pre-civil rights days were great. people walk into biting dogs. to try to fight it. there was a whole movement. right. i mean, this is the kind of thing. i grew up in south carolina and strom thurmon would say this. you do hear this from some older southerners. praising strom thurman saying if you had won, things wouldn t have been so bad. so that s part of that sort of southern older society. i do think within the republican party, there had been moments sort of built into the system where politicians could sort of give the wink and the nod to these sorts of things when republicans would go to south carolina. they would weigh in on terms of how they felt about the confederate flag. they would go to the university for instance. your dad, ron reagan, he goes to philadelphia and mississippi praising state s rights. there are always those sorts of things. but now that doesn t really exist. here is this opportunity in this very kind of big way for them to do the same sort of thing with t
give the wink and the nod to these sorts of things when republicans would go to south carolina. they would weigh in on terms of how they felt about the confederate flag. your dad, he goes to philadelphia praising rights. but now that doesn t really exist. here is this opportunity in this very kind of big way for them to do the same sort of thing with these pop culture figures. i want to get more political here. the far right s defense of robertson i want to talk about, has been built around the concept of freedom of speech and religion. this is sarah palin with sean hannity last night warning about the end of american civilization on this point. look at her. she s dressed in camouflage which happens to be the unofficial duck dynasty outfit. this is all about freedom, free speech. so many american families have spilled blood to guarantee his
darknesses. this is a biography written by b bob hillburn. why did you want to spend years work on a bio about johnny cash. i was with johnny cash at folsom prison. that was my big pitch to get a job. and the concert was i never thought of writing a book about him until after his death. i saw some books that came out and didn t think they told the full story about the artist and man. he s going to be remembered 50 years from now as one of those pop culture figures from america and i thought he deserved a serious biography. indeed. one of the things you write about in this book is his upbringing in poor and rural arkansas. how did that influence his music and political views? figuring out where his
show? he has not had his own like larry king but he fills in at times and i met him several times and he is a really agreeable man. i think he s fantastic for the job. might be interesting to see where he figures out the scenario where he s on both networks at once. finally, beavis and butthead coming back to mtv. the series on 1993 through 1997 famous for immortalizing slackers in a cartoonish sort of way. mtv confirmed that it s coming back and not become some flashy, updated, animated show. it is going to stay like that. they will introduce newer pop culture figures into the narrative so it seems updated. a lot of people are saying this is mtv finally getting back to their roots. the hills are gone. people have been momento how long the show, the network which was groundbreaking in so many