Bailey Smith- The President Calling

I started the podcast from the beginning and listened to the first 15 minutes. The tape started by talking about the phone in the White House and the tapes being recorded. I thought this was funny because of the remarks from Nixon about his taped calls being more informative than poly science text books and the US hockey team being girls. The conversations with Governor Barnett and president Kennedy were pleasing because Kennedy was really trying to help someone get into college, and even though it was one person, Kennedy was trying his hardest to help the people. Around 11 minutes, I got a little freaked out about all the secret-ness being talked about, and the governor didn't even record the phone calls so there were no records of what was discussed about Ole Miss and the student the president said to admit. I think everything should be public record and the president should have no authority to un-record business calls, he should only keep his private life private. Kennedy then sent troops into the college when he didn't even understand the circumstances, he needs to trust his governor more, as he is also an elected official. Kennedy was then assassinated, I think because of his ignorance to situations and un-trusting of others.