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Oct 15, 2012

to suppose that richard nixon might have fought. if you're a novelist you go inside his head and haven't ticket. is that history. it's more entertaining than is educational. it's one thing that genre can add to actual history. >> what is your day job? >> i teach at george washington university. >> talking here with thomas mallon.

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Oct 21, 2012

president nixon. >> in 1968, were you surprised when johnson decided not to run for reelection? >> i was. johnson was one politician who was determined to stay in high office all of his days. i think that was his plan. >> he saw that war turned sour. he was booed all over the country, by young people. he was sick to his hear that the liberal part of the democratic party turned against them because of the war in vietnam. here is janet mccarthy, a progressive young senator from minnesota running against him for the presidential nomination. mccarthy had not been heavily involved in the anit-war movement. he announced formally he would run for president. johnson saw him began to gather strength and force. he was threatening to win the wisconsin primary. i think he just cannot stand it. my god, what have i done? i have this whole country with me in 1964. i won that election in a landslide. he gave goldwater a shellacking that like richard nixon did me in 1972. the whole country swung against them. that is what led him to not running for reelection. >> had you considered running against johnso

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Oct 21, 2012

the agreed upon facts most of big ones are still intact. president nixon resigned in 1974. it is the basic timeline. not what is called alternate history the novels which the south wins the civil war, things like that happen. i think what historical fiction can do with existing history insert things in between those existing facts. things that might have happened in addition to what happened. and, try to get inside the heads of some of the peripheral players as well as some of the main players. >> who is fred larue in your novel? >> fred, unless you're a real watergate buff you're unlikely to know. fred larue was a man from mississippi, a republican operative. worked in the nixon white house. not a business card. no salary. did a let of work for attorney general john mitchell t fell to him during the watergate scandal to be the man to coordinate payments to the burglars, hush-money. >> this is historical fact? >> this is historical fact. larue was a soft-spoken, intriguing man. he had a tragedy in his life when he was young. when he was in his late '20s he accidentally killed his father wh

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Oct 15, 2012

? >> the reader will find that the agreed upon facts, most of the big ones are still intact. president nixon resigns in 1974, the same basic time line. it is not what sometimes it's altered, the history. but i think what they can do with the existing history is in certain things in between. and then try to get an inside the heads of some of the peripheral players as well as some of the main players. >> a republican operative in the nixon white house without a business card bought in the white house directory. it fell to have to be the man who coordinated the payments to the burglars. >> historical fact. >> is this historical fact. and a very small softspoken intriguing man. he had a tragedy in his life when he was young, when he was in his late 20's he accidentally killed his father while they were out hunting. and he was an intriguing figure. i remember thinking he had the kind of personality i want to think about and export. he becomes a main player in the novel even though he was a relatively minor one in the scandal itself. >> is the protagonist in your novel? >> i'm not sure there is. a

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Oct 21, 2012

this morning is george mcgovern. he was known probably best for losing the presidential race to richard nixon in 1972. in that election, he won two states and had a long career. he died this morning in his home state of south dakota. he was 90 years old. >> he was a lawmaker who served the country more than two decades. susan macinnis has more on his passion for people and the world. >> reporter: senator george mcgovern from south dakota was the democrat's choice for president in 1972. >> i accept your nomination with a full and grateful heart. >> reporter: he promised to end the war in vietnam and bring about social and economic reform. mcgovern had a strong grassroots following, but his nomination split the democratic party ideologically. on election day, incumbent richard nixon beat him in a landslide. >> i have never known a national election when i would be able to go to bed earlier than tonight. >> reporter: mcgovern wants only the district of columbia and -- won only the district of columbia and massachusetts. >> we're not going to shed any tears tonight about the great joy this campai

KRCB - To the Contrary With Bonnie Erbe

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Oct 20, 2012

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Oct 20, 2012

staunch john f. kennedy liberals to voting for richard nixon. >> walsh says white middle class men blamed problems in the country on feminism and the civil rights movement. they jumped to the republican party and soon after many of their wives followed. >> we on the left, liberals like to say that the white working class left because of racism and certainly richard nixon and pat buchanan were brilliant in convincing the white working class that government only cared about black people and women to some extent and didn't care about them. >> but walsh says it's more complex than that. >> my mother was a civil rights liberal. but as the 60s turned to the 70s she saw the social disorder and she became afraid. and so white working class women did move with their husbands. the gap to this day that the democrats have enjoyed with women is much bigger with single women. the gender gap originated with reagan and white women started being a little bit more white working class women, a little bit more susceptible to the appeals of democrats. >> today women's issues are considered by many to be econo

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Oct 21, 2012

lost in a landslide to then president richard nixon, after winning just one state, massachusetts. >> we're to the going to shed any tears tonight about the great joys that this campaign has brought to us. >> reporter: one of the great ironies of this race was that president nixon ordered the break-in to the democratic party headquarters in the watergate hotel because he feared being bested by whoever his democratic opponent might be. that break-in lead to nixon's resignation, just two years after overwhelming mcgovern in the election. before entering politics, mcgovern flew 35 combat missions as a b-24 bomber pilot during world war ii. and was award the distinguished flying cross. he married his college sweetheart eleanor during the war. and they had five children together. eleanor passed away in 2008. mcgovern represent his home state of south dakotah for more than 20 years, first in the house of representatives, and then in the senate where he championed liberal social and economic reforms. he was tapped by three presidents to represent the u.s. at the united nations, on issues rangin

