reagan to rest here year ago this week she passed away and also a year ago this week. it was ronald and nancy reagan's anniversary. they were married on march 4th of 1952. so it really is a very special week of remembrance and i'm gonna share a lot of reflections of my times and my years working for president reagan, but before i started with that i kind of wanted to start with a little bit about the book itself. how many of you in here have written a book before or intend to write a book someday? don't be laughing. i'm sure there's some very free remarkable students in here. okay. see i see hands. for me writing a book was very much a process of streams, so writing a book starts with ideas in your head thoughts in your heart comes through your fingers onto a keyboard magic little characters appear on a screen eventually. maybe you get hard pieces of paper that you put together with a paperclip or a binder and then ultimately it winds up like this. it's like a magical incredible process well because of my experience as the executive assistant to the president, i was very much used t

i am ronald reagan speaking for general electric trick. >> in 1954 two years into their marriage, reaganed on to host a new have the have the show called general electric trick theater. >> once upon a time there was a girl and a boy who fell in love with her. >> you know, nancy, we'll see patty later on. >> it was meant to be the show house for general electric appliances and lights and everything. we had more switches and gadgets in that house than you could shake a stick at, most of which we never used. >> it is too complicated for me but do i know that our heat pump is amazing and wonderful. >> my sister had more of the ge commercial. >> there is another one you ought to know. >> i got a little more of the crest toothpaste commercial. >> come meet the younger members of the reagan family. >> i'm patty. >> now the reagans have a new family home. but nancy is disappointed to find it needs a little work. >> floors and doors needed refinishing, the plumbing system needed repair. >> there was a lot of mold on the walls in the private residence. >> some of the curtains were rotted through f

a little worse than ronald reagan in the area of poor.hat was a gallup poll done january 14, just before the inauguration. your choice for the best and worst u.s. presidents, broken by party. (202) 748-8001 for republicans, (202) 748-8000 for democrats. others, (202) 748-8002. we will look at other news as well and some of the aftermath of the acquittal of the impeachment. this is the headline this morning and usa today. america after acquittal, damaged, not defeated. trump survives. she writes that, since election day, former president trump has been defeated for reelection, presided over his party's loss of the senate, and gained the distinction of facing the constitution's most serious rebuke for a second time. though he has been damaged, in a year in which she can be disregarded by the political world from fellow republicans to the new democratic president, has not yet arrived. she says as the senate vote was concluding he issued a written statement that signaled he had no plans to leave the public scene. our historic and beautiful mo

kennedy and ronald reagan. five minutes, we'll hear about the transitions and inaugurations of ronald reagan and barack obama from officials in their administrations the white house historical association hosted both of these events and provided the video. today we'll be joined by dr. colleen shogan who joined the white house historical association in the winter of 2020 after almost 15 years of federal government service. she previously worked in the united states senate and as a senior executive at the library of congress. colleen is the vice chair of the women's suffered centennial commission and teaches at georgetown university in the government department. she is the previous president of the national capital area political science association and served on the american political science association council the governing body of the organization. her research focuses on the american presidency presidential rhetoric women in politics and congress a native of pittsburgh. she holds a ba in political science fr

george shultz served for 6.5 years under ronald reagan.ove relations with the soviet union, striking relationships with gorbachev and his foreign minister, eduard shevardnadze. in negotiations, he refused to make concessions in advance. waiting for them to blink and they usually did. helping us to remove this understanding... because as he well knew, they had become more concerned with problems at home than interference abroad. in 1987, both countries signed a landmark arms control agreement. he was involved in talks with iran in the 1980s. the iranians are known as great rug merchants and not for nothing. the iranians are good at this business of smiling and encouraging you on, and then cutting your throat. in total, he served three presidents, dwight eisenhower and richard nixon here. his public service following an impressive academic career which saw him become a distinguished fellow of the hoover institution. its director, condoleeza rice, a former secretary of state herself, called him a "great american statesman and a true patriot."

