you brought up barry goldwater and want brown points for the civil-rights movement. the white democrats did not want to pass it down south. we wanted to do it.

as a kid in 1964 i remember, eight years old and barry goldwater's speed all the racist haiti can.ear many conservative, right- wing republicans always want to: barry goldwater, yet you never go back to his change of heart. the same meeting with mr. kkk byrd that we know from west virginia and his thought process. if we get to be one, a few mr.tapscott listen to mr. solomon a little more and get away from the no and try to get a little more to the yes, . can't mr. solomon, a want to applaud you for your intelligence and intentions. host: we will stop you there to let the harvard debate continue. guest: this was your brother, right? if guest: not literally, anyway. guest: where do i start? i commend the caller for his passion. it is too bad we don't have more for american politics today. i would simply say that the caller obviously has a the conventional wisdom of american academia today which is that somehow these evil europeans came to america and took over and murdered and killed for 300 years. that is a total misreading of american, western history. people who have that perspect

barry goldwater. >> he was -- what a handsome man. that was very important. he was the hero. the heroic -- i still use extremism [unintelligible] terrible political judgment but what a great thing to say. >> richard nixon? >> when bill clinton was president, my wife is a liberal democrat. i would always tell her, nixon was my problem, clinton is yours. nixon destroyed himself. he destroyed himself. his hatred destroyed himself. and took a lot of conservative energy down with him to say nothing of southeast asia and millions of people. never forget that. millions of people. the first editorial i firstfo wrote for "national review", th ere was a jesuit that said the khmer rouge killed thousands. that was a lowball. it was also nixon bringing himself down. it was the final piece of that. >> reagan. >> reagan, the two things he did, you cannot do many things. you can do two things as president. the two things he did was he stopped the economic slump and he did say, i forget now who he said this to. here is my strategy for the cold war. we win, they lose. and he set in place for t

barry goldwater. >> he was -- what a handsome man. that was very important. he was the hero. the heroic -- i still use extremism [unintelligible] terrible political judgment but what a great thing to say. >> richard nixon? >> when bill clinton was president, my wife is a liberal democrat. i would always tell her, nixon was my problem, clinton is yours. nixon destroyed himself. he destroyed himself. his hatred destroyed himself. and took a lot of conservative energy down with him to say nothing of southeast asia and millions of people. never forget that. millions of people. the first editorial i firstfo wrote for "national review", th ere was a jesuit that said the khmer rouge killed thousands. that was a lowball. it was also nixon bringing himself down. it was the final piece of that. >> reagan. >> reagan, the two things he did, you cannot do many things. you can do two things as president. the two things he did was he stopped the economic slump and he did say, i forget now who he said this to. here is my strategy for the cold war. we win, they lose. and he set in place for t

there would not have been a barry goldwater without a national review.and there would not have been a national review without a william f. buckley? >> yes. >> my second question is, what do you think about christopher buckley's book? >> chris has been a friend of mine for a long time and an editor of mine. i notice that he ran forbes fyi, he was the first editor for a number of years. he also sent out three by five cards every time i wrote a piece. and i thought that is very nice to see that being carried out. chris is writing about his parents' death, and i was writing about billy's life. so it was two different tasks, two different books. >> another question, going towards the back gentleman there. >> up from liberalism, i think 07 team. early '60s. in the course of my life, i watched conservative reached a pinnacle with the election of ronald reagan. would you agree that it has changed, and do you think that is a good or a bad thing? >> i think there was a very depressing consequence of republicans taking over the house in 1994 and running it through

and this one man dennison kitchel found these three people who changed the course of barry goldwaterand bill rehnquist, that's a remarkable man. and dennison kitchel was himself a very unusual man. he came from a very social family in new york. his father was the managing partner in a law firm, which is the oldest law firm in new york. i looked that up. he went -- kitchel went to st. paul school and to yale and to harvard law school and then moved out to arizona. and he came from this long social background in new york. his grandfather had taught at greek at yale during the civil war. then he got involved in all -- and kitchel was a very unusual man. and he did not remain friends. and you will read how at his suggestion i met kitchel once. he was not -- it was clear they were not very friendly. . .. >> in what way does that make a difference to him? >> i think it was tremendous. they were a very devoted couple. she was a terribly smart woman. they met when he was in washington as a clerk to justice jackson. she worked for the cia on the austrian desk. and they then -- it was genuinel

you brought up barry goldwater and want brown points for the civil-rights movement.rats did not want to pass it down south. we wanted to do it. as a kid in 1964 i remember, eight years old and barry goldwater's speed all the racist haiti can. i hear many conservative, right- wing republicans always want to: barry goldwater, yet you never go back to his change of heart. the same meeting with mr. kkk byrd that we know from west virginia and his thought process. if we get to be one, a few mr.tapscott listen to mr. solomon a little more and get away from the no and try to get a little more to the yes, . can't mr. solomon, a want to applaud you for your intelligence and intentions. host: we will stop you there to let the harvard debate continue. guest: this was your brother, right? if guest: not literally, anyway. guest: where do i start? i commend the caller for his passion. it is too bad we don't have more for american politics today. i would simply say that the caller obviously has a the conventional wisdom of american academia today which is that somehow these evil eu

