imagine american history without millwood fillmore. well at first you'd laugh and say no one would notice. it's impossible. they noticed profoundly. so i admire taylor. his moral courage and admire fillmore for his political pragmatism and you say who had the longer vision? who's the luckiest president in history? ronald reagan was pretty lucky. i mean ronald reagan. demonstrated put it this way. ronald reagan earned his locked runner ronald reagan demonstrated that look is is almost invariably part of a really successful presidency. that you could argue. he's very unlucky to be shot. you can actually he was lucky. to survive did you ever talk to him about being shot? i did it was. i'll never forget the the last time i saw him. it was early in 1996. this was over a year after the alzheimer's letter had been written in published. but he would continue to come up to the library. i was indirect at the reagan library in simi valley, california, and the president would come up from time to time. and and quite frankly, you know if you did no

imagine american history without millwood fillmore. well at first you'd laugh and say no one would notice. it's impossible. they noticed profoundly. so i admire taylor. his moral courage and admire fillmore for his political pragmatism and you say who had the longer vision? who's the luckiest president in history? ronald reagan was pretty lucky. i mean ronald reagan. demonstrated put it this way. ronald reagan earned his locked runner ronald reagan demonstrated that look is is almost invariably part of a really successful presidency. that you could argue. he's very unlucky to be shot. you can actually he was lucky. to survive did you ever talk to him about being shot? i did it was. i'll never forget the the last time i saw him. it was early in 1996. this was over a year after the alzheimer's letter had been written in published. but he would continue to come up to the library. i was indirect at the reagan library in simi valley, california, and the president would come up from time to time. and and quite frankly, you know if you did no

he did make one and as he was coming down the railroad, and was at a small stop called millwood they were proposed to stop there but there is steering of some kind in the car broke and derailed the car. it laid across the trestle about 900 feet without going into the creek or the high river. it was crushing but did not actually leave the track until's on the south side of the trestle. harding and his wife were in the car and trying their best and they came out to see what had happened. they viewed the wreck simply left the car where it was cut on the next path forward to make a station stop in mason city and use what happened to him as an illustration you better let me keep the other parties or belittling this nation for quick to come up with the campaign slogan right on the spot. >> you mentioned the other party, bob, james cox was his opponent in the 1920 election. an interesting observation you made in your book is when james cox was traveling by train which was obviously the most effective way to travel, he was going from dayton, ohio to san francisco. plan on board the train the

coming down the b&o railroad between parkersburg and huntington, he was at a little small stop called millwood. he wasn't supposed to stop there, but a spring of some kind, an equalizer spring under his private car broke and derailed the car, and it rode across the trestle about 900 feet without going into the creek or the ohio river. the car was dancing around, it was clipping the spike heads off, it was crushing tires. but it didn't actually leave the track until it got to dry ground on the south side of the trestle. harding and his wife were in the car. they were trying their best to keep their balance as they bobbed around and twisted and turned. and they came out to see what had happened, and they viewed the wreck, they simply left the car where it was, got back on the next car forward, went down to make a station stop in mason city, and he had presence of mind enough to use what happened to him as an illustration about you better elect me and keep the other party from derailing this nation. >> so he came up with a campaign slogan right there on the spot. >> right. >> you mentioned the ot