Matter every thing is a yes and all of a sudden im powerless. Ive always said that the best thing i could ever do if i manage to win is to leave the job much more powerless than when i came in. Im supposed to be a representative of government, thats the idea. [applause]. As mentioned we do have a few copies of our authors book here with us today, life inside the bubble and of course its available readily on amazon. Com and at bookstores in the area. We appreciate your kind attendance today. Im sure he will be glad to continue the conversation after we adjourn, which we do now. Thank you. [applause]. You can also share anything you see on book tv. Org easily by clicking share on the upper left side of the page and selecting the format. Book tv streams live online for 48 hours every weekend with top nonfiction books and authors. Book tv. Org. As i said, from afar. This is the first time weve met perhaps. Im very, very happy to be here. We have a distinguished group of panelists. The serp
And they didnt belittle intelligence. They did not belittle learning. The actually aspired to it and hoped others would as well. They did not appeal to americas fears. They brought forward american bravery. And they would never they never would have abandoned the war on poverty to declare a war on women, a war on workers, a war on immigrants, a war on the sick and hungry children. [applause] now i know, i know that people like Mitch Mcconnell and kelly ayotte [booing] i know they have been trying to distance themselves from the tea party ever since they nearly drove our country into default. But the truth is, sadly, there is very little difference today between the tea party and so called mainstream republicans. Just ask carol sheaporter. Just ask annie kuster. They see it every day in the now sadly unrepresentative house of representatives [applause] yes, there is very little daylight between the tea party and the republican party. Think about it. Both would have millionaires do less.
Eastern. Gloria steinem will speak at the National Press club. She helped found the womens action alliance. Watch her remarks at 1 00 eastern on cspan3. Mrs. Johnson as first lady loved to show off her home. The guests would often formally gather here in the done. In the den. Various heads of state came to visit. We have various things, one of the things she wanted to highlight was the native here. An heritage we have a collection of arrowheads. She had an eye for copper and collected items and had gifts from friends. Mrs. Johnson gave a tour of the house in 1968. She featured the china from mexico picture here. She spent a lot of time at the provided a respite from the turmoil in washington, particularly later in the presidency. The johnsons could come home and make that connection back to the land and this place that they valued so much. Bird johnson, tonight at 9 00 eastern on cspan and c span3, also on cspan radio and cspan. Org. Wisconsin congressman paul ryan was in altoona, iowa
Fundraiser. We will be showing it again at about five minutes past midnight eastern time. Well have more road to the white house coverage denied. This next event is with congressman paul ryan earlier today in iowa. He was the keynote speaker at a Birthday Party fundraiser. Chair ofan ryan is the the House Budget Committee and republican Vice President nominee last year. Like governor omalley, he is considered as a hospital residential contender in 2016. Sweet us and let us know about these two speeches using the cspanchat. We want to think who you think will be in the 2016 race. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013]. Gov so much thank you so much. Thanks, jim, appreciated. Thank you. Hey, everybody. It is nice to be back to see each and every one of you. This is our first time back since the campaign and jan and i , we say kim wisconsin through the nose. It has been a year. Lot has happened. Come, see oldto frie
All sorts of areas we talked about tonight but may not have been the one that people thought about at the time she served. Transformational first lady. She set the stage for those to follow . How so . Her generation was abridged between traditional wives and mothers and the post womens liberation of the modern era. Would say thats exactly how she was as first lady. And afterwards, much more modern, much more full partners with their husbands and picking a particular policy to work on. Michael beschloss, book of the Jackie Kennedy tapes is widely available or you can get the book and listening to her in her own voice. Wonderful. Jaclyn kennedys first lady of the new frontier. Thank you for being at the table. Thank you for the series. Its been splendid. Its been a joy for us to learn along the way. Have a good evening, thank you for being with us. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] monday on first ladies, lady