Time lineup at 11 with author richard [inaudible] talking about president lincolns sense of humor. That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. [inaudible conversations] mark, how are you . [inaudible conversations] hello, everyone. Thank you so much for coming out this afternoon. My name is david childers, im art of the event staff here at politics and prose, and its our honor just behalf are of the staff and others, its our honor to welcome you here for this event for the author brad snyder and his new book, the house of truth a washington political salon and the foundations of american liberalism. I have a few housekeeping notes i want to cover right before we get started. If you will take this time to silence any cell phones or noisemaking devices so we dont have any unnecessary interruptions during the event. I will also mention that if youre a regular here, sometimes you know that we ask you to put up the chairs. Were going to have an event following this one, so after the events
[inaudible conversations] hello everyone. Thank you so much for coming out this afternoon. My name is davis shoulders. Im part of the event staff. Politics and prose, and its her honor just on behalf of the staff and the owners to welcome here for this event for brad snyder and his book house of truth a washington political salon and the foundations of american liberalism. A fe housekeeping notes i want to cover right before we get started. If you will take this time to silence any cell phones or noisemaking devices so we dont have any unnecessary interruptions during the event. I will also mention if you are a regular come sometimes you know we ask you to put up the chairs. We will have an event following this one so after the event is over you can just leave the chairs as they are. We are honored to have cspans booktv who comes out to many of our events, so this is being recorded. But as a part of that we would really like to have come up whenever you ask a question because it will b
I stand before you without a single pledge or promise or understanding of any kind except for the advancement of your cause and that of democracy. [applause] the republicans Wendell Willkie ran for president in 1940. Some images of him on the campaign trail. We are here with david willkie. I want you to introduce the audiences of some of the fervor. Your grandfather ran for president and try to defeat Franklin Delano roosevelt, who was seeking a third term. What an exciting time in the country. Here we are just entering into the great depression, the end of the hoover administration, eight years of the roosevelt administration. President roosevelt was right at the height of its power. That opened up a tie for a dark horse candidate. Keep in mind the state of the Republican Party. It was a party defeated by roosevelt in 1932. What were the republicans looking for and why was your grandfather the person they chose . And nobody else had run for a third term before, going back to the time
Is two hours. This is American History television. I stand before you without a single pledge or promise or understanding of any kind except for the advancement of your costs and that your cause and that of democracy. [applause] i expect the republicans Wendell Willkie ran for president in 1940. These are some damages some images of him on the campaign trail. We are here with david willkie. I want you to introduce the cabinet audiences of some of the fervor. Your grandfather ran for president and try to defeat Franklin Delano roosevelt, who was seeking a third term. He was always interested in politics, even from growing up in his hometown. He talked about it in his life, in his childhood with his parents, when they got to college it was always an integral part of its life. Its life. We are in russellville, indiana, one of the homes of Wendell Willkie. Russia wilhville, indiana, one of the homes of Wendell Willkie. Homes of Wendell Willkie. This is a wooden post card sent to the United
History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. Next on the presidency, a conversation about William Leuchtenburgs new book, the american president from Teddy Roosevelt to bill clinton. Douglas with historian brinkley about the president he has met and shares his insight on others like william taft, harry truman, and Calvin Coolidge. The New York Historical society hosted this 90 minute event. [applause] good morning, thank you for being here. One Public Service announcement. We will be taking questions. When that happens, we ask you to just ask one question, tried to keep it brief, but also tell us your name. We will try to get as many people through the microphones as we can. Two Staff Members will be on hand. We will be going back and forth and picking up people to ask questions. It is an absolute thrill for me to be here, because William Leuchtenburg is a hero of mine. I did my doctorate in u. S. President ial diplomatic history, and his books were a seminal reading when i was co