The Partial Truths of the Presidency | The Presidency
Whistlestop: Presidential History and Trivia
Slate Podcasts
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2017
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Presidents FDR, Bush, Obama and others delivered partial truths to the American people. Were they good leaders?
Whistlestop is Slate’s podcast about presidential campaign history. Hosted by our political correspondent and Political Gabfest panelist John Dickerson, each installment will revisit a memorable (or even a forgotten) moment from America's quadrennial carnival.
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| 0:57.0 | Hello and welcome to Whistlesop, a podcast to the presidency. |
| 1:00.5 | I'm John Dickerson of Face the Nation. |
| 1:13.6 | For the last few years at Thanksgiving, those of us at Face the Nation have held a book panel on history or on the presidency. This year our topic was crisis leadership, |
| 1:16.0 | leadership in times of crisis. |
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