Tag Archives: Democratic Party

Passionate Patriots: 1968 DNC Nightmare in Chicago

. Source:FRS FreeState The Democratic Party cost themselves the presidential election of 1968 and a chance to win the White House for a third straight time and 8-10 presidential elections, going back to 1932 with FDR. To go along with … Continue reading

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Associated Press: Representative Anthony Weiner Resigns in Wake of Sexting Scandal

. Source:FRS FreeState Today U.S. Representatives Anthony Weiner, Democrat from New York, New York City to be specific, stepped up to the plate and hit a home Run. (Sorry for the baseball analogy for you non-sports fans) And did the … Continue reading

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CBS Evening News: Nancy Cordes: Democrats Final Push

Source:FRS FreeState I think that this video makes it pretty clear that President Clinton tried to talk Representative Kendrick Meek into stepping out of the U.S, Senate race in Florida.  It’s also clear that he tried to talk Rep. Meek into throwing his support behind … Continue reading

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CNN: Vice President Joe Biden: Not Your Father’s GOP

Source:FRS FreeState Vice President Biden has a habit of telling the truth and what he really believes to a fault and in that sense he beats back almost every stereotype of a typical politician.  This habit often gets him into … Continue reading

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Associated Press: President Obama Urges Democrats Not to Get Discouraged

Source:FRS FreeState If Democrats fail to get their voters out in the mid-term elections, then there’s no doubt they’ll lose their majority in the House and be in danger of losing their majority in the Senate as well. Democrats are … Continue reading

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James Miller Center: The Legacy of President Lyndon B. Johnson

Source:Free State MD Lyndon Johnson’s Presidency is remembered for the Vietnam War and the miss-handling of it but that’s only part of the story of a five year Presidency. When I think of Lyndon Johnson, I think of not only … Continue reading

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The White House: President Obama Nominates Elena Kagan to Supreme Court

Source:Free State MD When U.S. Justice Paul Stevens announced his retirement from the Supreme Court, I saw it as another opportunity for President Obama and Liberal Democrats, of which I’m one, to appoint another liberal Justice to the Supreme Court … Continue reading

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The White House: President Obama Signs Health Care Law

Source:Free State MD What do I think of the Affordable Health Care Act?  Well to be brief, and I guess this is simplistic, I would say that it is the best health care reform bill that could’ve been passed in … Continue reading

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VOA News: President Obama Nominates Judge Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme Court

Source:Free State MD Justice David Souter was considered by then President George H.W. Bush to be the next conservative Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Ha!  He was the best mistake that President Bush could have made, in my opinion … Continue reading

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NBC News: President Obama’s First 100 Days

Source:Free State MD It’s been just 100 days of the Barack Obama Administration (note the title of this blog), but already there seems to be a pattern to how President Obama will govern. The first few weeks seemed shaky, with … Continue reading

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