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Daniel J. Flynn 5-6-08
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Daniel J. Flynn 5-6-08

Published:Tue, 6 May 2008
Description:Author Daniel J. Flynn will join us to talk about his most recent book A Conservative History of the American Left.
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" 18774694322 that's the toll free number but Howie -- show. And the whole host for the program on the Internet go to how we cart dot com click on the live audio streaming you can also take part of -- Internet."

" Whole how we Paula brought to you by Jeff Carbone insurance call the commissioner today at 8663 insured just Carbone insurance call them today and save money on your auto insurance 8663 insurer. Cindy what is the poll question today and one of the results thus far. Ariana Huffington says John McCain tell during did not vote for George portion 2000 you -- yes I -- person on our idea. Okay it's pretty steady there around 7075% to all through the day don't know most witches on this one okay joining us now is a guy who's been on the show number of times he's he's because. Handle but demonstrations forced on out there and talk to while lefties the world demonstrating basically against everything. Name is Daniel J for an the end for an Andy's written a book it's called a conservative history of the American left and he -- from Massachusetts. The book is published by crown for -- you can order from our website it's in bookstores everywhere conservative history of the American left. And -- it's basically very yeah very entertaining story going and going back out a couple of hundred years about the sort of the I guess -- say the hypocrisy in in many many ways of the the American left."

" Yeah EC EC now with with a lot of the the people coming out for Obama who forty years ago. Where out in front of the United democratic national convention Chicago -- layers to brags in his biography taken a slingshot in in. Shooting at policemen in in 1968 -- the people. Whose opposition to the Democrats in 1968 probably cost you were pre election in 2008 there's support for Barack Obama. May end up costing him the election."

" What goes around comes around as -- say. Belly of a picture of ability or stomping on an American flag to say have you seen that went by sun L on time and I didn't know that was new -- know what -- no one like you've sought no help -- apparently the last couple of days."

" It was being in the DN fled the author of a conservative history of the American left to be any questions give us a call 18774694322 arms capacities in this over the list of questions you or through these questions here. What some of these like pretty obvious what political party ostensibly committed to civil rights being and Japanese Americans for membership."

" World War through the end that would be the Communist Party and also you know didn't -- brouder who was at a -- party at the time and in World War I he went to jail for about two years for draft of Asian in World War II when it you know stood to help the Soviets he was offers conscription in the draft McKenna thinks is lot of -- parker has popped apart -- Nazi Soviet pact on on the draft and unions and everything. Why did the most successful publication in the history of the American left that -- Asian immigrants as the yellow -- socialism -- the protector of segregation what magazine was that it was called the appeal the reason and they had almost a million subscribe -- million readers back around the turn essentially little bit past the turn of the century. I am the reason they did that is because of that time socialists at least the people a particular reason thought that segregation and socialism with the same thing you'd read them saying. You know add capitalism capitalist doesn't care about the color -- skin when he gives -- a job and of course that's true and they they they were saying look we we want to separate the races in and make them you know each according to what they keep making -- And how socialism back then."

" Who -- this a good one. This is an easy one actually -- you think about it who gave his wife of venereal disease after. Not Bill Clinton for everybody jumped back. Who gave his wife venereal disease after championing the benefits of free love and was later the subject of a fawning Oscar winning biopic that left the downside of -- sexual habits on the cutting room floor."

" That be Jack reed the only America also known as Warren Beatty yeah the only American Gary beanie reds the Kremlin in the movie reds in 1981. Them remote not nominee for more Oscars in any movie in in fifteen years and when when I went over to Harvard -- to look at the level letters between Louise Bryant. And and Jack reed -- Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton for the movie lovers. I'm EI I came across very startling information aside the fact that he's using these -- vial. You know racist terms in the letters the dominating feature of the -- is that he gave her venereal disease and yet his biographer is just they're totally nude on this. Gets left on the cutting room floor and reds but yet he gave her."

" So this is this -- penicillin to me this'll mean its network. And STD is never fun thing was she -- she wrote him a letter saying look they're going to have to take out my no reason he says well you know I've only heard of them doing that the dogs and cats and horses that's terrible but it really wasn't fair to meet you kept this from this guy was a Hall of Fame catch. Kind of like the guy who -- of the yeah yeah it definitely. 18774694322187746 4322 witnesses DN Flynn title of this fascinating new book is the a conservative history of the American left. With maximum calls they had definitely okay shot you're next with Howie Carr and the info and go ahead John."

" And I we I -- think I I article Barnes & Noble recently up trying to fight the couples -- by a bill -- is originally -- about his is that biography."

" The one from 2001. At what at what when there was promoting with that's that front page story in the New York Times fugitives you know their eyes."

