now, how did andrew jackson feel about this child?>> that's a very -- i use that same anecdote to make a point i think is the most persuasive one. i don't know what that writer had in mind, but this was his adopted son who he, it is fair to say that he protected him and treated him kindly. but i think if you look at the way he was treated in the house, it was exactly like a pet. a loved and honored pet, but a pet nonetheless. and tourists would come by and look at him. it probably suggests that -- i'm getting too psychoanalytic here, that jackson had some mixed feelings, he considered indian people not bad people, but clearly not developed enough, and they needed somebody to sort of watch over there them, a paternalistic kind of presence which is, of course, what he did for the entire end peoples -- indian people in the country. the paternalism that all the southeast indians had to undergo could have been seen in microcosm in the way he treated that little boy. he kept talking about, oh, when you go out west, white culture, people in

jackson, andrew jackson, the jackson that used to live next door in salisbury? if andrew jackson can be president, anybody can. such was the power of the enduring fame of the battle of new orleans. so what did the war accomplish? why did it matter? in the dismal december of the war's second year, president madison addressed congress and tried to put the best possible light on the trials and tribulations the nation had endured on the battlefields. the war, with its fositudes, is illustrated the capacity of the united states, to be a great, a flourishing and a powerful nation. now, for whatever madison's shortcomings as a charismatic leader, he had been proven correct and could justly don the cloak of victor. there was to be no better evidence than that than in james monroe's election to the presidency as madison's monroe's re-election without opposition. james monroe presided over a national coalition that was tested and fired. in the summer of 1823, scarcely 11 years after he waited for peace commissioners to appear, john quincy adams, now monroe's secretary of

but any man who quotes andrew jackson and says, you know, a guy who knew how to get our enemies is andrewackson his idea is kill them. well, yeah, andrew jackson's enemy was the native american, newt. again, this guy was quoted and loves every president that i think are despicable. woodrow wilson, theodore roosevelt and now andrew jackson. is he a big government progressive in trouble. good in the debate. >> bill: beck on the line now. >> he is also right on the middle east. he is right on othe middle east. >> bill: we have eliminated paul and eliminated gingrich. wait, beck, calm down. we have eliminated gingrich. okay, rick perry doesn't have a chance, right? no chance? he is gone, right? >> i'm not for rick perry because i would like him to remain in texas. that's where i built my company and i would like it not to change. >> bill: not going to happen. so now we are down to santorum and romney. go on romney. >> yes. romney scares me because i don't believe he sees the fed as a problem. i think if we hit a global crisis i'm not convinced that mitt romney is the guy to bring us into a sm

they took on andrew jackson over what they saw as the cherokee people. what they're fighting about is nothing less than what is meant to be a good charity. removal practice plunged the charity into a profound issue of patriotism. the 1820s un they faced a difficult question for the cherokee people. with irresponsible for charity to be a citizen of the nation and remain connected to tribal positions. and given the obvious hunger to charities who place their hopes on assimilation in their homeland or independence of the cherokee nation. what could a patriotic cherokee do to save his people if the only choices were clinging to a homeland that were overrunning or recreating the nation in a distant land? if you could not save your homeland and your people which one matters most? which one would you risk? what made you the more faithful cherokee? fighting to save your home or to save your people. those are questions i posed in the introduction. the book goes back in time a bit to washington and jefferson's administration and begins on a hopeful measure. washin

the andrew jackson line that newt gingrich used killed them., he had the line that we played, setting up the discussion tonight about mitt romney not being able to control his super pac and what influence will he have as president. he had four or five lines hand delivered them with authority and quick, fast, speedy, decisive. then romney, by contrast, in the question, the exchange about whether he was going to release his tax returns, said, well, you know, i probably will, maybe, and later. we'll see. time will tell. >> bret: let me interrupt you there. that evolved today. he was obviously pressed about it again today. here is governor romney and speaker gingrich. >> the rate i've been paying is closer to 15% rate. the last ten years i have, my income comes overwhelmingly from investments made in the past, rather than ordinary income or rather than earned annual income. i got a little bit of income from my book but i gave it all away. then i get speakers fees from time to time but not very much. >> first of all, he never released his taxes to f

