Think they had over 100,000. What we are seeing here on these three floors i fully expect they will exceed the target again but i think it is an exciting time for book lovers and people who enjoy reading. I am pleased to come full circ circle. You wrote the department of transportation, library ofenkine congress, chief operating officer how could you get to washington from alabama . . A Political Science major came to washington interns here in washington. Very fortunate to be working with a number of people in this town. She is the author of this book disrupt living your best life at every age and 50 is the new 50. Thank you for being on book tv. My pleasure. Thanks so much for being with us today. Ive been looking forward to this. Youve written a great book for political junkies. Right at the beginning you helped us set up a theme. Therethere is usually an echo m the past. Im wondering in the current president ial Campaign Season as you look back youve written about what do you think
Three main points i want to discuss. Three so whats . Our history is made by powerful and strongminded individuals. In the white house character is key. What we are going to find out is these elections and other related elections were influenced to a good degree by the character of the individuals we will discuss. Personalities shape history. Scandals have shaped history. We dont like to admit this. It is not a source of pride for our country. But major scandals have had a Significant Impact on the course of history. For whatever political scandals there are today, we have been there, done that. Whatever politicians are doing today, there is a long history. The most important factor in influencing the elections was scandal. Our democracy is a work in progress. Democracy is never static. The framers were brilliant, they were not infallible. We continue to evolve and devolve in terms of how we massage this experiment. Ok everyone . I want to start by talking about some context. The 1800
And donald trump says i alone can do it it is very much playing into that same fear about jackson. But if you go back to 1964 or 1968 and 64 stop gold water unit similar to the never trump unit equally as successful. In 1968 george walls will a Third Party Candidate is running an playing on same resent of donald trump is playing on, and testifies considered a joke at first. The way many people did donald trump. And so changed the race even though he didnt win. Changed conversation in the race in the way, obviously, that trump has. So these are three races that are just in this book. If i feel like we can find a lot, and its funny, obviously, trump is completely his own creator. Weve never had weve had businessmen but never a marketer which is really what trump is running president say. Never somebody who flew his own plane over a stadium before speaking to it his own new thing but there are after leals out there in history. Pated some say conman but same thing about those past candidat
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