he was president nixon's presidential aide at that time and was super -- susan supernaw a un relation? >> that is my dad. i remember when he went out for the football team. he remembered because of the name but it lies great. had you seen the old sob at? you may next seven? there was silence. [laughter] he had as rate base and he said i mint the senate office building. now they have more than wind there was the new and the old and i got to see them both. but after doing that guy and backing out and carl albert heard that. he said come back. i want you to come work in my office this summer. why? anybody who can call nixon in the sob to get away with it has to work in my office. he became speaker of the house i did become a registered democrat to work in the office. that was fun. i like to go ahead to tell another story. and when i became a so-called of. i had to do a fair marinara pageant. they have gray hair now. we are old days also old we remember bill cosby when he was young in that name was taken for the bill cosby character after joe namath but again of a trend of the times we tr

>> this is for susan supernaw. susan, i've read the book. it's a great story.and i'd like for you to say, tell us, what was the hardest part of writing the book? what was the darkest passage? >> the hardest part of writing the book for me was really dealing with my issues with my father, and bringing up a lot of some of the drama that was associate with feeling rejected as a child and never good enough. and i think after riding and then talking to people and going back and writing again, it was like therapy and it helped me understand where he was coming from and what kind of like that he was leaving and how he was just trying to do the best he could at that time. to get along. and trying to keep two women happy and all these, you know. you can imagine. but as a boat and found a more about him, i became more forgiving and understanding, and i don't have that kind of resentment and a little bit of anger that i used to have. so i feel really free from the. and i feel like i can recognize him as a person that was just doing the best he could at that time. >> are y