he is off with andrew jackson trying to get jackson to join them in jackson won't because he is troubledby some of these reports. and burr goes down to the cumberland river from national -- nashville and join somewhere the cumberland runs into the ohio. there happens to of these dramatic moments in this event. burr is joining is meant for the first time. many of them have not met him. they gather on the river shore and circle around him. he goes round the circle and shakes hands with them and greets them, and then steps forward to say a few words, but in that period of time, sort of news when 11100 guys show up in votes and land on the shore there. some of the people in the surrounding farms had gathered on the shore as well. so burr gestures at the other people and says, i can't really tell you why we are here. and that is it. now, i was personally astonished that the 100 guys got back in the boats and kept going. he can't tell them why they are there. and during the trial, marshall pointed this moment very specifically and says you know if all he was doing was settling the bastrop trac

he's off with andrew jackson trying to get jackson to join them, and jackson won't because he's troubled by some of these reports. and burr goes down the cumberland river from nashville, and he joins them where the cumberland runs into the ohio river. and there happens one of the two dramatic moments of this event. burr's joining his men for the first time. many of them haven't met him. so they gather on the river shore in a circle around him. he goes around the circle and shakes hands with them, greets them. and then steps forward to say a few words, but in that period of time -- it's sort of news when 100 guys show up in boats and land on the shore there -- some of the people have gathered on the shore as well. so burr gestures at the other people and says, i can't really tell you why we're here. and that's it. now, i was personally astonished that the hundred guys got back in the boats and kept going. if he can't tell them why they're there. and during the trial chief justice marshall points to this moment very specifically and says, you know, if all he was doing was settling the bast

now, was andrew jackson -- how did he feel about this child? >> that's a -- i use that same anecdote to make that point. i think it's most persuasive -- [inaudible] [audio difficulty] this was his adopted son who he, it is fair to say that he protected him and treated him kindly. and i think if you look at the way he was treated in the house, it was exactly like a pet. a loved and honored pet, but a pet nonetheless. and tourists would come by and look at him. it probably suggests not to get too psychoanalytic here, but jackson had some mixed feelings, he considered the indian people not bad or evil, but they needed somebody to watch over them which of course, is what he did to the entire indian peoples in the country. so, actually, i use that to make my larger point about jackson, the paternalism that all -- [inaudible] the way he treated that little boy. as kindly as his interest might have been, he kept talking about, oh, if you go out west, white culture, people of white culture won't be around you. you'll be able to practice your own tribal

and andrew jackson, as you probably know, vetoed the bank. we didn't have a central bank then until we got the federal reserve. and you need a central bank. a central bank really controls money. and sees to it that the money is good and worth its value. [laughter] >> okay? >> i'm from new york and i'm a bit biased. >> can you tell? >> i'm from new york. you're from new york as well. okay. [laughter] >> millard fillmore as you describe is an important ingredient in the compromise and yet you also don't seem to think much of that and the signing of the fugitive slave law and what do you disparage between clay being the hero of the compromise whereas millard fillmore is almost disparaged of it for his reputation and signing of the fugitive slave law. >> i'm not sure what you're asking. >> well, it seems millard fillmore is attacked for attacking henry clay's compromise just because they focus on the one aspect of the fugitive slave law and so it seems like, you know, you're praising henry clay so much and rightly so, but that millard fill moor d

what about steve jobs or president andrew jackson didn't go to challenge. rockefeller didn't go to college . halle berry didn't go to college. >> that is a good example. >> i think she is successful. >> she is hot. >> and let me make a moral point which is correct. freedom ends when force begins a burrcratic official say i am forcing you to go to college. check out their own high school with a 43 percent graduation rate. that is disgusting. >> johnathon, you are talking about them going to college. a program in bermuda. >> john. that is not true. >> we talk to them and help them plan a career. they are stuck in generational levels of low income and stuck in levels and they are stuck if you don't help them out. >> there is your entitlement speech. >> all right. you have to start before you get to the college application process. it comes from educating people from the early stages. >> parents as well. coming up everybody. they were partly to blame for the financial collapse and now government backed loans will help property flippers. we may all be flipping o

andrew jackson had a pretty clear cut idea about america's enemies. kill them.cheers] >> bill: why? are you blood thirsty? why is that your favorite moment? >> i think it's interesting what it shows about newt gingrich who talked about the exchange with juan williams and their personalities romney vs. gingrich. this is -- he speaks with a little bit of flourish. he brings some history in. he tells a story. and he is not afraid to land a punch on someone. now that is he back to shifting going after moderators, media and democrats, is he looking much stronger. >> bill: blood personality trait as he is. as i said to charles krauthammer, in the general race, not the republic primary, but the general race, when he goes kill them. >> yes. >> bill: i'm not sure, you know the independent women are going kill who? who are we going to kill? >> i think you are right. he doesn't have a soft touch as romney kind of does sometimes. and i think that would be a problem with independent voters. i think this illustrates what people are thirsting for in the g.o.p. primary. they ar

