You. Which is why it thanksgiving dinners are always so ill awkward if you have jewish relatives or friends on the left. Can see this in focus groups. And the answer to all of us, speaking the language of reality. The government never compels people to do stuff. The government compels people to do stuff at point of gun. What i say that . Because people are scared of guns. So that someone coming to your house in the middle of the night the s. W. A. T. Team with a gun pointing it at you for dragging you at present for not doing what you want. Thats what were facing. When it comes to the west, we are such idiots, honestly. We are arguing about whether our tax program is more efficient than their tax program. But its not about efficiency. Barack obama has the right answer to the wrong question. Would you rate the Capital Gains tax even if it means less revenue for the government. He said yes, for purposes of fairness. Even if it meant people were more poor and impoverished, the answer was yes for purposes of fairness because people dont speak the language of poverty or efficiency. They dont speak is 57point tax plan. They speak the language of fairness and justice and reality they want to think that they are right and the other guy is wrong and they want to have unearned moral superiority. This is why everybody is living on Donald Sterling for being a crazy old racist guy. Did they publish anything . Know. But they were able to go around and tell people that he was a racist old guy. So this is what they were doing. In the next time they Say Something like i believe in the minimum wage, you should say why exactly is that . You want to put a gun to the head of a Business Owner and force them to pay something . Why is that not violating basic pencils of consent two lets say you believe gay men should be buried, but they shouldnt be able to have a mutually beneficial agreement . Youre saying thats not okay and that youre going to take a gun and put it to the head of one of them to make that happen two because your totalitarian. Okay, this is the truth. The left is totalitarian. When you talk about the inefficiencies, who gives a crap. I mean, really, no one is thinking about this in the inner city. What they are thinking is they are a bunch of ku klux klan is out there. And there are some democrats and some republicans have actually been doing or saying the source of and the answer to that is that the real racists are and have been folks on the left who wish to exploit Racial Division in order to pay off their cronies. The reason this occurs is because the left wants to pay off the Union Buddies at the expense of others. So the reason is because they wanted the violence and its not about a fact. Theres a telling point in the 2012 election cycle when bill clinton was talking about obama. He said theres a difference between obama and mitt romney. Mitt romney is somebody who says that barack obama has done a poor job. Barack obama knows he hasnt done a great job, but he feels really bad about it. [laughter] this is an actual line. People bought that and the polls show this. 80 of people thought that mitt romney cared less about them than barack obama. 80 , that the majority of republicans. People dont vote with their heads, but they vote with their hearts. So go after the language of reality. Socialism is not a good idea that goes wrong. Whenever you hear republicans or conservatives talk about this, socialism is a horribly evil idea that went completely right, it went how they thought it was going to go from the start. And its a fundamentally immoral discriminatory and disgusting system that violate three of the 10 commandments. Dont steal, god not government, it shouldnt be jealous of your neighbor. That is the actual language. Not the bill clinton language. So these are the terms and we should be speaking. Young people no one has the time to read the entire editorial page of the wall street journal. So if you cant make people feel good about being conservative, make them feel bad about being leftist. You know why they deserved it feel that . Are siding with evil ideology. I have to get my pulse down a little bit. I want to thank you for an informative and exciting and educational talk. Thank you. [applause] and i have two questions up together but totally separate because i dont want to be missed taken with these questions. Number one, you discussed about the ideological foundations of president obama, but i didnt recall hearing you talk about what some psychologists have talked about, narcissism, which is the inability to see where youre wrong. And its separate, are you going to run for Office Someday two. [laughter] as far esparza first question goes, and thank you for it, esparza first question goes, yes, president obama is a dramatic narcissus as most people who run for office are and the first requirement of running for office should be the desperately dont want to run for office. The yes, this goes along with the nihilistic atheism resulting in his ideology. All that matters is that you feel good about what you say about the guy that got shot or that youre not his neighbor. Its all about narcissism, socialism is about narcissism, based on the mental premise that i am breathing, feed me. Turns out that my 5monthold baby is a socialist. She is, shes hungry. I feed her and she poops and i clean her. And shes cuter than the vast majority of socialist that i know, but the good news it shall grow out of unlike the rest of some that i know. That socialism is all about narcissism and overweening sense of superiority. Because by and large they dont make peoples lives better, they dont make peoples prosperity happen, they dont do any of those things. But they take credit for that. So that is the answer to the first question joe biden is a massive egotist. As far as the second question, what i ever run for office, theres too much work