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Oct 16, 2012

generally it does. sometimes people vote a straight ticket and do not care who is on it. nixon and humphrey -- nixon wins streets of chicago. nixon is not going to debate again because he had that experience before. 1968, the streets of chicago on television. nixon wins. 1972 -- nixon/mcgovern. mcgovern gives his acceptance speech in the middle of the morning, after 2:00 a.m. i wake up at 2:00 a.m. for the next day. half the nation is asleep. we do not know about watergate at that time. 1976, there are debates. gerald ford suggests eastern europe is not under soviet domination, and that becomes a little bit of a problem. close election. electoral college -- 292-240. maybe the debate made a difference. usually, it is a lot of different things that add into an election. it cannot be just debates, jets commercials -- just commercials, and so forth. look at what happened the other evening. mitt romney has momentum now. obama is playing catch-up. we will say -- we will see what happens tonight with the biden/ryan debate. 1980, if a mistake is made, no time to catch up. there you go again. carter

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Oct 14, 2012

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Oct 14, 2012

's success. >> president nixon in 1958 he was moved that get out front in the environment. >> just days after nixon took office a huge oil spill in santa barbara california and ohio's river caught fire. nixon's senior environmental advisors. >> you have rivers catching fire you better be aggressive. >> weeks after earth day in 1970 nixon established the grand new environment tal protection agency. >> it is fair to say the government does a good job at cleaning things up. >> absolutely. >> he writes extensively on green regulators. >> rivers are not catching fire any more. that's a great thing. dug through public opinion in those years. even as the nation's air and water were getting cleaner and toxic waste dumps were getting cleaned up american people were increasingly worried about the convenie environment. why is that do you think? >> we went from not worrying at all in the 40z and 50s to possibly worrying too much or worrying about the wrong things. >> blame that on environmental doomsday book beginning with silent strepring by marine biologist carson. a run away seller in 1962 it envision

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Oct 15, 2012

. >> guest: yeah, really when people say oil independence, going all the way back to richard nixon, it's really been about oil independence. and i think we have turned the corner. i think we have the opportunity to be a lot less dependent. and if you tie it together with canada and elsewhere in the western hemisphere, i think we could see a western hemisphere isn't necessarily in fife or ten years importing as much oil from the eastern hemisphere. that's a big change. and we'll feel we're more resilient, we will be, and we'll get the economic benefits of development in our country, but i think it's a little too soon to actually proclaim the imminence of oil independence. >> host: well, and you mentioned this issue about the western hemisphere m becoming more independent, but this is another issue that i think is challenging because it seems to me as lock -- as long as there's 17 million barrels of oil a day flowing through the strait of hormuz, isn't that going to be a red line in terms of geopolitical strategy? we're not going to let japan and europe, if they're buying oil from that a

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Oct 15, 2012

of america's greatest worries. that presented an opportunity for lbj's success. >> president nixon in 1958 he was moved that get out front in the environment. >> just days after nixon took office a huge oil spill in santa barbara california and ohio's river caught fire. nixon's senior environmental advisors. >> you have rivers catching fire you better be aggressive. >> weeks after earth day in 1970 nixon established the grand new environment tal protection agency. >> it is fair to say the government does a good job at cleaning things up. >> absolutely. >> he writes extensively on green regulators. >> rivers are not catching fire any more. that's a great thing. dug through public opinion in those years. even as the nation's air and water were getting cleaner and toxic waste dumps were getting cleaned up american people were increasingly worried about the convenie environment. why is that do you think? >> we went from not worrying at all in the 40z and 50s to possibly worrying too much or worrying about the wrong things. >> blame that on environmental doomsday book beginning with silent strepri

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Oct 21, 2012

was a democratic candidate in 1972, ran against richard nixon, against the war. as you would call it at that time, the vietnam war drove all the politics, and george mcgovern, although he was an army fighter pilot during world war ii and won the distinguished cross, was an unabashed dove. he wanted the war ended right away, and he ran on that platform, and he got smoked by richard nixon. i was amazed looking back at the numbers in that 1972 race. 60.7% went to richard nixon. 37.5% went to george mcgovern, so it was -- that was quite a race, and quite a landslide for richard nixon, and the rest is history, as we say. george mcgovern was an unabashed liberal voice m u.s. senate. he was a gentleman -- i know that sounds a little strange in the harshness of politics, but personally i always found him to be quiet. what you would think of as south dakota. he was born and raised in south dakota. he was certainly in some ways out of step with that state's presidential politics at the very least. he didn't even win the state in his own presidential race. but he was unabashed liberal, loved his home state,

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Oct 14, 2012

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Oct 14, 2012

is bad. in the very first tv debate, richard nixon refused to put on makeup. it hurt him. nixon later said -- >> more important than what you say is how you look on television. >> so campaigns obsess over details. when ronald reagan debated walter mondale, rollins and beckel were the opposing campaign managers. >> do you remember how high the podiums would be? >> days. >> we had days negotiating. >> the color of the room. >> what difference would it make to the candidate what color the room was? >> because in certain conditions, certain colors work for certain candidates. >> because mondale was shorter than reagan -- >> we wanted more distance between the two podiums. we debated between 7 1/2 feet and 9 feet for a day and a half. >> the first debate came, and reagan struggled. >> 2/3 of the defense budget pays for pay and salary -- or pay and passengers. >> he looked tired and ragged. the general observation was they just spent too much time with a 70-year-old guy trying to beat every factoid into his brain. >> people said ronald reagan is too old for the office. >> you're already th

