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About Derik Schneider

I use a picture of John F. Kennedy as my profile pic on social media for as a very good reason: I'm a center-right, John F. Kennedy, Liberal Democrat. The real Liberals who believe in the defense of liberal democracy and the fight against authoritarianism, left-wing or right-wing. But I blog a lot about the Far-Left (or new-left, if you prefer) because I'm very interested in socialism and communism, as well as center-left progressivism, which is the real progressivism.

CBS: MASH- The Best of Off The Cuff Sarcasm

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Derik Schneider

This post was originally posted at The New Democrat I’ve been asked a lot in my lifetime all thirty-eight years of it by people who know me, but perhaps not very well, people who I’m friendly with. “How do you … Continue reading →

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Jim Heath: Video: CBS News: Election 1982 Highlights

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Derik Schneider

The New Democrat The recession of 1981-82 was huge and cost Congressional Republicans especially in the House a lot of seats. House Republicans lost something like thirty-five seats. Going from the low 190s in the House to the upper 150s … Continue reading →

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Merv Griffin Show: Jane Fonda & Roger Vadim Interview (1967)

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat “Jane Fonda and her husband, French director Roger Vadim, are interviewed by Merv Griffin in January of 1967 while promoting their film “The Game is Over (La Curee)”. They talk about their farm in France, Jane’s cooking, … Continue reading →

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Phil Donahue Show: Video: Jane Fonda Anti-War Speech and Interview on the Vietnam War

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Derik Schneider

This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Jane Fonda at her highest peak as an anti-war New-Left political activist. Calling members of the American military criminals, murderers, including the President of the United States Richard Nixon … Continue reading →

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David Von Pein: Video: U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy Townhall, April 19, 1968

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Derik Schneider

The New Democrat If you listen to Senator Robert F. Kennedy talk about the Vietnam War in 1968, it is not that different from how Barack Obama sounded about the Iraq War when he was running for president in 2007-08. … Continue reading →

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Bach Feuer: Video: The Morton Downey Jr. Show: Jerry Falwell and the Christian Right

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Derik Schneider

This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger In the late 1980s starting in around 1987 I believe the TV evangelism was taking a big hit in America because of scandals that some of their TV reverends … Continue reading →

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Richard Remembers Joe Pyne: ‘Joe Pyne Interviews Jerry Rubin (1967)’

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Derik Schneider

  Source:The New Democrat “JERRY RUBIN is the leader of the student strike at the University of California at Berkeley, who broke up a House Un-American Activities Committee meeting by attending in a Revolutionary War uniform.” is the description on … Continue reading →

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ABC News: Video: Evening News: George McGovern 1972 VP Selection Drama

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat Senator Tom Eagleton who by most accounts had a very good and productive year in public office as Governor of Missouri and then later in Congress as a Missouri Senator was a victim of the Richard Nixon … Continue reading →

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The Woody Allen Show: William F. Buckley (1967)

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:Metrazol Electricity– Woody & Billy? Source:The New Democrat “Woody Allen invites the legendary conservative icon William Buckley on his show” From  Metrazol Electricity As conservative, snobby, and Anglo-Saxon waspy as Bill Buckley came off at least came off as, he … Continue reading →

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Liberty Pen: Saul Alinsky – Mobilizing The Poor (1967)

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  What I got in from this discussion from the few moments that Saul Alinsky got to talk about his own personal philosophy even though this is about a fifteen-minute video, is that Mr. Alinsky was saying that … Continue reading →

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