mrs. kennedy's secret service agent and co-author of the book "mrs. i didn't have any athletic shoes to wear. i had no idea this was going to transpire, this hike. and so i had to do the best i could. >> reporter: this isn't the first time jackie's memorabilia has been up for bidding. in march a treasure trove of personal letters sold for $126,000. the first lady herself created this painting for stas, which is being sold along with the watch. the lot is expected to fetch up to six figures but it's hard to say how much someone will pay for a piece of camelot. >> at the end of the day when the gachl gofafl goes down ever has a price. >> it was mrs. kennedy who said one man, one person can make a difference and everyone should try. thank you for watching abc news, and as always, we're online at abcnews.com and ♪ ♪ be a powerful force. nature valley

mr. kennedy european radicals probably would have used underdeveloped countries. mr. parker: one of the curious things is by the time you get to those years -- i do not get into it much, but it was what convinced me i was onto something. if you had asked latin american elites if they were part of this third world thing because in various forms, that was asked, most of them said no. there were military regimes that would not admit. of course not, we're all pro-west and pro-north, except for cuba. very much an outlier. you have by the end of the decade widespread agreement, even among center-right governments in latin america that yes, we are part of the third world. this poverty we are facing is not that different from the property that egypt and or ghanaians face. >> i think about scandinavia taking global leadership, support for the earth summit, but during the 1950's and 1960's, with scandinavian northern europe, did they play as much of a leadership role in the 1950's and 1960's? mr. parker: not that pops up in the documents i was going through. they are not really

mr. kennedy mr. kennedy: all right. thank you, jason, for a very interesting talk. we now turn to questions and answers. there are just a few ground rules. the first is that you wait to ask your question for the microphone. i will identify people, and also when you have the microphone, introduce yourself, so we will start right there. >> hi there. i'm francisco alvarez. i'm here in an official capacity. i wanted to start with a comment -- very much appreciate how you started with a very agnostic view of the spread of communism across the globe noting that it it coincided with the crash of colonialism across the world. i wonder in all of this developing paradigm, where the history of human rights and the universal declaration of human rights also fits in. does it take a backseat to this cultural narrative? i read lynn hunt's amazing book basic human rights, and it basically stops where your book picks up. what happened to the declaration of basic human rights? thank you. mr. parker: excellent questions because that, to, is one of the changes that takes place during t

mr. kennedy: wait, wait, wait. because we are being taped, so you need the microphone. >> [inaudible] some of the people. we used to call them culture s.ulters -- culture vulture [inaudible] .ou also had human beings [inaudible] parker: i don't know if it is a matter of priorities, agendas, what have you, or i guess, timelines and skill sets, but the cultural often were at odds, even when the culture folks could say , "we're the ones who make this difference. there is a fantastic quote a colleague of ours found. the louis armstrong tour, the jazz ambassadors tour going , they said this in paired the building of a true pan african movement -- no less than nelson mandela himself said the building of a true pan african movement. mr. kennedy: let's turn on this side. right up front. >> hi, ross johnson, wilson center. comment question and then a real question. it should not be a surprise that it took the united states to 1953 or something to crank up this effort, given the general demobilization of not just information

mrs. kennedy's secret service agent and co-author of the book "mrs. ." >> i didn't have any athletic shoes to wear. i had no idea this was going to transpire, this hike. and so i had to do the best i could. >> reporter: this isn't the first time jackie's memorabilia has been up for bidding. inar

mr. kennedy's program, to look at his very remarkable record. and i think you will join me in voting for john f. kennedy for president. >> that election was close, but he did win, and there were many people who felt it was her activism and her support of him they gave him that little extra edge to become president of the united states. ♪ >> mrs. eleanor roosevelt arrives in paris. one of the delegates from 58 countries converging on the french capital of the most critical session of the general assembly united nations history. >> eleanor roosevelt became a delegate to the united nations because once she left the white house, president truman decided that he wanted to do something that fdr had always planned on doing, which was to establish a united nations in the hope that an organization like that would prevent future wars. franklin and eleanor roosevelt had lived through two major wars, world war i and world war ii, and they wanted the future to be a peaceful one. president truman felt that eleanor roosevelt would be the perfect person to repr

mr. kennedy: i think we will start today's session. i am director of the natural history center. i should explain that our regular coke conveners are both away. one of them, christian osterman from the wilson center, is ill today.