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Oct 18, 2012

of a performance at the dinner. and nixon was fine but kennedy was superb. most of the people in the room even though kennedy was catholic were for nixon. as you observed in the past, chris. the bishops were for nixon. >> no nuns at the dinner. i don't think, by the way, we should read what kennedy said at that amazing dinner in 1960. here's what he said. he delivered a barn burner. quote, cardinal spellman is the only man so widely respected in american politics that he could bring together amicably at the same banquet table for the first time in this campaign two political leaders who are increasingly apprehensive about the november election. who have long eyed each other suspiciously and who have disagreed so strongly, both publicly and privately. vice president nixon and governor rockefeller. now, there he was putting a slice right, earl, between the republican party saying the joke here is, the democrats are united behind me, the republicans are hopelessly divided, i'm going to win this darn thing. that's the kind of thing you're going to see tonight. the clever shot in the papers the nex

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Oct 21, 2012

run for president in 1972 most people remember. it didn't go well. already a long shot against nixon it didn't help when his debate didn't air until 2:30 in the morning long after peoplehood gone to bed and then he had to dump eagleton after it was learned he had seek at trick injuries. nixon won by a landslide. they boosted the careers of gary hart and a then unknown bill clinton. he would try again in 1984 only to drop out after poor primary showings but his words still resonate. >> the question is not are we better off than we were four years ago. the question is where will america be four years from now. what is the american future. what kind of america do we want to be? >> later in life, the man from the south dakota prairie refocussed on cause he worked on in the kennedy administration. using america's agricultural strength of feat families at home and eventually around the world. it would be the legacy he prided most. one expert summed it up best saying the same trait that cost mcgovern the white house would become the later one to be admired. he would say what others would no

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Oct 21, 2012

for president in 1972 most people remember. it didn't go well. already a long shot against president nixon, it didn't help when his acceptance speech to the democratic election was delayed until 2:30 in the morning, long after the huge television audience had gone to bed. then mcgovern was forced to dump his running mate, thomas eagleton, after it was learned he had a history of psychiatric problems. nixon won by a landslide. he boosted the careers of gary hart and then unknown bill clinton. mcgovern would try again in 1974, only to drop out in prit marries. >> the question is not are we better off than we were four years ago, the question is, where will america be four years from now? [ applause ] >> what is the american future? what kind of america do we want to be? >> later in life, the man from the south dakota prairie refocused on a cause he worked on in the kennedy administration. using america's agricultural strength to feed families at home and eventually around the world. it would be the legacy he prided most. one expert summed it up best, saying the same trait that cost mcgovern

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Oct 18, 2012

broadcast on tv, nixon versus kennedy, reagan versus mondale, bush versus gore or roosevelt versus hoover? >> reagan? >> no. >> the correct answer is the famous nixon/kennedy debate. with the sweat on the upper lip. >> and famous for a reason. this was the first debate on television and people who listened to it on the radio, they thought that nixon had won. but if you saw it on television, you saw sweaty nixon next to young handsome kennedy, no contest. >> power of tv. thank you very much for joining us. kathie lee will come back across the street. your solutions to the pesky problems around the house. and later, get out the scissors and glue gun. easy and inexpensive and adorable hallowe'en costumes. let's focus on mckenzie. let's live here after these messages. chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico, see how much you could save. anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yeah. one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. approved! [ p

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Oct 21, 2012

there were really great flyers. remember goldwater talking about nixon i can't tell you what he said about richard nixon because this is a family library and the family television tonight. but there was a time. just very briefly and clinton as a family with a certain kind of character here on page 150 assembling about the draft one subject only and the identity sometimes he outright lie. more often he shaded the truth ceasing to feel entitled to constructive events in ways that work to his own benefits. i happen to be at yale in the number of graduate when they were in law school together and the one wonders about the attraction and then one reads the second which is about tenet start interviewing hillary clinton. i could tell you a story who i had dinner with at precisely this time but this would go on too long. in the end he determined that he didn't have enough evidence to indict hillary clinton. examples of disingenuous statements of disclaimers and outright confiscation were abundant. something your regular and perhaps illegal had taken place with of the first lady much more than her

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Oct 21, 2012

falls, south dakota. he's best known for his landslide defeat against richard nixon in the neant 7 1972 presil election. he is also remembered as a tireless advocate for the poor and all of those in need. also a progressive voice that helped shape the democratic party and inspire a generation of democrats. mcgovern was a world war ii b-24 bomber pilot and served in the internet as wel senate fromr 18 years. george mcgovern was 90 years old. >>> but first, here we are. it is the final countdown and the final presidential debate upcoming. it may be the most critical night of the entire 2012 election. looming over it, of course, is the new fallout from the deadly terrorist attack in libya. good morning to all of you. i'm jamie colby. >> i'm eric shawn. welcome to america's election headquarters for this sunday morning. the obama administration's response to the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi is a major flash point of the presidential campaign. of course, it's expected to be front and center in the foreign policy debate that will occur in florida tomorrow night as accusations cont

