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David Cicilline

2011-07-11T03:10:58Z

MrKruzkin: representative and homosexual

'''David Cicilline''' (born July 15, 1961 in Providence, Rhode Island) served as [[Mayor]] of [[Providence]], [[Rhode Island]] and is the [[Democrat]]ic U.S. Representative from Rhode Island's 1st congressional district, succeeding retiring [[Patrick Kennedy]]. He is a [[homosexual]].
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cicilline, David}}
[[Category:Homosexuals]]
[[Category:United States Representatives]]

Allen West

2011-01-14T02:33:33Z

MrKruzkin:

{{Officeholder
|name=Allen West
|image=Allenwest.jpg‎
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Angela West
|religion=Christian
|offices=
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Florida
|district=22nd
|terms=January 3, 2011 - Present
|preceded=[[Ron Klein]]
|former=n
|succeeded=
}}

}}

'''Allen West''' (born February 7, 1961 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a former United States Army Lieutenant Colonel and the [[Republican]] Representative of [[Florida]]'s 22nd congressional district. West received his Bachelors degree from University of Tennessee and Masters degree from Kansas State University, both in political science. He also holds a Master of Military Arts and Sciences from the US Army Command and General Staff Officer College in political theory and military operations. His military career includes serving in several combat zones: [[Operation Desert Storm]], in [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]], where he was battalion commander for the Army’s 4th Infantry Division, and in [[Afghanistan]], where he trained Afghan officers. Also, West taught a year of high school in Broward County, Florida. West had the support of the [[Senate Conservatives Fund]] and the [[Tea Party Movement]]. He is married to Angela and they have two children.

{{cquote| His parents instilled in him a very basic principle, love of [[God]] and Country.}}

==External Links==
* [http://allenwestforcongress.com Campaign website]
* [http://www.facebook.com/ElectAllenWest Facebook page]
* [http://twitter.com/AllenWest2010 Twitter page]
* [http://www.youtube.com/AllenWestForCongress YouTube channel]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/AllenWest Fickr page]

[[Category:2010 Midterm Elections]]
[[Category:Republican Party]]
[[Category:Politics]]
[[Category:Tea Party Movement]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:West, Allen}}
{{conservatism}}

Allen West

2011-01-14T02:32:55Z

MrKruzkin:

{{Officeholder
|name=Allen West
|image=Allenwest.jpg‎
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Angela West
|religion=Christian
|offices=
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Florida
|district=22nd
|terms=January 3, 2011 - Present
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|former=n
|succeeded=
}}

}}

'''Allen West''' (born February 7, 1961 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a former United States Army Lieutenant Colonel and the [[Republican]] winner in [[Florida]]'s 22nd congressional district. West received his Bachelors degree from University of Tennessee and Masters degree from Kansas State University, both in political science. He also holds a Master of Military Arts and Sciences from the US Army Command and General Staff Officer College in political theory and military operations. His military career includes serving in several combat zones: [[Operation Desert Storm]], in [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]], where he was battalion commander for the Army’s 4th Infantry Division, and in [[Afghanistan]], where he trained Afghan officers. Also, West taught a year of high school in Broward County, Florida. West had the support of the [[Senate Conservatives Fund]] and the [[Tea Party Movement]]. He is married to Angela and they have two children.

{{cquote| His parents instilled in him a very basic principle, love of [[God]] and Country.}}

==External Links==
* [http://allenwestforcongress.com Campaign website]
* [http://www.facebook.com/ElectAllenWest Facebook page]
* [http://twitter.com/AllenWest2010 Twitter page]
* [http://www.youtube.com/AllenWestForCongress YouTube channel]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/AllenWest Fickr page]

[[Category:2010 Midterm Elections]]
[[Category:Republican Party]]
[[Category:Politics]]
[[Category:Tea Party Movement]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:West, Allen}}
{{conservatism}}

Ron Klein

2011-01-14T02:27:57Z

MrKruzkin:

{{Officeholder
|name=Ron Klein
|image=RonKlein.jpg‎
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Dori Dragin
|religion=Jewish
|offices=
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Florida
|district=22nd
|terms=January 3, 2007 - January 3, 2011
|preceded=[[E. Clay Shaw, Jr.]]
|former=y
|succeeded= [[Allen West]]
}}

}}

'''Ronald "Ron" Klein''' (born July 10, 1957 in Cleveland, Ohio) formerly served as the [[Democrat]]ic U.S. Representative from [[Florida]]'s 22nd congressional district, covering the barrier islands of Florida's Gold Coast. Previously, he was Minority Leader of the Florida State Senate.