" How we got another book coming now in it's basically about white supremacy so my question is. What is a guy like image I never realized that all these back these from the sixties and probably throughout history have always been wealthy. And I don't understand you know they are up action -- I -- use it as a cool thing -- the rest of the country. But you know what it is that I like it is a sensible white supremacy and you know these happiness --"

" Does he want to kill rich people the and that's right I've never noticed that the C that's a good question that John raises -- Why did they -- themselves he adds is part of it's sort of a white liberal guilt going on but when I talk to people when asked the F who were not whether men -- when I. Said what's the deal about all these people being rich you mean this is a common denominator of all and just having extraordinary wealth. And they -- was key to understanding them because they were raised in a way that they they they were expected to rule the world and an end when they don't sort of question is why the taken those of us who work raised. -- want to give away their money that's fine but but don't say you know kill. Acid is groovy kill the pigs when I'm one of the picks Sammy who will dale layer as a mean the amazing thing is here he was in the sixties telling people telling young people killer parents and then he start he makes a living. -- an education professor -- as a guy who -- juvenile justice -- this -- sort of the -- field -- college -- his -- now -- is -- at -- at the university -- Chicago -- bragging -- Charles -- good -- good -- people don't realize -- back -- late sixties early seventies -- some -- people on the -- she -- in -- in Flint, -- Manson -- pictures -- Sharon -- base they adopted a spread fingered greeting which is that to symbolize the four that the Manson family jabbed into one of the victims they really sort of fetish guys -- Jerry Rubin praised -- and -- and it's it's something -- get it gets thrown down the memory -- after years -- years -- and -- was -- have to -- here for -- must achieve rationalize this away and that's kinda hard to explain -- yeah I don't think she does rationalize -- it's -- it's very difficult to explain -- you read some of the books they're finding -- it's really tortures the logic in the -- daddy -- what was the girl whose data on the -- that -- no longer support his dad -- radio executive and he was real wealthy guy -- on -- radio stations and he was away and -- St. Kitts and today used his house as a as a bomb making factory. Blew themselves up and if you -- footage of BC Dustin Hoffman coming out sort of confused why did this house in my street get blown up in Greenwich Village Henry Fonda's ex wife gave them a blanket and they sort of ran off and it and Nat. To get away from the police on his mother I'm not sure if that was Jane Fonda's mother but it was his ex wife at that point I don't know how many times --"

" Yeah I don't either thanks for the call Sean 1877469432 to Mark your next with Howie Carr in the end Flynn author of a conservative history of the American left go ahead Mark."

" I arm I just what are you made any connections with them into the book in in in the in the press out of practice. Extremely and it's -- and another glaring example of the last few weeks some. It is now London are like denies any -- and got thrown out of -- the conservative about swept like 400 seat in the parliament and they're nowhere that the."

" Why -- we will we have Colin pretty good election going on here you know I mean it that it didn't get ignored by the if you if you refer to read the papers you knew that that Ripken got beaten by this I was MySpace. By the way I was born in the United States of America."

" Yeah I'd I wonder army when when Bloomberg gets elected who our Republican elected in New York we were a little closer situation what does that mean Bloomberg the mayor -- I am interested to see with this -- and -- it has to say whether he's like a Bloomberg Germany's real concern."

" into the the media is left wing is you know drive by media a normal part of the media all that but I think it has I think it's I think a lot of the -- left wing for the same reason that the that the the weatherman the most radical were very Richards it's the same kind of very rich people tend to rise in in media. Yeah I think that's part of it used it used to be a blue collar trade now it's become this white collar Portland or profession."

" To be a reporter was yeah the blue collar job Nat yes certainly now it's it's not that way at all. And these people what's interesting is they've you know obviously they can -- can't find work in the media but they all seem to floated to education whether it's you know we talked about -- in -- but Mark ride. Was a math professor for a long time out new microfilm as the yes Grassley estimates at Columbia Columbia University Columbia where the fortieth anniversary of Columbia student strike or hundreds of people arrested ride was the organizer that he's -- he's one of the weatherman who incidentally is is sort of repentant about what he has done but where words -- and don't warn. Particularly -- is may you know he lives in that mythology and you wonder about these people whether you know. How much allegiance they have to Obama because if if they had any that shut up."

" Yeah I know I and well yeah this is -- he's like. -- the white Jeremiah Wright he can't you can't shut the guy yeah you've given interviewed anyone wants thanks for the call Mark bill you're next with Howie Carr. And Dan Flynn author of a conservative history of the American left go ahead bill."

" I don't. You'd think solos also are nine -- burning or importance over New York with purse or shall we still sort."

" Full stop it stop at 18774694322 miles you're next with Howie Carr wheat we we disavow any knowledge -- we it is we don't endorse any of that what he -- miles go ahead you're next with how we car at the end -- go ahead miles."

" I Italians. Arm when it you were just talking about the booting from one shore and I think you really -- it to the listeners. To point out that -- people dean's brother is the chief judge right here of the first circuit."

" He's conservative court of appeal he's a conservative really. How are going to hold on so well he's that's going to happen about a weight he's the black sheep of the booty -- as a Republican that he is."

" I don't think these people was any different they come from a class the wants to tell us all how to live our lives and so I -- really have contempt for both extreme liberals and extreme conservatives. And oh by the way historically revolutions have always been taken up and pushed by. The upper middle class and sometimes we upper class -- in the French revolution but what."