mr. kennedy: i think we will start today's session. i am director of the natural history center.explain that our regular coke conveners are both away. one of them, christian osterman from the wilson center, is ill today. eric from washington university is traveling, so i am filling in, which i am delighted to because jason parker is a good

senator kennedy: other cities? mr. albence new york city. senator kennedy: what other cities? mr. albence there's a rather long list. there are some that don't give us full cooperation. senator kennedy: which ones don't give you full cooperation? mr. albence that's a fairly long list. be glad to give to you afterwards. senator kennedy: name a couple. mr. albence san francisco. we can't get into that county. senator kennedy: new orleans? mr. albence: no. senator kennedy: if anybody on the panel disagrees with this, because i understand senator franken's point. if you are in the country illegally, are you less likely to call 9-1-1. that's a valid point. you are less likely to want to be a witness against somebody committing a crime. that's not what we're talking about here. i want to be sure i understand this. if you give me 30 more seconds, mr. chairman. we're talking about a member of ms-13, and for the most part everybody in law enforcement, state and local, knows they are a member of ms-13. and they know what ms-13 does. and they have been caught. and they are in a local jail. an

mr. kennedy: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate recess until 2:15 p.m. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order, the senate stands in r

mr. kennedy: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise today to discuss bipartisan legislation that will reauthorize the national flood insurance progr program. and i want to talk a little bit about flood insurance first before i talk about our much-needed legislation. as many people know -- but, unfortunately, some folks don't know or maybe they forget -- but if you have homeowners insurance on your home and you flood, you're not covered. homeowners insurance does not cover flood. in order to be covered for flood, you have to have a separate policy. and about the only place you can go to get flood insurance is from the federal program -- the national flood insurance program. now, that's a bit of an overstatement. it is possible to buy flood insurance from a private insurer, and certainly we want to encourage private insurers to participate more in the flood insurance market. but today, for the most part, if you want to carry flood insurance, you have to get it through the federal program, and that's called the national

and called upon to try to find out so they put me in touch with a guy i don't know mr kennedy they. like to know more about the cia this you see this film is not to worry about about it was this. and it wasn't anything to worry about and he was flat out lying on the me and i can tell them. to get to the bottom of it he takes to pont to court. after a long legal battle the judge forces the company to declassify their internal studies on seeing. joe cocker discovers the truth behind the factory of parkersburg . for decades they've been dumping c eight waste into the river. to make things worse dupont has known since one thousand nine hundred four that the molecule spread into the regions tap water. the company found astronomical levels in public taps. up to fifty times the limit of toxicity according to the u.s. environmental protection agency. that was nineteen eighty-four and we didn't come out till two thousand so it sixteen years yeah before we even hit him up about it and they. say right here they chose not to do anything about it and they knew what was common with a liability if

mrs. kennedy and me. >> i had no athletic shoes to wear. i had no idea this was going to transpire.so i had to do the best i could. >> reporter: this isn't the first time jackie's memorabilia has been up for bidding. in march, a treasure trove of letters sold for over $126,000. the first lady herself created this painting which is being sold along with the watch. the lot is expected to fetch up to six figures. but it's hard to say how much someone will pay for a piece of camelot. >> at the end of the day, when the gavel goes down, everything has a price. >> reporter: byron pitts. abc news, new york. >> i love history. >> it's a beautiful watch, apparently, it was given to her by her brother-in-law back in 1963, the range from $60,000 to $120,000 it could go for. i hope it works. >> who cares. it's jackie o's watch. >> if it doesn't work, is it really worth $120,000? >> yeah, it's jackie o. more updates -- >>> this is abc news "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. abc >>> making news in america this morning, breaking overnight, republican karen handel handling her r

mr. groen: the -- justice kennedy: figure out the fair value? don't you figure out the value of that on the market to a buyer, not the loss to the seller because he's next door? that has to be. mr. groen: the -- the rule begins with paying for the parking lot, and the burden is on the landowner to show that they -- that person should get additional compensation for the impact to the hotel. that's where that comes from. justice kennedy: that just can't be if they're separate lots. that's not the law in any state that i know. mr. groen: that's the unity of -- of use rule. that is in condemnation all the time. and -- justice kennedy: but that's -- that's when there's a single parcel. mr. groen: no. that's when they're two separate parcels. it's the hotel and parking lot example. justice kennedy: well, then, under your view, the landowner wins either way. mr. groen: it depends on -- justice kennedy: if the value is great, he gets the double value. if the value is smaller, then he can sell the lot. mr. groen: there has to be in -- justice kennedy: in

