good evening, everybody. good evening. i m eric the executive director of the. [inaudible] and behalf of the society i am pleased to represent tonight in conversation our chairman robert should be giving this introduction and i know this would have meant a great deal to him. unfortunately, he s a bit under the weather and he sent me instead. it s a great honor to make the introduction. it s been said that there s the story and then the real story and then the story of how the story came to be told. the book 50th anniversary we celebrate tonight making it by our guest of honor norman podhoretz is an important story in any way you look at it. good promotion there. [laughter] tonight will tell the story behind the story. in his book, norman says all writers become famous go through ups and downs. these fluctuations reveal less about the writers actual work than they do about the changing fashions of the time. here s how he put it in his own words 50 years ago: every morn
evening especially would have meant a great deal to him. unfortunately, he s a bit under the weather, is so he sent me in his stead. i m humbled and honored to make the introduction. it s been said that there s the story and then the real story and then the story of how the story came to be told. the book whose 50th anniversary we celebrate tonight, making it, is an important story any way you look at it. [laughter] and tonight we re going to tell the story behind the story. in his book, norman says that all writers who become famous go through ups and downs. these fluctuations, he says, reveal less about the writer s actual work than they do about the changing fashions of the times. here s how he put it in his own words 50 years ago. every morning a stock market report comes out on reputations in new york. it is invisible, but those who have eyes to see can read it. did so and so have dinner at jackie kennedy s apartment last night? up five points. was so and so not invite
i am eric the executive director and on behalf of of the society i am pleased to welcome tonight our chairman should be giving this introduction and i know this evening would amend a great deal to him. unfortunately, he s under the weather and send me in his stead. i am honored to make the introduction. it s been said that there s the story and then the real story and then the story of how the story came to be told. the book anniversary we celebrate tonight, making it is an important story anyway you look at it. tonight we will tell the story behind the story. in his book, norman says that all writers become famous grow through ups and downs. these fluctuations reveal less about the writer s actions than they do about the changing fashions of the time. here is how he put it in his own words 50 years ago: every morning the stock market reports comes out on reputations in new york. it is invisible to those who advise to see can read it. it s so-and-so have dinner at jackie ke
not so. time, and yourme men left columbia university, graduated from columbia, joined the st. louis post-dispatch, became an editorial writer, and along the way, he met richard nixon. that began a magnificent journey. carpet rideargin from richard nixon s defeat through years of what richard nixon described as the wilderness years, to the achievement of the highest office in the world, president of the united states. pat buchanan was with him every step of the way and it s reported in this great book just this is thet week, pacific coast launch of it, the greatest comeback, of how richard nixon built the new majorityand the silent , and how he won the presidency. this is a man who spent every day with him, strategizing, , and he s aeating firsthand eyewitness to the magnificent brilliance of the 37th president. pat buchanan. [applause] mr. buchanan: thank you very much, sandy. i was going to mention all the folks i served with over the years, even going back 4 and 5 decade
nelson. we can hopefully, talk about that later. and secondly he wanted a stronger military defense plank. he wanted the party, in effect, to repudiate dwight eisenhower eisenhower it was believed that nelson rockefeller and the wing of the party he represented had the clout to require this or at least to be taken seriously. we now know that by 1960 service that was probably not, not the case. it was a matter of perception. it was fed by what today we would call the mainstream media. c-span: and what did richard nixon and rockefeller think of each other? guest: it s a complex they respected each other as rivals. there certainly were any number of occasions when i think each man tried the patience of the other. oddly enough, during the eisenhower administration they d been allies. they were both in some ways well, there s a wonderful letter. rockefeller writes the day after the 56 election nelson writes, oddly enough to richard nixon. and he says thanks to you and the