History in which a dramatic transition took place at the absolute pinnacle of the governor of tennessee. Were going to begin by watching a four minute video that focuses on that moment that climaxed those hours. And then were going to try to recreate that moment in history with the three panelists, with lamar, senator, then soontobe our governor, with hal hardin who was a u. S. Attorney, and with keel hunt, the author whose book many of you already have gotten his autograph for that, so we are happy on behalf of the First Amendment center, im so happy to welcome you all here and to share what is truly unprecedented transition in government that took place all these years ago. I would like to begin by asking how many people, i know there are some people here, just regime, how many people were in the room the night that Lamar Alexander was sworn in as governor . Thats very interested in how many of you live in tennessee when this transition took place . So its a subject that is familiar
So were going to look to guys like jack to do it. Thank you all again for coming. It was great fun writing the book. I hope youll buy many copies [laughter] ill just tell you, i dont know if lannys here, but and elaine and others who have written books probably have gone through this, but theres this phenomenon, amazon. They keep rob, youre probably a bestseller. Bruce went up about a da zillion points when rahm got named chief of staff. But anyway, every hour they rate your books. [laughter] and youll go, if theres something, youre on its or something happens, youll go from 500,000th out of a million books to 30,000, and youll be up in the top 20 or 40 in political books. And you get addicted to that. So go out and buy it so [laughter] so i dont have to go on detox. Anyway, thank you all for coming. [applause] [inaudible conversations] is there a Nonfiction Author or book youd like to see featured on booktv . Send us an email at booktv cspan. Org or tweet us at twitter. Com booktv. Co
No way she was going to be trainedo be the Public Office holder that her father was and her sons would become. Having said that, i think her life is filled with paradoxes, and thats one of them. While she was not a feminist and did not begin as a suffragette, she pushed the boundaries as far as she could within her society and religion and pushed them as far as she could to become the vocal spokesperson for the Kennedy Family whenever possible, and she was trained to do that by her father. To shed go out on the campaign trail with him when she was a teenager. So she in some ways was pushing the envelope, as they say, but in others she was certainly not a feminist by any stretch of the imagination. Host you know, before we talk about her, the role she played in forming that incredible family, let me go back to something you said about wellesley. What do you think was important about her father not letting her go there . Guest right. Well, the story is that she had her heart set on going
One of the saddest moment of their life and regret it. She did not express much regret. Guest she did not. I point out the picture on the front of the book. I was a bit distracted by the goblet of water in the for front but its the perfect metaphor because its exactly half full with heart and that is how rose usually viewed life. She was the eternal optimist. That doesnt mean in private she didnt have sad moments but generally speaking she tried to keep this optimistic, upbeat attitude toward life, and in addition to not being able to go to wellesley, her father sent her away to a prussian convent. Not because she was going to be a nun but because she had fallen in love with joseph kennedy. And that is part of the reason honey fitz sent her abroad. The kennedyed and fitzgeralds were not always political allies in boston so honey fitz was not completely approving of joe kennedy. They were rivals. Guest indeed. So this was a problem for roses father, to see her fall in love with, and som
Kennedy family since i was a little tyke. When i was four years of my mother took me and my brothers to downtown louisville kentucky. We live in the suburbs. Completely drawn to this new candid on the scene in the president ial race. Senator john f. Kennedy. Because he was catholic. I really do. I have to think that was a major part of it. In addition to which he was about her age, so there was that new generation to which the torch was being passed. Ill was point out that while she loved history and politics, she was not that active in grassroots politics and did not like driving downtown on very busy streets. I know that it was the charisma and probably catholicism and his handsome works. A pretty good looking guy. A goodlooking guy. Think she was drawn to that. She got theyre extra early with me as a 4yearold and my two older brothers and tow and put us right in front of the podium so that we would be sure to see him. So, my gosh. Thats great. You did a lot of your research up at th