This week on q a, Heritage Foundation distinguished fellow, lee edwards. He discusses his memoir just right a life in pursuit of liberty. Host lee edwards, your new book just right. What do want somebody to take away . Mr. Edwards i want them to realize that Barry Goldwater was far more than just somebody who voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. That he was, in fact, the most consequential loser in american politics. I want them to come away, hopefully, with an idea that Ronald Reagan was not amiable dunce. But actually an intellectual who is very comfortable with ideas. I would like them to come away with an appreciation of bill buckley. Sometimes we get caught up in his style, but he was also a very serious man who could have been the playboy of the western world, but chose, as a put it in the book, to be the st. Paul of the conservative movement. To evangelize on behalf of conservatives and throughout his life, some 60 years. Host you say in the book you are now designated as
Public service by americas Cable Television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. This week on q a, the Heritage Foundation distinguished fellow, lee edwards. That is followed by washington journal, live at 7 00 with your this week on q a, Heritage Foundation distinguished fellow, lee edwards. He discusses his memoir just right a life in pursuit of liberty. Host lee edwards, your new book just right. What do want somebody to take away . Mr. Edwards i want them to realize that Barry Goldwater was far more than just somebody who voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. That he was, in fact, the most consequential loser in american politics. I want them to come away, hopefully, with an idea that Ronald Reagan was not amiable dunce. But actually an intellectual who is very comfortable with ideas. I would like them to come away with an appreciation of bill buckley. Sometimes we get caught up in his style, but he was also a very serious man who could h
Maclean here this evening for this marvelous new book, democracy and change. I have made no secret of just how important i think this book is in my humble opinion. We are doing our best. Turn off the air conditioning there . [inaudible conversations] okay, okay. My little experience in electoral politics you might now is on the Durham City Council for eight years in a previous lifetime. [applause] it seemed to me then that one very important thing in politics is to understand your opponent and understand where they are coming from, what motivates them, what they are really trying to do. And as this book shows i think that our understanding of what is called sometimes the radical right, the libertarian right has been very limited and that there has been a philosophy and a strategy that goes back decades that is behind much of what we see in politics now. So i think there are a few things that can be more important for those of us who dont agree with that kind of politics than to read th
Warren Nutter would pass away in prison after serving 65 years making him the longest serving prisoner in Iowa at this time. It is actually very close to Francis Clifford Smith who actually survived his life sentence.
Warren Nutter would pass away in prison after serving 65 years making him the longest serving prisoner in Iowa at this time. It is actually very close to Francis Clifford Smith who actually survived his life sentence.