Category Archives: The New Democrat

The Hill: Niall Stanage: Five Figures on the Left Who Could Challenge Hillary Clinton

Source:The New Democrat  With all due respect to Hillary Clinton, but assuming she actually does run for president, which I don’t think is a safe assumption, she is going to need a strong challenge from the Left even the Far-Left … Continue reading

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Lou Gordon: Interviews Governor George C. Wallace in 1972

Source:The New Democrat  Lou Gordon giving Governor George Wallace of Alabama a very tough interview in 1972. I just wish this video showed the entire video, but Governor Wallace again running for President this time as a Democrat after bolting … Continue reading

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TIME: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: The Coming Race War Won’t Be About Race

TIME: Opinion: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: The Coming Race War Won’t Be About Race The New DemocratIf there’s any good that comes out of Ferguson besides the Brown family getting justice for what happened to their relative Michael, is that it will … Continue reading

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MSNBC: Up With Steve Kornacki: Michael Steele: ‘Rand Paul Is The Most Dangerous Man in Politics Because he Breaks Downs the Left-Right Paradigm

Source:The New Democrat  Michael Steele is dead right about Rand Paul’s influence on the Republican Party. Because Senator Paul is a Conservative Libertarian in party that has a long history and tradition of conservative libertarianism perhaps going back as far … Continue reading

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Liberty Pen: Firing Line With William F. Buckley: Margaret Thatcher: Capitalism & a Free Society (1975)

Source:The New Democrat  This is what a so-called smart Conservative sounds like in Margaret Thatcher and again conservative by British standards, which means lest socialist than Social Democrats. Lady Thatcher wasn’t arguing against the safety net, actually she believed in … Continue reading

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PBS: NewsHour: David Brooks & Ruth Marcus on Police Power in Ferguson

Source:The New Democrat  Liberals and Libertarians coming together on Ferguson and its militarization of police. Something where we should definitely be able to agree especially for a town that is as small as Ferguson, Missouri and is a suburb of … Continue reading

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CBS New Special Report: Walter Cronkite Announces the Death of LBJ (1973)

The New Democrat Walter Cronkite announcing the death of one of our strongest and most effective presidents as far as what he was able to get passed in Congress and the amount of people who the legislation benefited. Especially as … Continue reading

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The Best of The USFL: Three Years in The Life & Times of the USFL

Source:The New Democrat  I hope the new USFL whenever it starts has learned from the old USFL as far as the mistakes that the old league made. Like having clubs in established NFL markets and having to compete with the … Continue reading

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CBS News: Election Night Coverage 1980: President Jimmy Carter’s Concession Speech

Source:The New Democrat  President Jimmy Carter stepping up to the plate and taking his loss to Ronald Reagan like a man. Definitely one of the earliest concession speeches at least at the presidential level. The sun might of still been … Continue reading

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