He destroyed trucking companies,,which enabled big box stores which cause over consuming,,which enabled RedChina.He gave away the Panama canal which shouldve been given to Colombia ,,he was absinness man who cared about$$$$ &&& he is an antisemite& hates israel
I see it takes very little to impress you as he's a Jesuit (CFR) slave and a Freemason who played his part well as a do-nothing, non-playing character. Zbigniew Brzezinski ran the nation via Rome.
My all time favorite race was George W. Bush vs John Kerry. I really believed they didn't like each other until I found out they were Skull and Bones brothers. Then you have Clinton and George H.W. who also seemed to dislike each other but later were like father and son. Politicians are the ones who truly deserve the Oscars.
I did hear Bill Clinton's speech when in Sydney when he was running for president ,his speech was so good I laughed and told my son he will win OMG he could talk. He certainly used those skills many years later while talking to his wife about Monica 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yeah. They're like lawyers who slice each other to pieces in court and then play golf together or like actors who beat each other up on the movie set and then have some beers.
In the case of George H. W. Bush and Clinton, I would disagree. First, being opponents doesn't necessarily mean being enemies. Second, people argue and even fight each other, and can reconcile. It's not something that happens to non politicians only. They're humans. Moreover, given the values that we love to claim in this country, isn't it beautiful or perhaps, normal to see former presidents being good pal?
They all have Social Security. Biden is on Russia's SS plan as well as the payoffs these crooks get from the defense industry as long as they wage war and slaughter lots of people and all the other businesses that pay them off for being good public servants to the wealthy powerful.
Thank you for this channel because you are educating and informing people. We need more channels like this one. Our society is in decay, people don’t read, don’t learn interesting things anymore, only social media. Thanks you 🙏🏻❤️
As far as I can tell this ran on regular German terrestrial T.V. - I grew up in Germany and there were often programs heavily criticizing American policy. This is also why Europeans are kinda confused when the eventually visit the States, and they know more about the structure of the country than Americans themselves....
Yep it's a shame and in my generation (born in 1999) you are laughed at , mocked and actually disliked / hated / frowned upon for having no social media. I deleted all mine and gave my life to Jesus Christ and the reaction of my friends was pitiful. Don't even speak to them now.
I normally vote Republican, but GW Bush and Cheney should be in jail. Looks like we need campaigns funds reform as well. My hope for 2024 is a younger economically competent person and we need to start demanding Congress have term limits.
The grotesque behemoth of financial meddling in the political process has become dangerously empowered and is increasing, both in its reach and in its ferocity. This is a global problem, as oligarchs are tightening their grip on all key areas of human affairs, destroying democracy and civil society in equal measure. The wildly disproportionate wealth enjoyed by less than 0.1% of the World's population, with its corresponding political power, is acting as a destabilising force on the world and on human society in all its forms. Such destabilisation can lead to the collapse - in total or in part - of Civil Society (in countries, transnational blocs and supranational institutions), leading to the contrivance of or chaotic 'falling into' extreme forms of corporatism, such as Fascism, the consequences of which are all too well known to history. Civil Society is, at its simplest, that domain of human activity which lies between the formal institutions of law, the state etc (institutions endowed with the 'monopoly on the ostensibly legitimate use of force)' at the top and, at the base, the domain of the purely individual and the selfish/self-driven interests thereof. Within this intermediate domain, people interact freely and voluntarily; within this region, families are formed, norms are passed between generations and the young are 'aculturated' into the society itself, ensuring its stability and continuation. 'Civil Society' can be threatened, undermined or damaged, either by extreme individualism and the consequent 'atomisation' of society and the breaking of social bonds, characterised by, say, 'Thatcherism' (quote: "There is no such thing as 'society' " - Thatcher, M, 1988), a force that can destroy communities (such as mining communities in the 1984 miners' strike, in the UK), OR, at the other extreme, by an overarching, all-encompasing, all-owning, all-dictating, corporatist, tyrannical totalitarian dictatorship, such as that of North Korea. Both these forces not only can crush Civil Society to rubble, but themselves depend on its destruction for their very existence and continuation. We must be able to recognise these forces and be cogniscant the factors of their causation and vigilant of their ever insidious encroachment. Stephen A. Hardy Macclesfield, UK
I am in Australia and I totally agree with you but its e c ery country in the world, its a shame all politicians have a bad name. I guess greed rises its ugly head all the time.
As long as we Americans keep settling for idiots, we’ll keep getting idiots. We need to abandon the party politics and stop viewing elections as a sport, where our “team” wins. We need to demand the best people represent us, regardless of “team” affiliation. Until then expect nothing to change and only blame yourself. We also need to put a limit on presidential executive orders and put the decision making back into the legislature.
No gummint puppets are going to agree to something that will hurt them financially. Then you need to exorcise corpirates out of the (s)election process.
You need to put the caps back on regarding donation limits, quit treating money as a form of free speech, quit treating corporations as individuals, get rid of the Electoral College, and vet the Candidates before you elect them.🖤🇨🇦
@@loop1479 -- yes, i don't like to think about this. JFK was totally assassinated. Trump was too, but not with a bullet -- rather with multiple impeachments and smear campaigns. The guy who goes against The Narrative will pay, it seems. EDIT: i would be remiss if I didn't point out the flipside of this -- that the career criminals who orchestrated the fake (per recent news) Russian dossier which engendered the 4-year investigation and at least one impeachment, will never see justice in this world... i mean it's doubtful. The USA system is still better than a dictatorship or socialism and communism -- but the gap seems to shrink all the time.
Carter was a decent man. He got hit with a tsunami, perfect storm of bad stuff all at the same time. Let's not forget, Carter brokered a peace deal in the Middle East. He got the Nobel Prize for that. Even if that's all the man did, that's a wonderful thing to have accomplished.
From a completely apolitical perspective, 2008 Obama and Raegan in both terms were just unbeatable. And I'm not even talking about policy. Just the sheer charisma these two brought to the table, and how they made their opponents look like dull and boring idiots is testament to the fact that elections are more optics than substance.
It would be nice if this doc went into more detail about how the corruption steamroller has been gaining momentum with all of these characters. There's a lot of deception, starting with the fiat currency.... or any other starting point would work too since the gray area has become more smudged as well. This would be a ten hour doc, at least.
Absolutely right, and a bit more about why the maniac LB Johnson didn't stand again in '68, and the possibility that he was up to his neck in the assassination of Kennedy. Politics has always been a dirty game but it's possible that Johnson's presidency was the first where the dark state really managed to take charge.
Get over the fiat issue and join the 21st century. You can't have a global economy without fiat ... Economies can't compete with gold cause if it is all buried in somalia guess what.. they would just be invaded for it. Same goes for oil
I have never been a fan of anything political in nature however the way this is formatted and presented made it very easy to Digest and I now know several more things I did not know before thank you very much :)
It is laudable that you recognise the importance of ' Lifelong Learning'; this is something which we all should recognise as we go through life. Additionally, you show Self-awareness when you acknowledge naivete in some political matters and enhanced knowledge, after reading various posts. I heartily commend you. Stephen A. Hardy Macclesfield, UK
Very good documentary. For an English guy born in 58 this is covers my life, as regards US presidential politics during this time. Yes it's very 'surface' but the amount of quality information and excellent photos and film they have squeezed into such a short time, it's presented very well. Thank you for posting.
