A little too much looking down and i think it was a little too fast. You were dropping her voice at the end of the sentences. There was a considerable pickup in drama and interest when the questioning began. Your voice would build up and her facial expressions i thought your answer on vietnam was good. I really didnt like the answer on jobs. [inaudible] and therein lies the reason why we should talk about first ladies. Because what other advisor could be that candid to a president . Stu spencer maybe. Wasnt there a family they owned television stations or something so she of the background and so as an advisor because first ladies in some ways are to their husbands whether its in their official capacity or not. They bring that because she wants him to be as successful as he does. I think that clip show shoot, we talk about this rule of first ladies, the various attributes that as simply as human beings that they bring to the table. Mrs. Johnson, i think like mrs. Obama, things in a ver
In the 2nd piece will be wife of because i have gotten daughter of president and mrs. Johnson, wife of governor and mrs. Rob. And i think that we all your to have our own place no matter how big or small it may be in the world we want to be identified. So i tell my children, if they get to read my obituary i wanted the way i wanted. [laughter] i want the 1st line to be professional volunteer. Now, i am in being a professional volunteer because that is what my parents taught me to do. When i got a job after college and get my 1st paycheck my mother said well, now, who are you going to give it to . I thought, how. And and her belief was that you should give your 1st paycheck away. Of course being a smart girl that i am, i had trees put in johnson city in memory of my grandparents. But that was just a given. We have been very blessed. We are not financially stressed. You cant afford to give that away. In the most valuable thing i have is my time. Twentyfour hours a day. So whereas i can w
And you will hear more about shortly. To moderate tonights program we are pleased to welcome susan swain, the moderator for cspan first ladies influence and image. Susan swain is president and coceo cspan sharing responsibility for all operations of the Public Affairs cablenet work. She oversees programming and marketing for cspan3 Television Channels and cspan radio. She helped launch the washington journal, booktv, it American History tv. She has also been involved in the creation of numerous cspan history series such as american president s, the lincolndouglas debate and american writers your for over 30 years she has been one of cspans principal on camera interviewers. Most recently on april 14 first ladies was released as a book by Public Affairs books featuring a collection of images from the Television Series. It is the ninth book susan ness edited for cspan and Public Affairs. And as you noticed when you came in, we will have copies of the book for sale after the program and sh
For inspiring me and millions of americans to live and study the cant dictation. I want to thank you ladies and gentlemen. Please join me in thanking america is constitutional law professor akhil amar. [applause] Cokie Roberts political commentator for npr and abc news is next on booktv. Her book capital dames recounts washington d. C. During the civil war through the lives of many would who lived and worked in the capital. Following the stock from politics prose story in d. C. We bring you a book party for capital dames from the museum also in washington. I want to say it is such a personal pleasure for me and for brad who is not here to post Cokie Roberts tonight. I think this is your sixth or seven at politics prose. You have been here for three previous books all the way which were New York Times bestsellers. We have a couple if you miss them on the first go around. Cokie has also been here several times but there several times with her husband steve roberts, for books theyve writt
Say that she represents an important chapter in the countrys history. I think we have seen in her and in the times she has inhabited obviously great progress towards a world that is a. Built more fair, but lets keep in mind, took it was only a year ago that Michelle Obama giving a speech to commemorate the 60th neaves of brown versus board of education pointed out theres a long way to go. She said this is a country where too often the police will stop someone on the street because of the color of her skin. Michelle obama has no illusions that we have sort of crossed the great divide, but her story i think, is part of that history and part of that progress. Host this is a wonderful book you have written. I know you want everyone in the world to read it. But who in particular would you like to see read this book that might give them better understanding, not just of Michelle Obama but of the american story. Guest i hope that the book will be read at a number of different levels. Some peo