a little worse than ronald reagan in the area of poor.hat was a gallup poll done january 14, just before the inauguration. your choice for the best and worst u.s. presidents, broken by party. (202) 748-8001 for republicans, (202) 748-8000 for democrats. others, (202) 748-8002. we will look at other news as well and some of the aftermath of the acquittal of the impeachment. this is the headline this morning and usa today. america after acquittal, damaged, not defeated. trump survives. she writes that, since election day, former president trump has been defeated for reelection, presided over his party's loss of the senate, and gained the distinction of facing the constitution's most serious rebuke for a second time. though he has been damaged, in a year in which she can be disregarded by the political world from fellow republicans to the new democratic president, has not yet arrived. she says as the senate vote was concluding he issued a written statement that signaled he had no plans to leave the public scene. our historic and beautiful mo

the one thing i do want to say and i touched on with you just as ronald reagan put a warmer happy asd to mary goldwater many years before, i think rush limbaugh was able to do the same in a way the other media tried but reached a limited audience with the wall street journal and the national observer where they would at least experiments for other points of view, he was able to find a way to package that an appealing way and now of course it's a polarized view of the world, he got what ronald reagan did to do this and palatable bites and a sunny, upbeat disposition even down to the way that he handled his dying days and there was an upbeat to him against all odds, here i am but it's been a hell of a ride, helluva life and a lot of people could relate to many disagreed loudly and strongly on all these other points. what do you think? >> my reaction rush was fact-based, that was the other thing, he did not shoot from the hip, he knew what he was talking about he had the facts and that made him not just a delightful person and a very knowledgeable person, i would add i've been pretty lu

and ronald reagan was much more secure in who he was. more about his own ego. so it would be helpful if cpac and the party could get more of the gipper and less of the trumper moving forward because as republican, quite frankly, i'm tired of not winning. and that was a big promise from trump is winning and we've lost the house, the senate and the white house under his leadership. and we need to take the policies that unite us and make us strong and move forward with that with a lot less of the tone and tenor that we have under the former president. >> you didn't see ronald reagan in a bedazzled jacket. what did you think of ted cruz's trip to mexico? i'm only asking because you know him so well. what was that about? >> it was a huge mistake, and he recognizes it. alisyn, i was shocked when i heard he had done that because it's really, honestly, it's not like him. he, as part of being an elected official, he does enjoy the part of being accountable to his constituents. after hurricane harvey, he rolled up his sleeves and helped them in th

he had the trust of ronald reagan. ronald reagan knew that when he sent him out into the world he was going to do the bidding of the president and of the administration and that made other diplomats respect not just george's intellect and value but his ability to deliver on a behalf of the president. he was a consequential figure. he'll be missed but 100 years of a consequential life, we're all fortunate to have been a part of that. >> a blessing to so many thank you for sharing your thoughts. thank you. >> absolutely. >> that does it. thanks for being with us. kasie hunt is in for chuck todd up next on mtp daily only on msnbc. >>> welcome to monday. it's "meet the press daily." i'm kacie hunt in for chuck todd. the biden administration pushes ahead with efforts to fast track covid relief. a sitting member of congress has died after a battle with covid and cancer. we'll have more on that in just a moment. the briefing comes as senator negotiators are closing in on an agreement involving the details of trump's impeachme

the neatest fact that i've come across through a lot of my research is ronald reagan when he was asked what his proudest accomplishment in life was, it had nothing to do with his presidency nor his acting career. his proudest accomplishment in life is that he claims to have saved 77 lives from when he was a young man as a lifeguard, and i thought that was very interesting. the question always comes up will obama ever be here or was he ever here? the answer to that question is the goal for the original park was every time a president was to come into office that a two-foot tall prototype was going to be made as a sample, improved upon and then brought full scale, so when obama was coming into office they approached the owner of the park at the time who i think had already recognized the financial difficulties that were going on, declined for financial reasons to go full scale on the obama, so they just kept the little miniature obama who lived in this green shipping container along with a miniature white house for many, many years. unbeknownst to me, one of my photography students who w

>> he really took up where ronald reagan left off.an got rid of the fairness doctrine, a regulation that rad stations had to have two stay balanced. they could not have right wing radio hosts when the fairness doctrine was in place. he really gave voice to a lot of reagan like ideas, the shrill antigovernment rhetoric. ross: some pictures to show you quickly. donald trump's first atlantic city casino has been demolished. in its heyday, it dominated the new jersey skyline. it hosted boxing and wrestling matches, concerts, you name it. here it is today. as you can see, it only took a few seconds to come down. it took three thousand pieces of dynamiteo implode the building. it was just days after donald trump was acquitted in his second impeachment trial, so of course his critics have seen it as a symbolic moment, including hillary clinton, who tweeted a waving hand them a. that it -- emoji. that is it for this edition of outside source. i will see you tomorrow. narrator: funding for presentation of this program is provided by.. the free

