So it could be. One more. How is the Republican Party doing in major cities . If you look at houston real doing pretty well. The county judge in a believe there is a republican majority. Headed is fort worth and arlington. And el paso. And we had a very good year. Thank you very much. I appreciate you being here. [applause] ill be happy to sign books for anybody who would like one. Let me present you with the exclusive Young Americans for freedom of design. Take you so much for coming. [applause] hello everyone and i am the spokeswoman for the American Foundation in. Today youll receive a free copy of the book right here in there will be a book signing in the lobby. [inaudible] we will share eric christmas. We will wish you a merry christmas. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [applause] thinks to all the people here at north shier books. Just a few miles from the saratoga battlefield on october 7th with the most important and consequential battles in world history. Band of giants is
Instead of to be living in this kind of hermeticallysealed distaupe ya which will be by 2020 surrounded by walls on all sides in which an adviser to netanyahu has proposed seawalls to keep out climate refugees in which the United States government has offered 200 million to provide an iron wall that coats the sky of israel with missiles. This is the reality that theyre in, and there should be a nonviolent means that all of you can participate in to get them out of it and also to get the people in the gaza strip, according to the u. N. The gaza strip will be uninhabitable by 2020, to get them out of their crisis. That should be the priority. And so, obviously, i favor the latter means which is, i think, humane and moral and also based in international law. [applause] well, on behalf of the committee, i want to to thank max, of course, and also a thank the public for coming. And we hope to continue this series of discussions on these and other topics. Yeah. And as max delicately suggeste
From history and all these pictures and paintings and all that, statues, and there were no women. I started to think maybe there werent any women than. What do you think . [laughter] do think there were any women around the time of the declaration of independence and the constitution and all that . You do . Do think there were actual women . Probably. I did start to think about the and thought, well, adam and eve. There were women then. Although my favorite Bumper Sticker is eve was framed. [laughter] of course living here and growing up your, i did go to mount vernon all the time, so i did know that there was somebody named Martha Washington. But that was about it. To you all know anything about Martha Washington . Go ahead. She was married to George Washington but did she do anything herself . Is anybody know . Go ahead. [inaudible] she cheered up the soldiers at valley forge. Thats exactly what i knew about Martha Washington. Is that she spent a winter at valley forge with the soldi
Thank you very much. So, you get to get out of school, come to the bookstore which has been on saturday night live and the president came to this bookstore, so this is a very special place, and special for me to be here too. Im very pleased. Im also especially pleased to talk to you about the great women because when i was a kid growing up, and well into my time as an adult, i have looked at all these stories from history and pictures and paintings and all that statues, and there were no women, and i started to think, maybe there were not women then. What duty . Do you think there were women at the time of the declaration of independence and constitution at this time . You do . Probably. You know, i did start to think about it and think, well, maybe, adam eve, there was women then. Although the favorite sticker is eve was framed. Of course, living here and growing up here, i did go to mount vernon all the time, and i knew there was somebody named Martha Washington, but that was it. Do
Three electoral victories in the 1980s. Around the publicsector unions thats why i say what happened is an expression of this larger trend. The one that created sci you said, and i think i quoted in the book quite directly it is the single most powerful force in the united states. He is right and we will have to deal with this into the future. [applause] he is going to be signing books outside. For the cspan audience you can buy these on amazon. Com. [inaudible conversations] the political commentator for npr and abc news recounts the lives of numerous American Revolutionary women from Martha Washington to Dolly Madison. This is about an hour. [applause] so is this cool or what you get out of school and come here to this bookstore which has been on saturday night live, and the president came to this bookstore so this is a very special place and its very special for me to get here so i am very pleased. But i am also pleased to be able to talk to you about this because when i was a kid g