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And then so its going to be very loosey goosey. And then when weve all had our word, well have an interchange amongst ourselves and with you all. So just have a conversation as we go on a couple of housekeeping things to begin with this weekend for those of you that dont know is the society of president ial descendants first biannual, gathering as call it. This is a new society, president ial descendants. There was no thing before till i created it. It and we have a partnership with Long Island ...

So lets just have a conversation as we go on. A couple of housekeeping things to begin with. This weekend, for those of you that dont know, is the society of president ial descendants first biannual gathering, as i call it. This is a new society, president ial descendants. There was no such thing before till i created it. It and we have a partner ship with Long Island University who takes care of much of us. We really appreciate the tremendous amount of work theyve done and sign of it is this ro...

All. So lets just have a conversation as we go on. A couple of housekeeping things to begin with. This weekend, for those of you that dont know, is the society of president ial descendants first biannual gathering, as i call it. This is a new society, president ial descendants. There was no such thing before till i created it. It and we have a partner ship with Long Island University who takes care of much of us. We really appreciate the tremendous amount of work theyve done and sign of it is th...

So lets get started. Do you mind if i sit . No. Okay, now there is. Im just afraid ill fall off front of this. Welcome to the panel of president ial descendants here. And were delighted to have the panelists. Ill introduce them in a minute. And i think the way well handle this is each well a few minutes and tell you what he or she wants to tell you about anything thats there and then. So its going to be very loosey goosey. And then when weve all had our word, well have an interchange amongst our...

So lets just have a conversation as we go on. A couple of housekeeping things to begin with. This weekend, for those of you that dont know, is the society of president ial descendants first biannual gathering, as i call it. This is a new society, president ial descendants. There was no such thing before till i created it. It and we have a partner ship with Long Island University who takes care of much of us. We really appreciate the tremendous amount of work theyve done and sign of it is this ro...

I to start out by thanking long island for all theyve done for the society of president ial descendants. This is a society of president ial event. But Long Island University is in partnership with the society. And they have really gone out of their way and provided all kinds of resources not only to because is the first meeting or, as i call it, of the society of president ial descendants, but also all the other things connected with the society and with the Roosevelt School, which will be hall ...

Island for all theyve done for the society of president ial descendants. This is a society of president ial event. But Long Island University is in partnership with the society. And they have really gone out of their way and provided all kinds of resources not only to make this weekend important, because is the first meeting or, as i call it, of the society of president ial descendants, but also all the other things connected with the society and with the Roosevelt School, which will be hall thi...

And you can see what a magnificent job theyve done on this house which if seen it six months ago was or even three months ago was a work site if if a work site and i urge you to walk around and look at some of the rooms. The idea this is its not a replica of its themed on the white house and the and so we are hoping this will become a major destination here in long long island. All of long island stood ins, people, parties, sorts of thing. So were really very very proud of it and very, very very...

I to start out by thanking long island for all theyve done for the society of president ial descendants. This is a society of president ial event. But Long Island University is in partnership with the society. And they have really gone out of their way and provided all kinds of resources not only to make this weekend important, because is the first meeting or, as i call it, of the society of president ial descendants, but also all the other things connected with the society and with the Roosevel...

If we use them as a kind of historical lands and focus on the period from the 1960s to the present, the last half a century or so, that can tell us a lot about how we as a country move from a relatively liberal political heir to a much more conservative political air. Whether that is changing, were in a shadow of the 2012 election, we dont know yet. I think its still too early to tell. But certainly the last generation or two of american politics has been dominated by a more conservative orienta...