But the pool is still there but should go down. Anybody here ever been to the white house . You going to the Briefing Room and go down the steps which a secret flight of stairs and the pool is still there filled with television and computer equipment and everything with green tile on the wall still there but on one wall there is a piece of plywood that is there and what is cool about that, you get a pen or a sharpie and you can write your name on the wall in the pool so that was turned into the Briefing Room by Richard Nixon ironically since he disliked the press more than any other but the fact that we can go and scribble our name on the wall i would like to thank Richard Nixon, unwittingly, for spotting a whole generation of graffiti artists, including me. That is a story for another day how that became the Briefing Room. Let me state the obvious and get it out of the way. Franklin roosevelt except for abraham lincoln, fdr face down more challenges during his 12 years in office than
Book, and history programs. Stay up toate on all the election coverage. Cspans radio app means you always have cspan on the go. Up next on history bookshelf, David Pietrusza discussed his book 1948, Harry Trumans improbable victory and the year that transformed america scliebing the Political Climate surrounding the election and the main players in the campaign. This was recorded at the Clifton Park Halfmoon Library in clifton, new york. Its about an hour, 10 minutes. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the clifton parkhalfmoon public library. Were very pleased to have David Pietrusza here to talk about his new book 1948 the year that transformed america. David is the author of a number of books. Hes been here in the past to talk about his book about arnold rothstein, 1960, lbj versus jfk versus nixon. The homespun wit and wisdom of calvin coolidge, and ted williams, my life in pictures. Hes also written and produced a documentary, local heroes, baseball in Capital District dimes. Revie
Disunited and unsuccessful at home be any better abroad . Can an administration which is filled with quarrelling and backbiting where we can see it be any better abroad where we cannot see it . These things we pledge to you, an administration in which you will not have to support three men to do one mans job. [ cheers applause ] an administration which will route out waste and bring order out of present chaos. An administration which will give the people of this country value received for the taxes they all pay. And so dewy on the campaign trail in late 1944. Ultimately we know the outcome of this, and that is this is going to be another roosevelt victory. Let me say this before we head out. There are really three reasons for this change in tone. You can go back and look at it in more detail later. No real specific thing you need to be aware of as far as numbers here. You see a number of them on the screen. One of the things that made this so intense in the end is there was a perceived
Welcome to the clifton parkhalfmoon public library. We are very pleased to have David Pietrusza with us this morning to talk about his latest book, 1948 Harry Trumans improbable victory and the year that transformed america. David is the author of a number of books. Hes been here to talk in the past about his book about arnold rothstein, about the book of 1920, the year of six president s, 1960, lbj versus jfk versus nixon, silent pals almanac, virginias Calvin Coolidge and ted williams my life in pictures. Hes also written and produced a documentary local heroes baseball in Capital District diamonds. Reviews for his harry truman book talk about how lively it is, illuminating portraits of four candidates and the evenhanded appraisal of truman is especially compelling. The journey that he takes to get us to election day is one that he has definitively become the best at leading. In the past, his work has been compared to theodore whites classic the making of the president s series. Afte
This was recorded in clifton park, new york. It is about an hour and 10 minutes. Good morning everyone. Welcome to the clifton park has halfmoon public library. We are very pleased to have David Pietrusza to talk about his latest book 1948 Harry Trumans improbable victory and the year that transformed america. David is the author of a number of books and he is here to talk about his book about 1920 the year of six president s, 1960 lbj versus jfk versus nixon, and ted williams my life of pictures. He has also written and produced a wma hq documentary local heroes, baseball and Capital District diamonds. Reviewed for his hairy german book talk about how likely it is, eliminating portraits of portrait support candidates and the evenhanded appraisal of truman is especially compelling. The journey he takes is to election day is one he is definitively lead in his past his work has been compared to theodore whites classic them a king of the president series. After three stayed home runs by t