures through the legislature. at the end of the session, james madison went and sang, and his colleagues thought it was because of having to deal with the anti-federalist backlash. enough to drive you crazy. two other very important things happened in this session. first of all, this is back when under our original constitution the state legislators elected senators. so james madison is offered up by the federalists as a senator. and patrick henry talks about rev you lets of -- rivulets of blood in the land, there'
i don't know what that has to do with edward carrington's eligibility, but patrick henry thought an awful lot. now, carrington wins a special election three days later, but this is what you were dealing with if you were an anti-federalist -- if you were a federalist, excuse me, and one of the problems and the reason they were so outmatched is because the leading federalists of virginia, people like john marshall and james madison weren't part of the legislation church, but patrick henry who...
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fbob greene, robert jordan, edward o'donnell, randall terry, john wolfe. [applause] >> we will try to get to as many runs as possible. we will start down at the far end of the table. >> i am a thinker who has been published on three continents. i have some important ideas about our most serious problems. most of which are ignored by the establishment. my most basic message is, let's get organized, americans, and start solving our problems. we ask obama and all national politicians worldwide, do you agree, mr. president, that the top five problems of the planets are the nuclear arms race. it is the only problem that can destroy us. ozone coming up quickly on the outside rail. excessive population and population growth. the stagnant super wasteful economy. disparity between the rich and poor. the environment. the master of ceremonies problem that never leaves us, that we sell only in degrees. if you do not agree, mr. president, what are the top five problems of the planet? what is your plan to solve them? i do not have the answers. it is we, not me. the 4 bi
fbob greene, robert jordan, edward o'donnell, randall terry, john wolfe. [applause] >> we will try to get to as many runs as possible. we will start down at the far end of the table. >> i am a thinker who has been published on three continents. i have some important ideas about our most serious problems. most of which are ignored by the establishment. my most basic message is, let's get organized, americans, and start solving our problems. we ask obama and all national politicians...
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big man, edward howard. these were all comrades in the open area that drew many of us from across the country. without further ado, i want to bring my leader, my friend, my comrade, my brother, bobby seale. [applause] [applause] >> as we used to say in all of our sloganizing, right on. >> right on. >> power to the people. down with the racist, fascist pig. no more patients in our community. party members, they blew my mind. they said, i'm telling you, just the way it all happened, you know what i mean. i look back and say, while, i was a young engineer on the gym and nine missile program right outside of oakland. and i worked at night and took nine credit hours as a man in college. i majored as an engineer design major. one day i got interested in all this civil rights stuff. i walked across the streets. the afro-american association. tell it like it is. i walked over and started listening to him and saw a guy i knew called william run field. i walked up to william and said, you part of this group? he said,
big man, edward howard. these were all comrades in the open area that drew many of us from across the country. without further ado, i want to bring my leader, my friend, my comrade, my brother, bobby seale. [applause] [applause] >> as we used to say in all of our sloganizing, right on. >> right on. >> power to the people. down with the racist, fascist pig. no more patients in our community. party members, they blew my mind. they said, i'm telling you, just the way it all...
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we saw on the democratic side tx four years ago or eight years with john edwards refused to go negative. iowans really responded to that in an interesting way. they say were all sick of theat ads. didn't seem to happen with newt gingrich because he was adamant that not going negative. >> will come he didn't have the money to go negative.interein he was tight and we'll have to remember anyone here would eat better than barack obama david fay. but ultimately they're all jostling to be the nominee. but when gingrich complained about the god and they may have mentioned this earlier, remember, he builds a political career on slashing attacks it when he got into congress and shepherded the republican majority in the come he told republicans in the attack that democrats can use words like sick and pathetic. runninat is part of an infamous memo. so what goes around comes around. led by the sword, die by theradg sword. >> the 11th commandment there, thou shall not speak ill of ands another republican, that sort of got disobeyed disobeyednkr >> all right.l. dennis, whaten >> all right. dennis, wh
we saw on the democratic side tx four years ago or eight years with john edwards refused to go negative. iowans really responded to that in an interesting way. they say were all sick of theat ads. didn't seem to happen with newt gingrich because he was adamant that not going negative. >> will come he didn't have the money to go negative.interein he was tight and we'll have to remember anyone here would eat better than barack obama david fay. but ultimately they're all jostling to be the...
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master public safety officer, edward scott richardson. sergeant randy sharp. chief warrant officer. sergeant first class, and any bitnet junior. private first class, just in time but whitmire. [applause] we will never forget. where teacher at it people, south carolinians. we love our state of another country. we love our men and women who put on that uniform to keep it safe. they are our parents and children, husbands and wives, our mother is from our fathers are siblings, our friends. we are honored to have witnessed the parents of one of his heroes, lance corporal william kyl carpenter from gilbert, who was in afghanistan and is continuing his recovery at walter reid. the prayers of south carolina continue to be with kyl and all of our wounded veterans. mr. and mrs. jim carpenter, thank you for being here. please stand. [applause] tonight there are 766 families across the state with loved ones in the south carolina army and air national guard who are serving overseas far from their home. our family shares a special bond with the military families of south carolina, like them, we k
master public safety officer, edward scott richardson. sergeant randy sharp. chief warrant officer. sergeant first class, and any bitnet junior. private first class, just in time but whitmire. [applause] we will never forget. where teacher at it people, south carolinians. we love our state of another country. we love our men and women who put on that uniform to keep it safe. they are our parents and children, husbands and wives, our mother is from our fathers are siblings, our friends. we are...
