Tag Archives: CBS News

Foreign Affairs: Sebastian Mallaby: ‘How Should a Liberal Be?’

Source:The New Democrat “In James Grant, it sometimes seems, the nineteenth century has been resuscitated. Towering, gaunt, bow-tied, and pinstriped, he writes with a sly wit that recalls the novels of William Thackeray. His signal achievement is a fortnightly cult … Continue reading

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David Von Pein: CBS News Special Report- Eric Sevareid: Presidents and Assassins, November 25, 1963

Source:The New Democrat This CBS News Special Report, was just 3 days after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. This was all very new with if not most Americans, but certainly a lot of them. Maybe … Continue reading

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CBS News: Democratic Presidential Debate- Down To Three

Source:CBS News– 2016 Democratic presidential debate. Source: The New Democrat  “Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and Martin O’Malley begin their second debate with opening statements and questions dominated by the recent attacks in Paris.” From CBS News I believe … Continue reading

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CBS News: 60 Minutes- Lesley Stahl Interviews Jimmy Carter: The White House Diary

Source:CBS News 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl. Source:The New Democrat I mentioned this last week, but President Jimmy Carter was not a failed president and I laid out why I believe that. And of course we have the benefit of … Continue reading

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CBS News: The Longines Chronoscope- U.S. Representative John F. Kennedy (1952)

Source:CBS News Longines Chronoscope interviewing U.S. Representative John F. Kennedy (Democrat, Massachusetts) in 1952. Source:The New Democrat John F. Kennedy, at this point was Representative John F. Kennedy who was completing his third and last term in the House of … Continue reading

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CBS News: Mike Wallace’s 1964 Interview of Malcolm X

Source:The New Democrat Malcolm X made perhaps the most honest and truthful statement he ever made in life in this interview late in the interview. When he said in response to Mike Wallace’s question, “have any death threats been made … 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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William Shanley: The Made-For-TV Election Starring Martin Sheen

Source:William Shanley– A 1980 ABC documentary about American political elections. Source:The New Democrat “A William Brandon Shanley film available at Amazon.com. “Pertinent, powerful, persuasive. Handsomely produced… Brilliant.” — Los Angeles Times. “Profoundly enlightening. A devastating look at television’s impact on … Continue reading

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CBS News: President Jimmy Carter On Hostage Crisis is On Face The Nation

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

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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

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