@@NewZealandWild there are 13 months so you don't know what ever it is you think you do, as your thoughts are meaningless just as mine are trapped in this disgusting flesh. Have a good day.
"innocence" = blissful ignorance of the mechanics of politics. Politicians are puppets of "they". I guess "they" are what some call "the swamp", which IS bipartisan.
If what is shown here is considered "seedy" I can't imagine what words we would use for todays politicking. However, campaign financing in the form of the billions thru corporations IS seedy and we must repeal Citizens United and stop agreeing that corporations are allowed to be considered "a" (one) person.
Good show. Interesting to see the prospective of time, without current politics.. Guy Fawkes is the only man to enter parliament with honest intention..
We need to set limits on how much $$$ each candidate can spend on campaigns. Establish a neutral agency (staffed by people who grew up poor) to monitor spending.
We need no wealth gain law while politicians are in office. Then no payoff like wealth gain after leaving office. The bribe or political contribution controls politicians now.
Just listen to how silly that sounds. Only choose people that grew up poor. Most are dumbasses and its elitist. No one wants to be poor and if poor people ran the show would all be in trouble. There is not and can never be a neutral in politics because everyone has an agenda, no one can get anything done alone. thats why parties are needed.
There used to be laws and limits. Congress and the Senate have changed all the laws to benefit professional politicians$$$. Lobbying used to be illegal. Bribery was, a bad thing, now it's a position on the board of a corporation...
The problem is not the institution. The problem is social decay, that produces lack luster leaders, and voters who choose the letter at the end of someone's name. We pick and it's our fault. We lack good character and subsequently choose to entrust unworthy people, who we then expect way too much from.
One more point. I've heard the story of Nixons sweating on the first debate as a reason for his defeat dozens of times. Possibly. Give us your proof. The final popular vote tally was 49.8% Kennedy, 49.6% Nixon (or very close to those numbers). So, .2% difference was due to how Nixon looked at the first debate assuming the electoral count would have shifted by the same amount. Yet they have the answer why Nixon lost. I bring this up not because I had a dog in this race. I was 14 years old at the time. My point is pinning the reason for the outcome of the election on a simple, single observation is dubious to me. I look forward to an actual uncovering of dirty side of the executive branch instead of more puff pieces like this.
NOT dozens of times (during his bid from VP for President - against Kennedy) (he refused live TV debates as did LBJ) Well IF one was alive and watching it on the old black and white tv's easily seen. Kennedy (and that family corruption as well - pappa!) looked cool, young and handsome. Nixon would not wear any make up for TV either. (I recall Kissinger stating much about Nixon, introverted - shy - and only "comfortable within the autonomous masses of crowds" (rather then one on one).
@@j.a.weishaupt1748 Trump got into office due to the electoral college, he lost the public vote, so censport could be the total opposite of a Trump supporter.
That's literally what the video was about. Presidents from both parties. Try watching the entire video before commenting on its content, and leave the cherry picking out of your analysis. Your comment is an example of the many things wrong with public discourse these days. Do better.
Kennedy was in fact the youngest person elected to the Presidency, but Teddy Roosevelt was the youngest to serve as he became President after McKinley's assassination.
@@stephenhardy312 He doesn't know, because he doesn't even know what he was replying to. Tribalism at its best....perceived difference, therefore attack. No need to identify friend from for....or even determine whether a war is being fought. Lol
Nixon was doomed when he told head of cia you all killed John didnt you. The cia sent their people to watergate hotel and framed him. Watch Tucker carlson report on this
In the US, united we once stood tall, But social media's greed divides us all. Together we stand, divided we fall, Let's reclaim unity, answering the call.
Truer words have never been said!! The degree to which so many people are TOTALLY WILLING to play the role of the mindless "All-American Sucker" is beyond me.. Voters don't decide JACK-SQUAT in this country!! Of course that's what the government (via mass media) expects everyone to believe.. Politicians are beholden to BIG BUSINESS, and to those who make EXTREMELY LARGE individual "donations" to either party.. Democracy is just a word that's used to brainwash people.. Anyone with half of a brain should know that.. Our way of life is about MONEY and LOTS OF IT!! It's always been that way.. Call it whatever you like, but it sure ain't DEMOCRACY.. End of story..
Kennedy represented the generation who was raised during the Depression and seasoned by WWII--my parents' generation. Kennedy and Nixon had U.S. Navy War service. Kennedy came from new money and Nixon came from far less affluent stock. Kennedy said it himself during his inaugural speech: "Let the word go forth from this time and place that the torch has passed to a new generation of Americans..."
Actually the Carter - Ford election wasn't really close. Carter had 297 electoral votes to 240 for Ford. The popular was much closer, but that vote is unofficial.
Nixon was paranoid. He was also very insecure. He never felt like the Republican establishment accepted him. He basically lost everything because he didn't trust himself.
My first vote for a President was in 1984, and Reagan was my choice. It was a clean campaign by comparison to what I have witnessed since. The most disturbing item was the extreme polarization that took place from 1988 on, and now it appears that a civil war is heading our way. However, the media is owned by powerful people that can influence elections, and they're mostly establishment people. In 1992, the main stream media barely said a single bad thing about George Bush, but Clinton was hit with everything, except say the kitchen sink. It was telling then, and now its completely out of the closet with the media fully distorting everything to favor their choice. Note, I say establishment that means both Democrat and Republican. You want it boiled to simpler terms, good cop - bad cop or as police detectives term it Mutt and Jeff. They play act rivalry, but on the same team. Just the same the public has been played time and time again. Wake up, Americans.
JFK was the last US president to oppose the military/industrial complex and US-funded coups to topple elected presidents and he paid the ultimate price. The US hawks wanted JFK to nuke the USSR. Opting for peaceful coexistence with the USSR and Cuba, and ordering the withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam got JFK killed by the military-industrial complex which controls the US. LBJ reversed the order, four days after the assassination.
did anyone else notice? Kissinger said "a fool walked into the White House and did what he was told" when explaining Nixon's downfall. He referred to Nixon's foolishness again after that. What did he mean by "did what he was told"?
That was Nixon speaking as a fool on his own behalf when the near future was already written on the wall with the watergate scandal, a form of self deprecating humor while looking into his future of guilt with no remorse.
(18:23) It's a tragedy that you included Kissinger in this. You dissembled the good work in this piece with the stain of a self-effacing manipulator .. a monstrous inhuman war criminal.
That was fairly normal up through Reagan's election. For most of the last century or so, America was pretty decisive as a nation about who they elected. The presidential elections weren't really tight races, the country clearly favored one candidate or the other. The polarization of the country took place under Reagan, and ever since we have divided along party lines.
Ah, so this was only about presidential campaigns throughout the recent decades. Fortunately it worked out in this particular case, because I still watched it its entirety and it's still interesting to me, but I really wish titles of videos accurately reflected the subject matter.
