It sometimes can be...💔😢

Except when it's not.

You're just figuring that out now? Congrats.

I'm 62 years old, and I get the sentiment..."it's not the years, it's the mileage". HOWEVER, I'm a realist too... at this age, it is VERY different than when I was 20. And I embrace the change, and next chapter in my life. (But let's not fool ourselves...being younger, means a much more resilient healthy physical body).

Can't accept I'm 81. Sounds so old!😮

Exactly like what was happening in the 60s. WE are the calvary!

@@user-zc2dd4ut5f I'm no 'grammar nazi' but just asking: calvary, or cavalry? Or am I missing something. :-/

@@lobopix_ You're right on both counts!

Unfortunately, the people who need to watch, aren't.😢

Let's Make Orwell Fiction Again. Vote blue!

@@janefreeman995That’s right! MOFA … it has a great ring to it.

@@lisayanak9779 I disagree. I love Doris Kearns Goodwin but didn't know about her husband's involvement in the '60s or her book. MAGA folks are never going to watch this, true, but we are.

I also am of the years. I too hope our youth realizes the utmost importance of voting blue.

Speaking for my kids, if I can, you have nothing to worry about. That said, also advised many of our college kids, vastly diverse & super dang smart, over the last 20 years, and they inspired me so much. They gave me so much hope for the future. The older folks, my age & up, worry me a lot tho. Honestly of the youth really worry me too. Wish our education system was about 1,000 percent better across the board.

if YOUR hope for America is based on its youth stepping up. You don't get out much. To those that blame Americas problems on Trump, you do America a disservice. Our troubles started long before Trump was political You care MORE about your party and little about America.

True, gay rights got a lot of publicity in the 80's because Reagan 'just said no' to the AIDS epidemic, but there was so much going on in the sixties. Where did you grow up? Have you never heard of José Sarria? The '69 Stonewall riots? I moved to San Francisco at the age of 20, and watched so much progress unfold there across the sixties. Back in Seattle for the seventies, we saw the solidarity building. I suppose working in fashion and interior design gave me a closer view of the gay scene. You're so right, we do need to exercise our rights to demonstrate and advocate for those who don't have the power to protect themselves. We need the kind of enthusiasm that brought out the pink hats for the Women's March in 2017. I'm afraid we've become a little pessimistic since then; time to revive our faith in one another.

The Stonewall Riots were in 1969....

​@@chezmoi42 I would agree that the gay community was strong in the 1980s and "coming out of the closet" was a term used then. But I'm in the midwest. Is it possible that there was a wave from the coasts?

I'm with you. We have to take this to the local and state level to let them know we want less big government and big money in our politics.

@@leagarner3675 Oh, yes, I can tell you that so many of my friends came from the midwest - there was an enormous Iowa picnic every year,

Yes, LBJ is an underestimated president. probably due to the Vietnam war. But in my pantheon (panpresidency?) he's definitely up there with (of course Washington & Lincoln are always the top 2) the likes of Teddy, FDR , Jefferson, Wilson, Truman, Eisenhower and now Biden.

Robert Caro wrote the definitive biography of Lyndon Johnson. It's full of stories like this and is extremely entertaining as well. What a time in history!

And the GOP trying to destroy all that from they "sewage pool"

@@nicolaasstempels8207 Definitely a very conflicted man of many contradictions. His creation of the Great Society that grew out of his Great Depression experiences was counterbalanced by the great evil of Vietnam that ultimately led to the breakdown of Cambodia and the Cambodian genocide. I was 16 when the attached photograph of LBJ was taken. My more favored pictures of LBJ is when he had retired to his ranch, started wearing leisure suits, and grew his hair long. Then he was 64 (younger than I am now), had had two heart attacks, and was on the way to his third that would kill him in 1973. I felt at the time by growing his hair long he was showing that he had nothing more to prove, and he was giving a nod to the anti-war hippies who had long opposed him. This picture, taken in August 1972, was taken as Nixon's secret bombing war on North Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos had come to light. www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/08/lbj-long-hair-photo/568447/

That's awesome

Cool personal history! 😊

I was hoping your family member was Lincoln.Oh well, any mention by Goodwin ,a nice tribute to your dad.Don't know if they have TV in Heaven, but I am sure your Dad watched.

