I would now be starting my own Business Education company i was talking dotted the other night. And also try to change the millennial frame of mind as well. As my mother was moving on she literally pulled me over to say never quit. I will never forget that. If this doesnt work try another. Always be passionate. With the first part of my career took me out. For working allaround uh country and to tell us what went on. To know what that path would be. There is a lot of money for when then run businesses. For the below identifying as a female. Then you can have smallbusiness money. I am kidding. Kind of the. [laughter] spin now sri want to get everybody spinel guy will go in a different direction. What about holding prochoice Police Believe the quick. I dont tell people what to do but but i go to church every single day of my life. Igo during the week and we go six days a week. For my future and success but i dont tell you what to do. That may kickoff some people but we are in the camp do
So they realized okay, we are not going to win this way so what do you do then . Well, the kochs are very smart. They are terrific businessmen, both graduates of mit and they are engineers and they went back to thedrawing board to figure out the new model. And in the years after that, soon after that they began to draw up a blueprint for how you could do sort of an Assembly Line to change american politics, even if you couldnt win the popular vote to go there, they follow the footsteps of a couple other major multimillionaires and billionaires on the right who were also funding this project and they figured out that from their standpoint politicians are just actors who are spouting lines andthe key to changing america is to write the script. How do you get to write the script . Well, you have to change kind of the whole way that elite opinion is formed in the country. There happened to have been right around the same time, a little bit earlier, a paper that was the blueprint for all of
Founder of several nonprofit organizations including the investigative report shop here and before that the center of integrity. Chucks most recent book, the future of truth and decline of americas moral integrity. Its a fascinating of many truths manipulated by governments and corporations. The buying of the president a chilling look into the finance ing and president ial campaign written with staff. Chuck is a fulltime professor and teaches Investigative Journalism and recently returned from a fellowship. Tonight he is going to have a conversation with jim mayer. A passion that chuck shares. Chuck. [applause] thank you very much, jeff, and welcome everybody, jane, welcome to American University. To introduce jane, we would take ten minutes just to go through her bio, which is an astonishing bio. One of the preimminent journalists in the u. S. The new yorker now 11 years, how many years, sorry . I shouldnt ask. Several years. Anyway, literally winner of some many acards, on ther prize
It is interesting the would say Abraham Lincoln. But what do you really think will bring us to the point of action . Because i suspect what i am suggesting it requires Abraham Lincoln like leadership. Liberalism prior to world war ii, as an example of timberland to declare peace forever but only churchill stood up in parliament. We sent people to read maya your germany have those delete thinkers and intellectuals we have mussolini over here to appear. Only when a catastrophe occurs to reappear to wake up. What you think will be required to respond in a meaningful way that will change the direction of this country into world . America always does the right thing when it is out of every other option. [laughter] and alexis day tocqueville said the greatness of america relies in the ability to repair itself and recognize a trajectory and i remained wildly optimistic that this Great Republic will be restored to her full potential. And largely optimistic that america will crush Political Cor
Only way we will win. In to do things like that and the matter has gone too far now we have no choice but to act in a reduced need to call on the courage to resilience. I was Young Americans everywhere to know to call on the spirit of the 16th president of ameritech, Abraham Lincoln a common man who rose to be an common leader. And with extraordinary desire that went through so much loss that ended that the emerging at enormously critical time that is what i want American Children to be taught it doesnt matter how much you disappoint or fight the great thing about america is to get the opportunity other countries dont give you that opportunity but this gives you the greatest chance to succeed and that is something that we need to break to people and the personal story of Abraham Lincoln has propelled me throughout my life a man whose first love died he lost six elections and had a terrible relationship with his father and had no indication whatsoever no College Education everything he