where would you be today what do you think you'd be doing jimi had that mr kennedy no you would have been on the show i don't think so yeah i think about that a lot i i think i would be blogging i kind of started it when it was all starting and. start reporting about two weeks before bloggers went and it was more intimate and personal and all that so i think i just would have grown out of you know from that point on but i don't think i would have ever met jason we just still be in texas probably ok we play a little game of if you only knew ok childhood celebrity crush i just love the olsen twins. is that a guy but i loved them in all their in all their movies see good talent. ok it's not a court yet person you'd trade places with for a day or tom brady because i love the way they eat that gives you pleasure really nice hotels and spas i mean with that what super bro would you like to have would never want to pee again. because they're diffuse so much and it just gets in the way like we're running errands and like i've had a bad reaction i don't think so i think i've always been that

mr. kennedy, for five minutes. mr. speaker, like in anyone's office, the photos and trinkets on display of mine tell a little bit who i am. a wedding photo, picture of me and my family on our swearing in day, a copy of the first bill i had signed into law. the moments that i'm proud of, the pieces of me that i want to share with the world. . this body, the people's house, is no different. we have always been proud of our democracy and even prouder to display it for all the world to see. that's why we keep these cameras on whenever we're in session. it's why every single word that is uttered on this floor is documented and preserved long after the day we draw our last breath. it's why we walk beside americans of all backgrounds and beliefs through the rotunda with the same awe of our nation's history, embodied in bronze statues and gold paintings. it's why every single night this building glows through the darkness. because the light of democracy not only lays bare our divisions and dissent but it lights a path to our p

mr. r kennedy: rosenstein, welcome. mr. rosenstein: thank you. senator kennedy: the justice department sent letters to nine urisdictions alleged to be so-called sanctuary cities under 18 u.s.c. 13 -- section 1373. where are we on that? mr. rosenstein: senator, i believe we actually sent letters to 10 jurisdictions. and these were jurisdictions that had been identified by the inspector general last year as jurisdictions that the inspector general believed may have been in violation of section 1373. and thereby potentially in violation of their obligation under grants to comply with federal law. and so we notified all 10 localities that they needed to certify to us they were in fact complying with section 1373. i believe we gave them until june 30. and as of yesterday we heard back from three that certified they were in compliance and so there are seven that have not yet responded. i anticipate, i hope we will have those responses by the end of the month. senator kennedy: which three -- which three have you heard back from? mr. rosenstein: i do not

mr. kennedy, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, members on both sides of the aisle have offered their share of passionate words about the g.o.p. health care bill. that's going to happen. the debate has been deeply polarized here. americans wonder sometimes whether the facts get obstructed by the politics of the day. so i wanted to take a minute and share what some experts had to say about the republican health care proposal. -- e are not politicses politicians. farther from it. these words come from folks who operate outside washington's halls and have dedicated themselves fighting for those struggling with mental illness. according to the national alliance on mental illness, the republican health care plan will, quote, force people with mental illness out of work, onto the streets and into jails and emergency rooms, end quote. the legislation, quote, shows dangerous disregard for the well-being of substance abuse and erases decades of progress says the association for addiction professionals. mental health america says th

senator kennedy: what areas were camera teams prohibited from? do you recall? mr. larkin: without getting into the specifics, there are pages rule guidance that diagram this out. and again, i would, at this point, just be guessing. senator kennedy: if the issue rises again, i understand you have to go through the rules committee, i would certainly like to know, and i think -- as you expressed, i think we have to be very careful here because i think the message that the public received was that the media with cameras could no longer access the people's representatives. and i don't think that's what any of us want. i think there was a lot of confusion about it. i would certainly like to know within the rules if another directive like that is being considered, i'm not on the rules committee, but i'd sure like to have some advance warning and offer some input. i just didn't think it was very cool is what i'm trying to suggest to you. i know it's not your call. and i'm well aware of that, frank. but we just need to be real careful here. mr. larkin: honestly, in my opinio

