. >> katie talked about categories, mamie eisenhower would be in that category, she saw her major job as support for the president. >> right, right. she left an impact. how many of you out there have a pink bathroom. >> i do. >> when they moved to the white house. the chef went to the president and said, i worked out a menu for one of these dinners. well, she saw the menu later in the day, and hit the ceiling. she said, i will plan meals at the white house, i will plan all entertainment. ike is in office, and i am in the house. >> there you go. >> she staged everything. including the first open bar at the white house, which was in the east room after eisenhower turned viktor ya yously from europe. she was a trip. she was. >> i always got a chuckle. i'm sure many of you have made the trip to gettys berg to the eisenhower farm, but mamie pink is everywhere, she really decorated everything in pink, including the toilet seat. i always had this chuckle imagining the great general of world war ii, surrounded by pink. >> she was probably tired of all that khaki. >> she was a style may have b

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melania trump's idea is much like the one americans embraced in the 1950s when both mamie eisenhowers as style setter and loyal, very private companion to a president. in that sense, might she try to emulate those first ladies from years past? >> and a little bit of jackie kennedy, the idea they should stay out of partisan politics and should not take on a controversial issue. lady johnson in the 1960s, every first lady has taken on a project and some of them have, as we know, have been very controversial. like hillary clinton championing health care reform in the 1990s. so there are people who say that the best role for a first lady to play is the private, style setter, social leader, loyal supporter of a president. but not really take stands on anything that will cause enemies to come forth. >> and as you know, we know so much more about michelle obama than we did eight years ago. knowing what you know right now. the interesting thing or one thing people get wrong about her, they don't understand? >> i was in her hometown this summer, lupiana and hopes of her becoming a more public

i knew what the agents did with bess truman and mamie eisenhower. they went to tea parties, fashion shows -- [laughter] they watched canasta games. that was about it. [laughter] >> you didn't want any part of that, huh? >> no, thank you. i wanted to be where the action was. >> but as it turned out, clint hill had the best job in the secret service, protecting jacqueline kennedy. and one of the things that you found immediately was that she was so popular that just the people surrounded her all the time, wanted to get close to her. >> that was one of our biggest problems, was crowd control because everybody wanted to touch them or see them, get an autograph or something. so it became a very difficult situation. >> now, you spent a lot of time with them up in hyannis ported. what was that like? >> they'd go to hyannis port for the summer and through labor day, and then they'd go back there on thanksgiving. and then christmas, new year's and easter said be at palm beach. but up on the cape, they were almost all the time out on the water. the president

i knew what the agents did with bess truman and mamie eisenhower. they went to tea parties, fashion shows -- [laughter] they watched canasta games. that was about it. [laughter] >> you didn't want any part of that, huh? >> no, thank you. i wanted to be where the action was. >> but as it turned out, clint hill had the best job in the secret service, protecting jacqueline kennedy. and one of the things that you found immediately was that she was so popular that just the people surrounded her all the time, wanted to get close to her. >> that was one of our biggest problems, was crowd control because everybody wanted to touch them or see them, get an autograph or something. so it became a very difficult situation. >> now, you spent a lot of time with them up in hyannis ported. what was that like? >> they'd go to hyannis port for the summer and through labor day, and then they'd go back there on thanksgiving. and then christmas, new year's and easter said be at palm beach. but up on the cape, they were almost all the time out on the water. the president

she's a very traditional -- she would be a very traditional first lady, almost like a mamie eisenhower. she talks about not nagging her husband, her sole priority is their child. so it's fascinating to me and surprising that this is her first solo campaign trip because even reluctant first ladies like jackie kennedy at the beginning in 1960, she was pregnant, she did not want to campaign, she said she knew she want an asset because the press said she spent too much money, kind of similar to some of the criticism of melania trump that we see today. so i think melania trump is kind of harkening back to an earlier era of non-activist, very traditional first ladies. i think her best asset to him right now is just talking about him as a father, really. >> the only thing missing from her speech is growing up as a little black girl in chicago. hopefully she doesn't borrow from michelle obama today. i'm just saying. >> too easy. >> too easy, angela. let it go. but speaking of surrogates and speaking of, thank you, kate, for teeing me up, harkening back to an earlier era like the primary, ted c

eisenhower to ask. she was 31. mamie, a huge -- mamie was the pink -- whole thing. >> host: go to c-span.org, our first lady soars, the first lady series visited the get gettysburg home of the eisenhowers and you can see mamie pink is still prevalent rather there and she had a little button for ontario when she warranted to call the people who were sending dinner to clear the plates. she just kind of pushed down on the button and houston they came. let's hear from reba in mississippi. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. and i think you have a dream job, and if you ever want to retire i'd like your job. >> host: amen. i agree. >> caller: my question is, for the panel, is if they feel comfortable, if they're able to address the possible of having the first man in lieu of the first lady in the white house and what that might be like when her talking about menus and -- and if you want to address his history as well. that's any question. >> guest: well, i did an -- i've talked and spoken with people about this and i have

