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GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO BARNES & NOBLE. SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW AMERICAN HISTORY. TONIGHT, I HAVE... |
| 00:00:57 |
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I SHOULD SAY AT THE OUTSET THAT I HAD NO IDEA C-SPAN WAS GOING TO BE HERE TODAY.... |
| 00:43:13 |
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I AM TAKING AMERICAN HISTORY. |
| 00:43:14 |
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OH, FINE. OK. |
| 00:43:16 |
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EXACTLY WHAT THE BOOK BASICALLY TRIES TO REFUTE, AND I HAVE FOUND MYSELF ARGUING WITH MY TEACHER A... |
| 00:43:36 |
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OH, MY GOODNESS, SO SHE IS JUST A LIAR. SAY THAT ON TELEVISION. |
| 00:43:40 |
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I TRY TO REFUTE EVERYTHING SHE SAYS. SHE GAVE US ONE ARTICLE ON THE GREAT SOCIETY, HOW THE GREAT ... |
| 00:43:56 |
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IT'S FUNNY MY BOOK, ALTERNATIVELY, HAS BEEN CALLED REVISIONIST HISTORY, AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID,... |
| 00:44:34 |
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NOBODY BUYS THAT. BUT BASICALLY EVEN TODAY, FERGUSON WROTE A BOOK, PITY OF WAR, IN WHICH HE SAYS THE... |
| 00:49:00 |
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SURE. |
| 00:49:02 |
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ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SEE IN THE BOOK WOULD HAVE BEEN, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU HAD LIMIT ON WHAT... |
| 00:49:33 |
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YEAH. RIGHT. THIS ONE IS A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH THAN THE GENERAL WELFARE, BUT EVEN THERE,... |
| 00:51:52 |
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WITHIN ALL YOUR THINKING LIKE THAT, IS THAT HINDSIGHT? IS THIS LIKE -- I MEAN, YEAR 2000, AND NOW... |
| 00:52:14 |
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OK. CAN YOU GIVE ME -- I AM NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT THE QUESTION IS. |
| 00:52:19 |
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WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY IS WHAT THEY DID THEN, IT WAS WHAT THEY KNEW TO DO. |
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OK. |
| 00:52:28 |
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AND THEY WANTED TO BRING UP, BETTER OURSELVES, OUR GOVERNMENT. THE PREDECESSOR, JEFFERSON, THEY WERE... |
| 00:52:39 |
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RIGHT, RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. |
| 00:52:42 |
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SO NOW, WITHIN WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN HERE, IS THIS WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN ON WHAT THEY SAID OR WHAT... |
| 00:52:52 |
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OK. I THINK I SEE. WELL, BASICALLY THE ANSWER IS THAT THE BOOK IS FILLED WITH QUOTATIONS, IN FACT,... |
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ACTUALLY. |
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I AM A STUDENT OF THEIRS. |
| 00:54:11 |
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WITHIN YOUR TEXT, IT'S TRYING TO TELL US, LOOK INTO IT. SEE WHAT THEY SAID AT THAT TIME, SO WE CAN... |
| 00:54:23 |
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RIGHT, YEAH, I WOULD SAY LOOK AT WHAT THEY SAID, AND HOLD IT UP AS A COMPARISON AGAINST WHAT EXISTS... |
| 00:55:59 |
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ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR -- YOU ARE SORT OF ACCUSING WILSON. WHAT ABOUT OTHERS? |
| 00:56:05 |
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ABSOLUTELY. YOU COULDN'T GET MORE VINDICTIVE I THINK, DURING THE TREATY NEGOTIATION. BY NO MEANS... |
| 01:00:01 |
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HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT PRESIDENT BUSH DECLARING WAR ON IRAQ? DID HE HAVE THE AUTHORITY THAT HE REALLY... |
| 01:00:10 |
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OH, GOOD HEAVENS. OH, MY GOODNESS. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. SORRY THE BOOK ONLY GOES UP TO... |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.