a campaign was launched led by senator barry goldwater, representative margaret heckler.o with their help wasps were granted veteran status 33 years after they had been disbanded. in 2010 at the efforts of four congress women, one of whom hutchison, the wasps were given awarded the congressional gold medal of honor which is the highest civilian honor bestowed by congress. [ applause ] >> my wasp colleagues distinguished guests our families and our friends, i am humbled to have

except in 1956, you know people forget it wasn't barry goldwater that broke the solids out. it was dwight eisenhower. he carried almost 40% of the african-american vote and a majority of southern electors. so because the party turned to goldwater and then in effect on to nixon and reagan and gingrich, because the party took that turn in 1964 doesn't mean that that had to be the history. it could have been a very different history. c-span: "on his own terms" is the title of the book. where'd you get that? >> guest: in 35 years of writing books, this is the first time i've gotten a title that i wanted. that's one thing that never changed. c-span: how old is he on the picture of the cover? >> guest: that would be in the early '60s so he would be in his mid '50s. "on his own terms" seemed to to me to sum up better than any other phrase nelson's approach to life, to politics, to women, to art. even arguably to death. quick story behind that, goes to the heart of who he was. because it took me much of those 14 years to reach what i thought was an adequate understanding of this ver

this is a young william f buckley junior, mccarthy of course, and barry goldwater who carries the idea on. and nobody pays attention to them until eisenhower since the -- sends the troops to little rock. when he does that for the first time since reconstruction we have once again the language emerging that the american government is using white tax dollars to help lazy african-americans. that scene -- that theme will continue through the 1960's when the kennedy brothers integrate -- use the trips to integrate the university of mississippi. 1970, we have the rise of the southern strategy in the republican party. people think that stone mountain is from the reconstruction area. in fact, it is dedicated in 1970. here is another image from that era. this is taken in 1972. this is from a private collection, it has not published. it says this is klan country love it or leave it, fight communism and integration. this theme of african-american activism and helping them being communism has carried to the present. we have reagan's welfare queen. and we have the rising stratification of wealth, t

society in the american conservative tradition, and our heroes were bighearted man of the west, barry goldwater and ronald reagan. those liberal pundits scanning to heavens for a genuine conservative magazine, all those many years ago, never recognized the genuine article when it came marching down the pike. but here we are, 50 years later lunging at the headquarters of the heritage foundation at eight meeting that sports a conservative newspaper, a weekly conservative magazine, and as bill might say, a powerful conservative national cable news network. the tote board after the last couple of elections tells us one more thing, today, 50 years later, there are a lot fewer than them, the liberals, and a lot more of us. and helping to bring all of this about was a blast. thank you. [applause] >> we are so happy you wrote this history. michelle easton: do we have a mic here? oh good. okay, i will let you call on people if you would not mind getting your name and affiliation. this is noel, one of our interns at the clear public institute. she is going to take the mic for anyone that has a question.

reagan was dynamic in the 64 convention, you weren't born then when he spoke in favor of barry goldwater. we don't have anyone like him. neil: who do we have that at least the people you talked to, and you know the tea parties and the mainstreamist, the money guys who were they saying stands the best chance to recapture the white house? >> well that's an extremely good question and i don't really feel much enthusiasm for anyone. i've told you now several times talked to you on other shows and said i love lindsey graham beyond words. neil: why? what is the fixation with lindsey graham? >> a national security candidate. he is a strong military vital strong foreign policy. neil: 10,000 additional troops on the ground, and that kind of stuff? >> no, no no big increases in defense budget and much more aggressive policy against putin and against the islamic state. neil: so those are central issues to you, i understand that. >> national security is the issue. national security is the issue. neil: all right so earlier we were talking about the economy and the fact that it might be sputtering. yo

great book about freedom of choice and i also want to mention talking about the civil rights that barry goldwater refused to sign the legislation because he felt that it deprives people of the freedom to associate with those they want to associate which kind of reflects back on this. anyway, are we -- >> dickie, before we get an answer from ben shapiro when you say that you are afraid the republicans are going to screw it up again in 2016 can you give an example of what you? >> as a former republican i broke my back for john mccain going door-to-door and also for mitt romney. they were such lovely gentleman but he ran campaigns and could not communicate with the american people of the level they needed to and i'm afraid it will happen again because we have people running on the republican ticket we just can't be as sharp as the democrats .. i believe conservatism to be a morally superior beliefs that impaired people on the right it will to articulate back and i will be a serious problem for them. is the republican party, are they going to be able to do any damage here? the republican senate is le

