godzilla versus bambi. i waited. then comes the first primary to date, there is donald trump with the highest percentage of the question, in a political debate, up against 12 of them, 12 of the most qualified, most experienced republican politicians, the first question out of the box in front of whatever it was, 30 million, 20 million, whatever it was, people, megyn kelly this is the first question. you referred to women as fat slobs and pigs. he doesn't hesitate a second, that was just rosie o'donnell. [laughter] .. live from the los angeles times festival of books on the campus of the university of southern california. and on may 20th, we'll be live from the gaithersburg book festival in maryland. [inaudible conversations] >> and starting now live on booktv on c-span2, it's the final author panel from this year's virginia festival of the book. and it's a discussion on the media, white house correspondent april ryan is the moderator. >> good afternoon, everyone good afternoon. charlottesville. how e

this as by saying whenever i see a republican square off against a democrat it reminds me of godzilla versus bambi which they call us racist, sexist, homophobes, islamohforbes, zita forbes, irredeemable and republicans call them liberals. politics is all about emotion. what is so unique about trump, of course, is his bluntness, refusal to be intimidated by political correctness. the fact that he -- in private i am sure he's a very gracious individual but in a political brawl he is a brawler and the other side is prepared for republican brawlers. public and you can think of who in front of 50 million people would look hillary clinton in the i and say you are a crook and a liar. she is both. that is just the truth, she is both. there is not. republicans are too damn polite, conservatives -- i know there is a distinction but they all share the same temperament, very polite, don't want to embarrass your enemy. is their modus operandi. and we are regard political correctness as ridiculous. how can people think this way? this is not a good way to look at political correctness. it is actually very sinist