@@larrymosher5045 oh I hope so-! Thanks for that nice thought-!! ❤️

Thanks for sharing that memory

With the options presented why not put Eugene v debs on the ballot? Too young?

I'm afraid that they do...a frightening number of young and minority voters are looking at third party candidates. While this is justifiable, given the situations so many are in, and that many of them grew up to folks like Bernie Sanders and Stacey Abrams, many of them just want to see the system burn. Keep in mind, a lot of young voters were quarantined in the years they came of voting age. They see what's come out of the pandemic and translate it to Biden. They don't understand who was behind the wheel when the policies that affect them now came into place. They see that they're being treated unfairly, that the system (including both corporations and government -- they kind of go hand-in-hand) doesn't care about them, and they want to raze it to the ground. What's being lost in the weeds, though, is that there is one candidate who will burn it down and replace it with utter fascism. Biden isn't great (although he's accomplished a lot, realistically) but the other side is comprised of drooling, gnashing-at-the-teeth, bloodthirsty idiots. BUT, plenty of young and/or minority folks still see the rotten pumpkin as the one who's there to "drain the swamp." Meanwhile, said candidate's fans are also willing to render everything to ashes. And they have more guns. Occupy Wall Street accomplished nothing. Black Lives Matter has accomplished nothing (sorry, but George Floyd should have been the end game -- we're not getting past that -- and also the organization got pretty corrupt). Young folks don't realize that the votes that really count are local. It's local and state governments that are stopping you from raising Pride flags or making your own decisions for your health, as is the case in Arizona, where the genius Kari Lake wants to take control. It's local superintendents in Florida who are enforcing book bans. Get out and vote. Every time. Except it's too late now. It's Biden or Nazism. We saw what happened when the PussyHats marched (EDIT: Roe was overturned); we saw what happened when the Magats marched (EDIT: the pumpkin responsible might still be re-elected). I hope you're right, pennygleeson, but I'm not confident.

@@keithlightminder3005 Cuz the people who showed up to vote chose these two... Now the people who show up in november get to pick the better of them.

Why wait. Start now.

You forgot about the electoral college.

Me too in '52! Yes, heartbreaking.

1951, for me. I remember how depressing that was. What a disaster! But it wasn't until the George W. Bush administration that I really started to lose faith in my country - and in my fellow Americans. _Now?_ It's just unbelievable. How could _anyone_ still support the Republican Party these days? I have no optimism left. It's not just the right-wing crazies, either. It's all of the people who should be on _my_ side who throw away their vote on some idiotic third-party candidate or can't be bothered to vote at all. What has _happened_ to us?

Thank goodness for Mrs Goodwin

She's my favorite Author. I have all of her books.

So very inspirational!!

Incorrect. JFK and Johnson got a long fine. LBJ and RFK hated each other .

@@gingergeezer3685 Incorrect? Oh please! I wouldn't say fine. Yes RFK despised LBJ, but JFK was not a big fan by any means. Picked him as VP to get the southern votes, complained the LBJ didn't and wouldn't help him with anything and he could never get an opinion out of him. JFK found him frustrating was on board squeezing LBJ out of the possibility of eventually being President. The thought of that prospect kept him up at night.

We were blessed. I let my adult kids know it every day.

I did too. I don't know what happened? I fought so hard and I am now seeing everything I fought for being torn down. 😭

@@anamariaguadayol2335 The penis brigade did it.

So what went wrong? Why the pivot? Sorry, but your generation is awful, other than the music.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

True words! 💖

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

No Ordinary Time is one of my all-time favorite books. I read it in my early 30s and learned so much about WWII that I hadn't known before. I listened to it on audio last year while on vacation and it struck me differently at nearly 60. I was empathetic towards ER and FDR the first time around but found myself more frustrated with them this time. I think that having a lot more life under my belt revealed to me how deeply flawed and needy they both were. And yet, despite that, their accomplishments were astonishing. I love how DKG writes history like a great novel that flows beautifully and isn't dry and boring.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

That is the best compliment a human being could ever receive. 🤍🕊

Oh, bless her sweet heart ❤❤

I also lost my mother, four years ago. The pain is less keen, but I still miss her terribly. We made each other laugh so much! To me, she also was the best woman who ever lived. The pain will lessen though - two years ago I was still in a right mess.

