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books is doing on the president. i said i don t have time. he said i want you to do one thing. he said alan evans has done a paperback that excerpts his diary, his presidential direry. take the diary. take the weekend and read it. i read the excerpts from the diary and i couldn t say know no. i was fascinated. did you know much about him? i knew he was a tennesseeian. i m a tennessean. i knew his grave shined the capitol. there is no marker in nashville except a plaque on the side of a dirty motel wall. his old home place in columbia is preserved and i ve been there many times and been there since. i knew virtually nothing about him and almost nothing that was good. his reputation as a result of what was done to him during his presidency over the mexican-american war left him a bad reputation. a reputation as a warmonger and the attacks on him in congress in the latter days of his administration reminded me a great deal of the attacks on lyndon johnson at the end ....
that does seem particularly appropriate because she will be discussing her new book capital dames: the civil war and the women of washington, 1848-1868 . cokie roberts is best known as one of our nation s most respected broadcast journalist. her broadcasts on in the our offer critical insight into the world s politics, government and washington, and as is the case with every campaign season she will be one of the most important voices we all listen to in the months ahead as the 2016 presidential race unfold and i know how busy you will be trying to cover by that time i was going to say the candidates that keeps growing forever. i do want to mention in the r and nbc are her day job. you know the cokie roberts grew up in a political family she has seen political life from the inside and out and understand where political dynamics fitting to american history and for that reason it is not surprising that along with her commentaries on contemporary politics she s a ....
celebrate one of them today. this inauguration is a reminder of our common story as americans, and on this most uniquely american of occasions, i ask you to stand and join me in raising a glass. mr. president, may you find every success in the years ahead. may you unite our country behind a common vision and renew the promise that makes our country so great. hear, hear. . . thank you very much, mitch, and paul and our great vice president. i don t think anybody wants to so we ll cut it short. but we have so many of our cabinet members here. i see my generals that are going to keep us so safe. they re going to have a lot of problems, the other side. they re going to look at a couple of them. if i m doing a movie, i pick you, general. general mattis is doing really well. even chuck likes general mattis and general kelly. we had a very interesting talk. kiddingly, he thinks we re doing great at the cabinet level, but we re going to do just fine. we re going to do just fi ....
prof. balcerski: welcome everybody. it is me, your professor. i m excited to offer an election on the political culture of the antebellum congress. the outline, we start with a review of the party system. i will introduce a concept to you of nautical culture and compare that to something we have encountered before, political parties. the bulk of the lecture is going onbe presenting new evidence the antebellum political culture. i have three major areas as evidence to talk about today. tobacco culture, political honorships and a fares of affairs of honor. like we often do in the class b are going to start with the image on the screen. i m going to ask you to tell me what you see. this is lady washington s reception from 1861. take it in. who can point out something you see right away that strikes you? lady washington is on a platform. prof. balcerski: how high do you think she is? off the ground? like a foot. prof. balcerski: that s a good piece there. what else? ....
will they sale as on that? do they have no responsibility for what they then will take from broadcasters? watch the communicators monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. he describes how members of congress in the early 1800s bonded across party lines. for tobacco use, social clubs, and living together in boarding houses. however, leading up to the civil war, the friendships and alliances disintegrated, revealing the sectional divisions and national politics at the time. his class is one hour. prof. balcerski: welcome everybody. it is me, your professor. i m excited to offer an election on the political culture of the antebellum congress. the outline, we start with a review of the party system. i will introduce a concept to you of nautical culture and compare that to something we have encountered before, political parties. the bulk of the lecture is going to be presenting new evidence on the antebellum political culture. i have three major areas as evidence to talk ....