hand he counted among his closest friends ardent liberals, john kenneth kamala murray contend, alann steen, people whose ideas were dear friends of this. no, he gave no quarter in debate the law but he was not mean-spirited. he did know where the line was between being very tough and very passionate on an issue and being mean, personally mean. many people who profess to admire him, even emulate him, rush limbaugh, for example, says the other than his own father william f. buckley jr. was the greatest influence in his life. i wish that there would learn from him about that line. anything else? >> we are ultimately social. we seek companionship. the worst thing we can do to each other is isolate or ostracize. so the third industrial revolution is interesting

hand he counted among his closest friends ardent liberals, john kenneth kamala murray contend, alann steenpeople whose ideas were dear friends of this. no, he gave no quarter in debate the law but he was not mean-spirited. he did know where the line was between being very tough and very passionate on an issue and being mean, personally mean. many people who profess to admire him, even emulate him, rush limbaugh, for example, says the other than his own father william f. buckley jr. was the greatest influence in his life. i wish that there would learn from him about that line. anything else? thank you very much. i enjoyed talking to you. [applause] >> you're watching 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books on c-span2 book tv. >> you have written a book about obama. but most people find it of the whole of very admiring book. the administration has, i guess, disagreed. they have kamala some comments about you. what is it like to be in the middle of a political firefight? when i used to being in the level of it. what do you make of what is happening? >> john, it is a little strange because th

hand he counted among his closest friends ardent liberals, john kenneth kamala murray contend, alann steen, people whose ideas were dear friends of this. no, he gave no quarter in debate the law but he was not mean-spirited. he did know where the line was between being very tough and very passionate on an issue and being mean, personally mean. many people who profess to admire him, even emulate him, rush limbaugh, for example, says the other than his own father william f. buckley jr. was the greatest influence in his life. i wish that there would learn from him about that line. anything else? he became very wealthy. that is an example in my mind is steve jobs did not cause hardly any lobbyists. he was not at his politically. in a can of very wealthy man. the crony capitalists on the other hand is the voluntary exchange and are interested in making money out of the political system. it is not created innovative practice but having political connections and which allows them to get government contracts and set aside from the tax codes on a guaranteed debt government loans and is guaranteed g