Tag Archives: Democratic Party

The Charlie Rose Show: Christopher Hitchens On Bill Clinton

Source:The New Democrat This just in- Christopher Hitchens does not like Bill Clinton. Now we return you to your Insomniac Nightly Movie The Attack of the Killer Popcorn. Ha, ha. This is no secret and as Chris Hitchens said early … Continue reading

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Jeremy Diamond & Eric Weisbrod: Congress Defined As: Useless, Worthless, A Joke

Source:CNN– with a look at the U.S. Congress. “It can be tough to agree on a single word to describe something that affects every single American. But when it comes to Congress, the task suddenly doesn’t seem so insurmountable. CNN … Continue reading

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New America Foundation: Alice Mary McCarthy: America’s Job Training System: Better Than You Think

Source:The New Democrat  There are plenty parts of the Federal budget that I would like to cut back on and reform. Like in defense, agriculture subsidies, corporate welfare, red tape, but one area where I would like to see America … 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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Allan Gregg: Christopher Hitchens- On Bill Clinton

Source:The New Democrat  I’m not a mindreader obviously, but Chris Hitchens was an admitted Socialist and was his whole life. Even though late in his career he became more of a Neoconservative on foreign policy and national security. He supported … Continue reading

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Jamelle Bouie: John Fund’s Distorted History of The Democratic Party

What right-wingers of today and John Fund of the Wall Street Journal and National Review is one of them, don’t seem to understand is that even though it is true that Congressional Republicans supported the civil rights laws more than … Continue reading

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Associated Press: Ed Donahue: US Employers Add 209K Jobs, Unemployment Rate 6.2%

Source:The New Democrat Two-hundred-thousand jobs in a month even if it is not a high as the previous month of two-hundred-eighty-thousand jobs is a very good number. And when you have a slight uptick in unemployment from 6.1% to 6.2% … Continue reading

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CBS News: President Jimmy Carter on Hostage Crisis on Face The Nation (1980)

Source:The New Democrat I give President Jimmy Carter a lot of credit for all the time and effort that he put into seeing that the American hostages in Iran were brought home. Which includes the rescue attempt in the spring … Continue reading

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CBS News: John Anderson vs Ronald Reagan: 1980 Presidential Debate

Source:CBS News– U.S. Representative John Anderson (Republican, Illinois) 1980 Independent presidential candidate. Source:The New Democrat “In 1980, the League of Women Voters invited independent John Anderson to their first presidential debate, and President Carter refused to attend. Ronald Reagan showed … Continue reading

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Economic Policy Journal: Michael Rozeff: ‘The Real Reason Why President Harry Truman Backed a Jewish State’

Source:The New Democrat  If you are going to say that President Harry Truman who is not only one of our best presidents, but perhaps our most honest president recognized the Jewish State of Israel for political considerations and the Jewish-American … Continue reading

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