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Oct 21, 2012

remembering a giant of american politics, liberal icon who ran against nixon, a towering voice against a vietnam war. >>> good evening, from the university of tampa where in this key battleground state on the eve of tomorrow night's final presidential debate, we're also unveiling our brand-new national poll numbers. we'll get to that. but first there is late breaking news to report. >>> another mass shooting has rocked an american community. this time at a day spa outside of milwaukee, leaving at least three people dead, four people wounded. a day-long search for the killer is now over. it's all unfolding near a mall in brookfield, wisconsin. kevin tibbles is there. >> reporter: lester, we now know that the man suspected of bursting into the day spa and opening fire earlier today has been found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. police have just finished the news conference, they say the investigation is ongoing. hours after the shooting at the azana salon and spa, the suspect has been found dead. authorities identified 45-year-old radcliffe houghton as the shooter and described t

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Oct 21, 2012

liberal, he lost the election to richard nixon in the biggest landslide ever. >> come home, america, come home to the affirmation that we have a dream. >> reporter: in 1972, with the nation bitterly divided by the vietnam war, george mcgovern accepted the presidential nomination. his grass roots campaign had taken over the party ending the control of back room bosses and forever changing presidential politics, he went on to one of the biggest losses in history. the son of a methodist minister, george stanley grew up in the dust bowl of south dakota. the experience shaped his later work on behalf of farms and against hunger. world war ii i was a fighter pilot. he safely landed his crippled bomber when he was shot over complex slovakia. six years later he was elected to the senate. he was one of the -- in the 1968 campaign when front-runner robert kennedy was assassinated, he launched a symbolic candidacy of his own. >> the number one priority in his campaign is to end the war in vietnam. >> mcgovern's opposition intensified after richard nixon expanded the war. in 1972, he was the leader o

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Oct 21, 2012

govern was a liberal icon. he ran for president in 1972. he lost in a landslide to richard nixon. we're going to take a look back at his long career in politics this morning. >>> also, we are just 16 days until the election. one day until the third and final presidential debate. this morning, so many questions. how will this big headline about iran play in the debate? and can this face-off shift the dynamic in what appears to be an extremely tight race? >> the timing so interesting on that one. we'll get to that in just a few minutes. >>> we'll begin, though, with that breaking news. the former senator and presidential candidate george mcgovern die d today at the age of 90. family and lifelong friends and >> he was surrounded by relatives and lifelong friends and george stephanopoulos looks back at his life dedicated to public service. >> i will haunt the senseless bombing of indochina on inaugural day. >> he was the first senator to oppose the vietnam war. calling it a policy of moral debacle and political defeat. that cause would go to the democratic nomination for president in 1972. >> truth and c

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Oct 21, 2012

election tory chard nixon in one of the biggest landslides in american history. mcgovern was 90 years old. we're going to take a closer look back at his career. >> with the election we have more than two weeks away. the presidential candidates are getting ready for their show down. president obama and the challenger mitt romney are busy studying. their running mates are campaigning in must win states. paul ryan was in pennsylvania and ohio .poles show president obama in the lead. >>> preparing for tomorrow night's big debate in boca raton florida. you can watch that. face the nation is. coming up at 8:30. talking about foreign policy and his state's role in the race of if white house. >> and on the local political front the state's political watchdog commission says a nation to a san jose city council campaign is illegal and must be returned the donation to a campaign came from a political action committee that's controlled by san jose major chuck reed the city's police officers association complained that the donation -- about it to the california fair political practices commission. the

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Oct 21, 2012

. this senator has died. he ran for president in 1972. he lost to nixon. senator mcgovern passed away at hospice in south dakota. he was surrounded by family and friends. he was also a bomber pilot in world war ii and critical pivotal in the worl and vietnam war. despite watergate he also was beaten by nixon. he lived until 90 years old. the third and final debate on monday in florida. they are both getting rea at that will focus on foreign policy. this is one of the last major chances for both candidates to reach undecided voters. they are probing the debate at camp david and men from the is also getting ready with his advisers. >> you are going to be able to watch go to our new channel. comcast 193 for the latest news, weather and traffic updates and to watch all the presidential speeches. uninterrupted. and on digital 4.2. >> we can take a look at the bay bridge. >> some high clouds and sunshine. the camera is shaking a bit but we could even see rainfall. however monday it is going to be heavy for the north bay. and tuesday some showers clouds and sunshine. with partly sunny skies it tapered

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Oct 21, 2012

nixon and was elected president, november 8th, 1960, huxley and his connection, osmond met lerry to work with them on the project as it was called then. the president and editor in chief of the harvard crimson at the height of the kennedy presidency. he would graduate, get hired by "news week," and go to berkeley to cover the free speech movement. the protest kicked off a decade of unrest at schools across the nation. just a year earlier, pat harvard, such a thing, inconceivable. quote, "going to berkeley was a change for me, a different place." he was action and organizing, gestures matter more than well reasoned arguments, which is the way we did things at harvard. the last big story at the crimson involved two psychology lecturing professors, but a staff writer named andy wile proposed the investigation and did most of the digging. it seems like a strange story for wile to be covering. until then, he had done arts coverage for the paper, theater reviews, and things like that. he also worked as an editorial writer on the opinion page. wile is best remembered as an overweight, cigar cho