barry goldwater. >> he was -- what a handsome man. that was very important. he was the hero.great thing to say. >> richard nixon? >> when bill clinton was president, my wife is a liberal democrat. i would always tell her, nixon was my problem, clinton is yours. nixon destroyed himself. he destroyed himself. his hatred destroyed himself. and took a lot of conservative energy down with him to say nothing of southeast asia and millions of people. never forget that. millions of people. the first editorial i firstfo wrote for "national review", th ere was a jesuit that said the khmer rouge killed thousands. that was a lowball. it was also nixon bringing himself down. it was the final piece of that. >> reagan. >> reagan, the two things he did, you cannot do many things. you can do two things as president. the two things he did was he stopped the economic slump and he did say, i forget now who he said this to. here is my strategy for the cold war. we win, they lose. and he set in place for the conditions in which that happen. >> jack kemp. >> it was so thrilling to be in his presenc

you know, i have to say my dad ran for vice president with barry goldwater in '64 and took quite a drubbingy. let me just say there is no whining in politics to me that is all she does is whine. this whole book is just complaining and whining and, you know there is no crying in politics. >> there is a lot of whining in politics. a lot of it. i don't like t i don't want it. i won't listen to it but it exists. >> what do you think mrs. clinton was doing, she charged everything against her husband was a vast right-wing conspiracy. that is all politician does is blame other people for their problems. >> oh, please, ben this whole book is just about getting even it is about settling scores. >> did you read the book? >> a lot of every word. i read every word. >> wow. you're -- oh, amazing. >> i don't think i believe her. >> i care when larry king asks me about it. i care. >> i know, you should care. >> i don't think she is telling us the truth. >> larry: get a break, but first, check in with anderson cooper for a preview of ""ac 360."" anderson what is up? >> new details on that story still devel

i have to say, you know, my dad ran for vice president with barry goldwater in '64 and took quite a drubbingthere's new whining in politics. all she does is whine. this whole book is complaining and whining. >> there's a lot of whining in politics. a lot of it. i don't like it. i don't want it. i won't listen to it. but it exists. >> please. >> what did you think it was mrs. clinton was doing, she charged everything against her husband was a vast right wing conspiracy. that's all politicians do is blame other people for their problems. >> ben, this whole book is just about getting even, about settling scores. >> did you read the book? did you read it? >> i read it, every word. >> wow. oh, amazing. >> because i care when larry king asks me about it. i care. >> i know, i should care. >> larry: let me get a break. but first, let's check in with anderson cooper for a preview of "ac 360." >> new details on that story still developing. five americans arrested in pakistan. all with ties to a terror group. we'll have the latest on the case. and a troubling trend, americans involved in terror plots a

barry goldwater. >> he was -- what a handsome man. that was very important. he was the hero. the heroic -- i still use extremism [unintelligible] terrible political judgment but what a great thing to say. >> richard nixon? >> when bill clinton was president, my wife is a liberal democrat. i would always tell her, nixon was my problem, clinton is yours. nixon destroyed himself. he destroyed himself. his hatred destroyed himself. and took a lot of conservative energy down with him to say nothing of southeast asia and millions of people. never forget that. millions of people. the first editorial i firstfo wrote for "national review", th ere was a jesuit that said the khmer rouge killed thousands. that was a lowball. it was also nixon bringing himself down. it was the final piece of that. >> reagan. >> reagan, the two things he did, you cannot do many things. you can do two things as president. the two things he did was he stopped the economic slump and he did say, i forget now who he said this to. here is my strategy for the cold war. we win, they lose. and he set in place for t

, barry goldwater into sam nunn, and the old legislation that we ended up in congress,ç they're passing/nichols act, which was not receive very well among most officers, with a few exceptions. following that, at the behest of march barrett, i chaired a panel working on joint education, and we ended up with a series of yearlong hearings and we came up with these one, phase two, and you know all of that. we found that the various war colleges varied in complexity and difficulty. marines were way behind, and he the air force had a long way to go, and that came around. the army was a good b or b- plus. the best was the navy by far. he did not have to go there to get promoted, but it was for somewhere -- you did not have to go there to get promoted, but it was for someç reason the premir of 1988. well, fast-forward to today as the war colleges -- have they fulfilled their main purpose in life? what is the main purpose? well, cousin and snyder mentioned it. it is to create strategists, strategic thinkers. everybody graduates from your school -- everyoneç who graduas from the school will not

inviting the aclu to testify about speech rights while examining violent ex-freedomism. 1964 barry goldwater said extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. extremism is nothing more than a chosen set of beliefs and as such protectedeneder the first amendment. an extremist ideology in and of itself must not bring on government censure. violent acts deserves condemnation. this hearing is entitled "violent extremism." violent is inherently harmful. extremism is not. linking an examination of the two implies an extremist viewpoint leads to violence and that violence associated with it is more worthy of examination than non-ideological violence. even though the latter is more frequent and caused more lasting damage. we will examine the events which may explain while individuals choose violence as a means for political change. we will steadfastly oppose efforts to examine and thus cast official disapproval upon any minority belief system. in time of national crisis we have often failed to live up to our democratic ideals. during the palmer raids, government created 150,000 secret files on th

