as is nelson rockefeller who is one of his competitors in this story. the first fifth avenue billionaire to decide he's going to run for president as a republican, but he's running as a liberal republican, something that no longer exists and in this book we see literally the last liberal standing on a republican convention stage and that is the liberal mayor of new york, republican john lindsay who has two up on the stage as part of the nominating process for the vice presidents, something he was hoping maybe he could get himself and lindsay not only doesn't get it, but we did not know that night, any of us watching than i did not know that you would never again see a liberal benefactor in any way in republican presidential politics that is gone forever. and that was the night that the liberal did have the last moment of the liberals on the republican convention stage. it's a fascinating drama and nixon is the biggest loser who's ever tried to win a presidential michigan. richard nixon in 1960, got the republican nomination, of course , because he was t

nelson rockefeller. in many ways, the politics of oil working its way into the politics of the republican party. rising importance of the oilmen on the domestic front. when chaos disrupts globally and disrupts american abilities to extract oil from abroad, domestic reserves in alberta and alaska offshore are all going to become much more important, raising the importance of the independent oilmen. that is what we are going to see in the economics of this. the oilsands project will continue to develop. a total of 178 billion barrels estimated at that point. as we mentioned earlier, this is the keystone pipeline, which is still very much a hot button issue for us, designed to take oil from the athabasca fans, down to the gulf coast. this is a long-term vision and there will be a much more involved culture war of politics in the 1970's in which family values and fuel values are all going to combine to intensify and polarize the american political landscape. ok, this is bringing us to the end. we will have t

and that was followed thin by nelson rockefeller supposed to get in he got out of the race.nd then began what we call crazy march. gene mccarthy won 42% of the vote against lbj people don't remember. lbj was a write-in and didn't have his name on the ballot i don't know what political intellect thought that u. anyhow mccarthy got 42 to lbj49 and next right after that happened we wanted, of course, a landslide. right after that happened bobby kennedy in the senate went to the senate -- it same senate room where jack declared for president. declared for the nomination and around march 17th few day after new hampshire. and then -- richard nixon had had me at the end of -- at end of march -- had had me waiting at an airport laguardia to report on him on what lyndon johnson said on his speech when vietnam because we had canceledded our speech i'm waiting in that limousine, and i'm listening to and -- listening to -- lbj that's when he announced he wasn't going to run again. and he's out of the race all of a sudden. four days later, dr. king was shot to death in memphis. riot and

reagan really like nelson rockefeller.they actually worked together in 1968 in miami beach to stop richmond nixon from getting the nomination. they were that concerned about richard nixon being president of the united states. >> i was going to -- >> here's the reagan discovery that i -- i'm so excited about that i wanted to share with the rest of the world. thank you c-span. on page 218, we read: reagan believed that you deserved a certain minimum -- minimal standard of living so long as you contributed to your ability. on page 267 of henry's book, we read that reagan believed the benefits should go to people who need them. from each according to his ability to each according to his need. where have we heard that before? >> i have to bring this to a close. want to thank bill and then i'd like to thank all of our panelists, and finally, indication to -- congratulations to henry olsen for this new book and please buy books they're for sale and they'll all by their autograph their books. thank you for coming. [applause] [inau

the fact -- the new york state police that retook that present or the same body that governor nelson rockefeller put in charge of investigating the scene. so, needless to say he evidences disappeared, photographs are doctored, the film was spliced, statements were changed and went missing. and what i came across the two most important things i found, one was an internal documenthe that showed that rockefeller administration had a series of secret meetings and rockefeller's pool house.t you can't make this stuff up. over the course of three weekends with the head of the state police, the people who had retaken attica, the attorney general's office and basically to get their stories straight. so i found that document and that revealed they knew they were going to kill hostages when they went in which they denied, he revealed they deliberately did not give an ultimatum to the men before they went in. and i found the whistleblowing document. there was a prosecutor, an incredibly important hero of thm story, malcolm bell who could see that he was trying tote pri prosecute police was being blocked at

reagan really like nelson rockefeller, they worked together in 1968 .to stop richard nixon from getting the nomination, they were that concerned about nixon as president of the united states . >> i want to begin by thanking bill, always a pleasure to host things with bill and like to thank all of our panelists, and finally to offer my congratulations to henry olsen, a good friend henry olsen for this new book and please buy books. there for sale and hendry, they will all be here to autograph their books if they would like to. thank you so much for coming. [applause] >> [inaudible conversations] >> booktv is on twitter and facebook and we want to hear from you. tweet us twitter.com/booktv or post a comment on our facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. >> up next on "after words" syndicated columnist naomi klein discusses current politics in her book "no is not enough: resisting trump's shock politics and winning the world we need." she's interviewed by medea benjamin cofounder of code pink.

