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My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

In The Arena - Adlai Stevenson and Other Losing Candidates w/ Peter Shea

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Bruce Carlson

Politics, History, News

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

We talk about Adlai Stevenson, a candidate with a critical flaw and operating in a tough political environment, and the other people who have sought the Presidency but lost. Our guest is Peter Shea, author of In The Arena, His book looks not only at candidates, but at the memorials that have been made to honor them. Presidents get most of the statues, but there are some for the Presidential also-rans, such as the Stevenson statue in an Illinois airport. Trope Publishing [at www.trope.com] is the publisher of Shea's book they publish large print books with beautiful photographs. We are part of Airwave Media Network www.airwavemedia.com Interesting in advertising? sales@advertisecast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to an air wave media podcast.

0:04.0

There's a discussion about the title in the arena, which comes from the famous speech

0:09.7

given by Theodore Roosevelt.

0:12.3

People always remember that phrase in the arena, but they don't remember the title of

0:17.1

the actual speech, which was being citizen and republic.

0:20.7

And the theme of that speech is that country, a republic particularly, has to have a core

0:25.6

number of people who are willing to take giant risks in order to move things forward.

0:30.8

And if people become too risk-averse, a particular vitality is lost to the country.

0:36.2

And therefore, people who've risked and lost should be inspiration rather than object

0:41.8

to derision.

0:42.8

We have to have people who are themselves out there, all we're going to get are a string

0:46.5

of mediocrities.

0:55.6

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1:13.9

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1:18.3

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1:20.9

And with Tinder, it all starts with a swipe.

1:24.7

In a regional airport in Bloomington, Illinois, you can share a bench with a defeated presidential

1:45.5

candidate.

1:46.7

He looks like any other traveler that was closed might be dated.

1:53.0

He sits with his feet on the suitcase lying in front of him on the floor, waiting for

1:58.6

his plane, perhaps.

2:00.2

His jacket over his left arm, relaxed, his right arm, holding his weary head.

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