we celebrate the declaration of independence. americans eat. it s scary. abraham lincoln warned about it. america was the last best hope of earth. it is scary, but it s part of democracy. we had social media platforms that people can make their voices heard and maybe we are at the wayne that. you look at history, maybe nothing new. doug wead, thank you for joining us. mark twain, elizabeth said, history doesn t repeat accurately, but it rhymes. liz: that is true. thank you so much for joining us. we have much more ahead on the special edition of america s news hq pair were broadcast live the marine corps memorial here in arlington. stay with us. nasty nighttime heartburn?
one of the fun things was having my fictional characters interact with the real characters. joe s presence loomed large back then and there are low sons for us today about joe mccarthy. you go pack and read about the era. they say history doesn t repeat itself, but it rhymes. there s a lot of rhyming. a lot of smearing. a lot of lying, a lot of indecency and not a lot ott people in washington to do up against it! worse then or not? the lying. the lying was, that s a tough one. because there s a lot of lying today. joe mccarthy was a pretty big liar and smear ed a lot of people. ruined a lot f poem s lives. there were communists trying to inp filtrate the government, but hoover was finding they will. mckcarthy wasn t. there are a lot of lies and smears going on now. i think we have a repetition of a problem. not enough people whon better
mccarthy era. it s easy to make comparisons, you know, from then to now. you actually started this before this administration was even kind of a glimmer in anyone s eye, right? yeah, i just thought it was such an interesting era on the veneer, it s romantic, seems pleasant. the eisenhower years. you just scratch a little bit beneath the surface, there are literally communists infiltrating the government, the rise of mccarthyism, the atomic race, the country still segregated, it s still a very sexist society. so it looks pleasant, but it s really, there s this undertone of menace throughout the 1950s. all of that was cooking long before donald trump came down that escalator, but then once he became this candidate and, you know, they say history doesn t repeat itself, but it rhymes. there s a lot of rhyming when you read about presidethe 1950s look at. th trump president trump and 2018. explain what the book is about, a, it s fiction which i m so impressed you were able
kind of a glimmer in anyone s eye, right? yeah, i just thought it was such an interesting era on the veneer, it s romantic, seems pleasant. the eisenhower years. you just scratch a little bit beneath the surface, there are literally communists infiltrating the government, the rise of mccarthyism, the atomic race, the country still segregated, it s still a very sexist society. so it looks pleasant, but it s really, there s this undertone of menace throughout the 1950s. all of that was cooking long before donald trump came down that escalator, but then once he became this candidate and, you know, they say history doesn t repeat itself, but it rhymes. there s a lot of rhyming when you read about the 1950s and look at president trump and 2018. explain what the book is about, a, it s fiction which i m so impressed you were able to write, you bring amazing nonfiction books but i can t wrap my mind around the concept of trying to write a fiction book. it s about a young world war
welcome back. washington, d.c., home to conspiracy theories, secret socie societies, political shakedowns. my book hellfire club. it s a novel that takes place in the macarthur is a central character in the book and senator linden johnson, the kennedys, roy cohn. they said history doesn t repeat itself, but it rhymes. themes that repeat themselves today. whether about the washington swamp or a politician smearing his opponents. but mostly, i hope the book is fun.