mrs. kennedy, rose kennedy, john kennedy's mother, put on a little card, file card that he had had as a child. my wife and i each had brothers who had infintile paralysis, it doesn't exist anymore or the successful transplant of organs. we are spoiled. we've been given so much that we just take it for granted and we should be grateful and we should be making our teachers heros, we should be celebrating -- [applause] >> we should have major awards, we should have statutes in our towns to the great teachers that have shaped the lives of so many people. i feel that our teachers are doing the most important work of any of us and we all ought to get behind them and make sure they understand we are all for them. [applause] >> being marry today an educator i would second that. [laughter] >> and add that they ought to be paid more. >> absolutely, no question. >> before i leave the subject of our current president because we could stay on that forever, what do you think john kennedy would think of trump? >> of trump? >> yeah. [laughter] >> you know, we all know. he would be embarrassed. he would be ap

mr. kennedy, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, amidst the breaking news alerts and tweets that have overwhelmed our nation over the past several in and as our nation tunes to a hearing taking place on the other side of the capitol as i speak, lies a simple question -- did the president of the united states put his own personal and political interest above the interests of the american people? congress cannot allow itself to or to be nsitized deterred from an expeditious and fully independent investigation conducted in full view of the american public. because the real victims of this investigation's cloud are our constituents, americans who wake up every morning praying their monthly budget won't be compromised by the unexpected, who walk into their office hoping that today isn't the day that that layoff notice arrives, who tuck their son or daughter into bed at night knowing that despite working two jobs their kid won't be afforded the same luxuries as their friend down the street, who look to washington for a hand and i

mr. chairman. senator blunt: thank you, senator murphy. senator kennedy. senator kennedy: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, i think that's exactly what the c.b.o. report says. t me go back just quickly to a question that senator alexander asked you, because i'm not sure about the answer. the president's executive order, which i applaud, do you plan to exempt the construction industry from it? secretary acosta: senator, the president's executive order provides discretion to the secretary of labor to enact regulations that will guide decisionmaking in whether -- senator kennedy: mr. secretary, i got that part. you're going to issue regulations. are those regulations going to exempt the construction industry? secretary acosta: senator, under the administrative procedures act, i need to issue regulations. i would then need to apply those regulations to a particular fact pattern. i will say this. the president is looking to expand apprenticeships across all industries. the president is looking to expand apprenticeships both -- senator kennedy: mr. secretary, i appreciate all that. i am

mrs. kennedy got involved, and other people. >> this was a way to get attention.ion was not on the map then. jacqueline kennedy comes forward to try to save penn station. jane jacobs was on the front line philip johnson, all , those great figures of the period. but the preservation movement is only one part of it, really. the other part is citizens coalescing to save their cities in ways that are beyond preservation. when the world trade center was built, something called washington market, that had been there since the 19th century, was demolished to build the world trade towers. jane jacobs at the time was like, why are you destroying this vital thing that is as much an organ of the city as the fulton fish market? row was where the towers were built. these things that we take for granted were seen as insignificant. the flower district in new york which is a , wonderful part of the city that was not glamorous, but was a real economic engine. jacobs is really about preserving what the everyday city is. these grand things like train stations that were demolished th

justice kennedy: that's right. mr. groen: whether that compensation is -- justice kennedy: that's $100,000 that go under your theory, land owners in the hypothetical that i put up would lose money and the state would be getting the >> york there he ignores market factors. >> that is what the government would argue is that the compensation must a limited to the parcel that is taken and eminent romain law that is the hypothetical you are providing, the presumption is exactly that. compensation is limited to the parcel taken unless that presumption can be overcome by the land owner proving that the two parcels are actually -- there is a unity of use between the two. >> then why isn't that true here? >> it supports the theory. it's the same principle but in reverse. rather than the government alluding conversation, the toernment is saying we want combine the values of the to in order to find there is no taking. but in both scenarios you have to begin with the presumption of determining what is the relevant parcel that is su

mrs. kennedy john kennedy's mother put on a little file card that he had had as a child.y wife and i each have brothers who had infantile paralysis. it doesn't even exist anymore scarlet fever, all of that, not to mention the dna for the successful transplant of organs. we are spoiled we have given so much that we've taken it for granted you have made her teachers heroes. [applause] you should have major awards and statues that are towns i feel that our teachers are doing the most important work of any of us make sure that we are all for them. [applause] >> being married to an educator i second that. what you think john kennedy would think of trump's acts? >> trump you know, they'll the he would be embarrassed he would be appalled, he wouldn't believe it we've never had a thing like this happen. never had anyone even remotely so inappropriate for the responsibilities of the presidency in the job. never. virtually every day to make sure that we know it's worse what we thought. [laughter] it is as if we have put someone in the pilot seat was never flown a plane. and he does

