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Quotes include: 6:35 James Carville: “Media people shouldn’t play with polls…they blow up in your face.” 12:10 James Carville: “We changed the way campaigns are run.”… Continue reading →
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0:09 The tape begins with “A Special Personal Message from Bill Clinton.” In it, Clinton thanks the viewer for their support, but also warns that the fight isn’t over. He frames the election ahead as “a very stark choice… between hope and fear, between unity and division, between new ideas that will work and old ideas that have failed, between putting people first and trickle-down economics.” He also introduce… Continue reading →
American Way, Black, Communities, Politics, THE 90's, Viewers Choice
…usy right now, that’s good. I’d rather manage growth than decline.” 13:15 The Beasley School. Bill Clinton visits the predominantly African-American school on the South Side of Chicago. Opens with children singing “Everybody wants to know/about Beasley School.” David Wilhelm offers his spin on Clinton’s visit to Beasley in contrast to Tsongas’ visit to Harper High, “[Clinton ] talks about parental i… Continue reading →
American Way, Andrew Jones, Black, Communities, Politics, THE 90's, Viewers Choice
…country are yet not committed to a candidate…that gives us a good chance…” 04:38 Debate Prep. Clinton in debate preparation in Kansas City, MO. We watch as Clinton advisers set up a stage for a mock debate, discuss various debate strategies, and follow the press to a Clinton photo-op. 13:43 Flashback – New Hampshire. Flashback to February of 1992. We follow the press as they follow Clinton in New Hampshire. The Clintons me… Continue reading →
Bill Stamets, Chicago, Chicago Politics, Harold Washington, Politics
…ge book to girls in an elementary school classroom. 03:01 After speaking to reporters outside a local business, Bill Clinton models a campaign tote for the camera. 04:18 A journalist shows “the Rope”–a literal piece of rope held between “two junior, inexperienced campaign people” to separate the press from Bill Clinton. “Clinton doesn’t like to walk in a straight line–he zigs and he zags–and… Continue reading →
…ven if it were absolutely free.” 08:45 Gramm speaks about his history in government and his opposition to Clinton’s proposed healthcare reform. “I did not come to Washington to be loved.” Gramm advocates to shift US foreign policy and military spending “in light of the world we live in, in light of the press we have”, and proposes steps to modernizing the military. 12:48 Gramm plans to eliminate the Department… Continue reading →
American Way, Bill Stamets, Chicago, Politics
…will shelter you from the harder realities of this life.” 38:40 Bob Dole speaks to voters about repealing Bill Clinton’s tax policies, including the “biggest tax increase in American history.” Dole references his personal copy of the 10th Amendment. 45:32 Dole’s team responds to the member of the press about Forbes’ insistence that the Dole campaign is “dirty.” 48:35 Dole proposes tax cuts for famil… Continue reading →
American Way, Bill Stamets, Chicago, Politics
…to the press about finding Buchanan campaign literature in her church parking lot. “I will be supporting Bill Clinton.” 29:00 Buchanan and his wife are approached by reporters in a parking lot, and asked questions about foreign policy. “Europeans ought to take more responsibility for their ground defense,” he says, in response to a series of questions about NATO and the Balkan crisis. 30:54 A Buchanan campaign volunteer c… Continue reading →