Historian, C-SPAN2: Lincoln warned of Corporatism as a result of war

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

11:01 AM EST
2:57 (est.)
Call-In
In Depth with Doris Kearns Goodwin
C-SPAN
Doris Kearns Goodwin

It was a 3 hour call in show. She talked about Lincoln, as well as FDR, and LBJ who she'd worked for.

The historical perspective was fascinating. One thing she said was that Lincoln said that the Civil War strengthened the power of the corporations, although this was before the Industrial revolution.

So were some of the callers who tried to get her to agree with their talking points.

One of them asked her what could the Democrats possibly do for the country or something like that, yada yada the Dems have no solutions, blah, blah.

Haha.

She listed so many things the Dems were basically responsible for like Social Security, Civil Rights, and other stuff.

It would be nice to think the caller's eyes were opened by the response, but more likely the caller dismissed Doris Kearns Goodwin as a leftie etc etc.

http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/fullschedule.csp?timeid=212002708325

It is long, but so interesting.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. I've become a fan!

I watched it live in November; I learned so much!

She had some very stern things to say about the current admin. :evilgrin:

She's going to be on Meet the Press tomorrow.

I linked you to the BookTV thread in GD here...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5719714#5719733

Lots more good stuff on this weekend. I'm not sorry to be stuck inside by the rain. :)

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

2. Thanks for the info and the heads up on her MTP appearance tomorrow!

Like someone else said over on the other thread the 3 hours went by so quickly.

It was positively riveting.

[Bozita]

3. DKG is a master storyteller -- Those hours whizzed by

A superb three hours.