Stay. What you have to member joe biden have been forced out of the race in september 87 by a series of revelations, none of which individually were an almost laughable when you look back at them. But, by the time they were digested to the great long snake of the press corps seems to constitute an elephant of a character flaw. So biden had dropped out. He really did not come out speaking again until the turn of the year, 1988. It was february the first time that he had been out talking on the College Campus pretty went to the university of rochester as a matter fact periods see when did you go there . Guest no i was not there i was in New Hampshire with all of the good members of the pack. And joe gave his speech at the university of rochester. I then was questioned for several hours. When he got back to his motel room all the sudden bang, he got hit by a brick in the head. He was dizzy, he was nauseated he could barely see. He didnt know what was happening but it couldve been a heart
Welcome to francie and fitch book shop. We have a lot of helpers. I want to point out if you havent noticed, weve got cspan in the room, tony came in from iowa, taking a little break from the iowa campaigning. So youre going to be on cspan. Ill find out when, im not sure when, but ill be finding out so you can spread the word and let people know. Mary anne andre is here, awardwinning producer of documentaries, among them under the milky way. It was absolutely beautiful. And were kind of in a little fish bowl today, right . [laughter] which is great. I also want to recognize stephanie, shes going to be helping with the book signing afterwards. Well kind of try and streamline that process a little bit. How the agendas going to go is im going to youre going to get some introductions of some great people that are going to talk to you about this book, therell be a q a, and afterwards youll be able to meet the author and have your books autographed. And at that point, theres a lot of people
Bradford king, he ha he has sero the house energy and s president clintons healthcare reform. Joining him will be the Vice President of the executive director of it this program on philanthropy and social innovation. She is the founder of the global philanthropy and served on the Clinton Administration to the president and senior director of the National Security council. Without further ado please welcome them both. [applause] thank you so much. What we will do is start with the conversation between us and then well go to the audience to ask questions directly into the process you know the appetite for reading the book. I spent the weekend reading it and it is very terrific. Let me start where you start in the book which is to describe the various shaking forces that help shape her culture and politics in the way in which the moment we are in today, the political moment, the social moment, the cultural moment were in today. You start by arguing that throughout our history there has be
Off with two separate countries. Its not what i want, actually i feel a little bit like the skunk in ofthe garden party, all these people have been talking about great president s and hearing them talk you out of breakup. Ultimately im not arguing for secession its just the opposite im saying its a real threat and we should think about that. Maybe turn down the volume a little bit. A passage from your book we are less united today than we been anytime since the civil war divided by politics, religion, and culture in all the ways that matters for the naked force of the law we are already divided in the two nations just as much as 1861, describe what those two nations look like and where they are. Every morning the Washington Post arrives at my doorstep and seems to me like a fresh argument for secession. It just drips with contempt on the other side, its a lot of that. I think whats missing is a tolerance and understanding of people with very different points of view when you dont have
Marianne andre is here taking photos for jane. Among them some of the milky way i dont know if you saw that it was absolutely beautiful. There are some other photographers. So we ar are kinder than a litte fishbowl today. This is great. I also want to recognize stephanie. Shes going to be helping with the book signing afterwards. We will try to kind of streamlined process a little bit. How the agenda is going to go, you are going to get introductions of people that will talk about the book. There will be a qanda and then afterwards, you will be able to meet the author and have your books autographed. And at that point, there are a lot of people here dont quite know what you were waiting i would invite you to explore the shop, there are great books, we have some treats in the shop. Jane brought amazing cookies you have to see before they get gobbled up. Restroom is down the hall to the right if anyone needs it, and book sales will be at the counter with pat. But i also have a credit car