American Royalty

Sep 3, 2009

C-SPAN | BookTV Bus

Matthew Corrigan talked about his book American Royalty: The Bush and Clinton Families and the Danger to the American Presidency (Palgrave Macmillan; May 27, 2008). In his book he book highlights the problems and the consequences of combining the most powerful political office in the world with family legacies. He talked about the original .. Read More
Matthew Corrigan talked about his book American Royalty: The Bush and Clinton Families and the Danger to the American Presidency (Palgrave Macmillan; May 27, 2008). In his book he book highlights the problems and the consequences of combining the most powerful political office in the world with family legacies. He talked about the original debate over the power of the presidency and ways to constrain powerful families. Professor Corrigan was interviewed by the crew of the C-SPAN Civics Bus in Jacksonville, Florida. The date of the interview is not known.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:13 Unidentified Speaker WE ARE HERE WITH DR. MATTHEW CORRIGAN IN JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA AUTHOR OF "AMERICAN ROYALTY" SUBTWELVE....
00:00:29 Unidentified Speaker IT GOES BACK TO THE FOUNDING OF THE COUNTRY. IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS FROM OUR FOUNDING,...
00:02:47 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU THINK PERSONAL ISSUES HAVE PLAYED MORE OF THEIR ROLE IN THE LEGISLATION AND FAMILIES THAT PLAYED...
00:02:59 Unidentified Speaker WHEN YOU HAVE IMMEDIATE FAMILIES IN THESE POSITIONS OF POWER PERSONALITIES ARE GOING TO BE-- I THINK...
00:03:27 Unidentified Speaker IMMERGED ON THE SCENE TALKING ABOUT PROBLEMS IN THEIR MARRIAGE AND IN SOME WAYS THE PROBLEMS IN THEIR...
00:04:23 Unidentified Speaker YOU THINK THERE ANY PARTICULAR FACTORS IN THE RECENT HISTORY AND HAVING SUCH DOMINANCE IN THE GOVERNMENT?...
00:04:32 Unidentified Speaker I THINK OUR POLITICS REALLY LENDS ITSELF TO FAMILY POWER BECAUSE THE NUMBER ONE CHARACTERISTIC THAT...
00:05:38 Unidentified Speaker DO THINK THE U.S. GOVERNMENT CAN TAKE STEPS TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE?
00:05:45 Unidentified Speaker I THINK OUR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BANNING PRESIDENCIES IN IMMEDIATE FAMILIES IS NOT A BAD IDEA....

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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