ladies and gentlemen, a true renaissance man, preston russell.applause] >> give me your tired, your poor, your teems masses. send these. the temp -- tossed to me. that's could easily apply in our country of immigrants to the founding of satisfy van na but it applies to the statue of liberty 150 years later, a gift from france to -- in our first centennial in 1876. savannah was founded in 1733 and is 50 years older than before america even was recognized as a country in 1783. so, a story of immigrants. and i guess we're pred pretty proud in these parts of being a rather old and traditional. charlestonnans up the road are little older than us and a little uppitiy or whatever about how much older and and heartier they are than perhaps us. and it's been shrined the charleston unions are described as the chines in that they both eat a lot of rice and worship their ancestors, but with a little making up to do after nearly 300 years of marrying your first cousin and all the right families, six or eight right families over this time. matter of fact i thi

preston russell for sponsoring david greenberg's appearance today. which is perfect in its timing as we are in the midst of a contentious and entertaining and mesmerizing presidential primary season. david greenberg is an expert in such matters as up prof. of history and journalism, media studies at rutgers university. he speaks often on the shoes of media and contemporary politics, the subject of this latest book "republic of spin," an inside history of the american presidency. in it, david greenberg recounted the rise of the white house spin machine from teddy roosevelt to barack obama, from the bleep it to the well calibrated construction of today's pollsters, speech writers and snake oil salesman who excel on social media. please welcome david greenberg. [applause] >> thank you, thanks to all of you. it is really encouraging to see such a good crowd on saturday morning. i want to thank in particular ted and linda mohr, my hosts this weekend who have been showing me around savannah and showing me a wonderful time. wonderful to be in this terrific