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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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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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Real Time With Bill Maher: Center-Left Democrats vs. Occupy Wall Street

Source:The Daily Press Bill Maher has this idea that since there’s a Democrat in the White House, that President Obama should govern like Dennis Kucinich. What he doesn’t seem to understand, is that President Obama and Representative Kucinich come from … Continue reading

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PBS: ‘Thomas Jefferson American Republic’

Source:PBS– Thomas Jefferson: the father of liberal democracy. “Aware of the tendency of power to degenerate into abuse, the worthies of our country have secured its independence by the establishment of a Constitution and form of government for our nation, … Continue reading

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Cletus Hunnicutt: ‘1972 Year in Review’

Source:The New Democrat “News highlights of 1972. Presented by the Longines Symphonette Society. “The news, the events, the personalities as they happened as you lived them.” Watergate Richard Nixon John Mitchell Lawrence O’Brien Washington Post Clark MacGregor McGovern Muskie John … Continue reading

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Clinton Foundation: Governor Bill Clinton’s 1992 Democratic Nomination Speech

Source:Clinton Foundation– Governor William J. Clinton (Democrat, Arkansas) accepting the 1992 Democratic Party presidential nomination, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. You can also see this post at The New Democrat , on WordPress. “On July 16, 1992, President Clinton … Continue reading

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C-SPAN: President Bill Clinton’s 1993 Inaugural Address

Before Bill Clinton became President of the United States, Liberal Democrats were seen as tax and spenders, soft on Crime, soft on defense, soft on welfare, anti-private enterprise, anti-success, anti-wealth, pro-centralize power, “that the Federal Government had all the answers … Continue reading

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President William Jefferson Clinton: Farewell Address (2001)

Source:American Rhetoric– President William J. Clinton (Democrat, Arkansas) 42nd President of the United States (1993-2001) “My fellow citizens, tonight is my last opportunity to speak to you from the Oval Office as your President. I am profoundly grateful to you … Continue reading

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

When President Lyndon Johnson 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 rating was … Continue reading

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