to be done. So i could be like any marriott number of congresspeople who are locked into battling over specific provisions of 400 page laws, i could be locked into working on committees that debate all day and do nothing and are overruled by the president. Or i could work to change the fundamental ideology of the country. And it wont matter if i got elected or ted cruz got elected for any of these people. If the American People dont begin to understand what america is all about, then we have lost them. We think july 4 is about barbecues. And more and more we think its about food stamp barbecue. We think that the american founding is about the idea that government is supposed to provide for me. We have all become intense. It is interesting last night, slightly off topic. I was beginning to realize that since my baby was born she has completely destroyed my emotional life. I used to be the guy that was a insensitive and callous and it was fun. Last night i am watching amc because im an old man and they are showing this halfway through the movie and so i turn on youtube and i watch the end of carousel on youtube. So im crying like a baby and ive seen the musical many times before and now im sitting there crying and my wife looks at me and says why are you crying and i said im watching us. And spoiler alert for those who missed it. Billy comes back and he is given us one chance to tell his wife and daughter that he loves them so they can move on. Julius wife and he walks off into the distance and say youll never walk alone. So i tell my wife and she starts crying. But the point is for those of us who are responsible and care about children and have children and recognize our mortality and realizes something beyond ourselves, this is not a fight we can afford to lose. Theres something beyond us. The left doesnt care about the next generation and they are willing to bankrupt the next rations they can have good old time right now. They are willing to destroy the greatest civilization in a history of mankind to satiate their own needs. Thats not what we are about. So my daughter has obviously in a way taken the pizzazz out of this. But shes also deep and order are to believed from something that was an ideology into a creed and a way of life. For all of us who live it, it is a way of life and that way of life is under attack. The only way to destroy the folks who are attempting to attack us is to destroy them and keep destroying them. And the fight never ends. If we do, they will win, if we fight back strong and smart and they recognize the situation, i believe with the grace of god that we can win. [applause] okay, just a reminder that ben will sign his book outside in just a few minutes. Is there a Nonfiction Author or book that youd like to be featured on the tv or not send us an email at booktv cspan. Org. Post on our wall at facebook. Com booktv. This is booktv on cspan2, television for serious readers. Heres our primetime lineup for tonight. Booktv visits ucla to talk with a professor about gangs and Gang Violence at 7 30 p. M. At 8 00 p. M. , the actions of american soldiers are recalled in at iraq and afghanistan. And eric lu looks at the history of Chinese Americans and recounts his own families experiences that 9 00 p. M. At 10 00 p. M. Eastern on after words, doctor ben carson is down with chuck todd of nbc news to spell out his plans to talk about what he argues is americas current decline. And our primetime programming concludes with a book on clare booth luce. That happens tonight on booktv. As booktv continues its tour of the New York Public Library, we are joined by isaac gewirtz. What do you do at the library . I am curator of the henry w. And Albert A Berg collection American Literature. I worked in the library in the past in the rare book division. I worked as a curator at Southern Methodist university and downtown as well and ive had all of that led to my being here. How long have you been with the New York Public Library . As a curator ive been here since september of 2000. You have brought some things out to show us. Yes, its an enormous collection and theres lots of printed items and this is what id i like to call the tip of the iceberg. Here we have the only surviving manuscript of what he has done in his own lifetime. Its not in his hand but in the hand of his personal assistant and this has the highest authority directly from his own manuscript. And you can see changes and differences between the text is represented here in the transcriptions or made in the First Edition perpetuated throughout the centuries. For instance here in this sonnet, all of those will be resurrected on the day of judgment and this was only in the 20th century that it was corrected. Who is john donne . John donne was a poet from the american 20th century. He used wet and philosophical inquiry and in order to create formal and complex sonnet he wrote a lot of poetry. And we have a wonderful dickens collection, over 550 letters, all of them First Edition. Whats really remarkable is that we have the copy that he used to give at public readings. And this is one of the first that he ever gave. The first was in 1853 and this is the performance copying for a christmas carol. In birmingham in 1853 this was not yet in existence and he talked about how it needed to be short enough that people could listen to this for over a period of an hour or 10 minutes or so and so he had a brighter and then he went through and you can see that he sometimes rebuilt passages because if he would have deleted something of the character was mentioned and it was referred to later that is what you see right here. And you also find where pages were pasted together and you can see these have broken off the pages quickly and here we have a photo of him taken in new york and this was the last of the photos that were ever taken in new york the winner of 1867 and 