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i'm lissa muscatine, i'm the co-owner of politics & prose bookstore with my husband, brad graham, who's right here in the red coat. and we and our wonderful staff -- [applause] thank you, guys, thank you. we and our staff are delighted to be the festival's official bookseller for the fifth year in a row, and we really want to commend and thank the city of gaithersburg, the mayor, all the festival sponsors, volunteers. of they have done an incredible job that you probably aren't even aware of behind the scenes to get ready for this weather and make this festival a go even with all the rain. they've done a terrific job, and we're very grateful for all that they've been through in the last 48 hours and the weeks before. and, of course, we thank all of you for being here. just before we get started, a few administrative notes. if you have any sort of device on you that might make an unwelcome sound in the next hour or so, if you could turn it to silent, we would be grateful. if you're tweeting today from this event, please use hashtag gbf. and then lastly, we hope that you'll all take the t

as lissa noted, you have sort of a different ideological outlook than the subject matter of your book. as noted, you describe yourself early on in the book as an unapologetic liberal of social democratic inclinations and a them to rate disposition. so what advantages do you think this provides you in the analysis. and conversely, why should conservatives listen to you about the subject? >> why should any key want to read a -- any conservative want to read a book about them by a liberal? first of all, let me say a couple of things, i am tempted to shut fun r up for the rest of the session and just ask c-span to run lissa's unbelievably generous introduction over and over again. [laughter] but i don't get that kind of cable treatment, because i'm not donald trump. [laughter] [applause] so i want to thank lissa and brad and underscore what she said about independent bookstores. you know, politics & prose is truly one of the greatest bookstores in the world was it's not -- because it's a community organization and a community asset, and that's true of all the great bookstores like it arou

i am lissa muscatine, i'm one of the co-owners of politics & prose, my husband and co-owner, businessartner, brad graham, is floating around in the back somewhere. and on behalf of our terrific staff, we welcome all of you to the event tonight. a few housekeeping matters, i think most of you have been to events here, but for anyone who hasn't, our guest will speak about her book x then we'll take questions at the end. we do record these events, we also have c-span here tonight. if you can possibly make it to the monas right here next to this pillar, we would be really grateful because that makes the audio much more enjoyable for those who are trying to listen who aren't actually physically in this space. also be you have a phone or other noise-making device on your person and you could possibly silence it or make it so that it won't make noise, we'd be grateful for that. and then lastly, at the end of the event, if you wouldn't mind just folding up your chairs and putting them to the side, elaine will sign books up here. we have plenty of copies up front. i think you all know what it

i'm bradley graham, i'm the co-owner of politics & prose along with my wife, lissa muscatine, and on behalf of everybody here at the gaithersburg book festival, thank you, thank you so much for coming. this is, of course, the seventh annual festival here in 2008ers burg -- gaithersburg. this is the fifth consecutive year that politics & prose has been here as the official bookseller, and we really want to commend the gaithersburg staff and all the festival sponsors and volunteers for working so hard, especially hard this year given the weather, to make today possible. and thank you all, really, for coming out. you're all a very hearty, hearty bunch. a few quick administrative notes. now would be a good time to turn off your cell phones or anything else that might go beep. second, if you're tweeting today, please use hashtag gbf. and, third, we really want your feedback. so, please, at the end fill out a survey. they're available at the back of the tent or on the gbf web site. and if you complete a survey, you have a chance -- a chance -- to win a $100 visa gift card. finally, juan wi

me lis lissa mccarthy has a wis critics of her "ghostbusters" movie, and the star saying hollywood isiler was rated the worst in history. many are guessing it's because of the four female characters. melissa says, i have a visual of those people not having friends, just spewing hate into the fake world of the internet. i hope they find a friend. the movie getting a boost from one of the original ghostbusters, dan aykroyd. saw a screening and said, it has more laughs and scares than the first few films, plus bill murray is in it. i feel the need to turn it over to you, al. >> i think you're right. a lot of sexism. >> it's a great choice. >> it's a funny trailer. >> it's all about the twinkie. >> don't get me started. >>> speaking of sexism in hollywood, an actor says men feels sexism, too. kit harington from "game of thrones." for month, they agonized over whether his character was dead or alive on the hbo series. he's grabbed headlines after quoted saying this. i'm more than a head of hair or set of looks. it's demeaning. in some ways, you can argue i've been employed for the look i h