Category Archives: The New Democrat

RJ Eskow: Is the Era of Austerity Really Over?

Posted on February 26, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  A governmental budget, whatever the level of government, is the official blueprint of the administration’s priorities, and at the Federal level, in addition to the administration’s budget, you also have congressional budgets, with the majority party in … Continue reading →

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Nevada Kubrick: Video: The Candidate 1972: The Jarman-McKay Debate

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat Even with Bill McKay’s wishy-washy answer to the first question in this debate, this is still my favorite scene in a great movie about the classic underdog Bill McKay, played by Robert Redford against classic establishment incumbent … Continue reading →

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Dallas Cowboys: Jerry Jones vs. Jimmy Johnson: The Story of Jerry’s Cowboys

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  As good as the Dallas Cowboys were in the 1990s with their three Super Bowl championships, three NFL championships, four conference finals appearances, and five NFC East titles and a lot of playoff victories, they could’ve been … Continue reading →

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ABC News: 1968 Republican National Convention: William F. Buckley VS Gore Vidal

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  By 1968 the Republican Party was definitely moving right ideologically, with Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan having enormous influence in bringing to the GOP what would be called conservative libertarians today. And Richard Nixon with his 1968 … Continue reading →

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ABC News: 1968 Republican National Convention: William F. Buckley VS Gore Vidal

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  The ultimate debate, when it comes to wit, humor, and intelligence was between Gore Vidal and Bill Buckley. You don’t need a moderator in a debate like this and there really wasn’t one, with Howard Smith letting … Continue reading →

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Profiles in History: Marilyn Monroe’s Subway Dress From The Seven Year Itch

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  One of the most famous scenes in Hollywood history happened in one of the most conservative times in American history, the 1950s, when women weren’t expected to show off their physical beauty and were looked down upon … Continue reading →

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VOA News: Luis Ramirez: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel Plans Biggest Army Cuts Since World War II

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Secretary Hagel’s proposed cuts in the defense budget address activities that the United States can no longer afford and no longer needs to be doing. This is not about making the United States weaker when it comes … Continue reading →

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Retro Trailer Spot: Video: The Candidate 1972 Official Trailer

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat I love the movie The Candidate for several reasons.  Perhaps the main one is that it has given me an idea for a book about an anti-establishment liberal candidate or perhaps a John McCain Conservative Republican. They … Continue reading →

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Murray Rothbard On Neoconservatives

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Except for Jack Kemp, who definitely wasn’t a Neoconservative but a Barry Goldwater/Ronald Reagan get big government out of my wallet and bedroom classical Conservative, Murray Rothbard pretty much nails what Neoconservatives are when he called them … Continue reading →

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C-SPAN: Nadie Cohodas: Strom Thurmond Biography: The Politics of Southern Change (1993)

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  The best thing I can say about Senator Strom Thurmond, as someone who is not a fan, is that he was a reformed segregationist who reformed his views and rhetoric as the predominant views changed, even in … Continue reading →

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