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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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CBS Evening News: John Dickerson: President Jimmy Carter’s ‘Malaise Speech’

Source:The New Democrat  I covered most of this yesterday, but John Dickerson’s comment about President Carter’s speech being ‘tone-death’ was spot on. This speech sounded like a President who was out of ideas and that his administration was also out … Continue reading

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ESPN SportsCentury of Evander Holyfield

Source:The New Democrat  I don’t believe Evander Holyfield is an underrated boxer or an overrated boxer but he gets the respect that he deserves from the fans and media people who’ve covered his career and are familiar with it.  I’ve … Continue reading

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National Journal: Matt Berman: The Forgotten, Radical Martin Luther King Jr.

Source:The New Democrat  The radicalism of Dr. Martin Luther King had to do with his economic politics and philosophy. He would be what would be described as a Social Democrat both as it related to civil and equal rights. But … Continue reading

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National Geographic: Prison Economy

Inmates doing what they can to survive and to a certain extent at least learning how to make money. Legitimately through trading even if it is illegal in prison. So they can live as comfortably as possible while in prison. … Continue reading

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James Miller Center: 1980 State of The Union: President Carter on Iranian Hostage Crisis

Source:FRS FreeState The Iranian Hostage Crisis, was the final nail in the Carter Presidency. Not so much the day that it happened, but how long it went on. Plus the fact that it was one more big blow that President … Continue reading

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NFL Films: NFL 1966- The Atlanta Falcons First Campaign

Source:The Daily Press The 1966 Atlanta Falcons I guess could go down as one of the worst NFL expansion teams of all-time. Especially if you consider that they gave up over thirty-one points a game in the mid-1960s NFL where … Continue reading

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NBA-TV: Vintage NBA- Moses Malone, The Chairman of The Boards

Source:The Daily Press Moses Malone was simply a bull with a lot of skills who was almost impossible to box out with his brute strength, quickness and determination. Whose one of the top five centers of all-time because of what … Continue reading

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Arizona Public Media: America Experience The Presidents: Jimmy Carter The Man From Plains

Source:The Daily Press Had it not have been for 1974 and the Watergate scandal, Jimmy Carter doesn’t get elected President of the United States, at least in 1976. He probably runs for reelection for Governor of Georgia in 1974 and … Continue reading

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Emmanuel Goldstein: The Open Mind With Richard Hefner: Dr. Martin Luther King

Source:The Daily Journal Liberal democracy, worked pretty well in America except for African-Americans and perhaps other racial minorities. Which is why the civil rights movement was so important and Reverend Martin L. King comes along in the 1950s part of … Continue reading

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