Tag Archives: America

Noam Scheiber: ‘What My Book Got Wrong About Obama, Summers, Geithner, Recovery’

Source:Amazon– left-wing columnist Noam Scheiber’s 2012 book about President Barack H. Obama. Source:The New Democrat  “The widely acclaimed and newsbreaking account of President Obama’s campaign to rescue America from its recession: inside the meeting rooms, the inboxes, and the minds … Continue reading

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The Hill: Mike Lillis: Time For House Democrats to Elect New Leaders?

Source:The New Democrat Nancy Pelosi has been the leader of the House Democrats for the last twelve years. Eight of them after this Congress as Minority Leader and of course four of them as the first female Speaker of the … Continue reading

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Real Time With Bill Maher: ‘Bill Maher Destroys Idiots Who Say Atheism is a Religion’

. Source:The Daily Press I don’t have a problem with people being Atheists, we have Freedom of Religion in the United States. Which means Americans have the constitutional right to believe or not believe in religion. But we don’t have … Continue reading

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Bill Maher: Be More Cynical on religion

. Source:The Daily Press Being cynical is probably a conservative boring way to live your life. Where you’ll end up taking less risks and you’re not putting your heart on the line very often. Not trying to sound gushy, but … Continue reading

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Mike Nichols: Primary Colors (1998) John Travolta As Bill Clinton

Source:Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers– Adrian Lester as Henry Burton. Source:The Daily Press “Primary Colors Trailer – Directed by Mike Nichols and starring John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Adrian Lester. Jack Stanton is the charismatic governor of … Continue reading

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The New Republic: John B. Judis- Democrats Hope Battleground Texas Can Turn the State Blue

Source:The New Democrat Do I think Wendy Davis will be elected Governor of Texas next Tuesday or anytime soon? Of course not because I haven’t seen any polls that show that race between her and Greg Abbot is even within … Continue reading

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Striker 1909: Jeff Bridges – The Contender (2000)

Source:The New Democrat Great speech from The Contender by Jeff Bridges who played the President in this movie. Not a very realistic scene as far as how they put the U.S. House chamber together for this joint session of Congress … Continue reading

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Paramount Movies: The Contender (2000)

Source:The Daily Press The Contender movie from 2000 came about almost three years after the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke and two years after President Clinton was impeached in the House on a party-line vote. President Clinton was actually mentioned in … Continue reading

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The Guardian: Ben Child: ‘Ben Affleck: Sam Harris & Bill Maher ‘Racist’ & ‘Gross’ in Views of Islam’

Source:The Guardian– In Ben Affleck’s latest TV role, he played the hipster-leftist-radical, on Real Time With Bill Maher. Source:The New Democrat  “Ben Affleck has won praise for accusing TV host Bill Maher and author Sam Harris for what he called … Continue reading

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CBS News: Sunday Morning- ‘Take Our Poll- Should Pete Rose be in the Hall of Fame’

Source:The New Democrat  The only reason why Pete Rose is not in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame and he would’ve gone in I believe 1992 which I believe would’ve been is first year of eligibility, but the only … Continue reading

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