inexperienced leadership. but he was stubborn. he could be bullheaded, and instead he made his commitment to do all this traveling. it was a terrible mistake. nixon is exhausted. haggered, trailing in the polls. but then there is a ray of hope. the first-ever televised presidential debate. nixon was convinced that this was going to be the moment when he unmasked jack kennedy. the two parties agreed to four live debates. he was very confident about his ability to do well. he just didn t assume that the whole game would be decided at the first debate. (atlas) do humans know they are paying too much with verizon? (paul) no, they just don t know that sprint s unlimited plan
who in the carter house? you write only three or four people had copies of that book. how did a copy of that book get out of the white house? out of the carter white house. according to the sources we have, bob dunn or lori. bob was our trip director i know. i know. right. he was in with corbin. lucy was the daughter of the governor who ran with john anderson. they gave it to paul corbin who was a labor organizer but had been arrested many times. and the thing is interesting, chris, because it shows the enmity on the kennedy side. he had been a ted kennedy supporter and the kennedy people were so as opposed to us, he got that book, switched sides, handed it to. casey. and casey did it to baker. you write in the bok that president carter thought that the fact that they fill muched that book from his staff, gave it to reagan s debate prep people had an influence in who won the debate. obviously, we had high
he cared about cops and fireman and firefighters and waitresses, he said they re my people. look at the back of that book, they re the ones that cried and saluted him when he died. then at the same time, nobody was more connected through the black community like he was. i mean, they were saying, i don t have the republic for him. they learned it at church. and i started to meet guys you know some of these characters. paul corbin. and he loved him. and frank manning wits and i got to know wayne owens. the heart became with the police and the kids were terrible too, some of them. the cops were police riot, these people. horrible scene. giving up. tear gas.
and civil rights. so i thought this was interesting and the more i read jack newfield and something like that. he cared about cops and fireman and firefighters and waitresses, he said they re my people. look at the back of that book, they re the ones that cried and saluted him when he died. then at the same time, nobody was more connected through the black community like he was. i mean, they were saying, i don t have the republic for him. they learned it at church. and i started to meet guys you know some of these characters. paul corbin. and he loved him. and frank manning wits and i got to know wayne owens.
he called himself the corner drugstore compared to a chain. the kennedys were a chain, powerful, big. how do you do, ma am? and he was passing out palm cards on the streets. i m senator humphrey. this doesn t work too good either. it just didn t work. a desperate humphrey lunges for kennedy s achilles heel. jfk is a catholic and no catholic has ever been elected president. there was a very strong anti-catholic feeling. jfk s team fight back. it s bare-knuckle time as kennedy aide paul corbin comes out swinging. paul corbin was a political hack. he was also a dirty trickster. he would stop at nothing.