barry goldwater and hubert humphrey. as a consequence the senate functioned as it was designed.rmoil in those early years that i served arrived at consensus. all of america was better for it. all those i mentioned, including former and current senators are with us today. they understood and understand no one has a corner on the truth. no one's perspective is the only perspective. each of them understood as teddy that our actions in this chamber must ultimately reflect the decent saying, the honor, and the capacity of the american people. that we are privileged to serve. i know it is the keys hope that thousands of young people and generations will step into this chamber, and in succeeding debates, stand at those desks and understand the basic truths about what makes this institution the colossus of the constitution, as john adams said. our hope is that each of you leave, understanding one guarantee of our future aspirations as a country is your active protection nation -- participation in the greatest democracy in the history of the world, and understand the role the most delive

rand paul's approach is a far cry from lbj's daisy attack ad that ran in 1964 again barry goldwater butthe question remains, does negative campaigning actually really resonate with voters. let's bring in cnn senior media correspondent and host of "reliable sources" brian stelter. they go negative so fast it's head spinning. >> it is. it's actually worst than it's been in the past. that's hard to believe. this number caught my eye from kantar media 96% of the ads so far have been negative. 96%. that actually is worst than the past. usually this early in the election cycle, still messages trying to build candidates up. you're used to seeing positive messages that introduce candidates. we've seen ted cruz for example, running those kinds of positive ads. for the most part found national cable channel like cnn almost all the ad buys have been negative already. that's mostly because it's independent groups buying ads, not candidates yet. >> do you think that has very much to do with the fact hillary clinton is very much a known quantity. so their ability to plan well in advance -- >> even in

he is sort of barry goldwater without the nuclear button concerning people. >> right. >> and then you have other guys pushing the evangelical religious stuff, just the opposite of him. they want to sell values. he is selling freedom. and the hawkish easterner guy -- well you got cruz agreeing with chris christie. they're both super hawks. so there is a lot of different -- i compare to it a souk in a middle eastern market where everybody is selling something completely different. >> right. >> all that is missing is the snake charmer. of course, i might include chris christie there. but your thoughts. what ties them all together? what is republican thinking this year? >> well, the first thing they have going for them is hillary clinton is a great unifying force for us. that's fair. >> they agree they don't like hillary? >> no, let me finish, let me finish. the second thing is i think republicans across the country and conservatives across the country that. >> want to win. they know the stakes of losing again. they haven't liked sitting on the sidelines while obama is president. the next

another is "the conscience of a conservative" by barry goldwater in which the former presidential candidateconservative principles in light of the cold war and the new deal. senator paul also recommends ludwig von meese's treatise on economics titled "human action." ayn rand's novel, "atlas shrugged," is also on the book followed by three books by former congressman ron paul the revolution, end the fed and the foreign policy of freedom. next is thomas woods jr.'s examination of the 2008 financial crisis in "meltdown." and robert murphy's the politically incorrect guide to the depression and the new deal. also on senate rand paul's list, "broke: the plan to restore our trust, truth and treasure." finally on senator paul's list of recommended reading are a few books regarding u.s. foreign policy which include "the new american mill terrific," "blowback," "imperial hubris," patrick buchanan's "where the right went wrong," and "silent night" by stanley weintraub. >> tonight on "q&a," senior editor for the weekly standard andrew ferguson on his writing career, the gop presidential candidates for

when running against barry goldwater in 1964, he stated that we shouldn't be asking american boys toke president george w. bush he overreached, rather than following his own good advice. the struggle occurring in the middle east and north africa is existential but it's not existential for us and not even for our western allies. it is the governments and the peoples of the entire region who are most threatened. groups pledging allegiance to isis, as was said, are existing in 16 countries. so after two major wars, the cancer has metastasized. the u.s. needs to calibrate the help it offers to the indigenous forces that are willing to confront isis militarily and otherwise. there are many groups and states that deserve our help. but we have to keep in mind that there are also groups that those groups and states often don't share our exact interests. and in many cases we should not lend ourselves to advancing, for instance, hateful sectarian agendas or get involved in the middle of a sunni/shia struggle. that is not for us as ambassador haqqani eloquently pointed out. we should be willing

