Libertarians and conservatives how much they have in common and how effective it would be between them. Certainly in most of what i write theres a certain amount that is oriented to diminish human liberty. Cspan do i remember you saying when you ran for mayor of new york that as far as you are concerned they would throw the garbage out the window and let people pick it up rather than have the government do with that . Guest your memory is an exchange i had with James Baldwin in which he was defending the littering of the street on the grounds that it was a form of protest against the city and not paying close enough attention. I said look, it isnt very helpful to use that as a means of protesting. It was really rhetorical. Cspan if somebody buys the book what do they get . Guest while, they get the best i can give them in various modes. Over the past eight years, they covered the collapse of the soviet union, they covered the death of some very important people, plus a number of person
Betty ford spoke her mind. Prochoice and a supporter of the equal rights amendment, she and president gerald ford openly discussed her experience with Breast Cancer. For much of her familys public life, she struggled with drug and alcohol dependency, and confronting it defined her postwhite house years. Good evening and welcome to cspans series first ladies influence and image. Tonight well tell you the story of elizabeth ford, the wife of gerald ford. Here for the next 90 minutes to tell her story is Richard Norton smith, president ial historian. If youve been watching our series, you know him. Hes one of the academic advisers for the project. Hes launched a number of president ial libraries, among them the gerald r. Ford library in michigan. You developed a relationship with the fords. So, you bring that to the table as well. Sure, in interest of full disclosure, i try to be as objective as possible. But i was very fortunate to become friends with both of the fords. But we want to st
Silence. Why should my husbands job or yours prevent us from doing this and being first lady should prevent us from expecting our ideas. She and president gerald ford it discussed her experience with Breast Cancer, and so much of a public life struggled with jargon alcohol dependency and confronting it defined her First White House years. Good evening and working to cspan series, first ladies, influence an image. Well tell you about elizabeth of our president gerald floored, and here is Richard Norton smith. President ial historian and we have one of the academic advisers. We have talked about a number of president ial libraries. Among them the Gerald Ford Library in michigan. You developed a relationship with the fourth, so you bring that to the table. In folders closure, i try to be objective as possible, but i was very fortunate to become friends with the ford. I want to start the story where we left off, which is that night in august where they learned we will be in the white house
Ourselves . I do not believe that being first lady should prevent me from expressing my ideas. Betty ford spoke her mind, pro choice and a supporter of the equal rights amendment, she and president gerald ford openly discussed her experience with Breast Cancer, through much oher familys public life, she struggled with drug and alcohol dependency and confronting it defined her postwhite house years. Welcome to first ladies, influence and image. Tonight, well tell you the story of elizabeth ford, the wife of our 38th president , president gerald ford, and here for the nebs 90 minutes to tell her story is Richard Norton smith, president ial historian. If you have been watching our series, you know him. Hes an academic adviser for the whole project and hes launched a whole number of libraries, among them the gerald r. Ford. Along the way, you developed a relationship with the fords. In the interest of full disclosure, i try to be as objective as possible, but yeah, i was very fortunate to
The Pepperdine School of Public Policy hosted the event. [crowd conversations] ok. We are going to get started. Good evening. I am pete peterson, dean of the pepperdines graduate school of Public Policy. It is a pleasure to welcome you to our calabasas campus for tonights discussion with dr. Gene kopelson on the relationship of ike and reagan. Those of you who are reagan aficionados may not have known was influential in reagans political career and a relationship that influenced many of the views he became known and praised for throughout the 1980s. Some of you probably do know president reagan had a longstanding and deep relationship with Pepperdine University. President reagan, first as governor, but then as president , made over half a dozen trips to our malibu campus and also to Downtown Los Angeles and Beverly Hills for events in support of Pepperdine University. I know our speaker tonight is going to be talking about some of those in the beginning of his lecture this evening. One