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Oct 21, 2012

and then to the senate in the '60s. he was a 1972 democratic nominee for president. he lost to richard nixon. george mcgovern was 90. >>> a newly released picture of fidel castro may put an end to rumors that he is near death. the photo shows castro with the former venezuelan vice president that he said was taken the day before. speculation has been surging in recent weeks about the former cuban leader's health. mops of it came after castro failed to publicly congratulate his closest ally, hugo chavez, on his election victory. >>> violent protests erupted in beirut after the funeral of lebanon's assassinated intelligence chief. general what seem al asan was killed in broad daylight in a car bombing on friday. he was a critic of syria's regime. some protesters are blaming syria are for the assassination around pointing fingers at the government. lebanon's prime minister, syrias a government, and hezbollah have condemned the assassination. much more from beirut is ahead here on cnn. >>> it has never happened before, but pope benedict xvi canonized the first native american saint at st. peter's today. lil

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Oct 18, 2012

to force a performance at the dinner. nixon was fine but kennedy was subperb. boast of the people in that room were for nixon, as you've soebed in t observed in the past. >> there's no nuns. by the way, we should read what kennedy said at that amazing dinner in 1960. he said, quote, cardinal spellman is the only man so widely respected in american politics that he could bring together at the same moment those who have disagreed so strongly, both publicly and privately, vice president nixon and rockefeller. the joke is, the democrats united, behind me, the republicans are hopelessly d divided, i'm going to win this darn thing. >> that's right. it's reminiscent n. fact, of john mccain saying there are many who are for me and he says, good to see you, hillary clinton. there's a lot of that good nature kind of humor. it underscores sort of an underlies sense, whoever wins, this portion of it, the establishment is going to be okay. >> let me remind -- by the way, the quote was w., not exactly -- it was self-deprecating. let's take a listen to him. we have it on tape. >> an impressive c

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Oct 21, 2012

the 1972 presidential election to richard nixon. his family announced last week that he was suffering from several health problems. george mcgovern was 90 years old. >>> we checked the amtrak website and train service between chicago and detroit and it is still disrupted. this after several cars jumped the tracks this morning. in this video you can see the cars, they're leaning, but luckily none of them tipped over. 12 people were hurt but none seriously. >>> that is brand new video of syrian students protesting and starting fires in the streets of damascus. at least 135 people were killed in syria today including six children and eight women. the u.n. arab league envoy met with syrian president bashar al assad today. the enjoy is trying to broker a cease-fire in syria before an important muslim holiday begins friday. syrian's president says other countries must stop arming rebels. >>> protests erupted in beirut after the funeral of lebanon's assassinated intelligence chief. general wissam al hassan was killed in broad daylight in a car bombing on friday. he was a critic of syria's regime.

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Oct 14, 2012

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Oct 14, 2012

to give that away. it's like it-- you remember nixon's secret plan-- you remember nixon's secret plan to end the vietnam war? it didn't exist. he just said he had one, and we see the same thing. you guys are so smart. if paul ryan is such a smart guy, he should be able to explain this. >> listen, we do know one thing, that breum has no defense of his-- barack obama has no defense of his record and no plan whatsoever for the future. number two-- >> you don't like it. he's put legislation forward-- >> mitt romney has laid it all out there. he said it's the loopholes. he's given different ideas and possibilities and he will work who democrats to come up with answers. the bottom line, just as in massachusetts, he is going to put this country on a balanced budget and he's going to be a neutral. >> schieffer: i'm going to ring the bell here and go back to your cornerrers, and i'm going to go to referee john dickerson here. >> the voice of reason! >> context. what was happening in this debate, this vice presidential debate, when we got there, democrats were feeling dispirited they wanted to

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The Young Turks With Cenk Uygur

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Oct 18, 2012

don't have health insurance, don't want health insurance. my confusion is always--richard nixon initiated health insurance to make a profit. he said if it makes a profit it's a good thing. i don't know if that profit incentive vis-a-vis how they chartcharacterize it, or the anti-government thing or entrepreneur thing balances out. i don't want to be disengenius but i don't understand it. i support t but i don't understand obama-care. >> cenk: i think you're having a lot of issues that the progressives have. i don't want to be mandated. that was literally from richard nixon and the heritage foundation and mitt romney. then they call him a socialist any way. >> yeah, well. >> cenk: these where the confusion comes in. they call him a socialist no matter what. >> they call him a lot of things. >> cenk: yeah, any other issue that moves you politically where you get worked up. >> yeah, corporate. i mean, i think there should be a third party in america called the corporation party. we need to stop pitting democrat against democrat against republican. if people really believe that corp

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Oct 20, 2012

stein's money." but before all that, he was a presidential speech writer. did he write for richard nixon, jimmy carter, ronald reagan, or george bush sr.? anyone? anyone? i'll have the answer after the break. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after they get married, they'll find some retirement people who are paid on salary, not commission. they'll get straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> ben stein is a well-known economist. he was a speech writer for president nixon. and oh yeah, this. >> bueller? bueller? bueller? >> now ben stein is advising all of us to slack off a little like ferris bueller. he writes financial basics are boring, it's much better to be adventurous. i bet he doesn't mean it, considering his new

MSNBCW - The Cycle

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Oct 17, 2012

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Oct 17, 2012

who wanted a chance to get ahead. richard nixon saw to it they were divided. mcgovern, the preacher's son, was the candidate of amnesty and abortion. that's what nixon told his silent majority and they believed him. it was a horribly unfair chair caricature. nixon himself resigned in disgrace. there are worse things than losing, mcgovern would tell people. this country's politics were better with george mcgovern a part of them. this country is a better place because of him. that does it for "the cycle." martin bashir, it's all yours. >> here here. thank you for that. >>> it's wednesday, october 17th. today we have a binder full of facts that team romney just doesn't want to hear about. ♪ >> um get your chance in a moment. i'm still speaking. you get the first question so i let the last question. >> he doesn't have a one point plan. he has a fife point plan. >> women's groups brought us binders of women. have you looked at your pension? >> it's not as big as yours. >> let me give you some advice. isle you'll get your chance in a moment. i'm still speaking. to tell our kids before t