in this paper, we describe a variety of techniques from barry goldwater taking on direct mail, all the way up through john mccain been quicker to use the internet. if these things are successful, they tend to be mimicked by other candidates. it becomes part of the normal method of campaigning. we focus on presidential candidates because they are very entrepreneurial people. they are ambitious and they are operating under conditions of uncertainty, an environment that changes from election cycle to election cycle. the out party -- get out of office party needs to do something different in order to break up and overcome what we would consider the natural or expected finished witches that they lose if they do what other normal strategies that are being used generally, they do not always win. that is an important point. we're not looking at who is winning, and we will talk a little about this. in this paper, we talk about economic and cultural changes and then we talk about the changing coalition for the democratic and republican party is over the last 50 years. we argue that this is done

barry goldwater. >> he was -- what a handsome man. that was very important. he was the hero.the heroic -- i still use extremism [unintelligible] terrible political judgment but what a great thing to say. >> richard nixon? >> when bill clinton was president, my wife is a liberal democrat. i would always tell her, nixon was my problem, clinton is yours. nixon destroyed himself. he destroyed himself. his hatred destroyed himself. and took a lot of conservative energy down with him to say nothing of southeast asia and millions of people. never forget that. millions of people. the first editorial i firstfo wrote for "national review", th ere was a jesuit that said the khmer rouge killed thousands. that was a lowball. it was also nixon bringing himself down. it was the final piece of that. >> reagan. >> reagan, the two things he did, you cannot do many things. you can do two things as president. the two things he did was he stopped the economic slump and he did say, i forget now who he said this to. here is my strategy for the cold war. we win, they lose. and he set in place for th

on october 27, 1964, ronald reagan gave a nationally televised address supporting barry goldwater, thet. while goldwater was later defeated by lyndon johnson, many americans watching that they immediately sensed that reagan would one day become president. the title of reagan's speech was "a time for choosing." he crystallized the voices for voters. when people look for self- government, or would they submit themselves to being ruled by elites in a far distant capital? his polka at social engineers was accompanied by a vigorous defense of america's greatest abroad. he reminded americans that they did have a rendezvous with destiny. as california governor in the 1960's and 1970's, ronald reagan proved over and over that he had the mind of a committed conservative, and the temperament of an extraordinary leader. as president, reagan displayed his unmistakable skill in communicating a vision of american exceptional as some. it was not just vision that moves people his way. it was also his tone. he was always quick with a smile for self-deprecating jokes. he once said "i have left orders to

barry goldwater. we served with barry together in this chamber for a period of time because he was here when i arrived in the senate. 35 years ago on january 3 of the next month i arrived as a 30-year-old member of the house of representatives. and six years later arrived here as a freshman senator 30 years ago. going back to the 1960's, i've had a lot to do with this chamber and watched it over the years. the best moments occur when we work together. this has been a bitter and difficult battle over these last number of months. as someone who takes great, great pride in having been a part of this chamber, as my father was before me, for more than a quarter of the life of our country, i want to see us once again return to the days when we have our partisan debates -- which we should because it's built the country. partisanship, there's nothing wrong with that. it's our ability to act civilly with each other. i've been deeply disturbed by some of the debate i've heard usually from newer members here, the

on october 27, 1964, ronald reagan gave a nationally televised address supporting barry goldwater, theer was later defeated by lyndon johnson, many americans watching that they immediately sensed that reagan would one day become president. the title of reagan's speech was "a time for choosing." he crystallized the voices for voters. when people look for self- government, or would they submit themselves to being ruled by elites in a far distant capital? his polka at social engineers was accompanied by a vigorous defense of america's greatest abroad. he reminded americans that they did have a rendezvous with destiny. as california governor in the 1960's and 1970's, ronald reagan proved over and over that he had the mind of a committed conservative, and the temperament of an extraordinary leader. as president, reagan displayed his unmistakable skill in communicating a vision of american exceptional as some. it was not just vision that moves people his way. it was also his tone. he was always quick with a smile for self-deprecating jokes. he once said "i have left orders to be awakened in

inviting the aclu to testify about speech rights while examining violent ex-freedomism. 1964 barry goldwater said extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. extremism is nothing more than a chosen set of beliefs and as such protectedeneder the first amendment. an extremist ideology in and of itself must not bring on government censure. violent acts deserves condemnation. this hearing is entitled "violent extremism." violent is inherently harmful. extremism is not. linking an examination of the two implies an extremist viewpoint leads to violence and that violence associated with it is more worthy of examination than non-ideological violence. even though the latter is more frequent and caused more lasting damage. we will examine the events which may explain while individuals choose violence as a means for political change. we will steadfastly oppose efforts to examine and thus cast official disapproval upon any minority belief system. in time of national crisis we have often failed to live up to our democratic ideals. during the palmer raids, government created 150,000 secret files on th