the van buren was the incumbent.hey thought van buren p harrison four years ago, harrison's old he is in his late 60s. of course we can beat him again. some newspaper editor a columnist wrote a piece saying, you know, you should just retire harrison to his old log cabin. give him some hard sided to drink and he will while away the rest of his day. the lakes took that in the rain with the. they totally turned it around on the democrats. they said, yes, of course. he's a veteran, he lives in law cabin. he does drink hard cider, he's a common person just like the rest of us. it created this amazing campaign. they had parade with a log cabin floats. they used to sell bottles of whiskey shaped like log cabins. tip a canoe and tyler to shaving cream. it was really the first mass branding of a political candidate. they did, they distilled it right down to that slogan, tip a canoe in tyler to. many people listening will know this if you don't typical new, william henry harrison defeated some -- trying to form a native americ

so lincoln's election caused the civil war that van buren had hoped to avoid because of van buren's own system. lincoln comes in and one of the first things he notices he has all these army of job seekers lining up down the street at the time. he ran the government you ready for this with two secretaries. lincoln ran the whole government with two secretaries and literally people could come inside the white house and they just stand there and form a long line all the way down the block waiting to talk to the president about jobs, you know when he wasn't busy and fighting a war, you know. and so lincoln could not deal with the with the spoils swamp because his first job was to deal with the slave swamp. he kind of needed the spoil swamp to defeat the slave swamp, which he did. he was the only of the six presidents took b completely successful in his goal. he did defeat the slave swamp, but the spoiled swamp was still around and it continued to grow it actually got worse after the civil war because you had all these veterans who were now claiming benefits by writing their congressman sayin

and martin van buren was the son of a tavern owner in upstate new york in the hudson river valley. so van buren was actually the common man candidate and harrison was the elitist but the wigs were able to make it so that harrison seemed like the common man and they made van buren the incoming president to the elitists and i mean ever since then branding and especially trying to distill the branding down to a slogan. it's been with us ever since all the way up to make america great again, you know. is this a good way in your view and i'm not just talking about recent crystallization of ideas down to you know, 140 characters. is this is this a healthy way to run a democracy? oh, that's a good question. i mean i mean, there's no way around it. obviously because i mean it's it's a system that we have and there's pros and kinds i mean, obviously the easy answer is no it's not, you know, we should have discussions of issues and we should vote based on that but but it's the society we live in i like to think of, you know, 1960 the first presidential debate between kennedy and nixon that w

so lincoln's election caused this civil war that van buren had hoped to avoid owthe cause of van buren's own system. lincoln comes in and one of the first things he notices his behalf this army of jobseekers lining up down the street. at the time he ran the government with two secretaries. lincoln ran the whole government with two li secretaries and literally people could come inside the whitehouse and just stand there and form along line all the way down the block waiting to talk to the president about jobs . when he wasn't busy inciting a war. so lincoln could not deal with the full swap because his first job was to deal with the slaves. kind of needed the spoil swap to defeat the slave swap which he did. hewas only one of the six presidencies completely successful . he did this to the slave swap but the spoil swap was still around and continue to grow. it got worse. after the civil war you had all these veterans who are now claiming benefits by ouwriting their congressman say i was in the civil war, i need all these benefits and within 10 years after the civil war the number of vetera

so lincoln'sn election caused te civil war that van buren had hoped to avoid because of van buren zone system. lincoln comes in and one of the first things he notices is he has all these armies of jobseekers lining up down the street at the time he ran the government with two secretaries. lincoln ran the whole government with two secretaries and literally people could come inside the white house and stand there and form a long line all the way down the block waiting to talk to the president about jobs when he wasn't busy fighting a war, you know. so lincoln couldn't deal with this because his first job was to deal with the slaves. he kind of needed this to defeat the slave swamp which he did. he was the only to become completely successful in his goal. he did defeat. about the spoiled was still continued to grow. it w actually got worse because you had all these veterans who were now claiming benefits by writing of the congressman saying i need all these benefits. it grew as more and more people suddenly had magic memory restoration. civil warhere was a and they entered so the role to

