What good we do, inside the house of representatives. He is a familiar face around these parts having spent the early part of his career as one of the marquee writers. It is kind of like dean martin and jerry lewis. He is currently a contributing writer to the New York Times magazine and National Geographic and his previous books include a critically acclaimed biography of george bush and two novels. He is a native of houston and please join me in welcoming robert draper. Thank you. I thought we would start broad. Are we better off than we were two years ago . [laughter] do i really have to answer that question . [laughter] well, i think that the unit of management that the democrats would use is different from that that the republicans would use. As Speaker John Boehner has said. The fact that we have passed a Record Number of bills the swell of congress. The we are not increasing taxes and that is one way of looking at it. It has a record low popularity Approval Rating this is a cong
Welcome to this session of the texas book festival with h. W. Brandis. My name is steve hair again. I will be doing a q a with bill. 15 minutes after the session phil will be signing books in the book signing campus between the tenth and eleventh down the street. Please patronized the book signing tent in the bookstore, and pleas by the the book which wont be a problem. This is the book, the man who saved the union, Ulysses Grant and war and peace. If you by this book, proceeds will go to support texas libraries and literacy. It is a great book to read and to find a word because. H. W. Brands is the dixon Allan Anderson centennial prof. Of history in austin. His focus has been for many years on American History and politics and his biographies and histories include a number of tremendous books. This is the just the most recent. Also traitor to his class about Franklin Roosevelt, biography of Andrew Jackson called Andrew Jackson. The age of gold about the gold rush in the 1840s. The Fir
Wed like to hear from you. Tweet us your feedback, twitter. Com booktv. Now on booktv, from the 17th annual texas book festival many austin, texas, Robert Draper discusses his book titled do not ask what good we do inside the u. S. House of representatives. This is about 45 minutes. Good afternoon. Im evan smith, im the ceo andy editorinchief of the texas tribune. I am pleased to be here with myt old buddy, Robert Draper, av veteran magazine writer and author whose latest book is doy not ask what good we do. Robert is a familiar face around these parts having spent thei meaty, early part of his career as one of texas monthlysil marquee writers, in fact, us being up here together again ise kind of like dean martin and jerry lewis back on stage. Rkey [laughter] eing a bit together again is kind of like dean martin and jerry lewis back on stage. He is currently a contributing writer to the New York Times magazine and National Geographic and a correspondent for gq. His previous books inclu
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