Our first step will be to balance the budgetith eco though e say it cant be done. Ofthat course, dole and they dont know jack kemp. [applause] host that was jack kemp from the gop convention, august of 1996. Joining us this morning coauthors of a new book called about jack kemp. ,ort kondracke and fred barnes thank you for being here. Why write this book about jack kemp . Why now . I was retained by the jack Kemp Family Foundation to do an oral history over a couple of years. Interviewed 100 Football Players and congressmen and Staff Members and family. I realized quite early on that nobody has ever written an autobiography of him. I went to the library of congress for three years where all his papers are. He deserves an autobiography. He wrote the book. He was the most important politician of the 20th century who was never elected resident, certainly the most influential republican. This is not original to us. I have heard it again and again. I looked at his record and it was true. Pr
Thank you for being here. Why write this book about jack kemp . Why now . I was retained by the jack Kemp Family Foundation to do an oral history over a couple of years. Interviewed 100 Football Players and congressmen and Staff Members and family. I realized quite early on that nobody has ever written an autobiography of him. I went to the library of congress for three years where all his papers are. He deserves an autobiography. He wrote the book. He was the most important politician of the 20th century who was never elected resident, certainly the most influential republican. This is not original to us. I have heard it again and again. I looked at his record and it was true. Previously, open space. I got fred and i wrote the book. Host why did you want to get involved . Guest well we go back a long way. We met each other covering the herald if you remember back that far. Went to fox together. We have in very Close Friends for a very long time. And i knew jack kemp very well. I wrote
American history tv is featuring cspans original series, first ladies, influence and image on sundays for the rest of the year. Cspan produced a series with cooperation with the White House Historical series and questions , from cspan viewers, we tell the story of first ladies. This is about 90 minutes. She was not happy that her husband had been elected president. She was not looking forward to being first lady. The problem was of course that he died only one month into his presidency and she never made it to washington. In 1836, when john tyler resigned from the United States senate he and his wife letitia and their family moved here to williamsburg. Its right here that Letitia Tyler suffered her stroke in 1839, john tyler learned that he was elected as Vice President to William Henry harrison and its also here in the spring of 1841 where he was informed that he became 10th president of the United States and that Letitia Tyler learned that she became the first lady. She has another t
President. She was not looking forward to being first lady. The problem was of course that he died only one month into his presidency and she never made it to washington. In 1836, when john tyler resigned from the United States senate he and his wife letitia and their family moved here to williamsburg. Its right here that Letitia Tyler suffered her stroke in 1839, john tyler learned that he was elected as Vice President to William Henry harrison and its also here in the spring of 1841 where he was informed that he became 10th president of the United States and that Letitia Tyler learned that she became the first lady. She has another terrible stroke and dies and her husband goes into great mourning. And then he meets Julia Gardiner who is this another young lovely in her 20s. Julie, i think of as the madonna, you know, of first ladies. [laughter] she loved publicity. She had actually posed as a model at a time when that was maybe, say, frowned upon but all accounts was bewitching. Juli
We will hear about the company hated set of circumstances that ended in garfields death. This event from the Smithsonian Associates is about two hours. Professor nurnberger of the four u. S. President assassinations, the one i find fascinating and interesting is the one we will discuss tonight James Garfield. For quite a number of reasons. First of all, garfield is one of the most intelligent president s weve ever had. By the end of it or the middle of it, you will start laughing because you will just say, that cannot be. He cannot be that good in that field, it is just not possible. You will find Something Else and say, no. He did he is just incredibly bright. The hope for his presidency was in or miss. We going to discuss an absolutely brilliant human being. I was chatting with a friend before and he asked me if i thought garfield was the most intelligent. I do not know how you test Something Like that. It is not as if you give president s iq test. It is a lot easier with things that