Tag Archives: U.S. Government

American Rhetoric: President William Jefferson Clinton’s Farewell Address

Source:FRS FreeState Before Bill Clinton became President of the United States, Liberal Democrats in America were seen as something we are not. We had all sorts of negative stereotypes about us, not all of them unfair. Because there are Democrats … Continue reading

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CATO Institute: Ilya Shapiro: ‘ObamaCare’s Medicaid Expansion Violates Federalism’

Source:FreeState Now I would’ve gone farther to bring down healthcare costs with things like preventive care, taxing junk food and drink, getting junk food and drink out of public schools, encouraging people to eat healthy and exercise, mandatory physical education … Continue reading

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The New Republic: William J. Dobson: A Victory For Democratic Foreign Policy

Source:FRS FreeState I had just turned five years old and was in kindergarten when President Jimmy Carter left the White House in January in 1981. After losing reelection in a landslide to Ronald Reagan in November 1980. I remember President … Continue reading

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James Miller Center: President Lyndon Johnson: Remarks on Decision to Not Seek Reelection (1968)

Source:FRS FreeState When President Lyndon Johsnon decided not to run for reelection in March of 1968, the United States was very divided, but they were united around the fact that they didn’t like Lyndon Johnson as their President. His approval … Continue reading

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Journeyman Pictures: The Real Story Behind the Clinton Scandals

Source:The New Democrat  The real story behind the Bill Clinton scandals was that most of them were bogus. The Lewinski affair and the China scandal from 1996 were the only real stories and so-called scandals for Bill Clinton as President, … Continue reading

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NBC News: Don Harris- Howard Jarvis, Jerry Brown & the 1978 Elections

  Source:The New Democrat  The mid and late 1970s was a very rough time for America economically and 1978 is a perfect example of that and with California being the largest state in the union, perhaps Californians felt the rough … Continue reading

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Reuter: The Trail With Samuel P. Jacobs: Rick Santorum vs. Mitt Romney

Source:FreeState Now Alabama has already been called for Rick Santorum by NBC News and now CNN. Rick Santorum has been been holding a slim but steady lead over Newt Gingrich. Whose actually in 2nd Place in both states, not Mitt … Continue reading

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C-SPAN: Senator John F. Kennedy- Speech to the Houston Ministries (1960)

Source:FRS FreeState Sen. John F. Kennedy was an Irish Catholic Northeastern Liberal Democrat. Running for President in 1960 and then being nominated by the Democratic Party as their presidential nominee, in a country that was overwhelmingly Protestant. That was fairly … Continue reading

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Roger Sharp Archive: President Jimmy Carter on 1980 Campaign (3/21/1980)

Source:The New Democrat  As much trouble as President Jimmy Carter was in politically in 1979-80, having an approval rating somewhere in the thirties and looking very vulnerable to Ronald Reagan in the 1980 presidential election with all the economic problems … Continue reading

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William Shanley: Jimmy Carter Discusses His Presidency With William Shanley (February 1983)

Source:The New Democrat  I’m not going to try to make the case that Jimmy Carter was a great president, or one of our best president’s, because he clearly wasn’t. I have a lot of respect for Jimmy Carter as a … Continue reading

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