for example, taft in 1909 and ronald reagan in 1985 both gave their address and took the oath inside at the capitol and that was due to weather conditions that were not hospitable for an outdoor occasion. in 1865 lincoln reverses the tradition back taking the oath first and then giving the speech what we're accustomed to seeing today and what we will likely see tomorrow. and then the inauguration moves to the west front of the capitol in 1981 with ronald reagan as depicted here in this picture. next we're going to talk about how technology has transformed the delivery of the speech. so presidents have always given inaugural addresses starting with george washington that are designed once again to be read or heard by american citizens by all american citizens, but of course technology changed how that address has been transmitted and of course the amount of time in which it took to be transmitted in 1845. we see under the presidency of polk the use of the telegraph which greatly sped up the amount of time it took to actually get the address into the hands of citizens who wanted to rea

the second thing i found that many argue that ronald reagan was either kind of a flip-flop or on strategyowards the soviet union, and some people famously argued reagan had none. some people said the reagan was too much of a simpleton to have one in the first place, i thought the united states implemented a consistent approach to the soviet union. a dual track strategy which shaped both of those aforementioned prostheses. the two elements there of, are basically carrot and stick. so reagan himself called this, because there's a lot of back channel talks that are going on a lot of deals are being done quietly, about human rights issues. but the second element, the stick is the famous peace through strength, and the american military buildup. and the political offensive, to try to bring american allies on board. the third point i want to make, at the beginning of this and it's important to me because of the nature of the work, is that moscow actually had strategies of its own. the soviet union is not just being acted upon but rather, they are an active participant in the cold war at this ti

and ronald reagan becomes their standard bearer. thank god for a president who agrees in totality of what we morally stand for here. he cuts a deal with the fundamentalists. he has already established his popularity with economic conservatives and this is a moment when all of these groups say alright this is our chance this is our launching pad and the council for national policy is began in 1901 all incomes in and finances the founding of the federalist society in 1902. president reagan's comments are stark testimony to a concern shared by many of us throughout the nation the obligation of the legal profession in the judiciary to both on the founding fathers version of a constitutional republic hello i'm senator orrin hatch i believe that one of the most important tools on this earth for it is the federalist society for law and public policy studies the best defense of our liberties is a government of laws not of men the federalist society is a group that number one finds a lot of the campaigns to have judicial nominees appointed t

ronald reagan, was one of them that was struck by lightning a few years back. but he has successively been cleaned up since. and probably the most difficult, of all of the presidents to identify, is back here behind president reagan. and no one has ever gotten this right. and i had to really study him hard to figure out who it was. and that is warren harding. behind him, is john adams. who is tough to see, because of all of the overgrowth. so the needs fact, that i've come across through a lot of my research, is ronald reagan when he was asked, what his proudest accomplishment in life was, it had nothing to do with his presidency. nor his acting career. his proudest complement in life, was that he claimed to have saved, 77 lives, when he was a young man as a lifeguard. i thought that was very interesting. so the question always comes up, will obama every ever be here? or was he ever hear? the answer to that question is, the goal for the original park, is that every time the president was to come into office, that a prototype was going to be made, as a sample an

the ronald reagan museum hosted this event in june, 2018. it's a real treat for us to have not one but two former white house social secretaries with us today. and i am sure that they are very grateful that they don't have to plan and execute this white house luncheon. one of our guests today is a democrat. one a republican. they are not afraid to be friends. they support one another and they even show up in public together. imagine that. originally from a small town in ohio, lieberman served as white house social secretary from 2004, to 2007, under president and mrs. george w. bush. prior to, that she was chief of staff to second lady lynch, amy and before that served us social secretary to vice president cheney. when asked how she landed those jobs, i believe she will tell you that she was at the right place at the right time. and having known of her for many years, i can tell you that she was most assuredly qualified for all of those rules. as she tells, it she has been an event planner for her entire adult life including as a wife, full-

and, again, we need to look a little more ronald reagan, a little bit less donald trump in terms of focus vicive, more big picture. what we really need to do to change policy is we need to be able to win in 2022. we need to get kevin mccarthy the speaker's gavel, mitch mcconnell back in the senate majority leader position. i think we need to be, you know, more -- we need to be less divisive, and we need to be a little bit more open. gerry: but, dan, this is what's so challenging, because this doesn't really seem to be about policies. i think most people in the republican party would probably agree that what donald trump introduced to the party, populist policies on things like trade and inch gration and -- and immigration and foreign policy, getting america out of wars and all those things, and standing up people who feel understandably rejected and disdained by the establishment, trump did all of those things very, very well. republicans are ready to unite around that. so it's not even as though there's a big constituency in the party wanting to push the party back to the bush and romney