we called the spoils system as a result in t van buren did not gt this. his goal is to keep the federal government small and the state stronger. what he has done inadvertently is create a system which the federal government began to grow with every single election. because you had to give away jobs to get elected. and by the way the most powerful job in 1830 it was postmaster general of the united g states. mommy i want to be postmaster general. nobody paid back then everybody wanted to be postmaster general 8500 jobs that you got to give away. whoever the president appoints postmaster general that guy had a lot of power. here comes the way get. they are now on the same playing field as the democrats. i forgot to tell you the' name f van buren's party, the whigs come along there on the same playing field. one way they compete is to give away more jobs they promise jobs they promise more jobs. until government starts to grow every single election. nobody notices that until 1860. because a part of van buren strategy was to make sure the presidency remained

martin van buren. okay. martin van buren, native americans.ail of tears. no wonder you wanted me to sit down for this one. the indian removal act. that's not good, indian removal, and an act for it. the indian removal act of 1830 granted the president authority to negotiate treaties, which as we know the united states has violated all the treaties. he gets an f. is there such an f minus? i think he gets an f minus. it's just all bad. and my butt's cold. there is nothing good that came from this. yep, that's right. nothing good came with this. and really, things haven't changed much. the legacy of these presidents' racist colonial policies seen today in government organizations like the bureau of indian affairs. the u.s. government has never stopped making life on the rezze reservation harder than it should be. >> no justice, no peace! >> but sunny red bear of the sioux anita are part of a new generation. anita also created a mmiw database that is handling how police handle unsolved cases. what was your inroads to this work? >> i think it was m

and of course, tyler defeated the incumbent martin van buren in november of 1840. harrison, as you know, died 32 days into his term. he became president. this image on the right as a romanticized image of tyler receiving news of harrison's passing and his elevation to the presidency. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> flying west across the pacific, vice president and mrs. richard nixon began their tour of six nations that was to take them completely around the world. their first destination was manila. the busy capital of the philippines was, like the rest of the country, tense with excitement on the eve of a great national celebration. the tenth anniversary of independence. on the afternoon of july 3rd, mr. and mrs. nixon landed at international airport. vice president carlos garcia, the republican was -- off the republic of the philippines was there to welcome them. high-ranking members of the philippine government of congress, and of the armed forces also extended their greetings. the warmth of the reception was everywhere. this was more than just a visit of state by the second high

. >> martin van buren. native americans.rce behind the trail of tears, no wonder you wanted me to sit down for this one. >> be sure to tune in. an all new episode of united shades of america airs tomorrow night at 10:00 right here on cnn. like many veterans, cnn heroes struggle with the effects of serving in iraq. when marine veteran richard casper learned he could use visual art, he learned other veterans could too. create vets helps wounded combat veterans process trauma while creating art and writing and recording music. >> art is so emotional and allows you to understand, it's okay to not be okay. >> my art work is a presentation of some of the guys that we lost when we were deployed. they built a complete mock up of a casket. >> most of the veterans have never really told their story to anybody before. >> they will shoulder the burden as they already have done. >> and i try to explain to them in the beginning, it's going to be easier to tell your story once you create your art piece. you're not going to be talking about

martin van buren just dismisses them, almost singlehandedly. it's link who makes the founders, the founders that we talk about, he's the one who says, the man on the group that created the declaration of independence, the document that makes the blood of the blood and the flesh of the flesh of all of these immigrants that are coming to america with the founders, the blood and flesh of the flesh and the people who threw up that document and others by implication, including the constitution, our wet hold us together as a people. that is lincoln's great contribution, and he really brings the founders into prominence. if you are interested there's a book about this, -- he was a professor of early american history at princeton. and it gets neglected. i don't know why, because it's so important to realize that the founders that they believed in were not the founders that we believe in. and it's really lincoln that created this. it's not in my book, but it needs to be mentioned. >> do you want to say, give us one more burst of learning from your book