barry goldwater on the war in vietnam or john mccain on issues of foreign policy and others.ohn referenced, teddy would inevitably walk across the aisle to his colleague's desk, shake his hand and more often than not go down to the senate dining room and get a cup of coffee together. he reached out to everyone always, always building and maintaining personal relationships and trust. even those who had profound disagreements. teddy did not have to be taught the lesson that the majority leader mike mansfield taught me want to buy criticizes senator in his office. he looks to me and said joe, it is always appropriate to challenge another center's judgment. it is never appropriate to challenge them out of because you don't know what the motive is. that is why he was able to frequently forge compromise and generate consensus. in the process the health make the united states senate work as it was designed to work. he believes. he believed what he said, that being a united states senator changes a person. it is bigger then you and it requires you to always be willing to listen to an

for example, the deity was able to return over 111,000 acres of public land from the very -- barry goldwater range in arizona back to the pier of land management through the fiscal year -- after comprehensive land withdrawal review. over 83,000 acres of this land are now part of a national monument. we must never forget our federal lands belong to all americans no matter where they may live preserving military land reduce protects the fundamental right of the public to help determine how our lands are managed. i urge my colleagues to support the public review process and reject this amendment. thank you and i yield back. >> thank you. children from colorado is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i yield my time to the gym and natural resources committee, representative bishop. >> mr. chairman, let me give my time to the gentleman from colorado mr. cox. >> thank the gentleman from colorado and utah. adding that greater safeguards to the endangered species list would have a significant impact on the western part of this country. >> mr. chairman, if i can reclaim my time for just amendment

for example, the dod was able to return over 111,000 acres of public land from the barry goldwater range in arizona. back to the bureau of land management through the fiscal year 2008. over 83,000 acres of this land are now part of a national monument. we must never forget that our federal lands belong to all americans no matter where they may live. reserving military land reviews protects the right of public to determine how our land is planning planned. i urge congress to reject this amendment and i yield back. >> thank you. gentleman >> let me yield my time to the gentleman from colorado. >> thank the gentlemen from colorado and utah. >> mr. chairman, if i can reclaim my file for a minute. we're on a different amendment. but when you come to that one, you're spot-on. >> okay. thank you. >> let me thank the gentleman from colorado. this is the bottom line. we've gone through these reviews. nothing ever changes. we keep them the same process. we just spend a hell of a lot of money doing it and we should not do that. yield back. >> i'll try to do this very quickly in the midnight i've ha

, when you look at her political pedigree, the first presidential candidate she supported was barry goldwatere united states on the democratic side. bill clinton. who interesting enough, is being kept in the shadows for the most part. keep in mind, she's doing now a kind of a listening tour across the country. she's in a minivan called scooby. it's much different than 2008 when she was flying across iowa in a helicopter. because she was flying across high above. people referred to it has the hill copter because she wasn't at their level. >> she's going through a makeover trying to be every day people with every day people. will that work? we spoke with carly fiorina, former ceo of hewlett packard. we asked you if she would jump in the race and what she thinks about hillary's past. >> she's a hardworking intelligence woman. she doesn't have a track record of leadership and results. let's look at her time of secretary of state. we had the benghazi attack which she misled the purposefully the american people about. the world is a more dangerous place on her watch. she doesn't have a track record

great book about freedom of choice and i also want to mention talking about the civil rights that barry goldwatergn the legislation because he felt that it deprives people of the freedom to associate with those they want to associate which kind of reflects back on this. anyway, are we -- >> dickie, before we get an answer from ben shapiro when you say that you are afraid the republicans are going to screw it up again in 2016 can you give an example of what you? >> as a former republican i broke my back for john mccain going door-to-door and also for mitt romney. they were such lovely gentleman but he ran campaigns and could not communicate with the american people of the level they needed to and i'm afraid it will happen again because we have people running on the republican ticket we just can't be as sharp as the democrats .. i believe conservatism to be a morally superior beliefs that impaired people on the right it will to articulate back and i will be a serious problem for them. is the republican party, are they going to be able to do any damage here? the republican senate is less than useful