So this is a historic book talk it is the last one we will have at these offices some of you are aware the institute is moving to new digs so that next session will be there at january 22 i hope to see many of you at that time also to our guest watching live stream and especially our many guests watching this on cspan. We are delighted to have 25 students here Washington Latin High School and i was discussing this how appropriate is to have a group like this because with this absolutely Remarkable Book despite those fine biographies to give clear and explicit credit there is a concern the Younger Generation is increasingly unaware of what Franklin Roosevelt did for the nation and for the world. So what great president ial leadership is like. That the believe such leadership is possible. Our guest is very little introduction especially here in washington. And with the foreign policy. With a dozen biographies including kennedy, truman, johnson and nixon and reagan. You have probably read
1968 was the year where the real decisions between the party that we see now were first locked in cement and we saw as one of the more poignant scenes in this book what literally became the last liberal standing on a Republican Convention stage in 1968, and it was the moment when mayor john lindsay of new york was forced at least half against his will to second the nomination of spiro agnew to be president of the United States after lindsay himself wanted to get that nomination, he then had to second that nomination for agnew and that was the last time a National Republican of significance stood on a Republican Convention stage as a liberal and john lindsay eventually left the Republican Party not long after 1968 so we now have a world in which when people hear that you are a democrat or they hear that youre a republican, they think they know everything about you. Its not just a know whether youre a liberal or conservative, they think they know everything in 1968 had more drama and cha
Director of the john f. Kennedy president ial library and museum. On behalf of all of my library and foundation colleagues, i thank you for coming this evening, and id like to extend a warm welcome to those who are joining us online as well. I would also like to acknowledge the support of our underwriters for the Kennedy Library forums. The lead sponsor is, bank of america, the Lowell Institute and our media sponsors, the boston globe, xfinity and wbur. Richard aldous has kindly agreed to sign books after tonights forlumbar. Our bookstore has forum. Our bookstore has Copies Available for purchase. This year marks the centennial of john f. Can kennedys birth. As we honor his life and legacy during this centennial year, we cannot be more pleased to explore the life and work of arthur. Lettingier ger jr. In more detail tonight. I am delighted to introduce the participants in tonights program. We are so pleased to welcome richard aldous, author of the new biography schlesinger the imperial
Spying practices. There was a secret memo circulating. Freedom caucus members like mark meadows and jim jordan insist the American Public deserves to read that memo. Agencies and operatives overstep their bound when they continuinger in almost near secrecy without accountability. It has explode on social media and devin nunes is leading the charge. Which is laughable because he misled people about the phoney reforms that were supposedly in the legislation and put limit on the unconstitutional mass spying. The memo reportedly outline how fisa lawyers lied to a judge to obtain a warrant to fire what tap carter page. If the dossier was the basis for such a warrant that led to such a wiretap and that was predicated on both the lying witness and agents who committed seasons of omission on his pea half, then accountability is in order. Let us read the memo and let due process follow. Then let heads roll. Im kennedy. A republican congressman said the memo will shake our democracy to its very
Spying practices. There was a secret memo circulating. Freedom caucus members like mark meadows and jim jordan insist the American Public deserves to read that memo. Agencies and operatives overstep their bound when they continuinger in almost near secrecy without accountability. It has explode on social media and devin nunes is leading the charge. Which is laughable because he misled people about the phoney reforms that were supposedly in the legislation and put limit on the unconstitutional mass spying. The memo reportedly outline how fisa lawyers lied to a judge to obtain a warrant to fire what tap carter page. If the dossier was the basis for such a warrant that led to such a wiretap and that was predicated on both the lying witness and agents who committed seasons of omission on his pea half, then accountability is in order. Let us read the memo and let due process follow. Then let heads roll. Im kennedy. A republican congressman said the memo will shake our democracy to its very