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Oct 18, 2012

ran against richard nixon in 1972. >>> "newsweek" will print its final edition at end of this year. almost 80 years of publication done. the magazine shifting to a digital-only formal in 2013. they merged with "daily beast" in 2010 and has a growing readership on the kindle and ipad. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton, is she really leaving public service when she leaves the job in january? we'll talk about her future coming up in ten minutes. >>> and "forbes" is out with its list of america's most expensive zip codes. at number five, the san francisco suburb of hillsborough. the median price of a home is just over $4 million. in fourth, a town in new york's hamptons. number three, atherton, california. alpine, new jersey, is number two. stevie wonder and sean combs own homes in that discreet new york city suburb. number one, new york's upper east side. the median home price there, $6.5 million. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country,

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Oct 16, 2012

and his daughter says he is nearing the end of his life. mcgovern lost the 1972 race to richard nixon. >>> the families of those killed in the colorado theater shooting massacre will receive about 70% of the money from a $5 million donation fund. the rest of the money will go to those injured if they were hospitalized overnight. >>> hey, look, the sun is out. all four of them. amateur astronomers have stumbled on to a distant planet about the size of neptune that orbits around a pair of stars and even crazier, another pair of stars revolves around the planet. this is the craziest. incredible video from norway. it's painful to watch. the bar holding a base jumper gives way and flengs the man over the side of a 4,000-foot cliff. he was able to open his parachute, amazingly and he did survive. unreal. >>> last night on the "rachel maddow show," robert gibbs says the tax cut just doesn't add up. >> there's a $4.8 trillion tax cut that no study that actually looks at the real numbers can come up with a way of paying for it. into that, $2 trillion for pentagon spending and that's how they w

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America This Morning

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Oct 16, 2012

of his life. the senator who is now 90, lost to richard nixon in a landslide in 1972. he served in the senate since 1981 and has fought to end world hunger. >>> a stunningly close call to show you here this morning. thanks to some american youngsters. they're riding a train. and the young woman is encouraged to stick her head, right there, out of the window. luckily, she ducks back inside, just before -- just a second before being hit by that train that was coming from the opposite direction. don't try that one on your next train trip. look at that. >> just don't hang your head out the window, period. >> that could have been beyond bad. >> close your eyes and go to sleep on the train. >>> time, now, for the weather across the nation. a rainy day in the northwest, around seattle, portland, billings and jackson, wyoming. scattered showers from grand rapids to chicago. much warmer than normal in the nation's midsection. >> kansas city and omaha hover near 80 degrees. 60s in the northwest and east. 80s in new orleans. 85 in sacramento. >>> coming up, the google exec who is saying ya

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Oct 16, 2012

life. mcgovern lost the 1972 race to richard nixon. >>> the families of those killed in the colorado theater shooting massacre will receive about 70% of the money from a $5 million donation fund. the rest of the money will go to those injured if they were hospitalized overnight. >>> hey, look out. the sun is out. all four of them. amateur astronomers using data from a nasa telescope have stumbled on to a distant planet about the size of neptune that orbits around a pair of stars and even crazier, another pair of stars revolves around the planet. >>> and incredible video out of norway. watch this, the bar holding a base jumper gives way and it flings the man over the side of a 4,000 foot cliff. well, if you can believe it, he was able to open his parachute and he survived. >>> one of the top health stories on nbcnews.com, the government is investigating two more drugs made by that massachusetts pharmacy at the heart of the meningitis outbreak that has killed 15 and sickened hundreds more. the fda is looking into three new cases, one a possible case of meningitis that may be tied to a

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Oct 16, 2012

gay? why was jack kennedy so reckless in his personal life? richard nixon, bill clinton, no shortage of material. i read an annal sa i read an annal nnalanalysis, t first debate who had a strong father versus who didn't. >> romney was very comfortable being assertive, taking charge, eye contact. also that romney has five sons and we know five sons you got to be tough. >> reporter: a conversation with dr. frank offers not the usual election analysis. >> both applied psychoanalysis. >> romney is what is called a narcissistic fighter, he fights by taking a superior position and talking down to the other person. >> reporter: that could describe most of the political discourse out there today, of course. >> i have a lot of history doing what is called applied psychoanalysis, looking at the past, looking at patterns, behavior, repetitive thinks. >> reporter: politicians might have another take on it. >> this is a bunch of stuff. >> reporter: long ago stuff. buried in the psyche stuff. frank posits that obama's belief he could change washington had its genesis in his childhood. >> he was fe