He served on the Financial Services Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee. Klein was reelected in 2008 by a 55%-45% margin against former Army Lieutenant Colonel [[Allen West]], but lost a 2010 rematch by a 54% to 46% margin.

==External links==
*[http://klein.house.gov/ Ron Klein's Official House website]
*[http://www.ontheissues.org/fl/ron_klein.htm On the Issues]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Klein, Ron}}
[[Category:United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Democratic Party]]

Ron Klein

2011-01-14T02:27:28Z

MrKruzkin: Lost 2010 Election and is out of office

{{Officeholder
|name=Ron Klein
|image=RonKlein.jpg‎
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Dori Dragin
|religion=Jewish
|offices=
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Florida
|district=22nd
|terms=January 3, 2007 - January 3, 2011
|preceded=[[E. Clay Shaw, Jr.]]
|former=y
|succeeded= Allen West
}}

}}

'''Ronald "Ron" Klein''' (born July 10, 1957 in Cleveland, Ohio) formerly served as the [[Democrat]]ic U.S. Representative from [[Florida]]'s 22nd congressional district, covering the barrier islands of Florida's Gold Coast. Previously, he was Minority Leader of the Florida State Senate.

He served on the Financial Services Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee. Klein was reelected in 2008 by a 55%-45% margin against former Army Lieutenant Colonel [[Allen West]], but lost a 2010 rematch by a 54% to 46% margin.

==External links==
*[http://klein.house.gov/ Ron Klein's Official House website]
*[http://www.ontheissues.org/fl/ron_klein.htm On the Issues]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Klein, Ron}}
[[Category:United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Democratic Party]]

Alan Grayson

2011-01-14T02:24:14Z

MrKruzkin:

{{Officeholder
|name=Alan Grayson
|image=Grayson high res.jpg
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Lolita Grayson
|religion=Jewish
|offices=
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Florida
|district=8th
|terms=January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011
|preceded=Ric Keller
|former=y
|succeeded=[[Dan Webster]]
}}
}}

'''Alan Mark Grayson''' (born March 13, 1958 in [[Bronx]], [[New York]]) is a former [[Democrat]]ic U.S. Representative from [[Florida]]'s 8th congressional district, having been elected by a 52%-48% margin in the 2008 election. Grayson spent a career as a lawyer, and was ranked the 12th-wealthiest member of [[Congress]]. <ref>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/10/01/who-is-alan-grayson-anyway/</ref> He served on the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Science and Technology.

His highly controversial remarks did not sit well in this moderate district, and he was defeated by [[Dan Webster]] for a second term in office by a margin of 58% to 38%.

==Quotes==

Grayson has gained national prominence for controversial comments regarding [[conservative]] leaders.

*In his first month in office he referred to radio talk show host [[Rush Limbaugh]] as a "has-been loser."

*During a floor speech on [[health care]] Grayson stated that "Republicans want you to die quickly." <ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27726.html</ref> After calls to apologize, Grayson said that "I apologize to the dead and their families that we haven't voted sooner to end this [[holocaust]] in America." <ref>http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/09/rep-grayson-doesnt-apologize-compares-health-care-shortcomings-to-holocaust/comments/page/2/</ref>

*In October 2009, Grayson called an adviser for [[Federal Reserve]]s Chairman [[Ben Bernanke]] a "K Street whore." <ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/10/27/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5425045.shtml</ref>

*In an interview on [[MSNBC]]'s Hardball, Grayson said that "I have trouble listening to what [Cheney] says sometimes because of the blood that drips from his teeth while he's talking, but my response is this: he's just angry because the president doesn't shoot old men in the face. But by the way, when he was done speaking, did he just then turn into a bat and fly away?" <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/1009/Alan_Grayson_v_Chris_Matthews.html</ref> Later on an interview, he verbally scolded former [[Vice President Cheney]], cursing and vulgar language. <ref>http://wdbo.com/localnews/2009/12/grayson-tells-cheney-to-stfu.html</ref>

*In December 2009 Grayson called for a conservative activist to be jailed for launching a website criticizing him. <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/22/grayson-wants-critic-jailed-claiming-constituent/</ref>

==External Links==
*[http://www.ontheissues.org/FL/Alan_Grayson.htm On the Issues]
*[http://www.mycongressmanisnuts.com/ My Congressman is Nuts]

== References ==
<references/>
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grayson, Alan}}
[[Category: 111th United States Congress]]
[[Category: United States Representatives]]
[[Category: Democratic Party]]
[[Category: Liberal Activists]]

Alan Grayson

2011-01-14T02:22:55Z

MrKruzkin: Grayson is no longer in the House. Also added liberal activists tag.