1868. Out of the library did dickens material . They came to the collection through the purchase of the two greatest collections of english and American Literature in the 20th century. And this was back in 1940 and 19 be 11 individual who is a great book publisher in the friend of the renaissance was a real friend of literature. And he was the founder of general electric. And he said that these once came from his collection. This belongs to dickens as well. This is his something that was given to him by Regina Hobart and she had it inscribed an engraved in 1862. And this is one of his as well. He had trained to do that. Not to be terribly crass, but how much is all this worth . We dont like to discuss prices, but its been one since invaluable. These are a lot of priceless objects that cant be duplicated. All of them are insured, i take it . Yes, the library is ensured. One more manuscript, sir. This is the first volume of three manuscript volumes. We have the vast majority of virginia wills papers here and virginia wolfe was one of the greatest pioneers of the modern novel and this was published in 1927 its not meant to be, she could do that kind of thing but it here you can see she has the names of characters, some of which dont appear and she always drew a blue line on the left hand margin so she can write notes to herself. In this particular case she has a couple of diary entries. In down here for march 9, 1926, she writes i observed today that i am writing exactly opposite of my other books. And also at three times the speed. So its a very formal production. So it was a cathartic experience for her because she was writing about her childhood adolescent relationship with her parents. One more thing over here, is this available for everyone to the . Or are we getting a special tour . You are getting a special tour. The collection is here for researchers who want to study the papers. Would one have to apply to see the virginia wolfe manuscript . Actually most of those we dont bring out for researchers. We have them on microfilm. We use the manuscripts for presentation and exhibition and i do many presentations for the public and that is how the general public gets access to these materials. Would you like to see these manuscripts online so that everyone could see them . Yes, and there actually is a substantial virginia wolfe website which does contain the digital images of that manuscript and of other virginia wolfe manuscript as well. Here is one of his chairs and lamps which has been retrofitted for him. Said to the day that he died. The story goes that when the collection opened in 1940 and the mayor was invited, that is all fact, but we have it from oral tradition that the mayor is a rather robust gentlemen, he sat in the chair and bruised it. And then it was fixed. So that is supposedly the only original part of this chair. I have not seen it documented in any way, but that is the oral tradition that has been passed. Thank you for showing us your collection. It is my pleasure. Jon gnarr, a prey country prankster who became mayor of reykjavik, iceland, he talked about his plans to reform the Economic System and stop the u. S. Government and nato from using his city for military purposes or he spoke about his book in brooklyn, new york. Hello, everyone. The publisher of melville house, i thank you for joining us. Im here with jon gnarr who just about a month ago was the mayor of reykjavik, iceland, which might make you think that he is a politician. But that is not the case. He is a comedian and actor, a writer and punk rocker and a lot of other things that dont normally add up. He said the only time hes thought about the mayor previously is when he was walking by and one of his children had to go to the bathroom urgently. When the economy of iceland class of 2008 and people took to the street in somewhat violent protest, jon gnarr said do not do that, my friends, lets run for office instead. And it seems kind of hilarious, i guess, at the time and so off they went to run a campaign in downtown reykjavik. The process continued for him and his covert right up to the point where they won the election. He was a very successful mayor moving the city out from bankruptcy and extreme the sudden rise in popularity, poll showing that he would beat you really reelected had he chosen to run again. But instead hes on tour to talk about a book that he has written in his time in office. And hes talking about forming and before democracy. The book is called gnarr how i became the mayor of a large city in iceland and changed the world and you might notice that we have around here and hes just off the redeye from los angeles and speaking about the market on the Craig Ferguson show, and hes going to england tomorrow to set things right there. And we are so happy to have him here today. Jon gnarr, welcome. Thank you. This is an unusual kind of political book not only politics in depth, but we encourage participation and optimism and you come from a background that doesnt sound conducive to a politician let alone an optimistic politician. Theres something about your childhood that led to the interest in politics and got you interested in being a comedian matt. Well, i come from a very political family or part of them are very political. My father was very political but my mother was not. And he was a dedicated communist and supported the soviet union and he favored studying and when he went on vacation he went to the Promised Land of his mind and he really liked to discuss politics and my mother did not. And so i was not interested in politics at all and i found it boring and uninteresting and the politicians, especially the guys that my father favored, they never smiled and they seemed so serious all the time. And my father was a member of some organization and they were the same photo of the new guys, a big framed photo. And then he