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Oct 17, 2012

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Oct 17, 2012

ownership but it was the cold war and a russian sub sank in waters north of hawaii. president nixon gave the go- ahead to build the barge to raise that sub. >> russian submarines would be brought in and then discussed. >> reporter: the barge had a giant -- it was built by reclusive billionaire howard hughes. but just before the sub reached the surface, it broke up. they found eight dead russian sailors. while there's no more mysterious projects for this decommissioned barge, hiding inside right now is a former government top secret experimental stealth ship known as the shadow. it was built after the cia moved it to the shores of redwood city. the stealth ship was recently sold to bay ship and yacht of alameda. the company reportedly paid $2.5 million. there's no mystery why the barge is now docked on treasure island. it's temporary. on treasure island, linda yee, cbs 5. >>> game 3 was a giant disappointment for giants fans. first, a big rain delay, and then they lost to the cardinals. cbs 5 sports director dennis o'donnell shows us how the giants just couldn't catch a break. >>> thank

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Oct 18, 2012

to the right and, of course, governor romney in the primary has to run more to the right. still the nixon doctrine, run to the right in the primaries and center in the general election but because of the tea party shifting everything in that direction, he had to be way more conservative than he probably really is and certainly more than he was as governor of massachusetts which, by the way is the opposite of a conservative state. >> politics nation with reverend al sharpton only on msnbc, the place for politics. >>> all right, now check of wall street. how it will kick offer the day. the dow closed at 13,557 as adding 5 points yesterday, the s&p up 6, the nasdaq gained almost 3. in overseas trading on this thursday, in tokyo, the nikkei surged 176 points while in hong kong the hang seng climbed 102. >>> well, wednesday is good news at home, had a ripple effect overshares. asian shares hit a seven-month high. september home construction soared 15% over august driving up home builders and suppliers like home depot and lowe's. but it wasn't all good news. ibm's lackluster earnings were a dra

CSPAN2 - Today in Washington

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Oct 20, 2012

. obviously nixon in the 73 yom kippur war did get crucial arms and we are met to the israelis, although it took a while is officially over the objections of the jewish adviser, henry kissinger. but eisenhower had insisted that israel cannot do the 564, journal for did not have relations with israel. and certainly in congress, scoop jackson who were strong producer of democrats. and then come in the 70s happens. 1976, carter becomes president. he becomes president with the assistance of it later became known as the neoconservatives, the coalition for the democratic majority. these are people who are disaffected with the leftward drift of the democratic party. and they were looking for something different. it was kissinger in the nixon or ford administration. the 1972 mcgovern are looking for something different. carter seemed to be the thing that was different. hit a pro-human rights democracy can idealistic strain that appeals to these nascent neoconservatives. when they did so, they were disappointed and on a number of levels. one level they were disappointed for my personal perspectiv

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Oct 21, 2012

stock -- nixon. nixon was the last republican to be afraid of liberals. he signed bills he loathed, he signed the environmental protection agency bill, the occupational safety and health administration bill, signed the safety bill, and he wanted more. he actually was the last to propose to congress a minimum incomes plan to reduce poverty and a drug policy plan that focused on rehabilitation, not incarceration. they didn't pass. he also supported voting rights for people here and in the district of columbia, america's foremost colony. this is richard nixon. so when we look back at richard nixon, it was from nostalgia. you can see how we've declined since then. [laughter] and this brings me to this effort and this book with, "17 solutions." sometimes when we just deal with exposes, they either alarm people, astonish people, anger people or overwhelm people. and the result is no follow-up. we don't have that many people in congress or in the courts or in the white house as we did in the '60s and '70s so connect with these exposes. when they saw them on tv or the books came out, there wer

FOXNEWSW - America's News Headquarters

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Oct 21, 2012

presidential election to richard nixon by more than 500 electoral votes but clinton said i believe no other presidential candidate had such an en doctoring impact in defeat. mcgovern was elected in 1962 and became the democratic party's nominee for president a decade later. >> american people want to believe in their government. they want to believe in their country. >> 'mechanical govern dropped his running mate when it was revealed the missouri senate received electroshock therapy for depression years earlier. they pushed for a withdrawal of vietnam. >> my son was then nine years old. she now 19. and faced with the draft. it never occurred to me when i started speaking out against the war it would some times catch my son ten years later. >> he says barack obama' election would be a victory for moderate liberalism. he said george was a statesman of great conscious and conviction. the mcgovern family says he continued giving speeches and advising past his 90th boyfriend. the family says services will be held in sioux falls, south dakota. >> heather: peter doocy, thanks, peter. >> gregg: vio

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ABC7 News 500PM

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Oct 21, 2012

hated war by waging it. he ran against nixon and lost in a landslide. he spent his later years writing books and worked on ending world hunger. >> a fire at an historic church in berkeley is not preventing members from gathering for services. they're attending services as building the church owns. the fire broke out inside the church just after 10:00 last night and flames spread quickly through the building that dates back to 1878. investigators are trying to figure out what started the fire. >>> a double dose of good news for drivers trying to get across the bay. the repairs to the san mateo bridge will be finished by 5 topping morning, just in time for the monday morning commute. two, caltrans won't need to close the bridge again next week as it planned. they're replacing a seismic joint on the we were end of the span. drivers can still expect regular lane closures as crews complete the project but there will be no more slow-moving traffic on the bay bridge due to frustrated drivers being diverted there because of a second closure. caltrans says it's getting everything done this week

