Tag Archives: Classical Liberals

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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David Von Pein: Meet The Press: U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy – October, 1960

Source:The New Democrat  The early 1960s was one of the hottest periods of the Cold War (no pun intended) and spending the first ten minutes of Meet The Press talking about China and other communist activities in Asia should be … Continue reading

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The Jack Paar Show: Senator John F. Kennedy (1960)

Source:The New Democrat Jack Kennedy running for president in 1960 because he thought it was the most important job in the world. And that if he was going to be able to do the most for his country, serving in … Continue reading

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The American’s President’s: Bill Clinton: The First 2 Years

Source:The New Democrat The early days of the Clinton Administration were very rough for several reasons. One had to do with the White House staff that for the most part came from political backgrounds instead of government backgrounds. So they … Continue reading

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Charlie Rose Show: Christopher Hitchens- on Bill Clinton (1999)

Source:Charlie Rose– British political columnist Christopher Hitchens, talking to Charlie Rose in 1999. Source:The New Democrat “A conversation with journalist Christopher Hitchens about his book “No One Left to Lie To”, which investigates the Clinton presidency and his criticisms of … 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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The Washington Post: Catherine Rampell: Limousine Liberalism’s Good Works

The Washington Post: Opinion: Catherine Rampell: Limousine Liberalism’s Good Works  I’m sick and tired (and that is putting it mildly) of hearing people especially rabid partisan right-wingers claim that Liberals hate the wealthy and people with money and hate capitalism … Continue reading

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Brookings: Stephen Grand & Shadi Hamid: The Tension Between Democracy & Liberalism

Liberalism and democracy are two different things. Liberals believe in both, but just because you are a Democrat doesn’t mean you are a Liberal as we see in the Democratic Party. Or if you are a small d democrat, meaning … Continue reading

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Clinton Library: ‘President Bill Clinton’s 58th Press Conference’

Source:Clinton Library– President William J. Clinton (Democrat, Arkansas) 42nd President of the United States. Source:The New Democrat  “This is video footage of President William Jefferson Clinton delivering a news conference. This footage is official public record produced by the White … Continue reading

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Danielle Allen: ‘Equality in the Declaration of Independence’

Source:Amazon– Danielle Allen’s book about the Declaration of Independence. “The following text is excerpted from Our Declaration: A Reading of the ­Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality (Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2014) by Danielle Allen, UPS Foundation Professor in the … Continue reading

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