she approached henry wilson. he approached president lincoln who said i'll talk to the war department about it. of course, they came back very unhappy about the idea that a woman was going to come to camp and look through their records and get in their way. and ask all kinds of questions, which they really didn't have time for. well, president lincoln, of course, knew better than that. he knew how overwhelmed they were, so he actually put an ad in or a notice in the newspapers that said, if you have any information about missing soldiers or are in need of information about someone that you're missing, please contact ms. clara barton on seventh street in washington, d.c., and then signed the bottom, abraham lincoln. she had the support from the big man up there at the very top, and there wasn't really much the army could do about keeping her away. so she did go to annapolis. eventually, all of the paroled soldiers were rehabilitated and sent home so they closed the camp, and so naturally, she moved her office righ

widely acclaimed book, the pocket history of the united states, allen nevins and henry stewart wrote that the idealism of the wilson era was in the past. and the decade and the bhuj what and ruthless. that didn't sound exciting and if you were a student back in those days and you never thought about studying the 20s, and i took all of that at face value and that began the change among historian, and i think the biggest change was in the 1980s when reagan was elected and there was among conservative intellectuals and economists and there was the rediscovery of tax cuts and what came to be known as supply side economics and a new group of historians emerged with the view of the 1920s and folsom and some others and johnson has written that the truth is the 20s was the most fortunate decade in american history. he also called coolidge, the most internally consistent and single-minded of american presidents and he concluded it was a widespread and chaired with the prospect of property-owning democracy can be realized. if you view the '20s in this prism, you can see it has economic growth and conservative values on the e

wilson. >> good idea. it was fdr and it was in his third term in 1940 and his election was secretary of agriculture henry as virs vp didn't want him to run for the third. he was like, peace out. and we are doing it. okay. second question, are you in it, joe? okay. which running mate had this classic zinger during a three-man vice presidential debate. he said, you know, i didn't have my hearing aid turned up. please ask me again. >> stockdale. >> yes. admiral james stockdale. >> why am i here? >> and you know, his middle name was bond. we might have had a vice president named james bond. that would have been something. okay. coming a little more to the current moment, which potential romney running mate recently suggested that unmanned prones should police his state? >> i can't believe it would be the governor of virginia. >> you got it. yes, my friend. that's why i was looking at you. >> i got the hint. >> yes. mr. trans vaginal ultrasound is also mr. drone guy. thank you, virginia governor. >> okay. which potential romney pick learned to speak spanish from mexican cowboys while working on a ranch? and he