which of these presidents wrote an autobiography without mentioning his wife, bill jackson, martin van buren or lyndon b johnson. >> it's never the most obvious and i'll exclude bill clinton and i'll go andrew jackson. luck pressed. oh, come on. kennedy: nope, you -- >> outrage. kennedy: chris, president obama declined this gift from a local leader from a visit to columbia. was it illegal drugs, a house of columbia, a pornographic catalog, or a pet donkey? visit to columbia. >> i'm going to say a pet donkey. kennedy: yes, that's right. did you press your luck? >> i did. i thought we were all pressed. kennedy: no, you have four points now. good job, buddy. you have four points. press your luck here, scott, no matter what. okay. that's just the rule. while in office, president trump had the highest net worth of any u.s. president. adjusted for inflation, which president had the second highest net worth? was it george washington, john f kennedy, herbert hoover or bill clinton? adjusted for inflation. that's the keyword. >> yeah, definitely george washington. kennedy: george washington. george w

and he is a party guy pretties creating a party he's not that different than martin van buren or marktch mcconnell or lyndon johnson or franklin roosevelt. i'm trying to pick people across the spectrum. abraham lincoln is a party guy. he loves politics he understands he creates the party. and that is what you get distinctly sourcing right now versus lynne cheney or lindsey graham. the core principles the kind of thing you will not understand if you think these guys are pure theorists. as opposed to political actor. >> 's not a front up to be hopeful that. madison would be a politician for on the other hand i'm saying politicians can be like james mattis. thank you, thank you louise scriptwriting book tv senate for our newsletter is in the qr code on the screen. to receive a schedule of upcoming programs author discussions book festivals and more. book tv on cspan2 or anytime online at booktv.org. click the link text presents recorded conversations while in office. here many of those conversations during season two of podcast president recordings. >> the nixon tapes. part private conve

and of course, tyler defeated the incumbent martin van buren in november of 1840. harrison, as you know, died 32 days into his term. he became president. this image on the right as a romanticized image of tyler receiving news of harrison's passing and his elevation to the presidency. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> flying west across the pacific, vice president and mrs. richard nixon began their tour of six nations that was to ta

and of course van buren ultimately pays a price for that when there's a backlash after jackson's expenses for the white house. and then congress passes the law that everything has to be made in america. but this is the furniture that really sets that in motion because it's just too opulent into gilded and it's wonderful. and so it's just this furniture that is really the centerpiece of the historical period that we are going to work with. in richard and -- founded these period documented wallpapers that we could use and we have produced. and then scale andre did the upholstery of a deeper blue, what's the earlier a poultry had been for those chairs, and with literally the, we have the image of monroe standing next to this, and we knew the declaration that they had, and i think the piece that was most interesting to me, and that's when i ask you to go back to stewards slide, if we can go back, there we go. everything was pretty much falling into place with the wallpapers and the upholstery and amazing chairs and so forth, but the rug. what do you do for the rug? and every committee for the

and of course van buren ultimately pays for that when there's the backlash after jackson's expenses for the white house and then congress passes the law that everything has to be made in america, but this is the furniture that really sets that in motion because it's just too opulent and too guilt it and it's wonderful clean knowledge over there queen biologic. so so of course this furniture that is really the centerpiece of the historical period that we're going to we're gonna work with right and richard nylander found in the cooper hewitt these wonderfully period documented wallpapers that we could use and reproduce and then scala andre did the upholstery. i was slightly deeper blue closer to what an early upholstery had been on those chairs and with literally the we had a we had the image of monroe standing next to one of these only new we knew the declaration that the damask should have and i think the piece that was most interesting to me and that's when i will ask you to go back to stewart's side she can go back. there you go. everything was pretty much falling into place with the

tossed all of our bedding and pillows and then headed over to the local drive-in, the van buren drive-in at it because they thought, you know what? that's really clever. who wants to spend 100 bucks to rent a car when for 20 bucks you can rent either a van or a pickup truck or something like that, save money and have fun? >> yeah. we really like finding unique ways to kind of go on dates and things that are a little bit outside the box. so, we thought, i mean, going to the drive-in under the stars, watching a double movie marathon, it doesn't really get better than that. >> steve: right, right. as newlyweds, it's got to feel good to know that you had a big night out. over a million people saw your night out, and you saved money to boot. >> for sure. i mean, we are also happy if we save money and if we can, you know, inspire the people to do the same thing, then that's great. yeah, we are happy with that. >> it was really -- it wasn't too expensive of a date. i mean, the drive-in is a great cost or a cheap way to go on a date. and then the cost of the truck itself was -- you can't beat it