Category Archives: Classic News

CBS News: Face The Nation With Bob Schieffer: The Confident Defeat That Wasn’t

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Derik Schneider

Source: The Daily Journal The fact is there wasn’t any Democrat who could even beat President Nixon in 1972, or even give him a tough race, was because of the disarray in the Democratic Party between it’s center-Left and Far-Left. … Continue reading →

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Longines Chronoscope: Dr. Norman Thomas From- Democratic Socialist Foreign Policy (1952)

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Derik Schneider

Source:FreeState MD What I respect about Norman Thomas even though he was a Socialist and we probably agree on almost nothing as it relates to economic policy, is that he was a real Democrat. A real American Democrat, a real … Continue reading →

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CBS News: Walter Cronkite Announces The Death of President John F. Kennedy

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Derik Schneider

Source:The Daily Journal Newscasters and journalists in general are trained to never show their feelings and give commentary. That old Joe Friday saying of just the fact. For all of you Dragnet fans, but these people are exactly that, people … Continue reading →

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NBC News: Update With John Dancy (December, 1979)

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Erik Schneider

Source: FRS FreeState 1979 was a very rough year as the summer showed with an energy shortage and high inflation and interest rates and so- forth. And this was after the so-called crisis of confidence speech from President Carter in … Continue reading →

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NBC News: Meet The Press: Dr. Martin Luther King (1965)

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Derik Schneider

Source:The Daily Journal Dr. Martin Luther King and his movement, wasn’t marching for the exercise, or the fresh air of it. But they were marching for freedom and to have the same constitutional rights and freedom as Americans who were … Continue reading →

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ABC Evening News: March 1972: Campaign News

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Derik Schneider

Source: The Daily Journal One way to sum up the 1972 Democratic presidential primaries, is to say it went to the guy who was damaged the least. And not to the best candidate, because there was really never any real … Continue reading →

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Longines Chronoscope: Former Progressive Presidential Candidate Henry Wallace (1952)

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Derik Schneider

Source:The Daily Journal Henry Wallace, ran for President in 1948, when the United States essentially had four major presidential contenders. Democratic President Harry Truman, Republican Governor Tom Dewey, Dixiecrat Governor Strom Thurmond and Progressive Henry Wallace. And apparently President Truman … Continue reading →

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Longines Chronoscope: U.S. Senator Everett M. Dirksen (1952)

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Rik Schneider

Source:The Daily Post Members of Congress in both parties are always looking to weaken executive power. Especially since president’s are always looking to increase executive power. Which is what this debate is about and what Senator Dirksen was trying to … Continue reading →

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CBS News The Homosexuals (1967)

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Derik Schneider

Source:The Daily Journal The 1960s especially the late 1960s, was a very good decade for homosexual Americans. Because the country was becoming freer and more liberal as a country. We were becoming more free to express ourselves as a country, … Continue reading →

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ABC News: ABC Evening News 1972 VP Drama: The George Mcgovern Convention

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Derik Schneider

Source:ABC News– the ABC Evening News with Howard K. Smith, in 1972. Source:The Daily Journal From EFAN George McGovern did a lot to bring in new voters to the Democratic Party by reaching to African, Latin, Asian, and Jewish Americans. As … Continue reading →

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