{{Officeholder
|name=Alan Grayson
|image=Grayson high res.jpg
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Lolita Grayson
|religion=Jewish
|offices=
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Florida
|district=8th
|terms=January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011
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}}
}}

'''Alan Mark Grayson''' (born March 13, 1958 in [[Bronx]], [[New York]]) is a former [[Democrat]]ic U.S. Representative from [[Florida]]'s 8th congressional district, having been elected by a 52%-48% margin in the 2008 election. Grayson spent a career as a lawyer, and was ranked the 12th-wealthiest member of [[Congress]]. <ref>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/10/01/who-is-alan-grayson-anyway/</ref> He served on the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Science and Technology.

His highly controversial remarks did not sit well in this moderate district, and he was defeated by [[Dan Webster]] for a second term in office by a margin of 58% to 38%.

==Quotes==

Grayson has gained national prominence for controversial comments regarding [[conservative]] leaders.

*In his first month in office he referred to radio talk show host [[Rush Limbaugh]] as a "has-been loser."

*During a floor speech on [[health care]] Grayson stated that "Republicans want you to die quickly." <ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27726.html</ref> After calls to apologize, Grayson said that "I apologize to the dead and their families that we haven't voted sooner to end this [[holocaust]] in America." <ref>http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/09/rep-grayson-doesnt-apologize-compares-health-care-shortcomings-to-holocaust/comments/page/2/</ref>

*In October 2009, Grayson called an adviser for [[Federal Reserve]]s Chairman [[Ben Bernanke]] a "K Street whore." <ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/10/27/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5425045.shtml</ref>

*In an interview on [[MSNBC]]'s Hardball, Grayson said that "I have trouble listening to what [Cheney] says sometimes because of the blood that drips from his teeth while he's talking, but my response is this: he's just angry because the president doesn't shoot old men in the face. But by the way, when he was done speaking, did he just then turn into a bat and fly away?" <ref>http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/1009/Alan_Grayson_v_Chris_Matthews.html</ref> Later on an interview, he verbally scolded former [[Vice President Cheney]], cursing and vulgar language. <ref>http://wdbo.com/localnews/2009/12/grayson-tells-cheney-to-stfu.html</ref>

*In December 2009 Grayson called for a conservative activist to be jailed for launching a website criticizing him. <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/22/grayson-wants-critic-jailed-claiming-constituent/</ref>

==External Links==
*[http://www.ontheissues.org/FL/Alan_Grayson.htm On the Issues]
*[http://www.mycongressmanisnuts.com/ My Congressman is Nuts]

== References ==
<references/>
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grayson, Alan}}
[[Category: 111th United States Congress]]
[[Category: United States Representatives]]
[[Category: Democratic Party]]
[[Category: Liberal Activists]]

Kendrick Meek

2011-01-14T02:18:32Z

MrKruzkin:

{{Officeholder
|name=Kendrick Meek
|image=Kendrick Meek, official photo .jpg
|party=[[Democratic]]
|spouse=Leslie Meek
|religion=Baptist
|offices=
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Florida
|district=17th
|terms=January 3, 2003 - January 3, 2011
|preceded=Carrie P. Meek
|former=y
|succeeded=[[Frederica Wilson]]
}}

}}

'''Kendrick Meek''' is a [[liberal]] congressman from [[Florida]], elected to the seat that was held by his mother until she retired. He was nominated by the [[Democratic]] Party for the open [[U.S. Senate]] seat from Florida in 2010. He finished in 3rd place with 20% of the vote, behind [[Republican]] [[Marco Rubio]]'s 49% and [[Independent]] [[Charlie Crist]]'s 30%.