all along the way there were places where we couldn't go to the andrew jackson hotel, we couldn't go to morten's cafeteria. there was a paramount theatre, we had to go in the back door, separate water fountains. it was a very negative experience. when i got to the library, right above the door, all are welcome. i could go in the front door. i could remember the librarian, she had a bonnet on the back of her head. very sensible shoes. i look at librarians today, that is how they look. she always spoke in a whisper. didn't talk out loud in the library. whispered. she was so kind to me that i loved librarians. when they ask me to do something, it is hard for me to say no. and that is why i flew in the dark at night from atlanta to come out here. [laughter]. but it is because of that generosity of the national public library. so i went there to get my books and i would bring them home and read all 3. then the next week i would take them back to the library. i would read often. when you read better, you read success. i credit the national public library with my successes as a young reader

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andrew jackson was no push over. are told he pulled out his cane and beat up that attacker. the gunman produced another mis. jackson survived not hurt at all and blamed a rival wig party for the incident. vice president martin van burn never visited the senate again without a pair of guns. old hickory dodged a bullet 177 years ago today. and now you know the news

but, you know, when andrew jackson got rid of the debt, the results weren't salutary. so in a way the wheels are turning in the opposite direction we think they are. money isn't this slight resource which there's only so much of. the question is how much we create and who gets it. and that's, you know, that's the real political struggle. when you go on a global scale, it's very similar. for most of cold war history, the countries that actually were holding the treasury bonds, you know, the u.s. has this amazing advantage that it can effectively write checks that are then treated as if they were gold, and nobody ever cashes, they just roll them over. it used to be west west germany was one of the bigger holders, the gulf states, japan, south korea. what do they all have in common? they're all under u.s. military protection in one way or another or have u.s. military bases. and in a way the amount of the debt, exterior debt is almost exactly the same or at least increases along with military spending. so these people are lending us the money to create these armies that s

when andrew jackson got rid of the debt it was the one time anybody has. the way the wheels are turning in the opposite direction as we think they are money isn't actually the scarce resource like petroleum or something where there's only so much. but how much we create and who gets it. that is the real political struggle. on a global scale is similar for most of cold war history. the countries actually were holding the treasury bond. the u.s. has this advantage it can raise checks and treat them like gold and use reserve currency by the rest of the world. there used to be west germany was one of the bigger holders and gold states and japan and south korea. they are all under u.s. military protection in one way or other. in a way the amount of debt is the same or increases with military spending so people are lending as the money to create these armies that never quite pay it back. now that china is involved is more complicated but that is the symptom being challenged and it is simply true that the last few hundred years the global reserve currency tended

when andrew jackson got rid of the debt the results were not exactly sal tuary. it's the one time anybody has. it's the one time the wheels have turned in the opposite direction. the question is how much we create and who get it and that's the real political scale. for most of cold war history the countries that were actually holding the treasury bonds -- you know, the u.s. has an amazing advantages that can create checks that are treated as gold and nobody ever crashes them for that reason they roll them over. west germany was one of the bigger holders, the gulf states, japan, south korea what do they all have in common. they are under u.s. military protection one way or the other. have u.s. military bases and the amount of the debt, exterior debt is almost exactly the same -- it increases along with military spending. so these people are lending us the money to create these armies that sit on top of them and never quite pay it back. now, that china has gotten involved it's a little more complicated. that's the system that's being challenged. it is simply true f

no president since andrew jackson has won a second term with a lower popular percentage vote than he won the first time. no president. does anyone at this table believe that barack obama if he is re-elected will receive 52.9% of the popular vote? >> no. >> no. so he would be historic if he won with 50.5%. he could still win. it would be a historical anomaly. most presidents if they win a second term win very big or bigger than the first time. chris: what does this tell you? >> what this tells you if the country is not ready to give you 50, they will give lower. >> the key is republicans are enthusiastic about beating barack obama. they're just not enthusiastic about their candidates. so the question is what will get republicans to the polls? republicans go to the poll. chris: a bloody four-night debate series which is so tight this fall, whoever is against him, the blood will be on the faces like a painting. at the end, you will know this is a fight and there will be bloody and the audiences out there will say i'm getting to the polls. we haven't seen anything until we see the fall w