Jimmy Carter was an honest person. He wanted a constitutional amendment to keep the budget balanced. I remember 1976 the bicentennial I'd already done cocaine was in high school with a nice 72 K5 GMC Blazer. It was fun we didn't think any of it was addictive. I put gray in my beard and I could grow a nice one and buy in a liquor store.
I used to put on a fake mustache, a shirt and tie and a name tag to buy liquor. Of course the legal age in Canada is 19 and I was 15.......Now I'm in my 50s, coke is but a distant memory and all the large knockers I see are keeping the wife's knees warm. Cheers bud, 72 Blazers are beauty.
I agree that President Carter was an honourable person and, moreover a true statesman. I am sure that his like would be so ill at ease in today's political climate, characterised, as it is, by sleeze, corruption and mendacity, a property of political establishments throughout the world. Stephen A. Hardy Macclesfield, UK
@@stephenhardy312 I didn’t see Jimmy Carter get a card at Poppy Bush,s funeral, he looked a bit left out of it to me. All the rest got a card , and I noticed Hilary Roddam Clinton’s card had a lighlighter pen in the top corner 😜 . The cards simply said “we know everything , we have it all”
Just looked up President’s IQs Jimmy Carter was 5th - always liked him, he was a member of a group of 12 ( can’t remember the name) wise leaders. ‘Honesty, truthfulness, integrity, unselfishness-these are always there. And whenever a leader violates these basic principles, through arrogance or through ignorance, there's a derogation of duty.’ Jimmy Carter quote As for the GHW Bush and GW Bush their IQ rankings were 30th and 39th respectively.
Ms Jamieson's aura of competence is much appreciated, & her area of expertise is very interesting; why R her appearances not as regularly identifies as those of the other commentators?
The one term I found most applicable to today's political arena, and how candidates, and their campaigns, he employed the word manipulated. Damned if that doesn't pretty much sum up the entire process. Campaigns no longer focus on issues, but instead have a laser focus on manipulation. What they seek most it to manipulate the emotions of voters. Facts be damned because for a fact to matter one has must first put thought into considering the fact, weighing both the legitimacy of the fact as well as its impact on the life of the voter. That is far too much effort for most voters to invest. Instead, when emotions are targeted, the reaction is almost immediate. There is no need for thinking, for asking questions, or for even doubting. This works especially well when the emotion being targeted is the very emotion that results from the seeds planted by those seeking to exploit the emotion they help to make dominant within a group of voters. The Trump campaign did exactly this, and despite no longer holding office, these very same efforts are still be used against the voting public. The emotion most frequently targeted for exploitation is fear. And those fears are based upon being told repeatedly something is either being taken away or something that will be taken away. Tell a fundamentalist Christian often enough that religion is under attack and fear is created. Tell the majority that others are coming to transform them into the minority and fear is created. Constantly emphasizing the differences in groups of people creates fear. The creation and re-enforcing of fear is the goal. Fear is the seed. Manipulation of truth is the growth agent. Elections decided upon the successfully manipulating the emotions of the voter is the fruit harvested. And this is a poisonous fruit so many feast upon with zero awareness that one day the toxicity will overwhelm all - both those who consumed it and those who shied away.
How about that hope and change ! How did that work out ! You're blaming Trump for what the left perfected ! And I don't like Trump but the idea that Trump is any worse is brain washing nonsense !
Look at the Biden/Democrat campaign!! Every time they speak it's "Vote for us or democracy will die and fascism will take over, and you can't kill your unborn!!" Talk about appealing to emotions over facts!!!
They’re still saying he was a peanut farmer? This episode was designed to show Watergate because it didn’t show the stuff Kennedy did, LBJ’s disastrous Vietnam. Carter’s time was spent holding meetings between Arafat and Israel’s PM…it’s all I remember, and I wasn’t even in the US! OPEC organized under his presidency, which..good for them, the gas lines we could just go on with those disastrous 4 yrs. My family came to the US in ‘82 and the first car they bought was at an interest rate of 25%…the economy doesn’t improve overnight. Bush wasn’t just well to do…they were the new almost Kennedy clan. These two Bush were the vilest for going into war Desert Storm and the 2003 invasion and war in two countries. Let’s not rehash Whitewater (partner committed suicide).
Carter was tops at Annapolis (brilliant mind) and did a great many things for America (I posted on BB a while back) but now one can do research online (used to go to research libraries when I lived in NYC) (City Gov Scholarshop where I learned a lot) Reagan took much credit for what Carter already set in motion. (our family lived in S. Oregon when he was gov of CA)
@@andrewcolsen Ouch…excuse me, but I definitely remember at least one stupid meeting with Arafat (unless you just looked it up just to show off). I was a little kid, then when all these meeting went on forever.
I was just thinking about how much I hate the vocal fry that seems so prevalent lately, like what's up with these young women talking like that, where do they get that annoying habit? All Kissinger fans, probably.
Nothing to miss in Felonious J Trump/ DJT is by far the most repulsive and forgettable a-hole who ever represented millions of uneducated fools & arrogant imbeciles and greedy grifters in the free world. Being a natural born silver spooned Fraud, a failed businessman with 7 bankruptsy's, a full time pathological liar, thief & treasonous traitor, a cheat on countless levels, a patron of prostitutes, a carpet bagger and snake oil salesboy, a petulant manchild & devout narcissist,, and above all he is just as stupid & ignorant as the day is long. There has been more coverage on Trump than any other politician or celebrity for that matter, in American history., Lets just hope and pray that our history does not repeat itself with this insanity of Trump or the Maga cult of idiocy ever again.
Ronald Reagan a "former" actor. Got a good laugh out of that one. Deserving of a larger than life solid gold Oscar statue and Academy Award. Great story and joke teller. The Great Communicator, the Teflon President.
Even if things weren’t that good he could make you feel good. One time he was giving a speech and someone was shouting things from the back so he stopped and said “ is there an ECHO in here?
Sadly, as a human Reagan was a complete sell out. Betrayed fellow actors to McCarthy in the 50’s, same with his time in SAG, and then as Gov. of California, purely in the pocket of big business, then the ultimate sell out, the destruction of regulation and the separation of st stock market and banks. Today’s impoverishment of the working class all starts with Reagan.
This is meant to be about the "seedy underbelly" of the presidency, yet in the section on the Kennedy/Nixon election campaign, there is nothing about Kennedy using national security secrets during the debate to corner Nixon, and nothing about Kennedy rigging the voting in Chicago. Note a very insightful documentary.
1992 was a high point in my life. I actively campaigned for Clinton in Jacksonville, FL. I printed up and distributed leaflets, gave streetcorner speeches, got into fistfights downtown, it was great! I thought about the upcoming election constantly.
