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Plato Shrugs: ‘Ideology Post Trump: Where Do We Go From Here?’
Source:The New Democrat “Ideological turmoil in America has reached unprecedented heights. With conservatives falling into the unfalsifiable throws of populism and Liberals fetishizing 1960 solutions to 2020 problems, both appear lost in moving through the 21st century. What comes after Trump for the populist? What comes after liberals fail yet again to implement a child’s […]
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PBS: Video: NewsHour: Robert MacNeil & Jim Lehrer Introducing the Watergate Hearings
This post was originally posted at FRS Daily Times on WordPress, May, 2013 and then reposted If you are familiar with C-SPAN or the Cable Special Public Affairs Network, well the PBS coverage of the 1973 U.S. Senate Watergate hearings … Continue reading
20th Century Vision: Video: PBS MacNeil/Lehrer Report Iowa Caucus 1988
This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Without the Bush Campaign literally bashing Bob Dole in South Carolina in 1988 and doing things like accusing Mr. Dole of fathering African-American babies which I guess was considered … Continue reading
Posted in NewsHour, The New Democrat
Tagged 1988 GOP Iowa Caucus, 1988 Republican Presidential Campaign, Bob Dole For President, Cokie Roberts, David Gergen, George H.W. Bush, George H.W. Bush For President, Jim Lehrer, Judy Woodruff, MacNeil/Lehrer Report, Mark Shields, PBS, PBS Newshour, Robert McNeil, Roger Mudd, Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole, Vice President George H.W. Bush
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C-SPAN: U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee 1994 Hearing on Tobacco – Tobacco CEO’s Testify Before Congress
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat The then Democratic controlled House of Representatives looked into tobacco by investigating the industry and looking at ways of regulating the industry. The famous scene with all of those tobacco … Continue reading
Posted in Classic News
Tagged 1994 Health Care Reform Debate, Bill Clinton, Jim Lehrer, MacNeil/Lehrer Report, Mark Shields, Paul Gigot, PBS, PBS Newshour, President Bill Clinton, Robert McNeil, The Bill Clinton Administration, The Bill Clinton Presidency, Tobacco Industry, Tobacco Regulations
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PBS: MacNeil/Lehrer Report- New York City Bailout: 11/25/1975
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat The late 1960s and probably the 1970s as a whole was a very rough period for New York City. Facing high crime rates, high poverty, high unemployment, a lousy economy … Continue reading
Luke Jeffers: Video: The MacNeil/Lehrer Report 11/9/1982
The MacNeil/Lehrer Report I guess as it was called back then, now known as the PBS NewsHour was talking about the influence of political pacs, or political action committees on Congressional elections during the 1982 Congressional mid-term elections in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1982 Congressional Mid-Term Elections, Bill Proxmire, Jim Lehrer, MacNeil/Lehrer Report, PBS, PBS Newshour, Phil Gramm, Political Action Committees, Representative Phil Gramm, Robert McNeil, Senator Bill Proxmire, United States Congress, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate
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