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This portrait of the Democratic nominee for President who twice lost to Eisenhower traces Adali Stevenson's career from Governor of Illinois to UN Ambassador. In the process, it illuminates a whole political era in post-World War II American history and explores themes that remain predominant in politics today: the American ambivalence toward intellectuals in politics, anti-liberalism, the electorate's preoccupation with the personality of politicians,...
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Examines how polarization and misinformation are threatening American democracy and leading to extremism and violence. Also discusses how young Americans can save democracy by being educated, media literate, and involved. Includes color photographs, sidebars, quotes, and further resources.
64) A Third choice
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This program examines America's fascinating national experience with third parties and independent candidates, covering more than 200 years of American political history. The program looks back to the birth of the two-party system and explores the most influential third-party movements in American political history, including Abraham Lincoln and the rise of the Republicans, Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party, Strom Thurmond's Dixiecrats and Henry...
66) LBJ Inauguration
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Excerpts from Lyndon Baines Johnson's presidential inaugural address on January 20, 1965.
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This program features Barbara Jordan's 1992 DNC keynote address; Marilyn Quayle's speech to defend the Republican administration; Joycelyn Elders' discussion of health issues; Sarah Weddington's speech as the lawyer behind Roe v. Wade on women's issues; and Paula Stern's talk on Clinton's economic conference.
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Did our founding fathers envision today's political campaigns? Do political races serve our democratic ideals? How do candidates get voters to choose them? Viewers learn how running a campaign has turned from the noble pursuit our founders planned into a manipulative science. Although campaigns from the beginning suffered from negative rhetoric, in the age of television they have become even more harsh and a lot less truthful. Viewers learn about...
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This documentary zeroes in on the price candidates pay to win election to public office. Media drives campaigns; money drives media. As a result, modern political campaigns have become enormously expensive, with winners often decided by the size of their campaign expenditures. This video investigates where candidates get their money and what they trade in their quest for political power. This thought-provoking program takes a look at wealth and its...
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America is the only advanced democracy with a two-party system. Advocates says it helps unite a vast, multi-ethnic nation. But third-party candidates have had a major influence on American presidential elections. The coalitions that have held the two parties together in the past are now shifting. More so than in previous presidential elections, the 1996 race may see the emergence of one or more serious presidential candidates who say it's time for...
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Is the U.S. so divided into communities of the like-minded that people have stopped hearing any political opinion that differs from their own? This program reported by ABC News' George Stephanopoulos explores the polarizing phenomenon known as "the big sort" and how that detrimental force is reshaping activism, influencing the media, and suppressing bipartisan discourse in Congress. Stopovers at true-blue Montclair, New Jersey, and red-hot Franklin,...
76) Campaign '04
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This fifth episode of The Campaign Series features key speeches from the 2004 Democratic National Convention by Bill Clinton, Howard Dean, Al Sharpton, Ronald Reagan, John Edwards, Max Cleland, and John Kerry; and from the 2004 Republican National Convention by Ron Silver, John McCain, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rudy Giuliani, Dick Cheney, and George W. Bush, as well as Democrat Zell Miller.
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This volume features six vital speeches: Barack Obama's Tucson shooting memorial address; Sarah Palin's 2010 Reagan dinner address; Arlen Specter's farewell address; Nancy Pelosi's "Turning Over the Gavel" speech; John Boehner's speech upon becoming speaker of the House; and Richard Nixon's second inaugural address.
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This volume features five major speeches: Jesse Jackson's "Rainbow Coalition" speech; Richard Nixon's presidential resignation; Geraldine Ferraro vice presidential acceptance speech; Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" speech; and Jeane Kirkpatrick's statement on the KAL 007 disaster.
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This seventh episode of The Campaign Series features key speeches from the 2012 Democratic National Convention by Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, Julian Castro, John Kerry, and John Lewis and from the 2012 Republican National Convention by Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Chris Christie, Condoleeza Rice, Rick Santorum, and Clint Eastwood.
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This video features five memorable speeches: Barack Obama's eulogy for Ted Kennedy; Neville Isdell's (president of Coca-Cola) "Building a Culture of Ethics" speech; Al Sharpton's eulogy for Michael Jackson; Ted Kennedy Jr.'s eulogy for Ted Kennedy; and Ronald Reagan's 1980 inaugural address.