"Bill Clinton plays the saxophone" "Music is a way to reach young people". As a young person then, I don't recall thinking Bill was cool because he played school band instruments and music old people listened to. 🤣
I will admit I had just turned 18 and it was the first time I voted. I voted for Clinton because he played the saxophone. that made him a lot cooler than the other guy. (so I thought)
@@francisjames6996 I'm sure some might, but that wasn't a way to reach kids our age in the 90s who thought band was for dorks. I recall people laughing at band members and why they get joked on in movies as dorks. Nothing cool about them. lol
Obama Democrats in 2008 used the Jobcorps system to bus only obama voters to vote that years and using disinformation and lies blocked non Obama voters from taking part at all. For example EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MISSOURI 2008 Jobcorps CAMPUS. ONLY BUSSED OBAMA VOTERS USING ROTC UNIFORMED OFFICERS TO BLOCK NON OBAMA VOTERS FROM GETTING ON THE BUSES TO VOTE.
Jimmy Carter was too good of a man to be President. Look at all he did after he left office. Not one compares.
lmaooooooooo. repeal the 19th.
Except everything he did for peace in North Korea was based on lies and BS
He destroyed trucking companies,,which enabled big box stores which cause over consuming,,which enabled RedChina.He gave away the Panama canal which shouldve been given to Colombia ,,he was absinness man who cared about$$$$
&&& he is an antisemite& hates israel
I see it takes very little to impress you as he's a Jesuit (CFR) slave and a Freemason who played his part well as a do-nothing, non-playing character. Zbigniew Brzezinski ran the nation via Rome.
I was thinking that exact thing last weekend!!!
My all time favorite race was George W. Bush vs John Kerry. I really believed they didn't like each other until I found out they were Skull and Bones brothers. Then you have Clinton and George H.W. who also seemed to dislike each other but later were like father and son. Politicians are the ones who truly deserve the Oscars.
totally agree my friend ,,only who would you get to slap them across the face. I 🤣🤣🤣
I did hear Bill Clinton's speech when in Sydney when he was running for president ,his speech was so good I laughed and told my son he will win OMG he could talk. He certainly used those skills many years later while talking to his wife about Monica
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Yeah. They're like lawyers who slice each other to pieces in court and then play golf together or like actors who beat each other up on the movie set and then have some beers.
Big act, and big actors, all bought and sold by the same set of corporate oligarchs.
In the case of George H. W. Bush and Clinton, I would disagree. First, being opponents doesn't necessarily mean being enemies. Second, people argue and even fight each other, and can reconcile. It's not something that happens to non politicians only. They're humans. Moreover, given the values that we love to claim in this country, isn't it beautiful or perhaps, normal to see former presidents being good pal?
The sad thing is America has had so many poor presidents and so few real good ones.
Stop listening to the media
Term limits without guaranteed retirement they should be on Social Security like us and lobbyist should be outlawed
Term limits, and maximum age limits. Nobody that needs naps should be the president
Lobbying your government is a constitutional right
They all have Social Security. Biden is on Russia's SS plan as well as the payoffs these crooks get from the defense industry as long as they wage war and slaughter lots of people and all the other businesses that pay them off for being good public servants to the wealthy powerful.
Why?
@@HanBaby82
You have every right to lobby them. You have no right to make them rich in the process.
Guy Fawkes is the only man to enter parliament with honest intention.
how true
Ozzy Cromwell?
Fawkes was a pawn for the Catholic church.
@@sentryogmixmaster Still wouldn't altercthe thrust if the statement.
Underrated comment! 💯 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼
Some pretty bad people run for office or try to affect who does. And the media and social media play a large part in swaying public opinion.
Thank you for this channel because you are educating and informing people. We need more channels like this one. Our society is in decay, people don’t read, don’t learn interesting things anymore, only social media. Thanks you 🙏🏻❤️
As far as I can tell this ran on regular German terrestrial T.V. - I grew up in Germany and there were often programs heavily criticizing American policy. This is also why Europeans are kinda confused when the eventually visit the States, and they know more about the structure of the country than Americans themselves....
Yep it's a shame and in my generation (born in 1999) you are laughed at , mocked and actually disliked / hated / frowned upon for having no social media. I deleted all mine and gave my life to Jesus Christ and the reaction of my friends was pitiful. Don't even speak to them now.
Our society has always been in decay.....
That’s y u do your owne research because they all lie
So they ran this on German T
I normally vote Republican, but GW Bush and Cheney should be in jail. Looks like we need campaigns funds reform as well. My hope for 2024 is a younger economically competent person and we need to start demanding Congress have term limits.
Somehow the dems have become neocons today, Hillary/Biden/Obama are much closer to Bush/Cheney than they are to Bernie.
Agreed. Congress must have term limits.
The grotesque behemoth of financial meddling in the political process has become dangerously empowered and is increasing, both in its reach and in its ferocity. This is a global problem, as oligarchs are tightening their grip on all key areas of human affairs, destroying democracy and civil society in equal measure. The wildly disproportionate wealth enjoyed by less than 0.1% of the World's population, with its corresponding political power, is acting as a destabilising force on the world and on human society in all its forms. Such destabilisation can lead to the collapse - in total or in part - of Civil Society (in countries, transnational blocs and supranational institutions), leading to the contrivance of or chaotic 'falling into' extreme forms of corporatism, such as Fascism, the consequences of which are all too well known to history. Civil Society is, at its simplest, that domain of human activity which lies between the formal institutions of law, the state etc (institutions endowed with the 'monopoly on the ostensibly legitimate use of force)' at the top and, at the base, the domain of the purely individual and the selfish/self-driven interests thereof. Within this intermediate domain, people interact freely and voluntarily; within this region, families are formed, norms are passed between generations and the young are 'aculturated' into the society itself, ensuring its stability and continuation.
'Civil Society' can be threatened, undermined or damaged, either by extreme individualism and the consequent 'atomisation' of society and the breaking of social bonds, characterised by, say, 'Thatcherism' (quote: "There is no such thing as 'society' " - Thatcher, M, 1988), a force that can destroy communities (such as mining communities in the 1984 miners' strike, in the UK), OR, at the other extreme, by an overarching, all-encompasing, all-owning, all-dictating, corporatist, tyrannical totalitarian dictatorship, such as that of North Korea. Both these forces not only can crush Civil Society to rubble, but themselves depend on its destruction for their very existence and continuation.
We must be able to recognise these forces and be cogniscant the factors of their causation and vigilant of their ever insidious encroachment.
Stephen A. Hardy
Macclesfield, UK
I am in Australia and I totally agree with you but its e c ery country in the world, its a shame all politicians have a bad name. I guess greed rises its ugly head all the time.
Absolutely well said my friend !!!
"Because in the end, only the voters decide"
Yeah?
"If voting made a difference, they wouldn't let us do it" Mark Twain.
Yeah, and just before that, someone says whoever spends the most money will win.
@@Meg-cd1ql THAT should've taken the place of my comment!!!!!!! 👌👌👌👌👌
You got it.
Dena vu 2020
Trump being elected is the only thing that makes me question this lol
When the power of love over powers the love of power the world will know peace !!!
God is love.
As long as we Americans keep settling for idiots, we’ll keep getting idiots.
We need to abandon the party politics and stop viewing elections as a sport, where our “team” wins. We need to demand the best people represent us, regardless of “team” affiliation. Until then expect nothing to change and only blame yourself.
We also need to put a limit on presidential executive orders and put the decision making back into the legislature.