mr. goldberg: so the basic rules -- justice kennedy: -- doctrinal choices you offer us to say why this is unconstitutional? mr. goldberg: sure. so the most straightforward, basic doctrinal basis to say it's not narrowly tailored and stop there or overbroad, which is the flip side. sometimes overbroad is a confusing word because it has this third-party standing dimension. in the airport case, it was used to say this goes way too far because it prohibits lots of first amendment speech. so if you just take the word narrow tailoring test or you take the test in frisby, in taxpayers v. vincent where you say does this -- is the theory of this law that it restricts speech on the possibility that that will lead to some other harm, that inherently is not going to be a narrowly tailored law. or you can look at it the way weir did which said let's look at how much of is protected activity is suppressed, how much of that implicates this purpose and, again, that's a really straightforward way. now that we think, and our brief argues that there are multiple prongs. if you go through every prong of the

mrs. kennedy got involved and lots of other people. >> yeah, well, this was a way to get attention. because preservation was not on the map then. so jacqueline kennedy comes forward to try to save penn station. jane jacobs is on the front line, philip johnson is on the front line. all those great fillings of the period. but the preservation movement is only one part of it, really. the other part of it are citizens coalescing to save their cities in ways that are beyond preservation. preserving, for instance, when the world trade center was built something called washington market that had been there since, you know, the 19th century was demolished to build these world trade towers. and jane jacobs at the time is like why are you destroying this vital thing, that is as much, an organ of the city as the fish market, radio row was where the world trade center was built. all these things that are small parts of the city that seem, we take for granted, are as insignificant, like the flower district in new york. which is a wonderful part of the city that was not particularly glamorous but

mr. chairman. >> senator kennedy. >> gentlemen, i think i have maybe one or two questions. i want to thank you both for your service. mr. larkin, according -- what did the original directive say? you indicated there was confusion about it? mr. larkin: i believe the initial incident was regarding camera locations. that there was a camera team in an inappropriate location. it, ily, as i looked at think that over the years and with the change of personnel, not only on the media side but other parts of this institution, kind of got away from what the rule was. particular this incident involving a camera crew observed,ng place was then it set some other things in motion. >> what i am asking is did the original directive prohibit cameras? mr. larkin: cameras were prohibited in certain areas and this particular camera team was not supposed to be in the area that they were in. >> ok. what areas were camera areas prohibited from, do you recall? mr. larkin: without getting into specifics, there are pages and guidance that diagram this out. again, at this point i would just be testing.

mr. kennedy was elected, federal government taxes per person worked out right around, what do we have here1. what are we at today? 10,000 per person. stuart: that is all adjusted for inflation? ashley: actually, 500 was average back in 1961. today's dollars -- stuart: apples to apples. ashley: correct. that is more than double the amount of taxes collects in 1961. stuart: by the way, schlapp, your husband is on the fox news channel. >> i'm so distracted. i can see my sweet husband on fox news. i don't know if he will get rid of the goatee. stuart: you want him to get rid of it? >> there is twitter handle called schlapp's goatee. stuart: i don't want discussion of goatees. 5500, not residents illegal immigrants, not entitled to vote, reg to vote in one part of virginia. a third of them did vote. you get my take on that at top of the hour. what a story. ♪ think again. this is the new new york. we are building new airports all across the state. new roads and bridges. new mass transit. new business friendly environment. new lower taxes. and new university partnerships to grow the businesses of

mr. chairman. >> senator kennedy. >> gentleman, i think i've made one or two questions. i wanted to thank you both for your service. mr. larkin, wanted to ask about the media directed. what did the original directive say? you indicated there was some confusion about it. >> i believe the initial incident was regarding camera locations, that there was a camera team that was in an inappropriate location. and honestly as i look at it, i think that there was, over the years, and with the change of personnel, not only on the media side but other parts of this institution, kind of got away from what the rule was. >> sure. >> and so when this particular incident involving a camera crw in the wrong place, you know, was observed, then it kind of sets and other things into motion. >> what i'm asking is did the original directive prohibit cameras? >> yeah, cameras were prohibited in certain areas com make this particular camera team was not supposed to be in the area that they were in. >> okay. what other areas where camera teams prohibited from, do you recall? >> without getting int