and, again, we need to look a little more ronald reagan, a little bit less donald trump in terms of focusive, more big picture. what we really need to do to change policy is we need to be able to win in 2022. we need to get kevin mccarthy the speaker's gavel, mitch mcconnell back in the senate majority leader position. i think we need to be, you know, more -- we need to be less divisive, and we need to be a little bit more open. gerry: but, dan, this is what's so challenging, because this doesn't really seem to be about policies. i think most people in the republican party would probably agree that what donald trump introduced to the party, populist policies on things like trade and inch gration and -- and immigration and foreign policy, getting america out of wars and all those things, and standing up people who feel understandably rejected and disdained by the establishment, trump did all of those things very, very well. republicans are ready to unite around that. so it's not even as though there's a big constituency in the party wanting to push the party back to the bush and romney and

ronald reagan help the rise ronald reagan got rid of the fairness doctrine which was this regulationn influential figure antigovernment rhetoric. he really was an influentialfigure in antigovernment rhetoric. he really was an influential figure in the conservative movement in a far more concerted direction. he thought a lot of cultural battles. he was a key competent in the culture war is it that america has wage for 70 years. and he was such a polarising figure. beloved on the right. he was followed by the dittoheads they were called dittoheads because they said ditto after echoing so many of his right wing views. he was hated by liberals. all that hatred frankly it was a badge of honor.— liberals. all that hatred frankly it was a badge of honor. japan has nominated a woman to lead this summer's olympic games in tokyo after its former head was forced to step down for making sexist remarks. this is seiko hashimoto, who's a former olympic speed skater and currently minister for the games. she's also a cyclist and has represented japan at seven winter and summer games. it's expected th

and, again, we need to look a little more ronald reagan, a little bit less donald trump in terms of focus more big picture. what we really need to do to change policy is we need to be able to win in 2022. we need to get kevin mccarthy the speaker's gavel, mitch mcconnell back in the senate majority leader position. i think we need to be, you know, more -- we need to be less divisive, and we need to be a little bit more open. gerry: but, dan, this is what's so challenging, because this doesn't really seem to be about policies. i think most people in the republican party would probably agree that what donald trump introduced to the party, populist policies on things like trade and inch gration and -- and immigration and foreign policy, getting america out of wars and all those things, and standing up people who feel understandably rejected and disdained by the establishment, trump did all of those things very, very well. republicans are ready to unite around that. so it's not even as though there's a big constituency in the party wanting to push the party back to the bush and romney and mcc

ronald ray in, one thing -- ronald reagan said, let us offer hope. the world that a new age is not only possible, but probable. the thing i like and vitiate about the conservative movement is we are happy warriors. we believe the best days are ahead. [applause] i also believe in what target that your, go back and look at what margaret thatcher did in the days of the u.k. and she was trying to rise in power as a conservative. she said first we need to in the argument and then we win the votes. we are like minds. we believe that donald trump was one of the best presidents to ever serve our nation. [applause] maybe the people who don't see it as clearly as you do voted first when out if you do that in an honest and sincere way, but reach out and break bread and explain why you believe what you do. my wife and i, for instance, we leave in the right to life. we believe that an abortion is murdering a child. that is how we look at it. and so when we talk to friends, neighbors, love went or relatives and they say why do you believe so strongly, i say i just

, to george _ abraham lincoln, to ronald reagan, to george w bush, to barack obama to incite a a violent insurrection against the union. you are right. we have _ against the union. you are right. we have got— against the union. you are right. we have got no— against the union. you are right. we have got no precedent for that. they think that _ have got no precedent for that. they think that that somehow is a mark in their favour — think that that somehow is a mark in their favour. that is a score for then — their favour. that is a score for then the _ their favour. that is a score for them. the senate has to be the first one to _ them. the senate has to be the first one to define incitement of violent insurrection against the union. and so, the _ insurrection against the union. and so, the gentleman puts it on me. he says. _ so, the gentleman puts it on me. he says. inciting — so, the gentleman puts it on me. he says, inciting the president for committing incitement to violence insurrection against the union is the new— insurrection against the union is the new raskin doctrine.

