When swanson, the secretary, found the dummy account she was floored. This is rita, after all. She immediately brought it to the attention of the mayor, who wasted no time in calling the fbi. Six months later they were ready and one morning in april 2012 rita called into the Mayors Office where the fbi was waiting for her. Rita confessed. After all she was caught redhanded. There was nothing much she could do. And fully cooperated with the fbi. This is not the mayor was so upset by now when asked what his thoughts were on the episode was he said, turned out Rita Cromwell didnt give a shit about this town. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. Mike jacobs, its a pleasure to get a chance to talk to you here at the carter center. I am also welcome the audience thats come out tonight to listen to our conversation. Mike jacobs is the author of panic at the pump the Energy Crisis and the transformation of american politicness the 1970s. Mike is a teaches history and Pu
Many of these authors will be appearing or have appeared on booktv. You can watch them at booktv. Org. Meg jacobs, its really a pleasure to get a chance to talk to you here at the carter center. I and also welcome the audience thats come out tonight to listen to our conversation. Meg jacobs is the author of panic at the pump the Energy Crisis and the transformation of american politics in the 1970s. Meg is a, teaches history and Public Affairs at princeton. Youve written, this is third or fourth book . Something like that. Something like that . You wrote a book i was interested in because were going to be talking about conservatives and liberals, but one of them is you were coauthor of conservatives in power the reagan years, 19811989. Okay, interesting. Okay. Were going to talk a bit about conservative politics and liberal politics for that matter too tonight. Let me, lets start with this, if we can. Okay. And you correct me. You have a thesis for this book, and ill let you describe c
Third or fourth book . Something like that. You wrote a book i was interested in because were going to be talking about conservatives and liberals. One of them is you were the coauthor of conservatives in power, the reagan years, 1981 to 1989. Interesting. Were going to talk a bit about conservative politics and liberal politics for that matter. Lets start with this, if we can. Okay. You correct me. You have a thesis for this book, and ill let you describe it obviously, but essentially what you argue in this book is that the two Energy Crises of the 70s, 73, 79, essentially were part of and major factor in the transformation of american politics and, among other things, made americans realize that perhaps government could not take care of them the way we had assumed for a long time, and thus paving the way for a conservative revolution. Fair enough . Fair enough. Very good job. Thank you. Thank you for having me here. That is what i discovered in writing this, and its really it became
Meg jacobs, its a pleasure to talk with you. I welcome the audience thats come out tonight to listen to the conversation. The author of panic at the pump the Energy Crisis and the transformation of american politics in the 1970s. Meg teaches affairs at princet princeton. Youve written this a is your third or fourth book . Something like that. You wrote a book i was interested in because we will be talking about conservatives and liberals but one is you were the conservatives in power 1981 to 1989. Okay, interesting we are going to talk about conservative politics and liberal politics for that matter tonight. Lets start with this if we can. You have a thesis for this book, and i will let you describe it obviously, but essentially what you argue in this book is that the two Energy Crises of the 70s, 73, 79 essentially were part of a major factor of the transformation in american politics, and among other things, made americans realize that perhaps the government could take care of them t
Meg jacobs, its a pleasure to talk with you. I welcome the audience thats come out tonight to listen to the conversation. The author of panic at the pump the Energy Crisis and the transformation of american politics in the 1970s. Meg teaches affairs at princet princeton. Youve written this a is your third or fourth book . Something like that. You wrote a book i was interested in because we will be talking about conservatives and liberals but one is you were the conservatives in power 1981 to 1989. Okay, interesting we are going to talk about conservative politics and liberal politics for that matter tonight. Lets start with this if we can. You have a thesis for this book, and i will let you describe it obviously, but essentially what you argue in this book is that the two Energy Crises of the 70s, 73, 79 essentially were part of a major factor of the transformation in american politics, and among other things, made americans realize that perhaps the government could take care of them t