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the relationships between the langley research center and airspace on the research center and edwards air force base, the kennedy space center in cape canaveral air force station or all very strong with nasa and dod organizations sharing fasuba these contracts and flight operations support. border displaced flight center east of d.c. not for from here has a global network of satellite communications facilities. it shares resources with dod and for reaching places like antarctica. it also operates a joint center for the development validation of the space whether models and instruments in cooperation with the air force and others. we recognize the space weather information is vital to the military commanders in the space scientists planning an anomaly resolution. finally, the ecclestone network has a site in fort irwin california to the does most of you know, we've recently retired our flagship program the space shuttle after 30 spectacular years in the flight and 135 missions that's more flights by far than any of the human space flight program. through its triumphs and tragedies it g
the relationships between the langley research center and airspace on the research center and edwards air force base, the kennedy space center in cape canaveral air force station or all very strong with nasa and dod organizations sharing fasuba these contracts and flight operations support. border displaced flight center east of d.c. not for from here has a global network of satellite communications facilities. it shares resources with dod and for reaching places like antarctica. it also...
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master public safety officer, edward scott richardson. sergeant randy sharp. chief warrant officer. sergeant first class, and any bitnet junior. private first class, just in time but whitmire. [applause] we will never forget. where teacher at it people, south carolinians. we love our state of another country. we love our men and women who put on that uniform to keep it safe. they are our parents and children, husbands and wives, our mother is from our fathers are siblings, our friends. we are honored to have witnessed the parents of one of his heroes, lance corporal william kyl carpenter from gilbert, who was in afghanistan and is continuing his recovery at walter reid. the prayers of south carolina continue to be with kyl and all of our wounded veterans. mr. and mrs. jim carpenter, thank you for being here. please stand. [applause] tonight there are 766 families across the state with loved ones in the south carolina army and air national guard who are serving overseas far from their home. our family shares a special bond with the military families of south carolina, like them, we k
master public safety officer, edward scott richardson. sergeant randy sharp. chief warrant officer. sergeant first class, and any bitnet junior. private first class, just in time but whitmire. [applause] we will never forget. where teacher at it people, south carolinians. we love our state of another country. we love our men and women who put on that uniform to keep it safe. they are our parents and children, husbands and wives, our mother is from our fathers are siblings, our friends. we are...
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. >> and edward english from woodstock. i am a customer of the post office and to begin with, i was sitting about three quarters of the way back. i could hear people, but i couldn't hear you, mr. moderator. but that's beside the point. but when it came to this projection that you put on, i couldn't even see it because there is too many people in front of me. and where'd you come come up with your eight something dollars that you are cutting when it wasn't even on that as far as i can see. i couldn't come up with anything on these papers are in your presentation. besides, i don't have a computer. and so i depend on the mail or else i won't have any. thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> my name is david kranzler, a member of the vermont workers center. i believe that the postal service is a public good. a public good is something that should serve the needs of our communities, not destroy our communities by shrinking itself in a death spiral. my first question and i apologize because i think it's a rhetorical question is, a
. >> and edward english from woodstock. i am a customer of the post office and to begin with, i was sitting about three quarters of the way back. i could hear people, but i couldn't hear you, mr. moderator. but that's beside the point. but when it came to this projection that you put on, i couldn't even see it because there is too many people in front of me. and where'd you come come up with your eight something dollars that you are cutting when it wasn't even on that as far as i can see....
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edward mcbride from the economist. asia centered about the element of the reform that cat is paid increases that cpa that you mentioned. it strikes me that at the moment that kind of event mimicking the air. would be kind of dispiriting to know your salary would never increase in real terms over by law and that seems to me to be the effect of that. can you talk to me about the logic behind that quite >> in maine says a group that previously couldn't automatically have their whole base salaries go up as a way beyond the cpi. the state government, local governments already the past week or two have given bonuses, for example. they can put in informative incentives and can build into that. but the idea that we want to empower local governments to make those decisions -- >> wheel breakaway with a reminder you can watch all of the program later and are scheduled in online video library at c-span.org. life maxed in nashua, new new hampshire forbears reporters. speakers include sender kelly ayotte, former national security ad
edward mcbride from the economist. asia centered about the element of the reform that cat is paid increases that cpa that you mentioned. it strikes me that at the moment that kind of event mimicking the air. would be kind of dispiriting to know your salary would never increase in real terms over by law and that seems to me to be the effect of that. can you talk to me about the logic behind that quite >> in maine says a group that previously couldn't automatically have their whole base...
