Tag Archives: Liberals

Campaign For America’s Future: Opinion: Robert Borosage: Should Populists Declare Victory?: Some of the Differences Between McGovernite Democrats and New Democrats

U.S. Senator George McGovern & The McGovernites Campaign For America’s Future: Opinion: Robert Borosage: Should Populists Declare Victory? This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Just to start this post off I need to give a … Continue reading

Posted in Democratic Party | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted in Christopher Hitchens, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Michelle Goldberg: Should Buying Sex Be Illegal?Michelle Goldberg:

Source:The Nation– with an article about prostitution in Sweden. You can also see this post on Blogger. You can also see this post at FreeState MD, on Blogger. Source:The Nation: “Editor’s Note: Reporting for this article was funded by a grant from … Continue reading

Posted in Freedom of Choice, Originals | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

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

Posted in Christopher Hitchens, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The American Prospect: Paul Waldman- Can Liberalism Survive the Obama Presidency?

Source:The New Democrat  First of all Barack Obama when he ran for President in 2008 didn’t run as a McGovernite Social Democrat which is what the Occupy Wall Street and the broader New Left in America are. He ran as … Continue reading

Posted in Classical Liberalism, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted in CBS News, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted in CBS News, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Salon: Opinion: Joshua Sager: GOP’s 30-Year Spin Job is Over: We Are Not a Center-Right Nation

Salon: Opinion: Joshua Sager: GOP’s 30-Year Spin Job is Over: We Are Not a Center-Right Nation This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger First of all just to comment on Joshua Sager’s column in the Salon … Continue reading

Posted in Classical Liberalism | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The National Interest: Jacob Heilbrunn Interviewing Senator Tim Kaine

Source:The New Democrat  This might be or might not be common knowledge at least for Americans who live outside of the Washington Beltway and don’t follow American politics and current affairs closely, but the United States hasn’t officially declared war … Continue reading

Posted in Congress, The New Democrat | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Catherine Rampell: Limousine Liberalism’s Good Work

The Washington Post: Opinion: Catherine Rampell: Limousine Liberalism’s Good Works  I’m sick and tired (and that is putting it mildly) of hearing people especially rabid partisan right-wingers claim that Liberals hate the wealthy and people with money and hate capitalism … Continue reading

Posted in The New Democrat, The Washington Post | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment