Category Archives: The New Democrat

Gene Healy: ‘John F. Kennedy Was No Conservative’

Source:The New Democrat  Damn I found something that I agree with Conservative-Libertarian Gene Healy on. Jack Kennedy was no Conservative and I we completely agree. And you can say he was moderate on some things like his late entry for … Continue reading

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New America Foundation: Mark Schmitt: Liberal Brain Freeze & Security Narcissists

Source:The New Democrat  I disagree with this blog from the New America Foundation the author of it Mark Schmitt. Liberal Democrats have a clear agenda and clear proposals coming from President Obama who is a Liberal Democrat, at least on … Continue reading

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Andrew Kaczynski: Senate Assistant Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Senate Filibuster (2005)

. Source:The New Democrat  Newsflash, there’s bipartisan hypocrisy when it comes to the Senate filibuster. And a big example of why the U.S. Congress has a ten percent approval rating, because the upper chamber uses and complains about the filibuster … Continue reading

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Filibuster Flashback: Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Senate Filibuster (2005)

. Source:The New Democrat  Senate Democrats in favor of the filibuster before they were against it as it relates to presidential nominees. Again just goes to the bipartisan hypocrisy and an example of why the U.S. Congress has a ten-percent … Continue reading

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The Daily Beast: Ben Jacobs: Harry Reid Goes Nuclear on Filibusters

The Daily Beast: Congress: Harry Reid Goes Nuclear on Filibusters The New Democrat Just to be perfectly clear, the Senate filibuster on executive and lower judicial nominations, meaning non-Supreme Court appointments to the federal bench have been removed from possible … Continue reading

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Hail To The Redskins: Redskins OT Joe Jacoby Named Semifinalist For 2014 Hall of Fame Class

Source:The New Democrat  To be blunt about this, it is about damn time that former Redskins offensive tackle Joe Jacoby went into the Hall of Fame. He should’ve went in with former Redskins offensive guard Russ Grimm together back in … Continue reading

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The New Republic: Michael Kazin: JFK’s Assassination Made Governing Harder

Source:The New Democrat  There were columns and blog posts written about a month ago talking about why there hasn’t been a liberal version of the Tea Party movement. Which is something I believe Liberal Democrats need if we ever want … Continue reading

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CSPAN: Andrew Sullivan vs Dennis Prager- Same-Sex Marriage (1996)

Source:CSPAN– the House Judiciary Committee holding a hearing on the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act. Source:The New Democrat   “The House Judiciary Subcommittee heard testimony concerning the Defense of Marriage Act from activists, state legislators and others.” From CSPAN “Dennis Prager vs … Continue reading

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Senator Mike Lee: Bring Them in

Source:The New Democrat  Poverty in America is the thing that we should be talking about right now for a couple reasons. One and the most important one I believe, 1/5 Americans live in poverty. We have the highest poverty rate … Continue reading

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VOA News: Luiz Ramirez: Future Role of US Troops in Afghanistan Debated

. Source:The New Democrat  The only thing that American troops in conjunction with NATO should be doing right now is helping to train and develop the Afghan military so Afghanistan can defend itself from domestic and foreign invaders including the … Continue reading

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