Kendrick served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1995 to 1998 and in the Florida Senate from 1999 to 2002. Before his service in elected office, he served as a Captain in the Florida Highway Patrol.

Kendrick is a native of [[Miami]], Florida. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice in 1989 from [[Florida A&M University]], where he co-founded the school's Young Democrats chapter. He is married to the former Leslie Dixon of [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]], and they have two children, Lauren and Kendrick, Jr. He is the son of former Congresswoman Carrie P. Meek. <ref>[http://kendrickmeek.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=2&sectiontree=2 Official House Biography]</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:politics]]

Frederica Wilson

2011-01-14T02:17:38Z

MrKruzkin:

{{Officeholder
|name=Frederica Wilson
|party=[[Democratic]]
|spouse=widowed
|religion=Episcopalian
|offices=
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Florida
|district=17th
|terms=January 3, 2011 - Present
|preceded=[[Kendrick Meek]]
|former=n
|succeeded=
}}

}}
'''Frederica Wilson''' is the [[Democrat]]ic U.S. Representative from Florida's 17th congressional district, succeeding [[Kendrick Meek]], who retired to run for the[[U.S. Senate]]. She was previously a member of [[Florida]]'s State Senate and State House of Representatives.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Frederica}}

Kendrick Meek

2011-01-14T02:13:25Z

MrKruzkin: Update: Finished in 3rd place, left house

{{Officeholder
|name=Kendrick Meek
|image=Kendrick Meek, official photo .jpg
|party=[[Democratic]]
|spouse=
|religion=
|offices=
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Florida
|district=17th
|terms=January 3, 2003 - January 3, 2011
|preceded=Carrie P. Meek
|former=y
|succeeded=[[Frederica Wilson]]
}}

}}

'''Kendrick Meek''' is a [[liberal]] congressman from [[Florida]], elected to the seat that was held by his mother until she retired. He was nominated by the [[Democratic]] Party for the open [[U.S. Senate]] seat from Florida in 2010. He finished in 3rd place with 20% of the vote, behind [[Republican]] [[Marco Rubio]]'s 49% and [[Independent]] [[Charlie Crist]]'s 30%.

Kendrick served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1995 to 1998 and in the Florida Senate from 1999 to 2002. Before his service in elected office, he served as a Captain in the Florida Highway Patrol.

Kendrick is a native of [[Miami]], Florida. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice in 1989 from [[Florida A&M University]], where he co-founded the school's Young Democrats chapter. He is married to the former Leslie Dixon of [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]], and they have two children, Lauren and Kendrick, Jr. He is the son of former Congresswoman Carrie P. Meek. <ref>[http://kendrickmeek.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=2&sectiontree=2 Official House Biography]</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:politics]]

Rick Scott

2011-01-14T02:09:43Z

MrKruzkin: Update:Sworn in, added box

{{Officeholder
|name=Rick Scott
|image=Rick Scott.jpg|200px]]
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Ann Scott
|religion=Methodist
|offices=

{{Officeholder/governor
|state=Florida
|terms=January 4,2011-Present
|preceded=[[Charlie Crist]]
|former=n
|succeeded=
}}
}}

'''Richard L. Scott''', commonly known as '''Rick Scott''', is a businessman and Governor of Florida. From Naples, Florida, he is known for starting Columbia Health Care (which later merged with [[Hospital Corporation of America]]), and [[Conservatives for Patients' Rights]]. Rick Scott is a [[Christian]] just as many establishers of hospitals. He helped found the Naples Community Church in 2006. <ref>[http://www.rickscottforflorida.com/home/meet-rick/ Biography from campaign website]</ref>

==2010 Election==
After a vigorous campaign, Rick Scott defeated [[Bill McCollum]] 46% to 43% in the primary election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/results/primaries/florida|title=Primary Results - Florida|date=2010-08-24|accessdate=2010-11-27|publisher=The [[New York Times]]}}</ref> From there, Rick Scott went on to defeat [[Alex Sink]] 48.87% to 47.72% in the general election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://enight.dos.state.fl.us/contestdetails.aspx?con=160000|title=Contest Details - Governor and Lieutenant Governor - General Election|date=2010-11-02|accessdate=2010-11-27|publisher=Florida Department of State - Division of Elections}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Florida]]
[[Category:Republican Party]]
[[Category:Hospitals]]