No gummint puppets are going to agree to something that will hurt them financially.
Then you need to exorcise corpirates out of the (s)election process.
Some may be idiots, but they are all puppets. It has been demonstrated that if you stray too far from the "path" you ARE expendable.
You need to put the caps back on regarding donation limits, quit treating money as a form of free speech, quit treating corporations as individuals, get rid of the Electoral College, and vet the Candidates before you elect them.🖤🇨🇦
JOE BIDEN
@@loop1479 -- yes, i don't like to think about this. JFK was totally assassinated. Trump was too, but not with a bullet -- rather with multiple impeachments and smear campaigns. The guy who goes against The Narrative will pay, it seems. EDIT: i would be remiss if I didn't point out the flipside of this -- that the career criminals who orchestrated the fake (per recent news) Russian dossier which engendered the 4-year investigation and at least one impeachment, will never see justice in this world... i mean it's doubtful. The USA system is still better than a dictatorship or socialism and communism -- but the gap seems to shrink all the time.
Carter was a decent man. He got hit with a tsunami, perfect storm of bad stuff all at the same time. Let's not forget, Carter brokered a peace deal in the Middle East. He got the Nobel Prize for that. Even if that's all the man did, that's a wonderful thing to have accomplished.
And Reagan was a scumbucket who would sell out the truth and almost everything else to get reelected
Title seems awfully wrong, this should be: "An Examination of US Presidential Electoral Advertising"
From a completely apolitical perspective, 2008 Obama and Raegan in both terms were just unbeatable. And I'm not even talking about policy. Just the sheer charisma these two brought to the table, and how they made their opponents look like dull and boring idiots is testament to the fact that elections are more optics than substance.
Obama did not win by much on his second term. But you're right about their charisma. I actually despise Obama for his politics.
Obama Was A Lying Crook!!!
Never saw Obama as being particularly "charismatic ",,,,
Reagan
obama was a low down communist. President Ronald Reagan was the best ever.
Good show. Interesting to see the prospective of time, without current politics.
Perspective
@@FigaroHey Feel like a man now?
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It would be nice if this doc went into more detail about how the corruption steamroller has been gaining momentum with all of these characters. There's a lot of deception, starting with the fiat currency.... or any other starting point would work too since the gray area has become more smudged as well. This would be a ten hour doc, at least.
Absolutely right, and a bit more about why the maniac LB Johnson didn't stand again in '68, and the possibility that he was up to his neck in the assassination of Kennedy. Politics has always been a dirty game but it's possible that Johnson's presidency was the first where the dark state really managed to take charge.
Get over the fiat issue and join the 21st century. You can't have a global economy without fiat ... Economies can't compete with gold cause if it is all buried in somalia guess what.. they would just be invaded for it. Same goes for oil
Great valid point. When they make documentaries like this you know that have to make omissions from what really needs to be heard.
Has it gained momentum or has social media made it more transparent?
@@onagaali2024 Uncle Sammy is ON TO YOU PEOPLE!👺
I have never been a fan of anything political in nature however the way this is formatted and presented made it very easy to Digest and I now know several more things I did not know before thank you very much :)
It is laudable that you recognise the importance of ' Lifelong Learning'; this is something which we all should recognise as we go through life. Additionally, you show Self-awareness when you acknowledge naivete in some political matters and enhanced knowledge, after reading various posts. I heartily commend you.
Stephen A. Hardy
Macclesfield, UK
The facts matter when electing someone 💯 to represent us in WASHINGTON DC OR ANY STATE ELECTIONS, SO PAY ATTENTION TO THE FACTS!!!
@@americatolliver3294 Why are you yelling at me?
Trump good; the rest bad, is all you need to know.
@@joejones9520 YOU HORRIBLE TROLL 🐸🐸🐸 JAMESTOWN JONES WOULD BE PROUD OF YOU 🤮
Very good documentary. For an English guy born in 58 this is covers my life, as regards US presidential politics during this time. Yes it's very 'surface' but the amount of quality information and excellent photos and film they have squeezed into such a short time, it's presented very well. Thank you for posting.
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What month Ric ? I was born Dec 58 in Ipswich, Suffolk ... been in New Zealand since 73 though.
@@NewZealandWild there are 13 months so you don't know what ever it is you think you do, as your thoughts are meaningless just as mine are trapped in this disgusting flesh. Have a good day.
Still not sure sure theses Redcoats
Sadly the “surface” is what the majority of Americans are basing their votes on.
As the curtain closes on humanity, I long for the innocence of my times and generation.
Kinda seemed better with less information to digest…easier to live in denial ❤️🌎✌🏼
"innocence" = blissful ignorance of the mechanics of politics. Politicians are puppets of "they". I guess "they" are what some call "the swamp", which IS bipartisan.
@@missshroom5512 living in denial is what got us to where we are today.
@@missshroom5512 What merit do you see in 'living in denial'? Seems somewhat counterintuitive, don't you think?
They say it's a ''world without end.'' But agree humanity is in some sort of end times.
If what is shown here is considered "seedy" I can't imagine what words we would use for todays politicking. However, campaign financing in the form of the billions thru corporations IS seedy and we must repeal Citizens United and stop agreeing that corporations are allowed to be considered "a" (one) person.
I believe we need to invent a new word
@@ackomanah6486 OR "the rest of their stories" to match the word...ha ha
Thank you Kevin for saying out loud what we all know is true!
Good show. Interesting to see the prospective of time, without current politics.. Guy Fawkes is the only man to enter parliament with honest intention..
We need to set limits on how much $$$ each candidate can spend on campaigns. Establish a neutral agency (staffed by people who grew up poor) to monitor spending.
There are no neutral agencies. Everyone has a way they'd like to see things done. That's not neutral.
We need no wealth gain law while politicians are in office. Then no payoff like wealth gain after leaving office. The bribe or political contribution controls politicians now.
Just listen to how silly that sounds. Only choose people that grew up poor. Most are dumbasses and its elitist. No one wants to be poor and if poor people ran the show would all be in trouble. There is not and can never be a neutral in politics because everyone has an agenda, no one can get anything done alone. thats why parties are needed.
There used to be laws and limits. Congress and the Senate have changed all the laws to benefit professional politicians$$$.
Lobbying used to be illegal.
Bribery was, a bad thing, now it's a position on the board of a corporation...
Only thing about poor people doing this is that the poor would be more susceptible to being paid enormous amounts of money to go toward one side.
The problem is not the institution. The problem is social decay, that produces lack luster leaders, and voters who choose the letter at the end of someone's name. We pick and it's our fault. We lack good character and subsequently choose to entrust unworthy people, who we then expect way too much from.
One more point. I've heard the story of Nixons sweating on the first debate as a reason for his defeat dozens of times. Possibly. Give us your proof. The final popular vote tally was 49.8% Kennedy, 49.6% Nixon (or very close to those numbers). So, .2% difference was due to how Nixon looked at the first debate assuming the electoral count would have shifted by the same amount. Yet they have the answer why Nixon lost. I bring this up not because I had a dog in this race. I was 14 years old at the time. My point is pinning the reason for the outcome of the election on a simple, single observation is dubious to me. I look forward to an actual uncovering of dirty side of the executive branch instead of more puff pieces like this.