he's excited about the nelson rockefeller primary. and iss on the campaign most capable of building a broad coalition. also thinking he is a republican coalition having a created in the 1930's. he thinks it's kind of slow. he wants to be chair of a department. he runs for the first time against john flint. so many of us were writing about. they just love his charisma and argument about transforming american politics. he gets more votes than anyone thought he would. there's not much chance of him defeating is very established incumbent. especially in the ear of watergate. after that election he continues to plan for the next run. trying to create alliances between the religious right and the gop. flynn andain against uses the issue of ethics as the centerpiece of his campaign. many ofsee him develop the themes that will shape a lot of his career. he had recently become chairman of the house ethics committee, which is not a well-respected committee at the time. gingrich made a point of that and used flint as a prime of what was wrong wi

front so with a question if a new deal republican and ronald reagan for a week was not how nelson rockefeller thought of him but talking about the future of the g.o.p.. if there is much that i agree with in the book but they make that's a mistake that they criticize so many on the right to say there is day true reagan and if we could just uncover him to reveal his true nature he will limit the path for word for republicans or all-time purpose is the argument you hear from the high priest but his version he was a new deal republican and i am not entirely convinced i fake one of the things that people don't understand about ronald reagan here is what i agree with. i think with those last election cycles it has been crippled if you go back to watch those debates the last couple of election cycles in iowa and new hampshire it is like the dirtiest re-enactment of spartacus i ronald reagan. no i of ronald reagan. [laughter] first of all, if he was alive today he would be 106 first of all, he does not have the best grasp of what politics today requires so one of the problems is now to become obsesse

republican but to meet from the progressive wing of the republican party and certainly not like nelson rockefeller. but talking about the future of the g.o.p. i think my fundamental disagreement sometimes i am in violent agreement that the panel is supposed to be interesting and people want conflict but it seems in some ways there is a mistake he's criticizing somebody of the right that there is a true reagin a dashboard's eight and if we could just up and cover him to reveal the true nature he will eliminate the path for work for republicans for all time. this is the argument we hear that henry's version is he was a new deal republican i am not entirely convinced of that but i think one of the things people don't really understand about ronald reagan so here is where i absolutely agree i think the g.o.p. has been crippled if you watch the primary debate of the last couple election cycles, i was a and new hampshire with the g.o.p. candidate said dirtiest re-enactments of spartacus. [laughter] i am ronald reagan. i am ronald reagan. [laughter] the problem is if he were alive today he would be 106 m

basically when i went to work for nixon in 1965 argue that i know all about nelson rockefeller 1960 when tried to bring about together nixon and republicans strong enough together to be john f. kennedy. and rockefeller of course behaved badly and the president taken as vp. and i told him by 65 because i said the center of gravity of this party has shifted. so we have just seen a bunch of outsider conservatives. student types and types in california had taken of the republican party nationally. at the same time you are mr. republican. yet the center of the republican party locked up. if you can marry these conservatives to the center of the party, forget about the rockefeller win. he had to get these together, you have the nomination. this basically was a strategy nixon did not leave the liberals of the party but he did put together this coalition to keep reagan from coming against him successfully. and that won him the republican nomination. the woman got into the white house, the question was i recall is that it was 43 all. we were tied up at the end of the race with humphrey coming bac

even nelson rockefeller, who he pillaged for being like a democrat the way he ran new york but they said he hates the russians just as much as we do. we want to talk about how hi is running number. he was delight it. once this happened the fight it on to take over the republican party, as you say. without ike, who is a centrist, moderate, we now can find a way of having -- take over the conservative -- the republican party with a conservative nominee, mr. goldwater, we can now re-align the party and get the southern democrats who say air conservative to join with us and we already hold the midwest and can become a new majority. his goal all through this. this goal in the 1940s and thought it would be taft. he was quite shocked when eisenhower threw his hat in the ring but goldwater will pick up where taft is concerned. wasn't even concerned that goldwater won six states because he said all movements start this way, and he wrote, year before i was born, calvin coolidge won, one of the largest landslides in american history. america was a conservative. no welfare state no big arm. eight ye

he thought "national review" would support nelson rockefeller. he had resources bigger than united states government and he was former anti-communist as goldwater. why do we hate him so much? we can fight about that later. these things would happen. fusionism i would say is a coalition if you want of, of aligned interests but not exactly overlapping interests. >> we're up against the time. give us a quick question, al, a quirk answer. >> i'll try. >> quick on fusionism, frank my-year vision -- >> meyer coined the term. >> he was a princeton guy and transferred to holyoke college and got his view there. in his way, liberalism and traditional its blended in a certain way. whether buckley believed it or not i don't know. meyer didn't think fusionism was slap dash putting things together. meyer was my favorite guy at "national review." >> peter brimlow, one time a feature writer for "national review." big thing was immigration restrictionism. he formed -- >> he was excommunicated from "national review." >> my question is, was excommunicated from "nat

he supported nelson rockefeller because he had the resources of the united states government. he had better sources of information around the world and he was more of an anti-communist fillmore. why do we hate him so much? we can fight about that later . but these things would happen so i would say confucianism is the coalition of blind interest but not exactly of laughing interests. >> quick question and alex, quick answer. >> i will try.frank meyer's version of fusion is him myers coined the term. >> he was transferred to balliol college but in his view anyway, both the libertarian and traditionalist ended in a certain way that was not incoherent. whether that's buckley, i don't know.whether it's meyer leads to his compromise with anything with the other. meyer was my favorite guy now. >> here's the thing, peter grillo who was a one time a feature writer, his big thing's immigration restrictions. you wanted to form his own immigration restrictions . >> my question is, he was excommunicated and he claims the reason why was that buckley in his later years, buckley in 1990, 200