[laughter] >> i do not know how you learned by worked at national lampoon. saving the world. let me begin by saying how low they must be to go that low in new orleans. i would not put in the same sentence president obama and saving the world. it is very much about movements and the power in our history to bring about a fundamental change. you do need people inside, political leaders inside. it captures the imagination of the nation. through the turbulent history, it has been movement and the power of movements. franklin roosevelt was moved by later movements. lyndon johnson had the civil rights movement. i think we begin with that. this book comes out at a moment when the country sees the power and possibility of occupy, 99%, and how that has shifted. it is still evolving. it has shifted the center of political gravity of our dialogue. the issue has been off the radar for so long. >> roosevelt surfed and harnessed those movements. he used them to get legislation passed to initiate programs. obama is still getting on his wet suit. to read the essay she wrote in 2008, there was

i remember when i was in college a popular thing was the national lampoon and they did a parody of the political science final. please write a scenario where world events and powers provide and results in total thermonuclear warfare results and the next question was, please create a lab practical to test your theory. is there a lab practical to test this theory? haiti. as you know, a few years ago the haitian people suffered an earthquake and the initial problem was crush injuries. yes, infection and dysentery and water supply and all those things would follow fairly soon, but the initial catastrophe was crush injuries, trauma, and the hospitals were gone. so what did we do? the world responded as best it could. what we did, the naval maritime forces, we sent our balts group down there which was patroling the area, we sent the hospital ship comfort down. so you have the comfort on the east coast, you have the mercy on the west coast. the mercy is parked down in san diego. it just got back from its asian humanitarian assistance from guam, indonesia, vietnam, an amazing number of nations

boyfriend to death, claim it was self defense and that you blacked out most of it, go to jail, start lampooning everyone, that's when you know who your real friends are. your real friends come to jail, have horrific tweets to retweet. this is the one she did for the prosecutor, the little man one. she goes, hmm, anger management problems anyone? that was workshoped. that was planned. they sat in a room together and after hours that's what they turned out. >> it's amazing because the jury isn't allowed to watch coverage of it, but she's allowed to tweet about it. that's bizarre. >> she's also allowed to attack this guy. she already murdered him, she cut him to death and now she's airing their sex life to everyone and attacking him. >> she is an awful person. >> she really is. >> this trial is a disgrace. she's a stone cold psycho killer. what is the issue here? unlike my wife, i'm not following it day to day but i don't understand. clearly guilty, what the hell. >> the other thing that bugs me, she's selling her artwork which is allowing her to capitalize on her notoriety. no one would buy her a

boyfriend to death, claim it was self defense and that you blacked out most of it, go to jail, start lampooning everyone, that's when you know who your real friends are. your real friends come to jail, have horrific tweets to retweet. this is the one she did for the prosecutor, the little man one. she goes, hmm, anger management problems anyone? that was workshoped. that was planned. they sat in a room together and after hours that's what they turned out. >> it's amazing because the jury isn't allowed to watch coverage of it, but she's allowed to tweet about it. that's bizarre. >> she's also allowed to attack this guy. she already murdered him, she cut him to death and now she's airing their sex life to everyone and attacking him. >> she is an awful person. >> she really is. >> this trial is a disgrace. she's a stone cold psycho killer. what is the issue here? unlike my wife, i'm not following it day to day but i don't understand. clearly guilty, what the hell. >> the other thing that bugs me, she's selling her artwork which is allowing her to capitalize on her notoriety. no one would buy her a

they lampooned them. lincoln and her. the sad thing was, she was a very intelligent and highly educated woman from the family in terms of what you consider wealthy and good families. but they treated her very badly. the other thing that might have hit her is that washington was a swamp. >> in many ways. itwhen i came to washington, was mosquito-ridden. that was not 150 years ago. i am sure she had a difficult time dealing with that. she complained about how drab and worn the white house itself was. some of the furniture was back to the days of dolly madison. she had a lot to worry about. >> if you think of the repercussions of this woman arriving from kentucky, referred to as the republican queen, mocked by people that do not know her and willing to assume the worst about these banquets, it puts a chip on her shoulder even before she arrives in the capital. it might begin explain some of her shopping, some of her preoccupation with fixing up the white house, for example. ,> and we have a quote from her her rationale for w

they lampooned them. lincoln and her.he sad thing was, she was a very intelligent and highly educated woman from the family in terms of what you consider wealthy and good families. but they treated her very badly. the other thing that might have hit her is that washington was a swamp. >> in many ways. >> when i came to washington, it was mosquito-ridden. that was not 150 years ago. i am sure she had a difficult time dealing with that. she complained about how drab and worn the white house itself was. some of the furniture was back to the days of dolly madison. she had a lot to worry about. >> if you think of the repercussions of this woman arriving from kentucky, referred to as the republican queen, mocked by people that do not know her and willing to assume the worst about these banquets, it puts a chip on her shoulder even before she arrives in the capital. it might begin explain some of her shopping, some of her preoccupation with fixing up the white house, for example. >> and we have a quote from her, her rationale fo

when he was caught on tape lampooning ashley judd's courageous public admission of her past struggle >> he is still vulnerable. i'm not sure where it stands now. there is another candidate who is close to the clintons who may well run and may be a stronger candidate than ashley judd. it wasn't ever clear that she wanted to make the race but they were terrified of her, so they started piling on. >> stephanie: the point of the piece, david the current election season should be springtime for democrats in kentucky, but sadly mcconnell has been aided by his inept opposition. >> trying to defend democratic party at the state or any level when it does some of -- exactly what that piece describes, the circular firing squad, you can't do it. we always snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory in situations like that. not always but frequently do. this is part of what being a democrat is. it's messy. we're not organized. i belong to no organized political party. i'm a democrat. >> stephanie: yeah. >> that remains true a hundred years later. all i can tell you is that mitch mcconnell remains vu

they lampooned them. lincoln and her.s of what you consider wealthy and good families. but they treated her very badly. the other thing that might have hit her is that washington was swamp. >> in many ways. >> when i came to washington, was mosquito-ridden. that was not 150 years ago. i am sure she had a difficult time dealing with that. she complained about how drab and worn the white house itself was. some of the furniture was back to the days of dolly madison. she had a lot to worry about. >> if you think of the repercussions of this woman arriving from kentucky, referred to as the republican mocked by people that do not know her and willing to assume the worst about these it puts a chip on her even before she arrives in the capital. it might begin explain some of her shopping, some of her preoccupation with fixing up the white house, for example. >> and we have a quote from her, her rationale for why she spent so much money on her own attire. "i must address myself in this attire because people who scrutinize every ar