Tag Archives: Republican Party

Andy Hailey: ‘How We Got Into The DJT Political Swamp: It Has Little To Do With Russia’

“In 1970, income and wealth inequality were at historical lows. The income tax tables had over 25 brackets with the top marginal rate of 74%. Campaign funding was limited to the presidential campaigns and lobbyists were few and far between. … Continue reading

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The Aspen Institute: David Brooks: ‘On Conservative & Liberal Values’

Source:The New Democrat “David Brooks, the leader of a new Aspen Institute initiative to understand and reduce the growing fragmentation, alienation, and division around the country, spoke at the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival. This clip comes from a conversation with … Continue reading

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Charlemagne Dumdum Calotes: Race For The White House- Richard Nixon vs John Kennedy 1960

Source:The New Democrat 1960 between Richard Nixon and John Kennedy, was one of the last presidential elections in America that was about ideas, vision, experience, and qualifications. Instead of having two unlikable candidates who know they’re unlikable and unpopular and … Continue reading

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The Rubin Report: Dave Rubin Interviewing David Frum- Donald Trump, Russia & Impeachment

Source:The New Democrat “Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to David Frum (Senior Editor, The Atlantic) about his new book “Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic,” his thoughts on Trump and Russia, the possibility of impeachment, views on … Continue reading

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Victor D. Hanson: ‘Rethinking Watergate’

Source:Hoover Institution– where the Watergate scandal all started. You can also see this post at The FreeState, on Blogger. “The Watergate break-in is now 45 years old. The scandal is as distant from our own time as it was once from … Continue reading

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The Rubin Report: David Frum: ‘Issues With Conservatism, Health Care & Donald Trump’

Source:The Rubin Report– Conservative columnist David Frum. Source:The New Democrat “Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to David Frum (Senior Editor, The Atlantic) about his background, his unique conservative views, problems with conservatism, the health care debate, Trump, the … Continue reading

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The Atlantic: Olga Khazan: ‘A Better Way To Argue About Politics’

Source:The New Democrat  “Liberals and conservatives have fundamentally different moral codes, which makes arguing about policy complicated. Many people have found themselves locked in debates surrounding the now-suspended travel ban, with little success in convincing the other. “One reason it’s … Continue reading

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Washington Watch: BookTV Afterwords- Carlos Lozada Interviewing David Frum: Trumpocracy & The State of Western Democracy

Source:The New Democrat Maybe Trumpocracy is another way of talking about the new highly rated Washington reality TV show known as The White House, with Donald Trump. I say highly rated and not highly successful, because it’s not successful at … Continue reading

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John Birch Society: John F. McManus- Understanding Donald Trump

Source:John Birch Society If there is one group that you think would stick with a President like Donald Trump, it would be the John Birch Society. They’ve been talking about what he ran on for President and what he’s been … Continue reading

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The Atlantic: McKay Coppins- Is Trumpism The New Conservatism?

Source:The New Democrat To answer McKay Coppins question: no, Trumpism is not the new conservatism. And why do I say that? Well, because it’s true and if you want more of an explanation than that, I don’t blame you. What … Continue reading

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