Author Archives: Rik Schneider

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About Rik Schneider

Blogger/writer on a lot of different subjects.

Washington Examiner: Why Leftists Are Turning Against Freedom of Speech

Source:The New Democrat  First of all it is not “Liberals who are turning against Freedom of Speech”, just to correct the Washington Examiner editorial page. And you give me all you want about ‘Modern Liberals’ or contemporary Liberals. But Freedom … Continue reading

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National Review: John Fund: ‘Setting The Record Straight On Jim Crow’

Source:The New Democrat  What John Fund doesn’t seem to understand or perhaps is ignoring, which is possible because he is a bright guy is that the Southern Democrats who blocked the civil rights legislation in the 1950s and 1960s are … Continue reading

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American Enterprise Institute: Representative Paul Ryan: ‘Expanding Opportunity in America’

Source:The New Democrat  I’ve seem some of the reactions from so-called progressive publications like Salon and the AlterNet about Representative Paul Ryan’s anti-poverty programs reform plan. Representative Ryan is of course the Chairman of the House Budget Committee and a … Continue reading

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ABC Evening News: Saturday Before Start of 1976 Republican National Convention

Source:The New Democrat  Just a few days before the start of the 1976 Republican National Convention and the GOP didn’t know who their presidential nominee would be. Even though they held the White House with President Gerald Ford. But President … Continue reading

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CBS News: 1980 GOP Convention Ford Bush VP Drama

Source:The New Democrat  CBS News trying to figure out who Ronald Reagan had nominated for Vice President at the 1980 Republican National Convention. Reagan had narrowed it down to former President of the United States Gerald Ford of all people … Continue reading

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CBS News: President Gerald Ford Talks Ronald Reagan On Face The Nation (1976)

Source:The New Democrat  President Gerald Ford trying to run as a Centrist in 1976 even though he had a pretty conservative in Congress as a Representative from Grand Rapids, Michigan and as House Minority Leader. And then had a pretty … Continue reading

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CBS News: Governor Ronald Reagan Talks President Gerald Ford On Face The Nation (1975)

Source:The New Democrat I don’t have the exact date on this, but I believe this is early 1975. The year I’m sure of and it was just after Ronald Reagan left the California Governor’s Mansion as a two-term Governor of … Continue reading

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The American Mind: Charles Kessler Interviewing Dennis Prager: ‘The Religion of the Left’

Source:The New Democrat  Just to sort of point out the obvious. There is no one religion of the Left and Dennis Prager doesn’t seem to understand that because his idea of a leftist is essentially a Communist, or other some … Continue reading

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Daniel JB Mitchell: Video: National Health Insurance Debate Under Nixon

This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger President Richard Nixon’s health care reform plan that he proposed in 1974, just another example of how President Nixon was ahead of his time and his plan looks very … Continue reading

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C-SPAN: S.E. Cupp and Brett Joshpe on Conservative Ideas in American Life and Popular Culture (2008)

Source:The New Democrat  At least to me S.E. Cupp and I’m not familiar with Brett Joshpe, but S.E. to me looks like a real Barry Goldwater get big government out of our wallets, bedrooms, classrooms and boardrooms Conservative. Who doesn’t … Continue reading

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