Book Excerpts

Classic Scheer-Carter Interview From ‘Playing President’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 22, 2006 During a 1976 interview for Playboy magazine that would produce one of the most famous remarks by a presidential candidate in modern times, Jimmy Carter told Robert Scheer, "I've committed adultery in my heart many times" Check out an excerpt of that exchange, along with many more in Scheer's new book, "Playing President". Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Classic Scheer Interviews From ‘Playing President’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 15, 2006 In a 1980 interview between George HW Bush and then-LA Times reporter Robert Scheer, Bush revealed his belief in a winnable nuclear war--which many observers think lost him the Republican nomination to Ronald Reagan Check out this interview and many more in Scheer's new book "Playing President". Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )