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and that whole breed of thinking that is your social activists and you need to advance a cause, john deweynge education, media to advance a social agenda and so forth. it has taken hold in this country in a big, big way. these institutions of higher education, academic freedom, a very little academic freedom and very little free speech and you expect the media, rather than joining in in the attack on the covington students and so forth and standing up for free speech and standing up for civil liberty, they don't do it. when you look at the russia collusion that took place and when you have the fbi going into a campaign and when you have other things going on rather than reporting on it they are participating in it. this is why i say we don't have a free press. of course, we have a free press and that the government is not slapping down media organizations although obama did that and fdr did that and woodrow wilson did that but no, we have is the complete lack of, in my view, a professionalism and diversity of points and what the founders had in mind when we got our first amendment in the f

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dewey, using the small town of riverton, california to show the voting process. in about 15 minutes, "the election of john f. kennedy, president of the united states," a 1960 u.s. agency film that features the process as much as the personalities of richard nixon and jfk. in about half an hour, from 1968, a biographical documentary, "richard m. nixon, the new president." in about one hour, "election 1976: day of decision," a look at the contest between incumbent president gerald ford and challenger jimmy carter. with detailed analysis by three political scientists. ♪ narrator: it is early morning of the first tuesday in november. this is an american city, a city that is not very large, not very rich, not very old. it is situated in the western part of the united states, in california. its name is riverton. ♪ the woman in the car is mrs. dawson, one of riverton's 15,000 residents. she is principal of public school number two, but today there will be no classes held here, for this is election day. ♪ this classroom is one of the -- 130,000 places the country over in which american citizens are going to cast

soon after that he appears in this calculated photo op with dewey -- >> one comment from our listeners, john, a statement, not a question. he thinks it is because truman had in singapore faith in integrity, nothing to do with corruption and never did and that is why he is considered a great president. >> guest: let me speak to that quickly. truman left office, had a miserable approval rating. why is it today the democrats love truman? why is it today republicans love truman? you won't or donald trump or truman, you hear nancy pelosi quote truman, you hear judge roy moore quote truman. why do they all hold him to this standard? for me the story of the 1948 election answers the question because here is a man who is such an absolute patriot, courageous man, with honor and decency fighting for what he believed did the right thing for the country and that sums it up for me. >> host: there is no disconnect between what he said and what he did. he was a rare politician. thank you for writing another great book on truman and thanks to our audience. at the commonwealth club, 100 eighteenth year, than

john f. kennedy and also dewey over roosevelt. all 50 states in the district of columbia as well. >> gary tuchman for us. thank foes people behind you. strongsville strong, the ultimate location for this last day of voting in america. polls open this hour in the battleground state of north carolina as well. cnn's suzanne malveaux in charlotte live with a look there. >> reporter: good morning, john. it's cold, dark and a little early. so voters have not yet quite come out to this polling center, but it is going to be open in about 20 minutes or so. we've just started to see the door open and some of the workers come in. they're going to be setting up shop for a busy day. they do expect it to be busy, but perhaps not as busy as the last go-round. it's been quite xrordnary, text. yesterday we saw president trump and melania. i covered fayetteville, supporters enthusiastic. jill biden will be here today. look at the sheer numbers. you're talking about 4.6 million voters who have already turned out and voted early. that is more than 62

dewey and that's when he commits himself to the republican party. >> good timing. i will finish up with one comment from one of our listeners john jones. it's a statement not a question. he says he thinks it's because truman had an unshakable faith in a great integrity and couldn't have anything anything to do with corruption and never did and that's why he eventually considered -- is considered a great president. >> let me speak to that really quickly. when truman left office he had a miserable approval rating. why is it today that democrats love turman? why do republicans love turman? you will hear nancy pelosi quote german. why did they hold on to the standard and for me the story of the election really answers the question, that question because here was a man who was such an absolute patriot a courageous man with honor and decency but most of all fighting for what he believed to be the right thing for our country so that i think sums it up for me. >> they didn't see a disconnect between what he said what he did which is rare in a politician. so thanks for writing another look on truman and thank you tour audience. the commonwealth