Glad you said "the stories" and not "your stories." Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

How good would that be 👍❤️

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

We are so blessed to have the internet and podcasts that provide total access to the people who were there. Share this with others….

Sounds like torture

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

Blessings to you, kind sir. 🌹

I am sorry you have to experience that disrespect. Thank you for your service.

From a Gold Star daughter, thank you for your service.

And he called you 'suckers and losers'. That brings tears to my eyes. Literally.

Request permission, at whatever humble level you will grant to one who has also served in our armed forces, to be, in some way, your brother. Kind regards and solidarity.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

- Vietnam , Kennedy assassinations , Martin Luther King assassination , and the monster Charles Manson

@@thedustyhead You must be lots of fun at parties.

True it was exciting everything seemed possible, but it was also filled with tragedy.

Are you an upper middle class white male?

You said exciting. Some people commenting here don't seem to know the meaning of that word. I was a very small child in the 60s, too young to actually remember MLK's or RFK's assassination and born after JFK's, but being the youngest child I heard a lot from my parents and older siblings. I can remember just the feeling of possibility and hope during that time, even in the 70s after all the assassinations. Has nothing to do with what race or gender you are. My parents and others around me were feeling hopeful as African Americans. They came into the 60s unable to access so many things and ended the decade with so many new opportunities and possibilities. Of course that was exciting. Unfortunately, the backlash was strong. Fortunately not strong enough to erase everything that was accomplished at that time.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

So very true and refreshing.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

At least it's YOUR book. Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

Nicely said! Agree 1000%

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

One of our most preeminent historians, scholars, writers.

Check out her book about Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet! It is an excellent book! Highly recommended! She had written many great books! Google her name and get the complete list!

@@InnocentPotato-pd7wi Steve Spielberg put her "Cabinet" book to film. Garnering 12 Oscar nominations, winning one for Danny Day-Lewis and one for Production Design

Team of Rivals

exception: DJT

@@peggypolo3643 So true. He "thinks like a reptile", not like typical people. It's because DJT's mind is stuck back in his teens, when he became a violent child. It's why he was sent to a military high school in NY known for handling bad unruly & also many violent kids.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

Yes, a treasure for us all.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

Exactly why we should not listen to her generation.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

I demand that the IRS revoke the tax-free status of every church that does not provide community charity work. NOT charity restricted to their members. Public charity. And investigate the Salvation Army... Here, they do not help anyone who is not attending their church. Question your church. Demand to see their records. Christians are not providing public charity work, but only benefitting their own members. It is wrong and it is evil.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

Why ? The boomers failed miserably.

I think Stephen and Doris have a running "inside" joke....he probably knows it amuses her when she watches the show and he does a DKG joke. I always laugh as I imagine her giggling at home.😁

@@melanies.6030 He obviously has a lot of respect for her and thoroughly enjoys her company.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

So cool to see a POTUS as a kid.

The war in the poor is what we have today.

Idk but Nixon turned it into a bowling alley

@@user-me8zm8wk6y Argh. I seem to recall Ford being able to swim, though.

@@williamblakehall5566 there's a pool at the Naval Observatory, the Vice President's residence. I am not sure how long it's been there or which vice president donated it,

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

Why?

@@thunderousapplause It's an old running joke from Colbert's previous show.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.

Doris Goodwin!!!! Plagiarist extraordinaire!! Kicked off the Pulitzer Prize board for lifting huge chunks of 3 other authors' work and calling it her own. One of these authors was Rose Kennedy, the mother of JFK. Dear Doris was also sued by another author with whom she settled out of court. And yet here she is -- being lauded by the media as she comes out to flog another of "her" books.