march 30, 1981, someone tried to kill ronald reagan. everybody knew about it. i am only talking about the things that showed up on the news for days. april 12, 1981, the first launch from the space shuttle in cape canaveral. january 29, reagan's tax cuts cost america $750 billion over the next five years. september 12, 1981, sandra day o'connor becomes the first female justice of the supreme court. these are big stories we couldn't not see. i am absolutely positive on some level these stories impacted or were in the awareness of august wilson. i don't say that it even necessarily impacted "fences," but these are some of the things he is thinking about. when you guys are thinking about what the themes are in "fences," and as we move from the deeply personal to the public, i want you to think about the way the public is becoming aware. because of the public's growing awareness of the world, nation, the national identity. march 2, 1982, the senate passes a bill eliminating the practice of busing to achieve racial integration. busing stops in 1982. was racism fixed

>> i grew up between ronald reagan and tip o'neill.ident, but he cut deals with tip o'neill and developed relationships. it's incumbent for both parties where it's not a zero sum game. i think it would be awesome if we could get together and work like we did in the old days. it's too stratified in congress for sure. neil: where are we going with this package though? assuming that the senate can get in approved, even with every republican likely voting against it, if they can maybe twist joe manchin's arm and it goes through? what is your fear? what was your colleague's biggest fear? what? the deficit is one thing, it's been out of control forever, but the biggest fear was what? >> i think the biggest fear was the $15 minimum wage. how can you vote for a bill at a time in an economic crisis where everybody acknowledged it would cost job loss of 1.4 million people and definitely have a deleterious effect most significantly on small businesses and restaurants. my sister and brother-in-law own a restaurant. the last thing they need right n

the statesman, economist, and business executive served as america's top diplomat under ronald reagand as nick schifrin tells us, that is where his lasting legacy was formed. >> schifrin: in 1985, president ronald reagan shook hands with the man leading what he'd called the evil empire. at his side: the man behind the strategy: secretary of state george shultz, who explained his belief in diplomacy, to judy woodruff in 1987. >> it's a form of direct communication. by and large, good things happen in connection with such meetings, and have historically. >> schifrin: shultz called u.s.- soviet diplomacy the “highest stakes poker game ever played.” that first meeting between cold war foes in a decade kickstarted u.s./soviet detente that helped bring down the soviet union four years later, and a u.s. victory n in the near-50-year cold war. >> i will well and faithfully discharge. >> schifrin: shultz became secretary of state in july 1982, holding the office until ronald reagan left in 1989: the longest serving chief diplomat of the last half century. the idea that reagan should talk with

i think of that has my proudest moment. >> ronald reagan alwaystreated everyone the same. if there was time, he would ask how you are doing. he stuck around to hear the answer. one of my favorite quotes that was engraved on a plaque in his office that says there is no limit to how far a man can go as long as he doesn't mind who gets the yet. this book is a great gift for someone in your life. i home and in honor of that black i have one for each of you today and i want to thank you for coming here and joining us. >> thank you, that's lovely. >> thank you so much. >> we're going to take jeremy and lee up to the museum store in a few minutes. i know they're happy to answer questions as you move through the line. thank you for coming we hope to see you next time. >> thank you so much. >> this week we're looking back to this date in history. >>> the first group of americans in gorilla raids on the american front arrived back in the united states. 126 were wounded. these raids brought about retaliation in north vietnam thatle levelled several stages areas. all of those wounded

george shultz served as us secretary of state for 6.5 years under ronald reagan.refused to make concessions in advance, waiting for them to blink and they usually did. helping us to remove this understanding... he knew they had become more concerned with problems at home than interference abroad. in 1987, both countries signed a landmark arms control agreement. he was involved in talks with iran in the 1980s. the iranians are known as great drug merchants not for nothing. they are good at this business of smiling and encouraging you on and then cutting your throat. in total, he served three presidents, dwight eisenhower and richard nixon here. his public service following an impressive academic career which saw him become a distinguished fellow of the hoover institutuion. its director, condoleeza rice, a former victory of state herself, called him a great american statesman and a true patriot, while the current secretary of state said he was a legend and an ardent champion of diplomacy. george shultz chose words instead of weapons to end the cold war. last decembe