was touched by this and he started talking with my mother and saying where shall we hang these. And then they would have these arguments about where they should be. And they always ended up in the cellar where my father would hang them with framed photos and that is where they hung up. And so i have this vivid memory for when i had been a teenager and started smoking and i have gone into the cellar smoking in all of them were hanging there with me while i was smoking and so of course my father affected me like a father does in many ways and so when i became a teenager and i discovered punk music, i associated it with anarchy and that seemed to be like, the alternative to all of this seriousness. So i got acclimated with anarchy through punk music. And so i cant say that i really liked the music. Or the attitude. It was more of the movement and the philosophy of the movement and the idea behind the Punk Movement and the socalled punk with great emphasis on feminism and peace and anarchy. You have an interesting statement in the book, you say that anarchy and surrealism are two sides of the same coin for you. And so it means believing unconditionally in your dreams. Just. So how did that get into the picture for you remapped. Well, that was something that i got associated with and it was something that grabs my attention when i saw it and when i saw this like Salvador Dali and others. And, you know, there is something very fascinating about this until i started looking into it and i found that it i was really fascinated with the whole idea about it and the Surrealism Movement was also very political and in a way the manifesto was an inspiration and there are guidelines how to make this very clear. Before you got to that, he went a lot of other places in your first claim to fame was as a hunk start. Yes. It only takes a haircut to make you a celebrity. [laughter] and so when i got a mohawk. [laughter] there was a lot of people who knew who i was. So everybody knew who he was. Johnny punk. And i was in a band and yes, yes, from their two comedy and acting. Youve had an immensely Popular Television show and so popular that bbc picked it up and it was turned into a movie and in the midst of all this you do Something Else and as i mentioned, it starts in 2008 and there is the pots and pans revolution and something about that but for you . You didnt want to join it, but you wanted to do something . I was confused like everyone else. And we have to keep in mind that this was in the beginning of the socalled Global Financial crisis and i think it was simply the weakest link. And it all kind of just happened in the day and as a result of that there was a lot of confusion and people did not understand what was going on and then there was a lot of anger toward the banks. People were angry at the banks, they were angry at the politicians, they were angry at each other politically and so yes, people started losing their savings and their housing and apartments and cars. And suddenly it was worthless, the currency was worth nothing and we didnt know what was going to happen. And so the protest of the revolution happen and people gathered in front of parliament every day and demanded that government resign. It took time to bring them together to make noise. And it kept escalating with more and more people in the got more and more violent. First Food Products for men other things and my father, i forgot to mention, was a policeman. And i would go down there sometimes and i could see many of my friends who were angry and shouting and throwing stuff and i could see fear in their eyes also. And behind the police there were parliamentary members peeking out the windows and there was fear everywhere. And it was just like a balloon that had blown up was a matter of time when it explodes and then somehow it occurred to me this is something that somebody like me can step into and maybe it i can try to somehow take this energy that nobody knows what to do it. And somehow channel that and i wanted to channel this energy into something positive and maybe people will accept that instead of just breaking into it and getting in fights with the police. Maybe they can show their anger by voting for me. And people would feel that they did something and Everybody Knows that im a very nice guy. [applause] and most people consider me a nice person and an honest person and i came up with this nonsense idea and so instead of fighting each other, we are going to have fun. Lets talk about that moment. In the book you talk a lot about creating a Political Party, youre interested in people feeling empowered. So if you can say that there was a moment where we could create a Political Party, where you saying that this was an actual political effort and maybe i have a chance at winning this or will you be making more of a narcissist six damon thing that we can influence the election because that is really what you were at that point as an artist. Its a little bit of both. I was aware that this might actually work and i was pretty outspoken about this from the early beginning and i also was aware of this and so it kind of depends upon how things turn out and involved and so i just had so much hunger with this and i wanted to publish lists on my blog and it was like nonsense about the Financial System and something i had no knowledge of. And so i was coming up with a great Many Solutions and i remember we had an idea and we should stop this and we should stop iceland. And the banks stopped waiting. So there was a huge break for transportation. And so it would be an organic way of transportation and so connect with them, dont kill them. So theres always nonsense and that was one that we have talked about as well. And theres a lot of Artificial Intelligence and so she was able to move this around and shoot laser beams from their eyes and and that would be a tourist attraction