andrew jackson had a pretty clearcut about america's enemies. kill them. >> we go anywhere they are and we kill them and the right thing for -- the right thing for usama bin laden was the bullet in the head that he received. that's the right course for people who kill american citizens. >> so i would say that maybe we ought to consider a golden rule in foreign policy. don't do to other nations what we don't want have them to do to us. so we -- we endlessly bomb these countries and then we wonder why they get upset with us? >> few statements irked me more not than that statement. he says it all the time. we endlessly bomb people when my goodness, you know exactly what the deal was. you know what happened to the first iraq war and the second iraq war. you know why we're in afghanistan and why we continue to stay there. he knows the answers to this. he's looking for a soundbite and bumper sticker for those people who say i don't like george bush and i hate all wars. >> and we'll be talking a little bit later on. stay tuned in about 30 minutes for w

that the british were imposing on at the time and that is a refrain throughout american history andrew jackson was fighting the first bank of america i know you can talk more about the current iteration of bank of america but that idea that corporations get special privileges from the government and then use special privileges to leverage that advantage leverage the wealth and try to get more power i think is a constant story it's one of those things that go with a corporate charter is a threat and i think we always understood that and ok surely we forget it or we lose some battles like with santa clara in the gilded age took away our constitutional rights because we didn't keep an adequate eye on corporate power but we pushed back with the progressive era the new deal again in the sixty's and seventy's we had to push back and now we have to do it again i think this idea that the line gets blurred it will happen if we don't manage what in the book i call corporations are there a tool not a person nothing more exotic than a tool and they're like gasoline or guns they have purposes but if you do

. >> andrew jackson had a pretty clear cut idea about american's enemi enemies, kill them. >> maybe wensider a golden rule in foreign policy. don't do to other nations what we don't want to happen to us. >> they obviously made a mistake. >> you're talki ining about urinating on the corpses. >> what is despicable, cutting danny's head off. >> it makes you wonder how much influence he would have if he was president. >> you have a super pac ad. it's probably the biggest hoax since big foot. >> i would say stop it. >> there was a pattern in some companies, a handful of them. >> bain swept. they picked that company over. >> every time we invested. we tried to grow an enterprise to ad jobs. >> i ask questions that are legitimate questions. >> of course you do. let's get right to our panel now. in the studio, crystal ball and in pennsylvania, dr. james peterson. good day to both you. crystal, here is how south carolina's biggest paper framed the debate. romney fends off rival's attacks. they say santorum failed to breakthrough. i guess it's time, basically, for hail mary pass for all of the o

the river and they make their way down the river but it burr is that with them the yousaf with andrew jackson and trying to get him to join them in burr goes down and joins them with the cumberland it joins the ohio river. there have been one of the two dramatic moments of this e event. burr's joining his men for the first time many have not met him so they gather on the shore he goes around to shake hands and greets them in than steps forward to say a few words but in that period of time, but it isnd o news when 100 guys show up in boats the surrounding farms have shown of so he gestures to those who say i tell you why we're here. and that is it. i was personally astonished the 100 guys got back in thept boat and kept going. if he cannot tell them why they're there. and during the trial that chief justice marshall points to this specifically to save paul he was doing he could have said sell but there was something else he was up two. they continued down the river. until they get to to where things finally fall apart. the only way burr can succeed with the small group of men is if will consid

should be able to find a job within 99 weeks and talks about the best part of the debate is that andrew jackson had a good idea on what to do about enemies, killed them. that propelled gingrich to the wleerd of the pack in z.now, i think you'll see movements in this debate. >> sean: now, mitt romney has about an eight-point lead if you look at the average. and there is -- how much do you think? >> issue for rom snee is that he was attacked on the first is a minutes on bain. i think this would have a long term negative consequences and i think mitt romney a's right to say be care whafl you say. with economic freedom you start to undermine principles of capitolism, you're undermining reelection hopes and republicans on the top of the ticket, down. >> sean: that came up. and charles krauthammer said mitt romney needed a good answer for that question every time she gets a question like this, he pivots against obama. very smart approach. rit romney has taken the high road. now, super packs have been tacking others viciously. you've got to give mitt romney credit. seven million people are watching to