The election was stolen by the Kennedy machine. Money talks.
NOT dozens of times (during his bid from VP for President - against Kennedy) (he refused live TV debates as did LBJ) Well IF one was alive and watching it on the old black and white tv's easily seen. Kennedy (and that family corruption as well - pappa!) looked cool, young and handsome. Nixon would not wear any make up for TV either. (I recall Kissinger stating much about Nixon, introverted - shy - and only "comfortable within the autonomous masses of crowds" (rather then one on one).
nothing matters more to me than that the candidate NOT be a dem.
We know that Joseph Kennedy bought votes and favors in Chicago. He, Joseph, had a sinister smile. Not a good guy.
@@suestephan3255 After I found out about the whole story I lost all respect for the family in general.
If you love them or not..a government will always pull the wool over our eyes.
Unfortunate to miss out that one of the very first things Ford did was to pardon Nixon...
As he should have!
"In the end, it's the voters who decide."
Hahaha, that's cute.
You must be a Trump supporter
@@j.a.weishaupt1748 Could be an Abrams supporter, you never know.
@@j.a.weishaupt1748 Trump got into office due to the electoral college, he lost the public vote, so censport could be the total opposite of a Trump supporter.
@@j.a.weishaupt1748 Don't deflect, the democrats cheat time and time again. It's in their blood to cheat elections
@@johnadams1281 Of which there is 0 actual proof. Lol.
I would be more interested in the seedy underbelly of both political parties Democrat and Republican both
Without money you can’t even run what’s that tell you
Their all bought and paid for
They are talking about Presidents which means both parties. Listen closely to the narration.
That's literally what the video was about. Presidents from both parties. Try watching the entire video before commenting on its content, and leave the cherry picking out of your analysis. Your comment is an example of the many things wrong with public discourse these days. Do better.
@@JamesBiggar Unlike modern MSM reporting of the past six years.
Clinton was on MTV playing the Sax. It was epic at the time.
Jimmy Carter wasn’t a great president but I believe he was the only president in modern times that didn’t leave the office corrupted.
He also never bombed another country.
Barack Obama wasn't corrupt either
Yeah he was decent.
@@thomaspick4123 no but that sure gave me a laugh 😂.
He was the only present that kept us out of war during his time in office.
Kennedy was in fact the youngest person elected to the Presidency, but Teddy Roosevelt was the youngest to serve as he became President after McKinley's assassination.
When did this aire? Jim Lehrer is dead, so what year did this aire?
True dat!
@@cellpat7392 spam the comments cause he has died
@@xnibbybooksavage keep in mind they use old clips from old interviews where they are discussing the subject
@@xnibbybooksavage Based on the fact that the documentary ends with the 2008 presidential campaign it likely aired between 2009 and 2011.
I love the commercials we have from so many campaigns. Even the old signs,buttons n pins are so neat to see still today
Love the spontaneous comments from 'average people on the street'.
Let's hear the non spontaneous comment from the above average dumpster
@@theambassador2350 What does this mean?
@@stephenhardy312 He doesn't know, because he doesn't even know what he was replying to. Tribalism at its best....perceived difference, therefore attack. No need to identify friend from for....or even determine whether a war is being fought. Lol
Im not American but i have one thing to say. I love America and i wish one day i can become a citizen and be a part of history
This is the best history lesson you'll ever encounter: ua-cam.com/video/9Wf3O93I4lI/v-deo.html
the Betit0 123
just f0r baIance
I have been t0 the us severaI times and I w0uIdn`t Iive there if y0u paid me t0
a very sick nati0n
Wow. How beautiful
On live TV Nixon states "I am not a crook" that i will never forget
Nixon, of course, actually was a crook! Lies. The Watergate scandal took Nixon down
Nixon was doomed when he told head of cia you all killed John didnt you. The cia sent their people to watergate hotel and framed him. Watch Tucker carlson report on this
At disney world
He was a total crook
I would have never believed any of this, if I had not lived through it all !!
Me too. I think if Nixon didn't go to China we wouldn't be where we are today with all our goods coming from there.
How you skipped over "Read my lips!..." Is beyond me. You didn't just gloss over the nuance, you bypassed the obvious.
In the US, united we once stood tall,
But social media's greed divides us all.
Together we stand, divided we fall,
Let's reclaim unity, answering the call.
“It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.”
He played wicked jazz though
@Simon McCreath
And if anyone offers you maurijuana, remember not to inhale
I feel your pain!
Cigar anyone?
Anyone with the desire to be a politician should not be allowed to be one.
Agreed. Beware the person who wants to have power over other people.
Politicians are all megalomaniacs.
Great presentation. Was great to see Ted Koppel too.
"In the end, only voters decide" One has to be too naive to really believe that!
Truer words have never been said!! The degree to which so many people are TOTALLY WILLING to play the role of the mindless "All-American Sucker" is beyond me.. Voters don't decide JACK-SQUAT in this country!! Of course that's what the government (via mass media) expects everyone to believe.. Politicians are beholden to BIG BUSINESS, and to those who make EXTREMELY LARGE individual "donations" to either party.. Democracy is just a word that's used to brainwash people.. Anyone with half of a brain should know that.. Our way of life is about MONEY and LOTS OF IT!! It's always been that way.. Call it whatever you like, but it sure ain't DEMOCRACY.. End of story..
Kennedy represented the generation who was raised during the Depression and seasoned by WWII--my parents' generation. Kennedy and Nixon had U.S. Navy War service. Kennedy came from new money and Nixon came from far less affluent stock. Kennedy said it himself during his inaugural speech: "Let the word go forth from this time and place that the torch has passed to a new generation of Americans..."
Kennedy fought the system and was assassinated by it; Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Bush Sr were all complicit.
@@rogerjohnson2562 No, just No
Great doc
@@onemercilessming1342yup
I was stationed in Massachusetts in 1988. Dukakis hometown was trying to have him impeached as governor while he was running for President.
They’re all crooks….
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If you want great power, you don't deserve it.
Very true. And that's been the problem for years, on both sides. They want the power, and the elder statesmen feel like it's owed to them.
1968... The fact you didn't mention RFK, is a tragedy to the facts of presidency!
Actually the Carter - Ford election wasn't really close. Carter had 297 electoral votes to 240 for Ford. The popular was much closer, but that vote is unofficial.
Jimmy Carter is a Great Man
For doing what?
@@GSXK4 he was a terrible President but a good man
@@GSXK4 he's in his 90s and still building homes with Habitat For Humanity. He's rad!
52:25 "no one is safe from surprises"
True words indeed for a documentary made before 2016's WTF elections...
I've always liked Ted Koppel. This has been very interesting.
Ol Ted is getting very slow now, peace Mr. Koppel,
Ted Koppel is an American hero.
Really??
Puh-LEASE! 🤣🤣🤣
Zero propagandist
The shame is ours. These two men were running for the office of the most powerful person on the planet, not best in show or Academy Award.
Nixon didn't need the break in to win. Which makes you wonder what the goal of the break in really was about.