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many of my colleagues sent a letter to edward demarco, the acting director of the fhfa, asking for his decision to award bonuses at executives at fannie and freddie. in his response, mr. demarco echoed what is becoming an increasingly popular theme used to defend the big payouts. essentially, mr. demarco argues that in order to get the best people in place, we need to pay them outrageous amounts of taxpayer dollars. i don't buy that argument. it's ridiculous to tell the american taxpayer, look, we lost hundreds of billions of your money so we need to pay these smart guys millions of dollars of year -- your money so that we don't lose the rest of your money. the american people are smart enough to see through that sham logic and they are angry. as i previously stated on the senate floor, i find it hard to believe that we can't find talented people with the skills necessary to manage fannie and freddie for good money, $900,0 $900,000, without the incentive of multimillion-dollar bonuses. there are many examples of intelligent, well-qualified, patriotic individuals working in our federal
many of my colleagues sent a letter to edward demarco, the acting director of the fhfa, asking for his decision to award bonuses at executives at fannie and freddie. in his response, mr. demarco echoed what is becoming an increasingly popular theme used to defend the big payouts. essentially, mr. demarco argues that in order to get the best people in place, we need to pay them outrageous amounts of taxpayer dollars. i don't buy that argument. it's ridiculous to tell the american taxpayer, look,...
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about slavery, and he carried virginia, kentucky, and tennessee, and his running mate was a man named edward everett who published an article when he's expressing alarm of the recessionists, and i think that's how madison would have voted. now, he finished fourth in the popular vote so what would madison have done? i can't imagine he would have succeeded. even though lincoln, the victor, would not have been his way of handling things, he was such a strong unionist, and one of the last things he writes, it's a little piece that he wanted published, and it was called "advise to my country," and the point he makes is anyone who preaches this union should be treated like pandora with her box open or like the serpent creeping into paradise, so that was his great fear. >> host: were he an henry clay friends or acquaintances? >> guest: they were. he goes to a reception and says everybody loves mrs. madison, and she says that's because mrs. madison loves everybody, and that's kind of virginia air kissing a little bit, but it was also true. i mean, she would rather like you than dislike you, and that
about slavery, and he carried virginia, kentucky, and tennessee, and his running mate was a man named edward everett who published an article when he's expressing alarm of the recessionists, and i think that's how madison would have voted. now, he finished fourth in the popular vote so what would madison have done? i can't imagine he would have succeeded. even though lincoln, the victor, would not have been his way of handling things, he was such a strong unionist, and one of the last things he...
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the question today that edward asks is how do these conservative republican women fare here in the state of south carolina one day before the actual election? this is what i would tell you. it is unknown. we know in the state of south carolina right now that speaker gingrich's numbers are searching. we know right now that senator santorum's numbers are stabilizing, and we know right now that is a dynamics with the ascent or the leaving of governor perry, that there's a shift and a very, very fluid next 24 hours. so it's our core group of conservative women at these three segments that can predict what's going to happen on a national scope because these women are informed, they are engaged, and, obviously, they understand the import of what's going to happen next. the conservative republican woman, if you ask me to give one word to what captures this person, i would say she is passionate. she is passionate about her children, about her family, and about politics because she inherently understands that its politics that will drive the health and well being of her family. and so, ladies and
the question today that edward asks is how do these conservative republican women fare here in the state of south carolina one day before the actual election? this is what i would tell you. it is unknown. we know in the state of south carolina right now that speaker gingrich's numbers are searching. we know right now that senator santorum's numbers are stabilizing, and we know right now that is a dynamics with the ascent or the leaving of governor perry, that there's a shift and a very, very...
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so eddie forces edwards to apply to it san francisco and pick up cash so edwards goes in and he picks up the cash, well, of course, that instantly looks wrong. and edwards knows that. and he's -- you know, he was -- he was dumb from making that move. but the reality was that eddie stayed on the defense team after the charging were filed. he stayed on the defense team right up until and eddie jordan, the u.s. prosecutor out of new orleans and the assistant prosecutor, jim letton go to the owner of the san francisco 49ers and says if we met you in court, not only are you going to lose the 49ers. you're going to lose your fortune and you're going to spend a lot of time in prison so are you sure your story's straight? and so eddie flipped. and he comes back and he says, okay, now that 400,000 was extortion. so he flies here to baton rouge and he says -- he says, i was a victim. now, the fbi had recorded some 100, 200 conversations where eddie had continually called edwards and said, what do you hear? what do we need to do? we'll do whatever we need to do. only edwards had only initiated t
so eddie forces edwards to apply to it san francisco and pick up cash so edwards goes in and he picks up the cash, well, of course, that instantly looks wrong. and edwards knows that. and he's -- you know, he was -- he was dumb from making that move. but the reality was that eddie stayed on the defense team after the charging were filed. he stayed on the defense team right up until and eddie jordan, the u.s. prosecutor out of new orleans and the assistant prosecutor, jim letton go to the owner...