I was fortunate in the 1960s to pioneer direct mail, people were raising money for a long time for charities, churches etc. And you have no competitors and i helped build the conservative movement and i can make a case that without direct mail there would be no conservative movement worthy of the name. When i did my pioneering work in the 60s, they werent doing it. Host have you always been a conservative even when you were growing up . Guest i grew up in texas, kids in neighborhoods playing cops and robbers, 11, twelve, thirteen years old. Im not shooting robbers, im shooting communists which i have no recollection of any political conversation in my family, my extended family. I knew communists are bad people and dedicated to fighting them. Opposing them. Im secondgeneration conservative, firstgeneration bill buckley, Barry Goldwater etc. 100 of secondgeneration conservatives, jerry falwell, myself, etc. Before we were conservatives. That was the glue that held the conservative Movem
His book called go big, the marketing secret of richard, what do you do for a living . My mother went a few years ago not understanding what i did. People have been raising money for a long time for charities and churches about 20 years, i went out and helped build the movement. When i did my pioneering work, they are doing a better job. Have you always been a conservative growing up in texas . I grew up in texas a set of and playing cops and robbers 11, 12 and 13 years old, im not shooting robbers, im shooting communist. I have no recollection of any conversation in my family but dedicated to fighting and opposing the i am Second Generation. First generation walmart and etc. One 100 Second Generation conservatives before we were conservatives of course we were anticommunist, positive movementr and those days in the 60s and 80s. What was that moment, burning bush moment when itn came to mailing list visiting the National Review office . I wasna fortunate, but two wk summer camp militar
1960s, early 60s, the pioneer political direct mail. People have been raising money for a long time and they have been raising money through the mail for charities, churches, et cetera you know what had combined the two, politics and the mail. I did that in the early 60s for about 20 years i had no competitors. I went out there and help build the conservative movement. I can make a case that without direct mail the there wouldo conservative movement worthyy of the name. When i did my pioneering work in the 60s, the left wasnt doing it. Now theyre doing a better job than the conservatives are trying what have you always been a conservative even when youre growing up in texas . Guest i grew up right in pasadena, texas, outside of houston. Kids in the neighborhood playing cops and robbers, 11, 12, 13 years old. Dont tell anybody, im not shootingng robbers, im shootin, is. I have no recollection of any political conversation in my family, my extended family but it just came to grow knowing
Always working for justice in our community here in oakland. Grew up here and has been in oakland all his life. Welcome, paul cobb. It is a pleasure to be here today. Tell us about your background. I was born in oakland. My parents come from oklahoma and mississippi, but i was born in oakland. I have attended schools in oakland, and i have had the opportunity to travel all over the country as a journalist and an activist and as a participant in the civil rights struggle and as an advocate for change. You told me earlier you had not taken a course in journalism but you are gifted in writing . I did not take any courses in journalism. I always got great grades in english and in writing and in composition. And i remember, as a youngster, i was a spelling bee champion. So ive always. Nobody could beat new scrabble, you in scrabble, right . Nobody could beat me in scrabble. When you realized you had that gift, what led you to working in the community . Well i always, my mother used to tell
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