The biographer, the narrative and the documentation and the researchers, but with the thing that the biographer needs above all, and that is empathy. I felt great empathy for her and she was so difficult in some ways. But i congratulate you. Thank you all for being here that means a lot. [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] upstairs and by both of these books and find out what really happened. [inaudible conversations] interested in American History . Watch American History int television on cspan3 every weekend. 48 hours of people and events that help document the american story. Visit cspan. Org history for more information. Charles johnson is up next on booktv. He spoke about his book, why coolidge matters. At the Eagle Forum Collegians Leadership Summit here in washington d. C. This is about half an hour. Charles e. Johnson and his new book is called why coolidge matters leadership lessons from americas most underrated president. Charles is an investigative journalist an
Impeachment. Hes a bestselling author at the National Review institute and contributing editor at the National Review. Hes also director for the curriculum. He was best known in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing after the 9 11 attacks. Other works include a memoir of the jihad. How islam and the west, sabotage america and springfield are the or the illusion of democracy. Please welcome andrew mccarthy. [applause] spank thank you so much for having me here today. Its always be great to be at the hall. This is more like a home game for me. Its great to be here. As you might imagine ive gotten some flak over the book and in particular of the subtitle of the book called faithless execution and its building the place for obamas impeachment. So naturally the word everybody focuses on you have this crazy juxtaposition of the Progressive Law professors who were called as witnesses and the hearing was about the president ial lawlessness. One of the law professors called it the uber presidency