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BookTV. AUTHOR EDWARD KLEIN JOINED US AT FREEDOM FEST IN LAS VEGAS TO TALK ABOUT HIS BEST-SELLING BOOK, "THE AMATEUR." HE LOOKS AT PRESIDENT OBAMA BEFORE...
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WRITTEN BY EDWARD KLEIN, WHO IS OUR GUEST. BookTV ON C-SPAN2. MR. KLEIN, WHERE DID YOU GET THE TITLE FOR THIS BOOK? >> THEY CAME FROM A MEETING THAT...
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HE HAS A HOME. THIS IS BACK IN AUGUST OF 2011. HE INVITED HIS WIFE, HIS DAUGHTER CHELSEA, AND A BUNCH OF FRIENDS, TO MEET WITH THEM BECAUSE HE HAD...
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PEOPLE DID NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THE REAL WORLD WORKS. THAT THEY HAD BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR LOSING AMERICA, THE AAA CREDIT RATING, THE FIRST TIME IN ITS...
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THAT OF ALL
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PEOPLE, CHELSEA HAD TOLD ME ABOUT THIS. NOW, THAT'S NOT TRUE. I HAVE NEVER MET CHELSEA CLINTON. BUT APPARENTLY SHE HAS A REPUTATION FOR TESTING HER ...
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SIDE. >> CHELSEA, LIKE HER FATHER, BILL CLINTON, THEY ARE VERY LIKE HER FATHER, BILL CLINTON, THEY ARE VERY CLOSE, BOTH OF THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION WAS...
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MOTHER. BUT SHE DESERVED TO BE THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND NOT BARACK OBAMA. AND THAT THE OBAMA IS HAD UNFAIRLY CHARACTERIZE HER FATHER, BILL CLINTON,...
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BE A MANAGER, AN EXECUTIVE, HOW TO GET
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THINGS DONE, I DON'T THINK LYNDON JOHNSON WAS AN AMATEUR WHEN HE INHERITED THE PRESIDENCY AFTER THE ASSASSINATION. LYNDON JOHNSON, WHO COULD NOT GIVE...
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NONFICTION BOOKS. >> WHAT YOU SAY TO SOME OF THE CRITICS OF YOUR
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BOOKS? YOU RESEARCH
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OF -- YOUR RESEARCH OF THIS BOOK, THERE ARE SOME CRITICISMS ABOUT ITS. >> THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE HASN'T BEEN A SINGLE...
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CREDIBLE WAY. PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT ED KLEIN MAKES THINGS UP. THAT IS WHAT KIDS IN THE SCHOOLYARD, YOU KNOW, THEY CALL EACH OTHER NAMES. I HAVE BEEN...
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BEEN DISPLAYED BY VANITY FAIR. VANITY FAIR HAS ONE OF THE MOST RIGOROUS FACT
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CHECKING DEPARTMENT IN THE MAGAZINE BUSINESS. IN ALL OF THESE BOOKS THAT HAVE AN EXURBAN, NOT A SINGLE FACTOR THAT HAS BEEN FOUND. >> YOU INTERVIEWED...
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THREE
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HOURS, WE WERE JUST SITTING THE WAY TO YOU AND I ARE SITTING. A TAPE RECORDER ON A TABLE AND ON OUR SIDE. IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE BECAUSE I...
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THAT HE WAS THROWN UNDER THE BUS, AS HE SEES IT, BY BARACK OBAMA IN THE OBAMA
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CAMPAIGN DURING 2008. HE FELT THAT HE HAD A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH OBAMA. ONE THAT WENT ON FOR 23 YEARS. IT IS A MISTAKE TO THINK THAT BARACK OBAMA...
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THE REVEREND WRIGHT TOLD ME THAT HE SENT HIM
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A NOTE CONGRATULATING HIM ON ACHIEVING HIS AMBITION, AS HE PUT IT. >> AND THAT HE DIDN'T EXPECT TO KNOW TO GET THERE, SO HE GAVE IT TO A
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NEIGHBOR TO HAND-DELIVER. HE DOESN'T KNOW TODAY WHETHER THAT NO WAS EVER DELIVERED. >> WHO IS STEVE ROGERS WHO YOU ALSO INTERVIEWED? >> STEVE ROGERS IS...
