I love you, too. I sure do. Oh. I thought you were a she. Youre a he. Oh, pie goodness. When he was in california, anarchists laid down and threatened his personal safety. The president of the United States. I want to tell you if you elect me the president and i go to california, or i come to arkansas, and some of them lie down in front of my automobile, it will be the last time they want to lie down in front of it. Were joined here in the Governors Mansion, in front of the Governors Mansion, in montgomery, alabama, two miles south of downtown montgomery by dan carter. Biographer of George Wallace the politics of rage, his book. Dr. Carter, in your book, you describe George Wallace as the most influential loser of the 20th century. What do you mean by that . Well, certainly of the 20th century, and the period since world war ii, to the rise of conservatism, i cant think of anyone who was more influential, not so much in creating ideas but as showing that there was a tremendous amount o
As always was always amazing about these stories is white why to be white of you may now on the cusp ofn getting meaty a female president , why only now is the types of tide is slowly turning on the legalization of marriage . Its like it seems like we have these kind of moral insights but the gap between the site and the practical demonstration of that insight can be decades. I guess the task is to try to change that gap. It still amazes me. You know, if you look at the list of major northwestern dutch major countries in the world we are one of the few that has not had a female head of state. Its astonishing. Even countries that you wouldnt have thought would have beaten us to the punch. Sure. Youve already accomplished such an impressive body of work. I am impressive is one particular work that you are most proud of but also one that you might have instructed differently or to be updated. Are you asking me if i have regrets . [laughter] im not going to sing for you if thats what youre
Commission and most of the staff or lawyers. But the point is that lawyers need evidence in order to shake their thinking and reach conclusions and there were only two bullets that seemingly hit anyone in the car and so the trajectory was carefully measured in one way by the one commission and the select committee of the house adapted a much more creative way of figuring out the trajectory in 1978 and they also pinpointed the southeastern corner of the depository and this was a trajectory that was down. So we did the main collaboration with the secret service and the cia collaborating and you could see that positions of the bodies were such that a shot going downward had hit something in the car and it was a simpleminded question that we kept asking until finally the possible answer was a single bullet to the damage and we have experts in the u. S. Army who could conduct experiments, excuse the impact using the animal flesh, which directory it had on the president , what it would have
Topics list at of upper right side of the page. Heres a look at books published in 2008. The tenyear booktv on cspan2. The examination of president nixon. Nixon went was released that year, as well as ron paul and his manifesto, the revolution. The 12 term texas congressman was on booktv in 2008. What really is left, not very much. Its because we gradually have eroded the protection that we all had and what we thought was part of the revolution about. The Fourth Amendment was a big deal. I mean, the president can attest to this. You know, the principal was so important for the founders and those who rebelled against the king because they didnt want their papers and homes searched without a proper warrant and yet today that is irrelevant. So if you can do that because they sense of the people are frightened and that is when people are more likely to give up their livelihood, and that is exactly what they did individuals who want to do this anyway saw this as an opportunity. And its like
Years and continue watching us that booktv all weekend long with more nonfiction authors and books. Booktv continues now with malcolm gladwell. He talks about the power of underdogs and why they succeed as often as they do. This includes the longrunning conflict in ireland and other events in history. This is about one hour and 10 minutes. So i bought brought some of my friends in college here tonight. I would like to see malcolm gladwell. Thank you for being here. One individual said that guy with crazy hair. [laughter] well, that guy is known for a lot more than that. Despite having in the book, working with thinking without thinking, and the beauties of malcolms works is that he makes you think. His work uncovers truths that are hidden. And as a marketer and a philosophy major, things are that are strange, and things that are uncovered, it is something dear to my heart than another reason why i have malcolm here to speak about this. His Academic Research and critical analysis and fa