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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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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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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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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
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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...