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PROFESSOR AT THE KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY. >>
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WHAT WAS HIS CONNECTION WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA? >> LIKE MANY AFRICAN-AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN AND
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LEADERS WHOM I
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| 00:09:02 |
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INTERVIEWED, HE WAS AN EARLY BACKER AND SUPPORTER OF OBAMA. AFTER OBAMA LOST A CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY TO BOBBY RUSH IN 2000, A FORMER BLACK PANTHER, NOW...
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| 00:10:04 |
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I'M TOO BUSY, I'M GETTING PHONE CALLS FROM WARREN BUFFETT AND STEVE JOBS AND BILL GATES IN ALL OF THESE IMPORTANT PEOPLE. AND BUTTERS SAID, BUT HE...
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THIS BOOK, THEY TOLD ME SIMILAR STORIES IN WHICH THEY WERE THERE FOR HIM, THEREFORE OBAMA DURING DAY ONE. THEY WERE WHAT THEY CALLED THEY WANT PEOPLE....
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MICHELLE OBAMA. SHE IS A VERY ATTRACTIVE WOMAN, AS YOU CAN SEE, SHE HAS
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BEEN ON THE COVER OF MANY FASHION MAGAZINES, THE HEADLINE, THAT THE FIRST LADY THAT THE WORLD HAS BEEN WAITING FOR IT. >> MICHELLE LIKE TO TELL THE...
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POLITICS. BUT HER MAIN INTEREST IS IN RAISING HER CHILDREN, TAKING CARE OF HER HUSBAND, DOING SOME WORK FOR HER ANTI-OBESITY CAMPAIGN. BUT MY REPORTING...
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AND SHE WAS THE RELUCTANT ONE IN THE HALF OF THEM. >> WELL, WE HEARD THAT STORY. IT'S A GREAT STORY. IT IS A STORY OF A WOMAN WHO DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE
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ANY AMBITION. BEAUTIFUL HERSELF OR HER HUSBAND. BUT IS IN FACT, THAT'S NOT THE MICHELLE OBAMA THAT I FOUND WHEN I INTERVIEWED HER CLOSE FRIENDS, PEOPLE...
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TO SHELTER THE FACT OF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS WIFE AND HER VICE. >> YES, I THINK IT'S SO TRUE. THE WAY THAT SHE DOES NOT IS OFTEN THROUGH HER VERY...
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HOW SHE GETS HER OPINIONS THROUGH. HER VERY BEST FRIEND VALERIE JARRETT. VALERIE JARRETT IS A WOMAN WHO HIRED MICHELLE MANY YEARS AGO TO WORK WITH HER...
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| 00:17:26 |
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THE PARLORS AND DINING ROOMS OF WASHINGTON? >> IT IS STRANGE. WHAT IS YOUR SOURCE OF POWER? AFTER ALL, SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY FOREIGN POLICY EXPERIENCE,
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BUT SHE TENDS NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY ECONOMIC BACKGROUND, BUT SHE IS OFTEN IN THE MOST IMPORTANT DOMESTIC MEETINGS...
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TO THIS DAY FROM A MANUAL DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING GOOD TO SAY ABOUT VALERIE JARRETT. HE WAS OPPOSED TO THE
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PRESIDENT, AND THIS IS NOT ONLY MY REPORTING, THIS IS OTHERS AS WELL. THE PRESIDENT GOING FOR BROKE ON OBAMACARE. HE THOUGHT HE SHOULD DO IT INCREMENTAL...
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| 00:21:30 |
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I GUESS THAT MAKES ME CONSERVATIVE. I'M CERTAINLY NOT A LIBERAL. MY TRAINING AS A REPORTER IS TO LET THE FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. BUT I DO HAVE...
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CONSERVATIVE -- CONSERVATIVE LEANING INDIVIDUAL. I AM ACTUALLY QUITE LIBERTARIAN ON SOME ISSUES,. >> WERE YOU SURPRISED BY SOME OF THE FINDINGS IN HER...
