I am delighted to welcome you to this afternoons discussion, with the authors of republican populists spiro agnew and the origin of Donald Trumps america. By the sponsored center for the study of democracy in maryland. The center is a joint initiative of the college and the historic st. Marys city, the site of marylands first capital. The centers goal is to promote understanding of democratic values, traditions, and institutions through the exploration of contemporary and historical issues. Ugez, jr. Is the director of the center and joins me here this afternoon. Thank you, tony, for being here. The chair of the department of history here at the college is also with us this afternoon. Our History Department is pretty active, offering many opportunities for research and options for studying abroad. Courses and programs in the Department Help our students develop a deeper understanding of themselves, their culture, and humanity in general. Thank you, charlie, for being here this afternoo
There are times we need to step up and do the right thing, we do the right thing. Thats who we are. Thats what we do. No other nation is doing as much to help in west africa as the United States of america. When i hear people talking about american leadership, and then promoting policies that would have usadership and running in the opposite direction, hiding under the little it makes me a frustrated. Are at our best when we are standing up and taking responsibility, even when it requires us making sacrifices. Especially when it requires is making sacrifices. It is how we help others around the world that is important. It is not just massive to womens of troops and equipment deployments of troops and equipment, as proud as we are of that. Compassion and painstaking effort. Learn fromlity to mistakes that are made, and our ability to work through problems that are really complicated. Through. E something and not lose our heads. To have grace under pressure. And apply ourselves with slow
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Alloweve we should private colleges and universities to compete with public universities because it is competition that provides better opportunities. If they have a higher loan default rate, lets tighten the standards. Lets not put colleges or universities out of business as the senator has done. I believe greater use of technology such as learning over the web, taking advantage of the very best teachers would provide a way to bring down some of the cost of education. We need to move in those directions. The next question is from laura washington. Voters say they are turned off by all the negative and misleading ads of the campaign. Same here. In one of your ads, you accused your opponent of spying on citizens, putting millions of dollars in his own pocket and being the father of d. C. Gridlock. What is the factual basis for those allegations . Public documents show he has received in excess of 9 million of lobbyist money. Clearly, that is influenced some of his votes in legislation.
God, youre just not helping me at all. Everybodys excited about it. Youre not supposed to look up. I got goggles. Amazon. How do you know those goggle also actually work, because what if you get cheap goggles and you look up and zzzt. Where do you get them from . Theyre like gold, you cant get them. So were all just going to burn our eyes. Halperin, there was that fantastic scene in oliver norths hearings where Brendan Sullivan says i am not a potted plant, sir. Let me just say, youve been off too long. Youre sitting there like a potted plant. I care so little about this. Solar eclipse . So little about it. Ill watch it on the internet. Willie would have picked that right up. Anyway, im obviously here 99 years. 99 years, right, but it is going to happen again very soon. I reckon theyll get to 1 15 and suddenly youll get excited. The sky will go dark, it will be mystical. Ill be napping. Kids dont look up at the sky, its just not worth it. Few things rarely are. With us senior political