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Could you explain, he gets into congress in 46. he and nixon were former classmates and had an affinity. nixon was taken back, this son from a powerful east coast family comes up to him and his praise of nixon. he had a real affinity for this guy. >> jack would be the kind of guy that would want to room with the quarterback. hed want to hang out with the top jock in school. in this case, nixon was the star of the class of 46. kennedy didnt care how he beat him, he beat him. he said, that was lik...

Shocking things. the old man getting it so wrong on hitler, and yet also being against the marshall plan because he thought communism in europe would be good for his business. and then -- and then this remarkable relationship between kennedy and nixon. >> right. >> you talked to haldeman right before he died, and he said i never got how these two guys had this affinity, this closeness that the world never understood. theres so much in here. >> youre so wonderful laying it out there because youre...

Reading history, becoming sort of an intellectual that separated him from the rest of the family, who were largely jocks. >> no doubt about it. so, could you explain -- he gets into congress in 46 he and nixon are fellow classmates and they immediately had an affinity toward each other, and nixon was taken aback, this son from a powerful east coast family comes up and is efusive in his praise. he had a real affinity for this guy. >> jack would always be the guy who would want to hang out with th...

Presidents, and i spent so much -- so much time reading about the kennedys. i cant believe though some of the things that you pull out here, and i wrote a couple of things down really quickly. jackie sang that jacks mother never loved him. >> yeah. >> bitterly. you drawing out that bobby was the essential cog in the kennedy machine, the go-between between his old man and jfk. ben bradley, that moment after west virginia where jackie abandoned by jack. >> oh, you remember that. >> just incredible...

Jack -- im a second son. anybody whos a second son or second daughter know, you have to be original, a little rebellious. he was very much like the character, that character, sebastian, this guy, charles ryder who comes back and has older brothers, straight arrow, does everything right. heres a young jack trying to make his name. hes not a jock. jean kennedy, last surviving sibling, said the same thing jacqui said, the key to jack was, he was always so sick, always reading history, became an int...

Nixon was taken back, this son from a powerful east coast family comes up to him and his praise of nixon. he had a real affinity for this guy. >> jack would be the kind of guy that would want to room with the quarterback. hed want to hang out with the top jock in school. in this case, nixon was the star of the class of 46. kennedy didnt care how he beat him, he beat him. he said, that was like beating john mccormick in massachusetts. in 1947 they took the train out to western pennsylvania. mckee...

but there is a force greater. a force at work here much greater than those who would try to destroy me and destroy this campaign and this journey to the white house. and that force is called, the voice of the people. thats why were doing as well as we are in this campaign thus far. yall were supposed to applaud. >> heres another development. one of his accusers may go public. her attorney says that she can only break her silence if the confidentiality agreement is lifted. that decision...

But i, you know, i think retail campaigning will become more important in the final weeks. >> what do you make of some of the other candidates, brit, who have, in fact, spent a good deal of time and resources in iowa. i think of michele bachmann in particular who was born in that state. real affinity for the state and voters for her. also newt gingrich coming up here behind you. he is experiencing something of a surge nationwide and also in the state of iowa. do you think think there is room for...

But i, you know, i think retail campaigning will become more important in the final weeks. >> what do you make of some of the other candidates, brit, who have, in fact, spent a good deal of time and resources in iowa. i think of michele bachmann in particular who was born in that state. real affinity for the state and voters for her. also newt gingrich coming up here behind you. he is experiencing something of a surge nationwide and also in the state of iowa. do you think think there is room for...

Ideological affinity? >> well, lets put it this way, monica. there is a handy rule of thumb that if we understand, it explains a whole bunch of things. the so-called mainstream media do. and the rule of thumb is this. if they share your values, you will get basically an easy ride. if they dont share your values, fasten your seat belt, because its going to be a real bumpy ride. they treat the tea party to use an easy example one way because they see conservatives as people who arent very nice and...