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TO CHICAGO, I
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| 00:22:26 |
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LIVE IN NEW YORK AND WENT TO CHICAGO MANY TIMES, I EXPECTED TO FIND, AND THIS MIGHT BE MY OWN PREJUDICE, THAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS, YOU KNOW, UNANIMOUSLY,...
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| 00:24:09 |
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BEING PRESIDENT. LIKE JIMMY CARTER AND RICHARD NIXON, HE PREFERS HIS OWN COMPANY TO THAT OF OTHERS. >> IT IS KIND OF IRONIC. WHEN BARACK OBAMA COMES...
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| 00:24:30 |
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OUTGOING GUY. WE CAN SEE AGAIN AND AGAIN THAT HIS LIKABILITY FAR OUT RUNS HIS NUMBERS AND JOB APPROVAL. THAT IS HIS PERFORMANCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT,...
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| 00:25:52 |
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BARACK OBAMA'S INFORMATION DREW NEAR, INSTEAD, OVERHEARD FROM A WHITE HOUSE CEREMONIES COORDINATOR WHO TOLD HER THAT SHE NEEDED TO TALK TO HIM FIRST ABOUT...
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| 00:28:31 |
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THAT. JESSE JACKSON IS A HIGHLY REGARDED FIGURE IN CHICAGO. WHEN OBAMA STARTED RUNNING FOR THE SENATE, HE WAS ADVISED TO GO TO JESSE JACKSON AND GET...
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| 00:29:34 |
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HE HAS CUT HIM HIMSELF OFF FROM JESSE JACKSON. NOBODY KNOWS WHY EXCEPT THAT IT APPEARS THAT THERE WOULD BE THE FACT THAT JACKSON WAS IN THE WHITE...
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| 00:30:15 |
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BARACK OBAMA'S HOMER. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT DAVID AXELROD IS A BRILLIANT CREATOR, PERSONAL STORIES OF POLITICIANS. WHEN BROCK BARACK OBAMA RAN...
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| 00:32:53 |
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OFFICE. IN THE SAME BE SAID OF BARACK OBAMA? HAS HE LEARNED FROM HIS MISTAKES? THE ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS WILL STRIKE MANY READERS OF THIS BOOK IS...
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| 00:33:15 |
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MANY MISTAKES IN THE FIRST YEAR, INCLUDING THE BAY OF PIGS AND OTHERS THAT HE DID MAKE A MISTAKE ON. IT IS NOW GENERALLY CONCEDED, BY THE TIME HE WAS...
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INTERESTING MEETING. IT TOOK PLACE WHEN HE WAS IN OFFICE ONLY FIVE MONTHS.
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HE INVITED NON-LIBERAL HISTORIANS TO HAVE DINNER WITH HIM IN THE FAMILY QUARTERS. NO CONSERVATIVE HISTORIANS WERE INVITED. DURING THAT DINNER, HE LAID...
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| 00:36:16 |
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A GREAT DEAL OF OVERSELL PROVINCE. AND IN MY VIEW, THE SENSE THAT HE REALLY DOES UNDERSTAND HOW THE WORLD WORKS, WHICH MAKES HIM AN AMATEUR. >> YOU...
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NEW TERM FOR HIS TERM IN OFFICE AND THAT WAS IN HER FOUNDATION. >> YES. THAT WAS CHARLES GOODWIN WAS ONE OF THE HISTORIANS THERE. BUT I DON'T THINK...
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THAT IS A GOOD IDEA, MR. PRESIDENT, TO CALL IT THE NEW FOUNDATION. HE SAID WELL, WHY NOT? AND SHE SAID THAT SOUNDS LIKE A WOMAN'S GIRLS ME. >> YOU GO...
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WERE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY PROMISED HE WOULD NOT BE RECOGNIZED. >> YES. >> WHY? >> ALL OF THESE HISTORIANS WERE SWORN TO SECRECY. THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED...
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THIS
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MEETING. I AM AN EXPERIENCED REPORTER AND FINALLY FOUND ONE THAT IS AGREEING TO TALK TO ME ON THE CONDITION OF ANONYMITY. HE OR SHE, NOT WEDNESDAY BUT...
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WHITE HOUSE. THIS IS A NUMBER ONE BEST SELLER ON THE BESTSELLER LIST FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. >> THANK
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