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Goldwater conservative and frequent Bush Administration critic John Dean argues that the office of the President has become far more powerful than it was originally intended to be.
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"Broken Government" with John Dean speaking at The Commonwealth Club of California. Jerry Lubenow moderates.
Respected political commentator and Goldwater conservative Dean presents a view of what he sees as the dysfunctional chaos and institutional damage that the Republican Party and its core conservatives have inflicted on the government. - The Commonwealth Club of California
Before becoming Counsel to the President of the United States in July 1970 at age thirty-one, John Dean was Chief Minority Counsel to the Judiciary Committee of the United States House of Representatives, the Associate Director of a law reform commission, and Associate Deputy Attorney General of the United States. He served as Richard Nixon's White House lawyer for a thousand days.
John has long written on the subjects of law, government, and politics, and he recounted his days in the Nixon White House and Watergate in two books, Blind Ambition (1976) and Lost Honor (1982). He lives in Beverly Hills, California with his wife Maureen, and now devotes full time to writing and lecturing, having retired from his career as a private investment banker.
In 2001 he published "The Rehnquist Choice: The Untold Story of the Nixon Appointment that Redefined the Supreme Court"; in early 2004, "Warren G. Harding," followed by "Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush." In 2006, John publihsed "Conservatives Without Conscience."
His newest book is "Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches."
