Tag Archives: Vietnam War

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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Phil Donahue Show: Video: Jane Fonda Anti-War Speech and Interview on the Vietnam War

This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Jane Fonda at her highest peak as an anti-war New-Left political activist. Calling members of the American military criminals, murderers, including the President of the United States Richard Nixon … Continue reading

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David Von Pein: Video: U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy Townhall, April 19, 1968

The New Democrat If you listen to Senator Robert F. Kennedy talk about the Vietnam War in 1968, it is not that different from how Barack Obama sounded about the Iraq War when he was running for president in 2007-08. … Continue reading

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Crash Course: Video: John Green: The 1960s in America: Crash Course US History

It would be impossible to write out and cover the entire 1960s decade in one blog post. For one I wasn’t born in the decade and didn’t live in the decade at any point. I was born in 1975 which … Continue reading

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The Film Archives: Representative Bob Dornan Gets His Words in a One-Minute Speech Stricken Down (1995)

. Source:The New Democrat  Representative Bob Dornan wasn’t called ‘B One Bob’ for nothing. He had a tendency to say nutty things and throw a lot of partisan bombs out there without a lot of thought. Another way to describe … Continue reading

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Brandon Hansen: Take a Trip Back to The 1970s

. Source:Real Life Journal A very divisive decade politically the 1970s, but a decade with a lot of great movies, sports, music and the designer jeans revolution of the late 1970s. Also the decade where I was born and started … Continue reading

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CBS Evening News: (12/26/72) The Death of President Harry Truman

. Source:The Daily Journal I believe Harry Truman was one of our top 3-5 presidents in American history, but certainly in the top ten. Because of how he managed post-World War II especially in Europe and put America in position … Continue reading

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Mitch: Chicago 1968: The Democratic Convention

. Source:FreeState MD 1968 is when the Democratic Party changed and no longer became a Northeastern progressive party with a Southern coalition. Made up of people who basically make up the Religious-Right and Neoconservative wing of the Republican Party today. … Continue reading

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Uncommon Knowledge With Peter Robinson: The Sixties With Christopher Hitchens & William F. Buckley (1998)

. Source:The FreeState The 1960s is a generation that I would’ve liked to experienced as an adult, but I come from one generation up, so that’s not possible. But it was really a revolutionary decade both politically and culturally with … Continue reading

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EFAN: Video: George McGovern’s 1972 Democratic Convention Acceptance Speech

EFAN: Video: George McGovern’s 1972 Democratic Convention Acceptance Speech Former U.S. Senator George McGovern, who served a total of twenty-two years in Congress. Served in the House of Representatives from 1957-61, before serving in the Kennedy Administration from 1961-63, then … Continue reading

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