for sure. I should point out that you are not alone, you did warm a party and it wasnt just you running for office. Can you describe how you got your colleagues to honest Political Party . They were also running for office as well. I contacted most of them on facebook and i sent them a message on facebook and it was very simple, i just came up with this idea with people on the ballot and i said can i put your name on the ballot and the answer was usually sure. And what kind of Political Party is this and i was like, yes, about this. And page for page. And that is how i met the list of people that i needed. And that is how, thats how started to have participation in political rallies. All dressed up in a suit, and ive never worn a suit. It was very pretentious and we tried to also make it as though we could have as much fun with it. I wanted it to be corny. So you could all easily see this and we came up with the local stuff and its like the universal symbol of i am fine. [laughter] and then we had some content on it. And i did find through the other website, i copied and pasted [inaudible] it was part of all the other political customs. You also issued some wonderful manifestoes and proclamations and there is the moral code and i particularly like number eight and we show everyone respect. If you have no respect for someone, then we acted or would it hurt if someone tells them that they suck, you assure him what a great guy he is. We dont disseminate against anyone and we allow ourselves only when we are talking about people, not with them. [laughter] i had a lot of fun playing with Political Correctness and how very often in politics, i find that people can be politely disrespectful and they can do so in a varies little and polite way. And so there was one Campaign Slogan that caused a bit of controversy and that was we intended to listen more to women and the older we and so yes, we make the most of it. Or we stole it from the other campaign. [laughter] you know, i thought the dinosaurs from the past were amazing. And many of them are representative from this time. One was actually promising a family theme park. Its absolutely ridiculous. The council was almost bankrupt and everyone knew that there was not going to be a family theme park bill. So its just nonsense and such a lie. So i decided on the meeting to top that with the dinosaurs from jurassic park. You promised disneyland as well, didnt you enact last acts meant yes, i said im friends with mr. Disney on facebook and also, you know, it did not cost anything, we have no budget and its mostly something that we did overtime and i found a very important to make friends with the locals. [laughter] and so when we were together and meeting the group and we realize that this might happen and we might when, we decided that we were willing and that was anonymous. We all somehow realized that we had access to something much bigger than knots. And that we were going to be willing to be dedicated and hardworking. And we intended to go into this for the purpose of trying to unite folks and not to be just another set of individuals who create more chaos than anything else was just nonsense. He certainly wrote a wonderful manifesto. Perhaps right after being elected in which he said that we have an appointment with the future and we are going to be a part of this. Then more and more confidently and expectantly so how did it work out . I think it worked very well. One i did not realize fifth. And there was huge debt and we had a huge budget before december 15. So we had to find ways to close the budget. So the free tells that i promised i raise the entrance fee to the swimming pools. Host one of your joe Campaign Promises everybody could get into the Public Schools for free. [laughter] that was one of your broken promises. I promised to break all my promises i was honest about that i promised would never because i will break them. Host that was significant. Guest we had to raise service fees. Everything that could be raised. And maintenance especially roads and public parks. And we had to do layoffs and then the schools we did not have the money to run all the schools. We thought about closing down the schools. We thought we could merge two or three schools together we introduced a plan for merging schools and at the same time we caught the overhead we cut the overhead. And that caused a lot of debate and a inkerman the Public People when we announced this. And i had a neighborhood meeting i went to every neighborhood. And had meetings with parents and teachers and everybody everybody said you dont have to do this but i have to explain why it can understand why i was doing this to explain it to people that we were forced of course, the opposition in use this to say you elected a clown you have no idea what he is doing he will merge schools what will he do next . Sullivan was a terrifying time. Another point that you took was justice fatigue what distinguishes the office of mayor more than anything is fatigued i have never been so tired of my life zero wariness that pervades though whole body is everywhere fatigued in the ears and a the eyes. I hear you talk about 20 our meetings. When we made to the hardest budget that was due to new decisions that had gone so long it was a big political risk. But ignored by previous administrations. Guest yes. So i did not intend ever a career it politics. It was he just something that had to be done. But i had to understand that. So we had meetings that would last over 20 hours. People slept in the office at city hall. And people would just fall asleep exhausted. We had pete set a of a coffee. Pizza in a coffee. After that i was tired. I remember one moment in particular, i had difficulties as a teenager. I was sent to a special institution for troubled teenagers i spent two 1 2 years and. Host they thought you had learning disabilities . Guest yes the and possible brain damage or something. Today is called adhd. I had problems. And when they came back i spent over two years in this remote place i felt so lost i had no contact with anyone. Said they were like people that helped teenagers in similar circumstances. That picked me up. Because i was drifting around living here and there. And just roaming the streets sleeping in the bus station these people from the city picked me up and took me to the shelter and gave me soup a and cocoa and what are you interested in . And one day in the process when we were doing of budget all the strain from the exhaustion i was at the meeting where there was a woman being awarded for her work for her work with teenagers. And as a mayor i had to present the award. And Everybody Knows about this in ice land, that part of my life. Most people are familiar with my story. And i thought because i could not remember if this was a decision night made that decision to close down. And i started to cry because i did not know. I never experienced anything like that in my life. To a distill something desperately you dont understand i am dyslexic. I have i problems eyes problems. Host but in addition to the problems that you had to deal with that were so eager miss, you made some radical decisions in other areas for a rare especially. Or at least they saved radical to some important events dressed in black you called icelandic to withdraw from nato and received officials convoys of military worshiped coming into the harbor. You call beginning the c. I. A. s use of the airport these are actions as it is the largest city in the country how was that received with big National Issues like that . All lots of debates. I have been an active pacifist most of my life with human rights activist where i consider myself a pacifist and. Host we have not discussed this but you have a Real Partnership with your wife. Throat the campaign and your time in office. But you describe as a True Partnership and initiatives were done in close collaboration. Every step of the way. And before i make any decisions one way and then to go under the spiritual leader. [laughter] this is part of the big national decisionmaking. Guest i have been active all my life. And i have protested against wrongful incarceration that oppose the death penalty. So after i became mayor i thought should i put all of this aside now that i am mayor or use the opportunity to give more leverage. So that is something when you become mayor. When the ambassadors will meet with you. So when i met with ambassadors from countries that had Capital Punishment i did so with the possibility of the u. S. And then there was this delegation from china that came up for a visit to city hall from the communist party. I used the opportunity with that incarceration that later got the nobel prize. And regarded nato i have always been opposed. I am not opposed to nato i have no understanding of nato but i dont see any reason why ice land should be a part of it. Because we have nothing to contribute to it. Been so i am not against nato just eight is land to be a part of a. And i am not sure where nato is going. And we should be in peace. To declare iceland but i propose to declare reykjavik the First Military free city in the world. And with that is a paean of all military aircraft. Was that enacted . Guest no. They do not respected. [laughter] there is still military aircraft. It was customary when there were warships that the mayor could have a reception and i did not feel comfortable with it. I dont think they care. They have to do Something Else. [laughter] but that caused a lot of controversy. Like to be disrespectful to the other countries i always did it very polite nobody could say i was rude or erred disrespectful i was always polite and humble but this is just my opinion. Everybody together very well except the chinese. The chinese were insulted. What is the best part of the mayor . The best part was to be able to have an impact on peoples lives to Say Something unfaithful. I was not prepared for international. With the International Attention is not something i was prepared for. That came as a surprise to me because i really did not think that people would notice outside of iceland. But when they started noticing. Host it was all kinds. Not just political attention rolled wide but cultural. On the book we have quotations from lady gaga that kind of improved your title. [laughter] even noam chomsky, my favorite mayor. [laughter] no competition. It really did go worldwide. The you have come now to has said champion and this sounds hard in an awful as a real champion of participatory democracy in the book is full of quotes about that you dont need to be a politician in to participate in political life that must track go wider range of people and those to criticize from the comfort of his armchair. We cannot leave the schools to the teachers are science to the scientist or democracy to politicians. Those are great words. Did i say that . [laughter] host obviously what you started as was said champion of participatory democracy it is interesting you held on to that coming out and you have lots of ideas about promoting democracy to keep it going. And what we have been successful to do and also caught attention from others is we have managed to create a political alternative that works. Political scientists in iceland very often are asked by the press what is the best . They say it is a typical kind of party but it is not. There usually negative and hateful looking for someone to blame we do not want to blame anyone and we want to unite people not divide and others would say maybe the populist party because he is a local celebrity and everybody votes for him because he is popular and is a celebrity but that is not true either. The most exceptional thing is that as he said we lasted a whole term for term