Interview program for guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. All after words programs are also available as podcasts. Host we are going to get into the blood of the book for the conversation but lets start with why for a moment. What motivated you to write this, who is the intended audience and what instrumental purpose do you wish red november to serve . Guest i became interested in the leftward drift of the Democratic Party because it seems to me to be quite radical not just for the Democratic Party but for the country. I had been a democrat in my College Years and shortly thereafter and i became more conservative over time before becoming a republican joining breitbart and so forth. But even then, i maintained an empathy for kind of utopian thinking as they left guide. Im not a utopian myself, but i do think that Many Democrats with whom i disagree on policy issues and ideological issues are coming from a very good place. They want to make the world
The facts are we have to fixette. There is an extra trest yell doing it to us i guess. Someone somewhere has to take responsibility for this. That was ross perot during the second of three president ial debates talking about one of his favorite issues the u. S. Debt. In that election, the texas businessman won 19 of the popular vote. He ran a second president ial campaign in 1996 and tonight he is our focus on the contenders. Gooned good night and thanks for being with us. Were doing this series as a way to look at American History through the lens of president ial candidates who failed in their quest for the white house but have an outside impact on American History. Ss perot is our final of 14 people that were proniling this series. Tonight joining us is Doug Brinkley. He is not politics as usual. He is less interested in money and politics than doing right for our country. I believe this comes out of his Naval Academy background. Looking for p. O. W. s and m. I. A. s during vietnam
U. S. Mexicocanada trade agreement. Wherever he goes, he speaks out clearly and forcefully on the issues, answers questions and explains exactly where he stands on domestic and Foreign Policy. Everywhere he goes, the people are responding with enthusiasm for this new and different kind of statesmen. Barry goldwater has been constantly on the go. It is a grueling schedule. And, whenever he can, he catches a quick nap, here with his nap daughter peggy. And with his wife, peggy. But soon, it is back to the campaign, where Barry Goldwater is calling for courage and integrity in meeting problems. He is calling for an end to do nothing policies. For progress based on the dynamic principles of the republic. He is calling for a rebirth of individual freedom. We put our reliance upon freedom, upon the Free Enterprise system. We reject, therefore, the ideas that the economic planners in washington, that a group of people sitting in washington can plan what the country is going to make, where it
Speakser he goes, he out on the issues. He answers exactly where he stands on domestic and foreign policy. Everywhere he goes, people are responding with enthusiasm for this new and different kind of statement. Barry goldwater has been constantly on the go. It is a grueling schedule. Whenever he can, he catches a quick nap, here with his nap peggy. And with his wife peggy. He is calling for courage and integrity and meeting problems. He is calling for an end to do nothing policies. He is calling for a rebirth of individual freedom. We base our reliance on freedom. We reject, therefore, the ideas of the economic planners in washington. A group of people sitting in washington can plan when the country is going to make, where it is going to be made, the quality of the product, the price of the product, the wages to be made, the profits to be made, etc. In simpler terms, this is called socialism. It has never worked in the history of the earth. It is not working today in countries where it
Talk. If you want to support the authors, click the green button down there to purchase the book but i will let you take the screen. Thanks. Welcome. Its my pleasure to moderate tonight book talk with my two friends jordan and chris. Its a book liberal and conservative and across the country. The question at the heart of this book, union, democrat, republican and search for Common Ground. Jordan is a businessman and coworker, conservative and former marine in california. Chris is democratic speech writer and journalist from berkeley, california. We met at law school and quickly became friends. I couldnt stop argue about politics and in 2016, got worse and worse so we decided to take a road trip and visit america. And we did it again and again and again. The union and how the friendship changed and learning what it means to be in america. Then the story about hope for a Better Future and a better united states. I for a warm welcome and i will give you a moment to say hello to the audien