Man, that was fast! But 10-minute spots fly by like you wouldn't believe.
Hugh was very generous, both in description and in time to answer questions. I did my best to go high-bit rate by rarely taking a full breath. I had just scanned the Preface of PNM to remind myself what it covered. Hugh's questions lined up nicely, so my boning up on my bon mots worked out.
It was hard to gear up because I've done no public speaking in roughly a month, which is a frickin' eternity! But having Hewitt intro the segment with the promise of 8 more shows got my pulse up plenty and I was off to the races, giving probably the best 60-second summary of my career I've ever done.
I know Hewitt's pretty conservative, but--quite frankly--it's been the right and the right-of-center that's given me the openings time and time again, so I'm grateful for the exposure and psyched for the exchange. I had read Hugh's interview with Rago and Sullivan and while he's tough, he does not trick or lure. Any graves you dig with your tongue are your own to wallow in, so I had no trepidation heading in. The guy's amazingly committed to making this a serious teach-in, so to speak, and I don't know any author who doesn't welcome that sort of serious attention.
This should be a lot of fun.
Editor's notes:
The transcript isn't up yet, but watch this post on Hugh's weblog for it. I will post it as soon as I see it.
And Hugh's co-weblogger, Dean Barnett (no relation) has a really nice post about Tom's appearance and thinking.
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Comments (4)
Thoroughly enjoyed your Hewitt interview. I am definetly going to be listening to all 8 segments of the tutorial and hope to be learning quite alot. I appreciate you taking the time with Hewitt. It helps a citizen greatly.
Posted by Lottl | January 5, 2007 6:22 PM
Well done. Hugh clearly wants this to be an educational process with no political litmus tests.He said as much to a caller who called the Lamb interview a breath of fresh air but was baffled that you are a Democrat. Keep us posted on future appearances.
Posted by Patrick | January 5, 2007 6:35 PM
"...quite frankly--it's been the right and the right-of-center that's given me the openings time and time again..."
Quite frankly, as a guy for the right of the right, I can tell you that the righties are the only guys taking foreign policy seriously. The center and center Left just think anything to do with the military is yucky. The lefty Left wants "peace now" the Pentagon to have a bake sale, knee jerk responses.
This is a serious problem in this country. There is not enough sane dialogue since there is a vacuum on one side.
Posted by Lexington Green | January 5, 2007 10:52 PM
Lex, you are correct in your diagnosis, and it worries me as well. Yet more reason why I feel Vol. III may end up being my important task in life.
Posted by Tom Barnett | January 6, 2007 11:13 AM