Nixon was paranoid. He was also very insecure. He never felt like the Republican establishment accepted him. He basically lost everything because he didn't trust himself.
He was obsessed with control.
Nixon was paranoid.
>>> THE BREAK IN WAS ABOUT JOHN MITCHELL,,, AND COMPANY ! "COMMITEE TO RE-ELECT"
It was revenge for the DNC bugging him. He told his staffers specifically not to retaliate...they did regardless. He took the fall.
My first vote for a President was in 1984, and Reagan was my choice. It was a clean campaign by comparison to what I have witnessed since. The most disturbing item was the extreme polarization that took place from 1988 on, and now it appears that a civil war is heading our way. However, the media is owned by powerful people that can influence elections, and they're mostly establishment people. In 1992, the main stream media barely said a single bad thing about George Bush, but Clinton was hit with everything, except say the kitchen sink. It was telling then, and now its completely out of the closet with the media fully distorting everything to favor their choice. Note, I say establishment that means both Democrat and Republican. You want it boiled to simpler terms, good cop - bad cop or as police detectives term it Mutt and Jeff. They play act rivalry, but on the same team. Just the same the public has been played time and time again. Wake up, Americans.
Excellent video. It should become a Political Science classic.
I remember that debate and Kennedy was a class act
JFK was the last US president to oppose the military/industrial complex and US-funded coups to topple elected presidents and he paid the ultimate price. The US hawks wanted JFK to nuke the USSR. Opting for peaceful coexistence with the USSR and Cuba, and ordering the withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam got JFK killed by the military-industrial complex which controls the US. LBJ reversed the order, four days after the assassination.
Too bad Teddy was the polar opposite. Well, they were both sexual predators but the left used to be ok with that apparently.
Still can't believe Forrest Gump got him caught 😂
bro that was a movie. forrest gump wasn't actually real. he was caught due to independent investigations bro
@@michaelspoto8720 like 50ft over your head
I miss Ted Koppel, Walter Cronkite, and Dan Rather
That was awesome, should be in all schools!
"In the end, only the voters decide."
If only that were still true.
Unfortunately politics is not about the greater good but about who has power and can hold on to it.
did anyone else notice? Kissinger said "a fool walked into the White House and did what he was told" when explaining Nixon's downfall. He referred to Nixon's foolishness again after that. What did he mean by "did what he was told"?
He was controlled by the deep state
That was Nixon speaking as a fool on his own behalf when the near future was already written on the wall with the watergate scandal, a form of self deprecating humor while looking into his future of guilt with no remorse.
(18:23) It's a tragedy that you included Kissinger in this.
You dissembled the good work in this piece with the stain of a self-effacing manipulator .. a monstrous inhuman war criminal.
Oh, Henry is sooooo popular 😄😄😄😄!!
This really glosses over the issues that were prevalent.
As always
How did y’all not cover the fact that Reagan won 49 states in 84. That’s insane
They didn't bother with the elections where the incumbent was re-elected.
Except Nixon in '72, Watergate was just too juicy for them to resist.
Ronnie Actor Reagan
That was fairly normal up through Reagan's election. For most of the last century or so, America was pretty decisive as a nation about who they elected. The presidential elections weren't really tight races, the country clearly favored one candidate or the other. The polarization of the country took place under Reagan, and ever since we have divided along party lines.
What Nickson did was pale Compared to what was done in Jan 6th 2020
Ah, so this was only about presidential campaigns throughout the recent decades. Fortunately it worked out in this particular case, because I still watched it its entirety and it's still interesting to me, but I really wish titles of videos accurately reflected the subject matter.
Yes, it was okay, but not at all what I thought I would get based on the info
Seedy is the WORD for it!!.
The fact Kissinger and President Carter are still live makes them living history.
"...because, only the voters decide."
and the Supreme Court... and the Electoral College...
Ford was good; decent and it was a tragedy to lose him. We spiraled down ever since then. God Bless his soul a truly good person.
Pardoning Nixon definately sealed his fate, but i agree he was a decent guy.
Nixon was a good man. He got a bad treatement. @@Shah-of-the-Shinebox
God bless America 🇺🇸 🙏 ❤
Why dont they allow every "contestant" something like 1 million dollars maximum, or everyone gets the exact same amount to run their campaign.
Jimmy Carter was an honest person. He wanted a constitutional amendment to keep the budget balanced. I remember 1976 the bicentennial I'd already done cocaine was in high school with a nice 72 K5 GMC Blazer. It was fun we didn't think any of it was addictive. I put gray in my beard and I could grow a nice one and buy in a liquor store.
I used to put on a fake mustache, a shirt and tie and a name tag to buy liquor. Of course the legal age in Canada is 19 and I was 15.......Now I'm in my 50s, coke is but a distant memory and all the large knockers I see are keeping the wife's knees warm. Cheers bud, 72 Blazers are beauty.
@@buckodonnghaile4309 Yeah those large Knockers ain't perky like they were in the 70s BA HA HA......
I agree that President Carter was an honourable person and, moreover a true statesman. I am sure that his like would be so ill at ease in today's political climate, characterised, as it is, by sleeze, corruption and mendacity, a property of political establishments throughout the world.
Stephen A. Hardy
Macclesfield, UK
@@stephenhardy312 I didn’t see Jimmy Carter get a card at Poppy Bush,s funeral, he looked a bit left out of it to me. All the rest got a card , and I noticed Hilary Roddam Clinton’s card had a lighlighter pen in the top corner 😜 . The cards simply said “we know everything , we have it all”
Just looked up President’s IQs Jimmy Carter was 5th - always liked him, he was a member of a group of 12 ( can’t remember the name) wise leaders.
‘Honesty, truthfulness, integrity, unselfishness-these are always there. And whenever a leader violates these basic principles, through arrogance or through ignorance, there's a derogation of duty.’ Jimmy Carter quote
As for the GHW Bush and GW Bush their IQ rankings were 30th and 39th respectively.
Howard Dean's dream got derailed by a overzealous yell
Ms Jamieson's aura of competence is much appreciated, & her area of expertise is very interesting; why R her appearances not as regularly identifies as those of the other commentators?
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Thank you for this documentary to show us how proud we are of all our presidents Hahahaha
The one term I found most applicable to today's political arena, and how candidates, and their campaigns, he employed the word manipulated. Damned if that doesn't pretty much sum up the entire process. Campaigns no longer focus on issues, but instead have a laser focus on manipulation. What they seek most it to manipulate the emotions of voters. Facts be damned because for a fact to matter one has must first put thought into considering the fact, weighing both the legitimacy of the fact as well as its impact on the life of the voter. That is far too much effort for most voters to invest. Instead, when emotions are targeted, the reaction is almost immediate. There is no need for thinking, for asking questions, or for even doubting. This works especially well when the emotion being targeted is the very emotion that results from the seeds planted by those seeking to exploit the emotion they help to make dominant within a group of voters. The Trump campaign did exactly this, and despite no longer holding office, these very same efforts are still be used against the voting public. The emotion most frequently targeted for exploitation is fear. And those fears are based upon being told repeatedly something is either being taken away or something that will be taken away. Tell a fundamentalist Christian often enough that religion is under attack and fear is created. Tell the majority that others are coming to transform them into the minority and fear is created. Constantly emphasizing the differences in groups of people creates fear. The creation and re-enforcing of fear is the goal. Fear is the seed. Manipulation of truth is the growth agent. Elections decided upon the successfully manipulating the emotions of the voter is the fruit harvested. And this is a poisonous fruit so many feast upon with zero awareness that one day the toxicity will overwhelm all - both those who consumed it and those who shied away.
