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
Host who is your candidate . Spee3 i would like to hear candidates and what they have to say. If people want to go hear them. I think it is wrong for people to massively try to keep people from going in and hearing them or who shout them down. If they dont agree, let them protest outside. But to infiltrate and cause it for the people who want to be involved, i i dont think it is a democracy in action. Host thank you maam. Guest most americans actually prefer independents and members of their own party. We found most americans would rather have a colleague at work who is an independent rather than a colleague who is a member of their party who agrees with them on politics. So americans are scared to even associate with members of their party because they fear the aggression and the conflict. I think thats a real concern among a lot of americans who in fact preferred independents over their own party. Host the next call is from sue from iowa. Caller okay, my question is, concerned it has
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