senator kennedy: how do you mean? mr. wood: she said that women should be kept at home. things like that. senator kennedy: who was the college president? .sther wood: adam faulk senator kennedy: is he still there? mr. wood: yes. i will share a: couple of thoughts and i will react,k the panel to including mr. wood. i have always wondered about test their did not assumptions against the arguments of their critics. and that would seem to me that that was the importance of that would be one of the qualifications of the college president. it was suggested by one of the panelists that the problems with the students, and i don't doubt that, with some students, but students are by their nature are passionate. mostly liberal, centerleft. i was when i was in college. they don't have, they go to college to gain the life experience and the learning that there are other points of view. with some exceptions i don't really blame the students. they are in college to learn otherwise, i blame the ministration. -- the administration. i blame dr. falk. if he because of his politics, or becau

mr. montgomery: well, the only -- the reason -- justice kennedy: if you cite burson, i think you lose. mr. montgomery: the reason that that case is the one that i mentioned is because the rationale for that was that these kinds of crimes that happened in that zone often go undetected. justice kennedy: if you cite burson, i think you lose. mr. montgomery: the reason that justice kagan: mr. montgomery, i agree with you. that's your closest case. it's the one that i asked mr. goldberg about, because it's the only case that i know of where we've permitted a prophylactic rule where we've said not all conduct will have these dangerous effects, but we don't exactly know how to separate out the dangerous speech from the not-dangerous speech, so we're going to have a prophylactic rule. that is like one out of a zillion first amendment cases that we've decided in our history. and as justice kennedy says, there are many reasons to think it's distinguishable from this one. mr. montgomery: well, the fact that it applied to all in burson, i believe, makes our case a better case because it doesn't app

i think i'll start where we left off here with senator kennedy, mr. warren and you were talking about balancing this and what the standard should be and like you, i really value the first amendment. thank you, mr. abrams. maybe i wouldn't be here. my dad has been a reporter his entire life and he's now 89 and blogs still from time to time. so do you want to talk about that value of free speech and how important it is and you were answering more in response and when it's appropriate and you want to go through that one more time and then i'll ask a few others that question. we start with the presumption that free speech is protected on campus because it's essential to the knowledge and transmitting knowledge to the discussion to take place on campus. so the lines are drawn only at the extreme edges that which threatens and that would disable the learning process and not that which makes someone uncomfortable and part of the function of spending four years is to be intellectually uncomfortable from time to time and have your ideas challenged. >> i agree.

mr. kneedler: i don't know -- if there have been private bills, but that would be the solution. this is something that should be up to congress. justice kennedy: of course you could say with reference to ex-general, even in the united states. mr. kneedler: well, this court, in deciding to apply bivens, has looked to the question of whether congress is the right body to decide rather than the courts. and here we think it clearly is because of the foreign relations implications, not to mention the deeply rooted presumption against extraterritoriality, with respect to this court's creation. justice ginsburg: as foreign relations are concerned, at least the justice of this court has said that the behavior of our law enforcement agents abroad sends a powerful message about the rule of law to individuals everywhere. and you're asking us to make distinction that if the law enforcement agent shoots and kills somebody who's on one side of the border, there is bivens liability, you tell me that. if that's just on the other side, although the conduct is identical, the officer is standing in compactly the same place. i don't know what kind of powerful me

mr. shillue. now in i'm the mean dad in my bronx neighborhood. kennedyid take $20 out of my wallet. i said don't do that. it's not owe kay. her dad called me and said next time can you call me first? i have said no,. tom: if i came home and mr. sullivan was yelling at me, he would say, what did you do? that would be his first question. kennedy: this is such a fantastic book. i think you need tough parenting in order to have something to rebel against. tom: i kept a diary in high school. there was a section where i talked -- it was called a self-analysis, a con versus liberal. if there is a conservative versus liberal, i always take the liberal. i love being a liberal and argue on the left. you snowy said this? because it's always sow idealistic and the conservatives stick to the issue at hand. kennedyhand.. i did it it of practicality. i wanted to win arguments. you wanted to win back then. i didn't care which side was right. kennedy: you knew your parents were going to read your diary. sow you wrote you were a liberal. your parents let you go out into t