eisenhower to ask. she was 31. mamie a huge -- mamie was the pink -- whole thing. >> host: go to c-span.org, our first lady soars, the first lady series visited the get gettysburg home of the eisenhowers and you can see mamie pink is still prevalent rather there and she had a little button for ontario when she warranted to call the people who were sending dinner to clear the plates. she just kind of pushed down on the button and houston they came. let's hear from reba in mississippi. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. and i think you have a dream job, and if you ever want to retire i'd like your job. >> host: amen. i agree. >> caller: my question is, for the panel, is if they feel comfortable, if they're able to address the possible of having the first man in lieu of the first lady in the white house and what that might be like when her talking about menus and -- and if you want to address his history as well. that's any question. >> guest: well, i did an -- i've talked and spoken with people about this and i have

mamie was the first to say, i like ike. >> bursting with pride and a great friend, a great guy, who understands that washington belongs not to a president but to the people. president eisenhoweri stand before the elected federal lawmakers of our republic. the very core of our political life and a symbol of those things we call the american heritage. [applause] >> watch what a country boy can do to the biggest city in the world, new york. [cheering] >> watch the women, watch the young people. >> watch all the people who make up the searching independent voters who will lead a victory at the polls in november. watch them flock and cheer for mister american. >> new york simply cannot do this to a kansas farmer boy and keep his reputation. [laughter] >> that is another thing that impressed me very much. it was not because one individual, one american came back from the war, it is rejoicing that our job is done. one nasty job is finished. that nasty job, the crusade in europe, will be remembered by three meal and -- 3 million americans who fought to keep the war from coming here. these americans will never ,orget that it's allied leader eisenhower was a five-star g.i., a soldier a

. >> part of the first lady series visited the gettysburg, of the eisenhowers you can see that mamie pink is still prevalent everywhere. and those that were serving dinner to clear the plates. let's take a call from mississippi. >> caller: i think yout have a great job if he ever want to retire i will take your job. [laughter] >> i agree. >> caller: my question is for the panel if they are able to address thele possibility of having the first man instead of the first lady in the white house summit that would look like talking about men use. if you want to address the history as well. >> i have spoken with people about this in the new york times over the summer that it is likely to have been but it could be to have the first gentleman which is historic. the presidency never had a man and his position was channel surfing is hysterical playing a woman president and is then laughable because of dense with the first woman president getting pregnant and deciding to quit to be there for the family. but it shows how far we have come some now seems very likely to happen.er men probably not ha

eisenhower is having a birthday. missouri wants to be first to wish you, mamie, a very happy birthday. >> happy birthday! from springfield, missouri, we'll return you for four more years. now back to the white house in washington. >> all right. and now let's visit another of our great cities. down to the southwest to see what's going on in houston, texas. >> we like ike! we like ike! >> this is carl mann. you can see the rally in houston is a most enthusiastic one, the end of a torch light parade, a true texas torch light parade, from the far reaches of the lonestar state to vote for you, mr. president. we're mighty proud of our two illustrious sons, sam houston and dwight eisenhower, native son who is going to serve a second term as president of the united states. now, mr. president, we would like to have you meet some of the citizens of the greatest state of the union. >> i am now and have always been on the right. >> what do you think about mr. eisenhower? >> i'm a man that's never on the fence. when we plant, we know what we're going to receive for our work just like any other man that works. and whe

eisenhower is having a birthday. we want to be the first to wish you, mamie, a very happy birthday. >> happy birthday. >> now in springfieldssouri, the farmers of america will return you, mr. president, and mr. vice president, for four more years. now back to the white house in washington. >> all right, and now let's visit another of our great city. down in the southwest to see what is going on in houston, texas. >> we like ike! we like ike! we like ike! >> this is cam carl mann, as ca you see a rally with the greatest as the rest of them. c you see a rally with the greatest as the rest of them. this is symbolic of all of the texans who will go to the polls tomorrow to vote for you mr. president. down here we are mighty proud of our two great illustrious sons. sam houston, first president of the republican texas and dwight eisenhower, who will serve a second term as president of the united states. is now mr. president, we would like to have you meet some of the citizens of the greatest nation in the union. here is the typical one. your name, sir? >> eh marks. i now have always been on the ranch. >> what do you think of eis