Canonized her, she was my wife. It is quite remarkable, despite the fact that she has not had a particularly positive people remember her as being dignified, they remember her as one devoted to her family. They remember her as one who might not have worn designer gowns, but she was blessed with Natural Beauty so she didnt need them, she was criticize. She shouldve considered why didnt she make speeches . That shows she didnt have a mind of her own. But she is smart. She knows you cant have to voices out of the white house. She had her ideas and she express them privately. Critics among the leaders of the past, they wouldnt understand, they wouldnt appreciate it all, she was self assured, selfconfident, she didnt have such a big ego that she had to go out and prove that she had her own right, to her what was important was the career of her husband. We hear a lot of criticism about the president , the former president that much have went, in an friendly media. Thats not surprising, thats
I say dont come out too often. This is unusual for me. I do want to thank all of you for your friendship and your loyal support and for planning this wonderful evening for me. I shall remember it always and thanks to the young people for this great pat nixon, first republican first lady to address a national convention, miami, 1972. She went interest a hard background to the white house. She traveled more widely than anybody before her, made volunteerism her issue and was chief supporter and behind the scenes political adviser to her husband president Richard Nixon. Good evening and welcome to cspan series first ladies influence and image. Tonight well tell you the story of pat nixon. Though her time in the white house was really eclipsed by her husbands resignation from office in the wake of watergate, so were going to tell more about her record and learn more about her life before the white house, what she did while she was there, and her legacy. Here are our two guests to tell her s
So this is quite unusual for me but i did want to thank all of you for your friendship and your loyal support and for this wonderful evening for me. I shall remember it always. And thanks to the young people for this great welcome. Pat nixon, the first republican first lady to address a national convention, miami, 1972. She went from a hardscrabble background to the white house. As first lady, she traveled more widely than any before her, made volunteerisms her issue, and was a chief supporter and behindthescenes political adviser to her husband, president Richard Nixon. Good evening, and welcome to cspans series first ladies influence and image. Tonight, well tell you the story of pat nixon, although her time in the white house was really eclipsed by her husbands resignation from office in the wake of watergate. So were going to tell more about her record and learn more about her life before the white house, what she did while she was there, and her legacy. Here are our two guests to
Hello from our studios in new york city where you know weve made lots of adjustments to to get this done so so so tell me as you sit there and i sit here. And you know were seeing how this is affecting the media in so many ways and i guess it 1st started most notably with the c pack in the notification to some journalists that someone had tested positive and jeffrey lord who weve had on the show self quarantine blah blah blah but now its like you know social distancing on all the new shows its commonplace. Yeah everybodys on skype nets or some similar resume or whatever it is whatever were im going to get so i mean. You know what even shes each other anymore i mean i just talk to people on the phone or a its a huge zuma or Something Like that i see my wife occasionally going to her office and theres a. Book mostly mostly we text each other so. Who knows you know if you do species or were going to evolve into something very weird. Well let me ask you this. Yeah ill let me have a little
Landscape out there it affects the media just as it affects every one of you sitting out there and watching the media or in this case the show so were going to do it an indepth interview with a single guest and i think youre going to find him to be extremely interesting and and his his opinions are going to are going to really resonate with you i think hes roger l. Simon he is the epic time senior Political Columnist hes also a prize winning novel thats an Academy Award nominated screenwriter and his latest book is the goat as in greatest of all time and you can follow on twitter at roger l. Simon hello my friend roger. Well hello from our studios in new york city where you know weve made lots of adjustments to to get this done so so so tell me as you sit there and i sit here. And you know were seeing how this is affecting the media in so many ways and i guess that 1st started most notably with the sea pack in the day notification to some journalists that someone had tested positive an