Im the guy you had to put up with during the first panel. Fortunately, we have a new cast of people to add their voices to the wonderful voices you heard from the scholars who were on the first panel. Once again, weve got Miller Center people here. And the Miller Center, one of its main emphases, is the focus on studying the presidency in depth. Historical depth with objectivity. In other words, we are all in the business of doing stuff that an editorial cartoonist is not in the business of doing which is reacting to events on a daytoday basis. As pat oliphant did more than 10,000 times in his 60 plus years as a newspaper cartoonist. Where as we all strived to be as objective as we can, the job of the editorial cartoonists and pat oliphant, as well as anyone whos ever done it, to provide comment, to provide opinion, to provide something to provoke discussion rather than perhaps aspire to settle discussion. The panel today, this afternoon, which will cover the president s from george bu
Ourselves . I do not believe that being first lady should prevent me from expressing my ideas. Betty ford spoke her mind, pro choice and a supporter of the equal rights amendment, she and president gerald ford openly discussed her experience with Breast Cancer, through much oher familys public life, she struggled with drug and alcohol dependency and confronting it defined her postwhite house years. Welcome to first ladies, influence and image. Tonight, well tell you the story of elizabeth ford, the wife of our 38th president , president gerald ford, and here for the nebs 90 minutes to tell her story is Richard Norton smith, president ial historian. If you have been watching our series, you know him. Hes an academic adviser for the whole project and hes launched a whole number of libraries, among them the gerald r. Ford. Along the way, you developed a relationship with the fords. In the interest of full disclosure, i try to be as objective as possible, but yeah, i was very fortunate to
Let me start by introducing our guests, then we will talk a little bit were looking forward have summing you ask questions as well. The reason im very excited about this book but also about our guest is its a rare thing to be good at Public Service, to be a person of action. Its also a rare thing to be a scholar and to be excellent at the study of something. Both the bring that to the tabl table. Was someone who worked in many places in Public Service on congress to several departments with the department of labor. Also importantly at the white house which is what these books are about this book in several of his other books. Hes also got a published author is written in addition to this peace on the white house pieces about intellectuals in the white house as well as Emergency Preparedness at the white house and the use of social media by president s. So i hope you will take the time to listen, but also to think about buying this book. The fourth of july coming up we have president s
Firm sky Bridge Capital well have been a good to have you with us trump held his 1st Campaign Rally in tulsa what did you take away from that event well i mean i mean i want to be as balanced as possible larry thank you for having me on i would say the event was underwhelming from an attendance perspective but i think they got a lot of rich data and of all of that registration that went on but i think he know his personality reasonably well i think he was very disappointed on saturday night how much trouble is he in you have your fingertips on everything is he in big trouble. I do think hes in big trouble i think that the momentum is swinging very hard against him right now but this is a very good price fighter and so you know if its a boxing metaphor he has to be knocked out of the ring a knockdown a t. K. O. Youre not going to win this on a decision you have to send him right through the rope so one of the good things that happened to him the other night he did so poorly that it coul
Take away from that event well i mean i mean i want to be as balanced as possible larry thank you for having me on i would say the event was underwhelming from an attendance perspective but i think they got a lot of rich data and of all of that registration that went on but i think he know his personality reasonably well i think he was very disappointed on saturday night how much trouble is he in you have your fingertips on everything is he in big trouble. I do think hes in big trouble i think that the momentum is swinging very hard against him right now but this is a very good price fighter and so you know if its a boxing metaphor he has to be knocked out of the ring a knockdown a t. K. O. Youre not going to win this on a decision you have to send him right through the rope so one of the good things that happened to him the other night he did so poorly that it could create some complacency on the other side and so if they want to beat him theyve got to come at him 3 times harder now i