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Oct 21, 2012

campaign against richard nixon but the liberal could not escape mistakes in his own campaign. mcgovern was 90 years old. >>> well, the san mateo bridge is closed this weekend for seismic updates and repairs. it is expected to open up tomorrow in time for the morning commute. and there is good news for drivers, crews have been so efficient they will not need to close the bridge again next weekend as they planned. they are replacing 60 feet of deck. but, with this weekend's closure we have seen a lot of traffic on the bay bridge. here is a live look right now at the plaza ts it is still backed up as it has been most of the weekend. >>> if you need to try to avoid the traffic messes getting around the closure this weekend head to our web site, and click on current traffic conditions on the front page. >>> all righty. another must win for the giants with game 6 of the national championship series against the card nals already under way. we are at the ballpark with a look at pitcher's secret recipe for winning that is an interest net trend, don? >> reporter: -- internet trend, don? >

KDTV - Noticiero Univision Fin de Semana

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Noticiero Univision Fin de Semana

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Oct 21, 2012

mcgovber que perdío contra nixon murió a los 90 años de edad al amanecer por una combinacion de condiciones medicas, fue uno de los primeros congresistas que se opuso a la guerra de vietnam. >> el galon de gasolina bajo por lumberger, en oklahoma, tiene l promedio de gasolina más bajo y san francisco tiene el más alto. >> genera dudas nueva ley contra el lavado de dinero en méxico. >>y que hacen los inmigrantes ilegales en españa >> y el papá benedicto 16 aghrego 7 nombres a la lista de santos de la iglesia católica. >> incautar las noticias en el crimen organizado y frenar con los carteles. >> algunos analista eso consideran que no se estÁ atacando las organizaciones criminales. la estimaciÓn de 36.000 millones de dÓlares cada aÑo en todo calderÓn ya van mÁs de 6.000 millones por lo tanto, ¿saben cuÁnto ha incautado? >> menos de mil millones. que guardÓ en su mansion en efectivos que mano do a travÉs l banco 7.000 millones de dÓlares a los estados unidos. >> para evitar que los delincuentes sigan aprovechando las rentas que reciben sus actividades ilÍcitas para impedir q

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Oct 21, 2012

campaign issue against nixon but the liberal could not escape mistakes in his own campaign and wraeupbg wrangling in the democratic party. he was 90. >>> with two weeks left in the campaign, danielle knottingham shows us the focus of the debate. >> reporter: mitt romney took a break from debate practice in florida to watch his staffers taking part in a flag football game. he said he had a strategy of victory. >> figure out which player is best and take him out early. >> reporter: he says the race created the race to be a dead heat. >> i think it is a parent in the debates is that the president has no plans for the next four years. >> aids to president barack obama say he does have a plan. >> mitt romney should come out on the trail with us and come to some of our rallies. [ laughter ] across the country. that would be fun and listen to what the president is saying. >> reporter: monday's debate is the third and final match up between the presidential candidates. the focus will be on foreign policy sunday, 50 students won tickets to see the debate in person. pamela got lucky. >> i am s

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Oct 17, 2012

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Oct 17, 2012

govern known for running against president nixon in 1972. nixon won in a landslide. senator mcgovern served a term in the house of representatives before spending decades in the senate. he was a leader of the democrats' liberal wing and dedicated recent years to fighting world hunger. he now is said to be unresponsive in hospice care at 90 years old. we will keep you updated. >> the public downfall, crash, of the seven time tour de france winner, lance armstrong, continued today. minutes after he said he resigned from the cancer charity called "live strong," knee key -- nike is cutting ties after the evidence that he used performance enhancing drugs throughout his career. he denied he ever doped but decided not to fight the accusations by the antidoping agency. as a result, he may very well lose all of his biggest titles, his legacy as a sports icon is in ruins. trace has the news on the west coast. lance armstrong said he didn't want to drag his foundation into all of this. >>trace: "live strong" has defended him through the entire mess says it did not ask lance armstrong to step aside. th

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Oct 21, 2012

in 1972 against incumbent richard nixon. nixon won by a landslide. but still his white house bid attract add new breed of democrat, including gary heart and bill clinton. senator george mcgovern, dead at age 90. >>> the confusion and lack of phone numbers equal 11 digit dialing starting in the south bay. and the red and goal are giving back to the community. i moved to new york to work in fashion. i came here with just a suitcase, maybe two. and luckily i found an apartment just three blocks away from t.j.maxx, which was perfect because i needed everything and i still needed to make rent. t.j.maxx is such a great place cause i know when i go in there i'm gonna score. they've got such great deals on all my favorite brands. fashion direct from designers. savings direct to you. this maxxinista can make it anywhere. t.j.maxx. let us make a maxxinista out of you. >>> if your phone number has a 408 area code, you have to change how you dial. the 408 area code serves people in san jose and the surrounding areas. here's what you need to know if you have a 408 number. from a land line dial 1-408,

CSPAN - Washington Journal

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Oct 19, 2012

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Oct 19, 2012

-span radio and online at c-span.org. >> i think mr. nixon as an effective leader of his party. i hope you would grant me the same year the question before us is, which point of view, and which party do we want to leave the united states? >> mr. nixon, would you like to comment? >> in the constitution, it had in mind that we would deliver it, that we would elect officials based upon a reasoned argument. you cannot argue against the image. and the image is just that. and you ought to color it with an image. but in a world with a whole lot of problems in the world and a whole lot of problems in the country, argument house to dominate. but doesn't when it is on television. presidentialry of debates. an c-span 3 american history tv. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are talking about foreign policy and campaign 2012 with mattew lee, a state correspondent for the associated press. and guy taylor, the state department correspondent at the "washington times." whereby to start by talking about libya. president obama was on a daily show last night with jon stewart, japan had serious, it i

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