How about that hope and change ! How did that work out ! You're blaming Trump for what the left perfected ! And I don't like Trump but the idea that Trump is any worse is brain washing nonsense !
Look at the Biden/Democrat campaign!! Every time they speak it's "Vote for us or democracy will die and fascism will take over, and you can't kill your unborn!!" Talk about appealing to emotions over facts!!!
They’re still saying he was a peanut farmer? This episode was designed to show Watergate because it didn’t show the stuff Kennedy did, LBJ’s disastrous Vietnam. Carter’s time was spent holding meetings between Arafat and Israel’s PM…it’s all I remember, and I wasn’t even in the US! OPEC organized under his presidency, which..good for them, the gas lines we could just go on with those disastrous 4 yrs. My family came to the US in ‘82 and the first car they bought was at an interest rate of 25%…the economy doesn’t improve overnight.
Bush wasn’t just well to do…they were the new almost Kennedy clan. These two Bush were the vilest for going into war Desert Storm and the 2003 invasion and war in two countries.
Let’s not rehash Whitewater (partner committed suicide).
Well said
Carter was tops at Annapolis (brilliant mind) and did a great many things for America (I posted on BB a while back) but now one can do research online (used to go to research libraries when I lived in NYC) (City Gov Scholarshop where I learned a lot) Reagan took much credit for what Carter already set in motion. (our family lived in S. Oregon when he was gov of CA)
Clintons and Trumps were best friends for years. Chelsey was Barron’s babysitter. No one mentions that either
The 1978 Camp David Accords where between Begin and Sadat, not Arafat. Carter was the mediator. Learn your history before commenting.
@@andrewcolsen Ouch…excuse me, but I definitely remember at least one stupid meeting with Arafat (unless you just looked it up just to show off). I was a little kid, then when all these meeting went on forever.
journalism died years ago during 911 when noone asked questions
Perhaps it was already dead by then.
Life is just to Love and to be Loved ❣️ Love alone can Conquer the World.
“The medium is the message” (Marshall McLuhan 1964)
It's amazing. Henry Kissinger literally sounds like the crypt keeper. And this was a long time ago! Yet he is still alive and active! He's a corpse!
I was just thinking about how much I hate the vocal fry that seems so prevalent lately, like what's up with these young women talking like that, where do they get that annoying habit? All Kissinger fans, probably.
Speaking of seedy, most large corporations include the cost of call girl services in annual budgets.
Only difference in Nixon and the others is he got caught.
Short and to the point.
It is all to make us believe we live in a democracy.
DRAGS MUH FUKAS OUT OF DODGES FNR
This is very well produced, and I enjoyed watching it. I can't seem to find any coverage of Donald J. Trump on your channel. am I missing something?
That is a good thing.
Nothing to miss in Felonious J Trump/ DJT is by far the most repulsive and forgettable a-hole who ever represented millions of uneducated fools & arrogant imbeciles and greedy grifters in the free world. Being a natural born silver spooned Fraud, a failed businessman with 7 bankruptsy's, a full time pathological liar, thief & treasonous traitor, a cheat on countless levels, a patron of prostitutes, a carpet bagger and snake oil salesboy, a petulant manchild & devout narcissist,, and above all he is just as stupid & ignorant as the day is long. There has been more coverage on Trump than any other politician or celebrity for that matter, in American history., Lets just hope and pray that our history does not repeat itself with this insanity of Trump or the Maga cult of idiocy ever again.
Ronald Reagan a "former" actor. Got a good laugh out of that one. Deserving of a larger than life solid gold Oscar statue and Academy Award. Great story and joke teller. The Great Communicator, the Teflon President.
Even if things weren’t that good he could make you feel good. One time he was giving a speech and someone was shouting things from the back so he stopped and said “ is there an ECHO in here?
Reagan was a fraud and charlatan. A conman
Sadly, as a human Reagan was a complete sell out. Betrayed fellow actors to McCarthy in the 50’s, same with his time in SAG, and then as Gov. of California, purely in the pocket of big business, then the ultimate sell out, the destruction of regulation and the separation of st stock market and banks. Today’s impoverishment of the working class all starts with Reagan.
This is meant to be about the "seedy underbelly" of the presidency, yet in the section on the Kennedy/Nixon election campaign, there is nothing about Kennedy using national security secrets during the debate to corner Nixon, and nothing about Kennedy rigging the voting in Chicago.
Note a very insightful documentary.
Goldwater said "extremism in defense of liberty is no vice." I fully agree.
1992 was a high point in my life. I actively campaigned for Clinton in Jacksonville, FL. I printed up and distributed leaflets, gave streetcorner speeches, got into fistfights downtown, it was great! I thought about the upcoming election constantly.
How is it that the former campaign consultant only speaks German? 🤔
President Carter was and is a truly good person
When can we get back to having a real democracy? Can we move to a direct democracy? It just seems like everyone that is put in front of us sucks.
Back to real democracy? When did America ever have 'real' democracy? During jim crow perhaps?
We are a representative republic. A democracy can be mob rule where minority rights don't exist.
We're a constitutional republic.
@@CaseyAvalon explain the difference between constitutional republic and a democracy?
@@WanderingSword Look up "electoral college". That should help answer your question.
I can't believe that in June of 2022, Henry Kissenger is still alive. Smh
Kissinger's globalist ties may have bought him time on life support at Soros' house.
Imagine a campaign writing a song like that Kennedy one in this day and age!
"Bill Clinton plays the saxophone" "Music is a way to reach young people". As a young person then, I don't recall thinking Bill was cool because he played school band instruments and music old people listened to. 🤣
I will admit I had just turned 18 and it was the first time I voted. I voted for Clinton because he played the saxophone. that made him a lot cooler than the other guy. (so I thought)
@@francisjames6996 I'm sure some might, but that wasn't a way to reach kids our age in the 90s who thought band was for dorks. I recall people laughing at band members and why they get joked on in movies as dorks. Nothing cool about them. lol
billy was playing monica-phone as well
The last president to have a balanced budget
@@francisjames6996 Its rather unsettling knowing people vote in such a manner, let alone admit it.
The public is just a mark in an elaborate con game.
Obama Democrats in 2008 used the Jobcorps system to bus only obama voters to vote that years and using disinformation and lies blocked non Obama voters from taking part at all. For example EXCELSIOR SPRINGS MISSOURI 2008 Jobcorps CAMPUS. ONLY BUSSED OBAMA VOTERS USING ROTC UNIFORMED OFFICERS TO BLOCK NON OBAMA VOTERS FROM GETTING ON THE BUSES TO VOTE.