r. emmett tyrrell jr. is our guest, editor and chief and founder of the american spectator magazine as well as the author of nine books and editor of a couple more. here are r. emmett tyrrell's nine books. 1977, "public nuisances" came out. the liberal crack out in 1984. the conservative crackup in 1992. "boy clinton: the political biography" 1996. you're best seller. the impeachment came out in 1997. >> guest: that was close to a best seller. >> host: at 4 "madame hillary: the dark road to the white house" in 2004, "the clinton crackup" in 2007, the best of the american spectator and continuing crisis in 2009, and his most recent book "after the hangover: the conservatives' road to recovery". mr. tyrrell, why so many books about the clintons? >> guest: they were not solely about the clintons. but the clintons dominated their party. the answer would be he was president of the united states represented in the culture smog and they were the dominant political figures of their generation. i show that what abou

r. emmett tyrrell junior, he is the founder of the american spectator magazine as well as author of nine books plus the editor of a couple more. very quickly, here are r. emmett tyrrell's nine books. in 1977, "public nuisances" came out. "the liberal crack-up" in 1994. boy clinton, 1996. your bestseller? >> guest: yeah. >> host: the impeachment came out in 1997 -- >> guest: that was pretty close to bestseller. >> host: madam hillary in 2004, the clinton crack-up in 2007, the best of the american spectators: the continuing crisis in 2009, and his most recent book last year, "after the hangover." mr. tyrrell, why four books about the clintons? >> guest: well, they weren't solely about the clintons. but the clintons dominated their party. and i was drawn into write about them. i guess, i guess the answer would be he was the president of the united states, he was representing the culture smog as the dominant, they were the dominant political figures of their generation. that's what harris said in "the washington post". as a matter of fact, i show that they were -- what about newt gipg rich?

r. emmett tyrrell, sr.? >> my father and he was a salesman in chicago. and, more interesting story, is who was p. d. tyrrell, the u.s. secret service agent, the head of the secret service in chicago, in 1876, he broke a plot to steal lincoln's body and, down in springfield and in my library, i think you have a picture of it, in your archives, in my library, in alexandria, we have a great picture of -- given to my great-great-grandfather, p. d. tyrrell, the u.s. secret service by robert todd lincoln for distinguished service in defense of of his father, abraham lincoln. so i would point out that in a recent run for the mayor of -- recent controversy over rahm emanuel, his residency, i laid claim to being as much a resident of chicago as rahm emanuel and i thought, the two of us, in a spirit of bipartisanship, should have gone before the illinois supreme court and defended ourselves. he utterly ignored my case and i think i would have fortified his case and also my roots in chicago are far deeper than his and mine go back to p. d. tyrrell, u.s. secret servi

emmett tyrrell. -- r. emmett tyrrell. this e-mail, what is your opinion of michael savage and his banning from britain? [laughter] >> guest: well, i don't know anything about it. i don't have any particular opinion of michael savage and his banning from britain. um, i don't know anything about it. but, frankly, i don't think he should try to get in. >> host: this is from larry, you were as impactful as ronald reagan to our family in the 1980s, we loved the american spectator. if i could ask, why was ron burr pushed out? >> guest: um, well, he wasn't pushed out, he was given severance pay for a year or year and a half, two years. and we all moved on. >> host: next call comes from spencer, west virginia. go ahead, jeffment. >> caller: uh, yes. mr. tyrrell, first of all, i wanted to say that two of your favorite authors are two of mine, fitzgerald and hemingway. great novelists, and every american should read them. i consider myself a middle-of-the-line independent. i take a little bit from both parties with what i agree wit

r. emmett tyrrell. please go ahead with your question on booktv. >> caller: ben stein one of your contributors to the american spectators suggested that the gop recruit president obama into its ranks. mr. stein said it would be a good fit. can you personally strange this strange introduction other conservatives who are so opposed to obama's liberal views, especially obamacare, his economic and his immigration policy? >> i think i explained once ben stein was being ironic. and irony will get you no place in public today, ben so cut out the jokes. >> darcy, mount clemens, michigan. good afternoon. >> caller: i want to you further elaborate how when it comes to the conservatives or if you would like to say the liberals who are now become the progressives, hasn't it always been the conservatives or the right wing who have started these social programs to enhance the lives of the minorities as in abe lincoln, a republican. wasn't it eisenhower who wanted to get the civil rights but it didn't get past until l

r. emmett tyrrell. the author of nine books. "public nuisances," the liberal crackup, the conservative crackup, "boy clinton: the political biography," the impeachment, "madame hillary: the dark road to the white house," "the clinton crackup," the continuing crisis in 2009 and his most recent, "after the hangover: the conservatives' road to recovery". thank you for spending the last three hours with us and our viewers on booktv. >> you are watching booktv. in our prime time lineup tonight starting at 7:00 eastern eric alderman's book, the system versus barack obama. then the life of american general walter smith. dwight eisenhower's chief of staff from 1942 to 1945. at 8:30 secretary of defense donald rumsfeld talks about his new memoir known and unknown. this event aired live on booktv.org last wednesday. we conclude our prime-time programming at 10:00 with afterwards. george friedman, author of the next decade is interviewed by foreign policy magazine. >> next, ron reagan, son of president ronald reagan recaps his father's per

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r. emmett tyrrell. >> the latest, after the hang over. conservatives road to recovery. live sunday at noon eastern on book tv on c-span 2. flu >> ibm and dell gave their ideas of how to save the country billions. this 50 minute event was hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. >> we are really going to dive in this quickly and not waste our time with introducing them to you. that's why you are here. you know who they are. i don't need to do that. i am so glad to see a little gray on michael dell's hair. that's a good thing. >> i need it to look more distinguished. >> i know yesterday, you spent a fair amount of time with the president. he gave his state of the union speech and emphasized the need for a more effective government. i know these are private conversations. what is it that he told you. >> we need to get your mic made. he usually has people to do this. roughly eight ceos will set the tone for the meeting. the president is going with the time. his key staff members are there. it was a good group. so we basically, if i could frame it at the

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