To stay off the stage. Armstrong couldnt do it. [band playing the saints go marching in] narrator in july of 1970, george wein staged a celebration at newport for armstrongs 70th birthday. Many of the musicians with whom he had played over the years had come back to be with him. Wein he was ill for a couple of years, and. And he was quite frail. The doctor didnt want him to play, but he allowed him to come to newport. Its this. Reenergizing when the opportunity for him to do what he wanted to do and to know that he was out there reaching people. And he put everything he had into that evening. Narrator wein wanted to save armstrongs strength, and suggested he simply walk onstage unannounced, rather than sing his theme song. Armstrong, weak as he was, wouldnt hear of it. Giddins it was very important for an entertainer to have a theme song, because only the really great ones had songs that instantly meant them. So Louis Armstrong had a sentimental southern tune sleepytime down south. He
Doctor preston for sponsoring mr. Greensburg appearance here today which is perfect and the timing as it we are in the midst of a contentious and sometimes entertaining, and always mesmerizing president ial season. David greenberg is an expert in such matters as a professor of history in journalism and media studies at wreckers and university. He speaks often on media and content politics which is a subject of his latest book, republic of spin. And inside history of the american presidency. In it, he recounts the rise of the white house machine from Teddy Roosevelt to barack obama. From the bullet pit to the well calibrated construction today publicist, poor stirrers, speechwriters sisters, speechwriters and salesmen who excel on social media. Please welcome David Greenberg [applause]. Thank you and i think you to all of you it is very encouraging to see such a good crowd this early on on a saturday morning. I want to thank in particular ted and linda moore, my host this weekend who ar
The church and for the festival by georgia power, bill and king at kelly and the estate of ralph. We are blessed once again to host such celebrated authors at United Methodist church which has been made possible by the generosity of bob and jean faircrop and substrate bank. Many of you have already watched on deck with eric larsen but we suspect today you are seeking your claims around chippewa squares as you choose among the dozens of renowned writers who have published outstanding books this year. We extend special thanks to our members and individual donors him make these events possible. If you would like to lend your support we welcome your donations and provided few bucks for books buckets. At the door. Please turn your cellphones off and there will be no flash photography. The question and answer portion of this morning we will ask you to line up down the central iowa, there will be a volunteer with the microphone end you will ask your questions at that point. After the presenta
Buckley. [applause] thank you very much. Thank you very much for being here. Im delighted to be in beautiful savannah. I have been asked to speak a little bit about myself, to say what role books have played in my life and how i first became interested in writing. I think the important thing to begin with is that i was born in 1937 and have, therefore, seen some pretty important changes in american life. I graduated from Radcliffe College in 1959 which means i had a harvard education. I wish id studied more and enjoyed myself less. [laughter] after college i had a terrific job as a reporter at life magazine, the job i loved even though i was paid less than a man doing the same work. Life is probably where i first thought about writing as a career. But part of being born in 1937 meant that most young women with College Degrees got interesting, if illpaying jobs, and then quit to get married. I gave up life because my first husband wished me to. I did not work again for 15 years. Ive bee
My question is simple. Looking back over the last 20 or 30 years, every time a group has come up to challenge the status quo and challenge the establishment, it appears to me that the establishment demonizes that group. Recently the Tea Party Even the republican establishment demonize the tea party and refer to them as racists and radicals, and they are the lower class, they are not educated. How do you see the similarity between what the establishment it to the tea party and now what they are doing to donald trump . Host before we let you go michael, tell tell us about your own political affiliation. Caller i wrote a very popular book and amazon called rules for conservatives. I am a conservative. As far as whom i am backing this particular race, originally it was rubio, and now i find myself more backing donald trump. Simply because he has been so badly demonized by the establishment i think it is time to kick out the establishment. Host thank you sir. Caller im thinking is drawn on