you can take it back to ronald reagan, you know. you can take it back to this cloud that we recently had an office. -- this clown that we recently had an office. we would not be on lockdown in this pandemic if it was not for his ignorance. let's be real. the bible says, "my people perish for lack of knowledge." the knowledge is out there, but there are many people who don't want to face the truth. we all look at the video. we all saw what the former president had done, but yet they keep clinging to this -- i don't know what you call it -- this full splay, you know, when we all know what the truth is. so, you know, i would just say if we would just follow the truth, we would be a better country. and just think about this. history will prove the truth. and our children will know the truth. so, you know what, if you are on the republican side, to live with your conscience, in front of your children and your grandkids, keep doing what you are doing. at the same point, remember, all of these people that stormed the white house, that got

boomers also fought in vietnam and voted for ronald reagan. boomers like any group are not a monolith. how these other boomers enter the picture. >> i really wanted to write about individuals in this book. precisely for the reason that the question identifies because so much writing about generation in general ends up being very staid and insubstantial. so i wanted to anchor things in the complete and it's true that there were boomers who did not share the characteristics of their generation. but i hope that the stick that i picked will be obviously recognizable as typical boomers in some way. >> in the way if i can answer a little bit for. in some ways the boomers being who they are and having this kind of gravitational effect on all of american life, it means in a sense reagan, boomers elicited the most boomer-ish results from a reagan presidency that you could have gotten. conservatives even at the time often imagine a more conservative reagan presidency and they got and what boomers got was what they wanted at the time if you can speak of

kennedy, and ronald reagan. exploring the american story.ory tv this weekend on c-span three. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy, visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] ♪ >> in washington, d.c., with less connecticut violence erupted in the halls of congress. three men and a woman believed to be members of the puerto rican nationalist again that in november 1950 at attempt at the assumpsit nation of president truman -- assassination of president truman, opened fire in the gallery of the house of representatives. ♪ five congressmen were hit. from mayor, clifford davis of tennessee, congressman from alabama, congressman from maryland, and of michigan, who was seriously injured. observers noted the attack came as the inter-american congress opened in venezuela, and its adjusted the motive may have been to arouse anti-u.s. feeling in latin america or an act of apparently blind violence carefully calculated to inflame america's r

we are going to see gerald ford and, somewhere buried in here, is a guy named ronald reagan when he wasovernor of the state of california. if we look up above, we don't always have living grand marshals. kermit the frog, mickey mouse, we had sully sullenberger who landed the plane and saved 128 people in the hudson river several years ago. and that brings us to the time when we should go out and take a look at the queen and court room talk about the rose queens. let's take a look at the portrait on the wall of the rose queen. the 101st for the 130th parade. this is queen louise. this is basically the way we refer to the queen. just "queen" and the first name. that is the same with the princesses. the crown on her head is worth $180,000. it is a bazillion mickey mouse pearls. it is given by mickey moto each year and it stays with mickey moto. here is an example of the older crowns. the one i like the most is the one down here, second row. it is the 1939 rose queens ' crown and what is interesting about it is she got to take it home. because it breaks down into pins for the blouse and bra

many things and make the republican party the party of the working class for the first time since ronald reaganthe democratic party today is the party of multinational corporations, big business, wall street, silicon valley and they are the pro-china party, putting american workers last in the interests of our greatest adversary had wall street interests ahead of the interests of working class, working men and women in this country. my dad is a retired factory worker. he made axles all his life. he identified as a democrat for most of his life. he didn't like a lot of republican leaders until donald trump. he was for donald trump eared we have to keep voters like i get and under kevin mccarthy and my leadership, we are going to be the party of the working class for longtime. minority leader mccarthy: there is something really throughout their. i don't think of -- something really true out there. i don't know if you are conservative -- i don't know if your democrat or republican, but the chinese communist party as something on them. they put eric swalwell, anyone who has heard that breathing wou

today thinks he's fdr, thinks he's abraham lincoln, and sometimes, tuesday night, thinks he's ronald reaganour own movement has members trying to throw reagan out while the democrats know they can't accomplish what they want unless they appeal to reagan voters. we have got to stamp this out within this movement, because it will tear us apart. it will guarantee we lose elections. [applause] we have to. you see, to me it's a no-brainer. it's not even something to me, how do you get rid of reagan from conservatism? the blueprint -- the blueprint for landslide conservative victory is right there. why in the hell do the so-called smartest people in our room want to chuck it? i know why. i know exactly why. it's because they're embarrassed of some of the people who call themselves conservatives. these people in new york and washington, cocktail elitists, they get made fun of when the next nascar race is on tv and their cocktail party buds come up to them, those people are in your party? how do you put up with this? it would be easy to throw them overboard, so as to maintain these cocktail party/b