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
Whirlwind Campaign Around the nation, making a plea for world peace and striking at communist elements in government. Gop leader draws big audiences. The next step is portland, oregon with mrs. Dewey by his side. He makes another stirring bid he has at least one ardent supporter. Those are some of the regions finest specimens. We will know soon. In november is just around the corner. President truman continues his swing around the circuit. The chief executive get a president. He writes to the home of his own his old friend cactus aand its a war record warm welcome on route to. He visits the alamo. The historic shrine of texas independence. In austin, a big crowd to greet the president as he continues his campaign for the lone star states 23 electoral votes. On his tour, the president spoke and visited with sam rayburn, former soup former speaker of the house. In fort worth, to try to bring the southern vote back into line. Dewey defeats truman, the famous headline from the 1948 preside
Divide. A virtual author event hosted by the bookstore in new york city. Welcome tonight, i saw comments, thank you so much. We work on this, we are very happy to have her tonight. Id like to share a little bit about the history. Its founded in 1927. Union squares active place, gradually going to 40 bookstores. So surrender. Now run by the owner, nancy, i want to thank all of you for your support. An update in the store two weeks on this. Tonight we are excited to have with us julian, celebrating release of the book, burning down the house. Julian is a stephenson 1941 professor of history and Public Affairs university and a political analyst. His most recent book, the history of the United States since 1974, coauthored by our moderator. The best book in congress. Awarded the New York Historical society, the Guggenheim Foundation in america. They will be joined by crews. A political, social and urban suburban history of the 20th century america. Focused on conflicts over race, religion,
To fulfill the mission of making the Reagan Library a dynamic intellect one intellectual forum our programming offers lectures with perspectives on important Public Policy issues of the day we bring between 20 and 30 events each year business and military leaders and media since the closure across the country the Reagan Foundation now host bends on line to make sure we are delivering worldclass content even if you cannot get to the hilltop to watch in person. This week we bring you Chris Wallace anchor of Fox News Sunday marking his 50th year in the broadcasting industry he has participated in coverage of nearly every Major Political event and secured high profile interviews the dignitaries and us leaders. The past three years he has broadcast the sunday morning show live from the Reagan National defense form is held each year he is with us today to speak of his new book countdown 1945 the extraordinary story of the atomic bomb in the 116 days that change the world which is an unforget
Parties asked him to run for president. General eisenhower was not aligned with any party at the time and declined, but a few are years later, he decided to accept the republican president ial nomination in chicago. Hebut four years later, decided to accept the republican president ial nomination in chicago. The next president of the United States. General eisenhower mr. Chairman, my fellow republicans [applause] may i first thank you on behalf of mrs. Eisenhower and myself for the warmth of your welcome . For us both, this is our first entry into a political convention, and it is a most heartwarming one. Thank you very much. [applause] and and before i proceed with the thoughts that i should like to address briefly to you, may i have the temerity to congratulate this convention on the selection of their nominee for vicepresident . [cheers and applause] a man who has shown statesmanlike qualities in many ways, but has a special talent, an ability to ferret out any kind of subversive in