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The Dershow

Presidents I've known-and wish I'd known.

The Dershow

Alan Dershowitz | Kast Media

News, Politics

4.41.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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0:00.0

We've been quite fortunate in the United States to generally have been led by some very,

0:13.4

very good presidents.

0:14.5

Not all of them good.

0:15.5

Some of them, you've probably never heard of any peers.

0:21.0

There are a lot of presidents that will not go down in history, but some of the most remarkable

0:27.7

men, and hopefully soon I'll be able to say men and women, have sat in the Oval Office

0:33.2

and been president of the United States even before the Oval Office was established.

0:39.1

As you may know, having watched this show, I have a lot of memorabilia from some of the

0:43.6

great presidents, but today on President's Day, I want to talk to you about the presidents

0:49.8

I actually have met and knew and worked with over the years.

0:54.1

I've met every president, but one, I think, since John F. Kennedy, who was the first

1:02.7

president I have promoted for, I met Richard Nixon, I met John F. Kennedy, I met Lyndon

1:08.0

Johnson, I met Gerald Ford, I met President Carter, I wish him well in his final days

1:17.2

at the hospice, he's made a decision to not seek medical treatment, and I disagreed

1:22.8

about a great many things, but I wish him well.

1:25.9

I met President Reagan, I met and worked closely with President Clinton, I met and advised

1:34.3

President Bush, the second, not the first, I met and worked with and advised President

1:42.5

Obama, I worked with and represented President Trump, and I worked with and didn't represent

1:50.3

but worked with President Biden, not while he's been president, but in the time he was

1:56.5

vice president and before that.

1:59.2

I've also met most of the candidates who ran against these presidents, I met the U of

2:07.6

a Humphrey, I met George McGovern, I met Robert Kennedy, I met and worked closely with

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