" This would be in these people who work in the weather I mean this this would be almost like members of the -- for him leaving any of the other thing -- think about revolutions -- mean. Kathy Boudin in 1981 they robbed this bank in RD -- this Brinks truck coming. Can you really be revolutionary when there's no revolution what revolution was going on in 1981 she she was smart enough to -- she comes from a background of left wing legal family she's smart have to listen them so she only did about a quarter century behind bars. Her husband gave Gilbert he's got three life sentences and he still in jail in ninth Clinton New York and and their hit of course there's the it is who. How does it how does it you know what help the revolution helped the proletariat when you have rich people. Pulling the trigger or setting bombs that are killing -- people. Yeah I could that has never been as sufficiently like Peabody -- go back to the sixties I mean a lot of these people confused hardened criminals like Huey Newton or Eldridge cleaver. Four revolutionaries mean if they thought. People Eldridge cleaver was admitted rapists and talked about how he -- to -- white women in his book -- on ice and yet -- white kids on college campus to repent that the they EDT eighteen is one of those guys came became Republicans say hey when I went to media means you've gone in North Korea I thought -- police weren't that bad. -- go ahead."

" Arm I want to talk about my discussed with the new right you get someone like Horwitz or Chris kitchens or armed did the one they called the prince of darkness as. Name -- back -- the other ones from the Reagan administration the nuclear weapons. It doesn't matter but all of these people aren't the same big. They were called leftists or they were liberals now they claim because they've seen the light of conservatism they are still telling us what's."

" Christopher hitching wants to tell -- a live much else."

" I have I I think our people like William Kristol they had you know they were on the left and then now that there are on the right they have."

" The crystal oh by the way he his father's Irving -- he was he was always was one of the original neo cons. He's Bill Kristol the you know units what was on the left but my crystal. Yeah I don't even I mean Chris kitchens and into we call him on the right now I know he's he's for their rapport and that kind of thing -- I don't know too many positions he takes -- since -- similar to my position."

" He's really been tough on them Barack Obama I gotta say that was a tough column he wrote earlier this week but let's say let's take a break thanks for the call miles 1877469432 to --"

" 1877469432218774694322 -- the toll free number and how we -- us one more segment is at the end when. Title of his new book is conservative history of the American left very interesting book human listened to a -- And it's it's a good read -- though you'll learn a lot about about the left wing in America over the last couple hundred years we a lot of people want to talk to advance what's the score expected a phone lines Jeff your next with Howie -- Indian Flynn author of a conservative history of the American -- go -- Jeff."

" that hey I actually got a video clip email in the pretty funny. It would from -- hours ago. And that it will wandering around -- that they said the you know it's it's amazing people sign up for. Woman now what they -- not in and I sign yet that the anti -- not that -- all -- that is what is its water. It'll walk around as if he's double H two low yet electors on the west coast our record in people's minds and and they have these -- he's locked up witnesses girl that was anonymously you know. This -- after being found in waters as being found in lake river at all over the world. Got to do something about that on it. -- basic markets -- and -- all of Adam not at the it was pretty funny."

" Joyner is its efforts Cisco was in The League by itself and definitely definitely one where you know where a league by ourselves and I was born in Cambridge -- the people in my book that were born in Massachusetts it amazed -- me. Timothy Leary an abbey Hoffman and all these you know nineteenth century utopian soft from around here but Dr. Seuss he was from Springfield to I didn't I didn't realize that. Or he was at least he worked in spring gap okay well look at the emphasis I think it was statue we we marvel at San Francisco but we'd got our own set of fruit loops around here. That's for sure thanks for the call Jeff -- your next without a point guard and the insulin go ahead Kent."

" Hey I don't. Our indictment hanging out with telling her it would become popular."

" Absolutely I'll definitely be hanging out -- now we're coming I'm coming up Bob may 23 I think if we just gotta get that we got to get the the the blinds set up -- about going to be up at Burlington Vermont. Keeping my fingers crossed Paula we're going to split the cost those -- as the -- I'll I'll pick up half the tab but okay go ahead what what's what's your question for --"

" I guess this book out mr. went up as a companion piece to one that I have been totally rather than novels -- with. They would start and Goldberg local access."

" John Jonah Goldberg."

" unbelievable -- and I guess mr. Clinton is just like. I can't really not going to be are really aren't right I'm I could be because I can only book that. And I couldn't keep backing up what that's about that that I always good books he's so quiet that -- conservative -- getting on writing books so that we. Can spread the word about what's been going on -- and about -- to."

" Hey I appreciate it thanks Ken dog you're next with Howie -- in the end Flynn author of a conservative history of the American left go ahead on."

" I have a question I understand. Don't know so as to what they're extremely one city. They could've been part of or or -- will."

" You know I went over to to Wellesley to read hit the you know what was supposedly the Rosetta stone to understanding Hillary which they locked up for number years -- her -- her senior thesis here and now am I I have to say it wasn't -- is radical crazy as some people thought it would be and it it talked about you know in dismissive terms about new left activists in in the black radicals. So -- They work part of that but -- they they always -- well super rich though yet they weren't super rich and -- ambitious they always saw themselves as people who was extorting those people in the right direction right. Dan Flynn thanks for being with us the title of his new book -- a conservative history of the American left on the car"

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