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COMING BACK. I SPENT ALMOST FIVE YEARS LIVING IN EUROPE AND IT'S A GREAT HONOR FOR ME TODAY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS READING FAIR, BUT ALSO TO HAVE THE...
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ROOSEVELT LIBRARY IN THE MIDST OF SO MANY SCHOLARS AND WRITERS AND READERS INTERESTED IN THE AGE OF ROOSEVELT. I'M HERE REPRESENTING, AS YOU'VE HEARD,...
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PERHAPS EASIER FOR C-SPAN. BUT IF YOU HAVE ABSOLUTE STAGE FRIGHT, WE'LL TRY TO GET A MICROPHONE TO YOU. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS, WHY DON'T...
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TERM? >> WELL, ROOSEVELT'S DECISION TO RUN FOR A THIRD TERM, THERE'S NO REAL DOCUMENTATION OF EXACTLY WHEN HE DECIDED, AND I
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| 00:41:36 |
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THINK HE WAS AMBIVALENT FOR A WHILE, ALTHOUGH PROBABLY NEVER REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT STEPPING DOWN AND I THINK THE EMERGENCE OF WORLD WAR II, OR THE --...
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| 00:43:31 |
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POSSIBLE ONCE THE DEPRESSION AND THE STOCK MARKET CRASHED AND ALL OF THAT FOR HIM TO HAVE ACTUALLY CHANGED ANYTHING OR WOULD IT HAVE TAKEN THE PROVERBIAL...
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TO SUGGEST WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED. BUT I DO THINK AND I THINK HOOVER HAD IN MANY WAYS A MORE DIFFICULT TASK HAND ROOSEVELT DID, BECAUSE THE DEPRESSION...
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| 00:45:53 |
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THE 1930'S, LONG AND FATHER COUGHLIN, TO THE POPULACE MEDIA OF TODAY, RUSH LIMBAUGH AND GLEN BECK. >> WELL, IT IS TRUE THAT BOTH LONG AND FATHER COGLIN...
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CALLED DEMAGOGUES, IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT BOTH OF THEM WERE FREQUENTLY OPERATIONAL PLAN THE RADIO AND HAD -- ON THE RADIO AND HAD LARGE AUDIENCES, ESPECIAL...
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BUT IVES ALL BEEN CURIOUS ABOUT ITS EFFECT ON THE REBUILDING OF GERMANY AND JAPAN, TO DEVASTATED COUNTRIES, WHICH IN 60 YEARS HAD SOME OF THE HIGHEST...
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| 00:49:07 |
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AND IRONICALLY, THE NEW DEAL, MUCH OF IT ANYWAY, WAS BEING RAPIDLY REPEALED AFTER 1945. BUT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES, THE NEW DEAL WAS VERY MUCH ALIVE....
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| 00:49:49 |
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ABOUT THE LIBERAL NEW DEAL. IN MY LIBRARY AT HOME, I HAVE A BOOK BY COHEN CALLED "THE FAITH OF THE LIBERAL" WHO WAS A PROFESSOR AT YOUR INSTITUTION....
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| 00:50:33 |
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AGREE WITH YOU OR WITH COHEN OR IN FACT, MY GOOD FRIEND, WILLIAM LUCKTENBURG WHO SAID NEW DEAL LIBERTIES AND FOREIGN POLICY RAMMISM WAS THE OPPOSITE...
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| 00:53:44 |
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ROOSEVELT DID. THE THREE THAT ARE ALWAYS LIFTED ARE THE THREE GREATEST PRESIDENTS. THAT COULD CHANGE. HISTORY IS ALWAYS REASSESSING THINGS BUT IT IS PRETTY...
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| 00:55:56 |
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FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT FOR BARACK OBAMA? >> I THINK, ODDLY ENOUGH, THE THING ROOSEVELT DID BEST IS WHAT OBAMA
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| 00:56:16 |
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DOES WORST WHICH IS COMMUNICATE. AND TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL THAT HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH AND HE EMPATHIZES WITH THEM. PART OF THIS IS...
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