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Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… my family were big Kennedy Democrats, starting off with John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, but big Ted Kennedy Democrats, … me about his grandfather, he’d tell me about Honey Fitz [John F. Fitzgerald]. He’d tell me about his mother and tell … some very difficult times then. He would read to me from John Brown’s Body . Young Really? Kennedy Yes, yes. He loved …
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| George W. Bush Project… that justice leads you to a particular position, are you John Brown or Abraham Lincoln? What is the right tactical … Tell us more about that. Wehner And I want to get to [John F.] Kennedy because I noticed you also had mentioned in … before we leave—because I did see in here about the John F. Kennedy speeches. I was fascinated to see the Ted …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… financier who was Chief of Staff, in ’95. Heininger Before John Podesta. Smith Yes. Heininger Not the Congressman? Smith …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… Hargrove Oh, it’s fine. Laxalt I just finished reading [ John ] Adams , and I just had no idea. I was a political science … you wrote a point-counterpoint in the New York Times with John Lofton, and they were saying that Reagan had sold out …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… saying, “Appoint one of your own, Honey Fitz [John Fitzgerald], appoint one of your own!” He talked about … because they said making your vote count is for just JFK [John F. Kennedy], but it wasn’t for Foster Furcolo [the … and they had to change it. This was the time this fellow [John] Dowd sat in the room with my father, and they tried to …
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| Bill Clinton Project… the only person who’s important for you to talk to is John Podesta. He’s the only one who knows both the campaign … the Dukakis campaign with her. I forget who it was. I love John Sasso. I think he’s a great campaign organizer, and I think he’s a terrific person. I’m a big John Sasso fan. So I went to Boston to check out this …
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| Ronald Reagan Project… director of the Presidential Oral History Program; and John Williams, who’s with Secretary Baker. I want to thank … we can get out before the end of time. Baker Well, John Williams is going to have a big role in that because … who had run a Presidential campaign, other than perhaps John Mitchell, who was not in very good shape at that time, …
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| Bill Clinton Project… got Lowndes. There was a SNCC organizer down there named John Hewlett. Governor Lurleen [Burns] Wallace—George … Governor because he couldn’t succeed himself—had accused John Hewlett of stealing money from the government. And she … was now 16 years later, I pick up the New York Times. John Hewlett is now the Sheriff of Lowndes County, and he was …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… I was fortunate enough to be invited to meet President [John F.] Kennedy, on May 3, 1963, in the White House. That … wrote, "For Melody Miller, with warmest personal regards, John Kennedy, May 3, 1963." It was a tremendous experience … this discovery meant to me, for now I knew for sure that John F. Kennedy really did take time out to encourage young …
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| George W. Bush Project… the Iraq War, Hurricane Katrina, and Bush’s nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court. … time out in Midland, Texas, and in Arlington with [John Thomas] Tom Schieffer and others who were part of the … it started in the Governor's office. He wanted the anti-[John] Sununu organization. He did not want a gatekeeper. He …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… As I have mentioned in other interviews, my grandfather, [John F.] “Honey” Fitzgerald of Boston, was a very important … Irish, were in various tight knit communities. President [John F.] Kennedy came back from visiting Ireland in 1962. He … off the radar. Then, in 2004, you start talking with [John] McCain, and it looks like there are possibilities for a …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… Frank Morrissey, who had been around with President [John F.] Kennedy and also had been very close to my father … It seems to me that your visits with your grandfather [John F. Honey Fitz Fitzgerald] were your first exposure, even … worked out with [Robert] Dole’s [Nicodemus] Park. There’s John Adams’ house, the Quincy House. There are these droplets …
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| George H. W. Bush Project… Christian Leadership Conference], and Andy Young, John Lewis, and a lot of other leaders in the civil rights … stayed more than an hour. All these Democrats--Andy Young, John Lewis, then Ed McIntyre, who was Mayor of Augusta at the … the hotel right on 16th Street, right down from the Hay-Adams and across the street from the Capitol Hilton Hotel. …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… He said, “Immigration.” So I had this little meeting with John McCain and [Arlen] Specter, and John McCain rushed in, energetic as he always is, and he says … conscious about the importance of Jackie’s well being and John and Caroline. I knew that Bobby was enormously upset and …
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| George H. W. Bush Project… or something like that, against a 16-year veteran. John Brademas, who was the third-ranking Democrat in the … locked out. He had a very good Lieutenant Governor in John Mutz, who ran against Evan Bayh in ’88 but lost. So the … The real stepping stone for Senators, except for Jack [John F.] Kennedy, has not been to the Presidency directly. …
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| Bill Clinton Project… not a whole lot. Before that, my father had chaired Jack [John F.] Kennedy’s campaign in ’60 and the state went for … as I recall, at the end. I don’t think either Bush or [John] Sununu was particularly happy with that part of the … what the tiers would look like. If you think about what [John] Kerry said about how much Clinton had done on …
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| Jimmy Carter Project… assembly pretty well was had by Charles Kirbo, Joe Tanner, John Black, and me. Mr. Tanner was the Director of the … than now, but still not real close. Ray Marshall, Brock Adams, Mike Blumenthal, Jim Schlesinger, Carter had never … highway funds and we got no response. I spent months with John Volpe, Secretary of Transportation, who was absolutely …
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| George W. Bush Project… I was a J3. We then worked together for General [John] Shalikashvili, got to know each other even better. I … for themselves. We had one where Senator Levin, Senator John McCain, Senator [Clarence William] Nelson from Florida … He was adamant. I said to him what I also said to Senator [John] Warner, who at the time was the senior Republican, …
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| Edward M. Kennedy Project… America, which was probably two weeks. We went to Mexico—John Plank could be very helpful on that. This was about the … still in the fishing industry? Morrissey would say, Yes, John Fulham has taken that over. Has he? Well, I knew his … Benno Schmidt [Sr.], who was a Texan who invested the [John Hay] Whitney money when they sold the Herald Tribune . …
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| George W. Bush Project… of the Republicans and become Majority Leader or Whip. [John A.] Boehner just got booted out as the conference … White House, sat down with--I knew their Chief of Staff, John Podesta. He was a roommate of the guy who helped me … in your book. Hastert So there was Podesta. I could call John up and talk to him and he would call me up. We got …