Charlie Crist

2011-01-14T02:03:55Z

MrKruzkin: Update: Lost Senate Race, No Longer in Office

{{Officeholder
|name=Charlie Crist
|image=Charlie Crist.jpg
|party=[[Republican]] (until 2010) [[Independent]]
|spouse=Carole Rome
|religion=Methodist
|offices=

{{Officeholder/governor
|state=Florida
|terms=January 2, 2007 – January 4, 2011
|preceded=[[Jeb Bush]]
|former=y
|succeeded=[[Rick Scott]]
}}
{{Officeholder/attorneygeneral
|jurisdiction=Florida
|number=35th
|deputy=n
|governor=[[Jeb Bush]]
|terms=2003-2007
|preceded=Richard Doran
|former=y
|succeeded=Bill McCollum
}}
}}

'''Charlie Crist''' (1956- ), is the former Governor of the state of [[Florida]] and a former member of the [[Republican Party]].

Crist ran for the U.S. Senate in 2010; his rival in the 2010 GOP primary was state House Speaker [[Marco Rubio]], a conservative Cuban American. Crist started trailing in the polls to Rubio by large margins and in April 2010 he decided to run as a Independent since it was almost certain he would lose the Republican nomination to Rubio. He lost to Rubio anyway, by a margin of 49% to 30%, with [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Kendrick Meek]] getting 20% of the vote.

==Career==
Crist was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where his Greek grandparents had immigrated in 1912. His parents moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1960, where his father practiced medicine.

As a public school student Crist quickly learned the value of participation, leading him to serve as class president at St. Petersburg High School and, later, as student body vice president at Florida State University. In high school Crist was the starting quarterback for his football team. He later played football at Wake Forest University before transferring and receiving his undergraduate degree from Florida State in 1978. Governor Crist then earned his law degree from the Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama.

Crist received invaluable experience in Florida’s criminal justice system while interning in the State Attorney’s Office before accepting a position as general counsel for the minor league division of the Baseball Commissioner’s Office.

==Politics==
Crist began his government service as state director for U.S. Senator Connie Mack before later returning to the private practice of law with the Tampa firm of Wood and Crist.

After a defeat in 1986, in 1992, Crist won a seat in the Florida Senate. For six years in the Senate, Governor Crist served as Chairman of the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee and as Chairman of the Appropriations Criminal Justice Subcommittee. A strong voice for public safety, he sponsored, among other legislation, the Stop Turning Out Prisoners (STOP) bill requiring prisoners to serve at least 85% of their prison sentences.

After Crist completed his Senate service, Republican Governor [[Jeb Bush]] appointed him as Deputy Secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Christ challenged Democratic Senator [[Bob Graham]] in 1998, losing 38%-62%.

In 2000, Governor Crist won a special election and became Florida’s last elected Commissioner of Education. He was elected Attorney General in 2002. He carried the general election by more than one-third of a million votes to become Florida’s first elected Republican Attorney General.

==Record as Governor==

On November 7, 2006, Charlie Crist was elected to serve as Florida’s Governor.<ref>[http://www.flgov.com/gov_biography|Charlie Crist's Biography]</ref> Although he has held conservative positions on social issues, such as broadening the use of [[capital punishment]] <ref>http://issues2000.org/Governor/Charlie_Crist_Crime.htm</ref>, and he also signed legislation that allows employees, customers and those invited to a business establishment to keep guns locked in their motor vehicles, as long as they have a concealed weapons license. [[Liberal]] critics dubbed it "bring your gun to work day." <ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0948339420080409</ref> He also supported a ban on gay adoption. <ref>http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2008/as-nation-1001-0-8i30u4543.htm</ref>

On economics however, his actions have alienated conservatives. Crist supported President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus package. With a $2.4 billion state deficit, Crist vetoed Republican proposals to reduce $365 million from the budget. <ref>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/florida/story/875453.html</ref> In December of 2008, when the state economy was plunging, Governor Crist took a 12 day trip to Europe with his fiancée that cost taxpayers $430,000. <ref>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/local_news/content/local_news/epaper/2008/12/08/1208europe.html</ref> Crist defended it as a trip to promote [[free trade]].

Although Crist opposed offshore oil drilling during his gubernatorial campaign, he changed his position, saying "I mean, let's face it, the price of gas has gone through the roof, and Florida families are suffering, and my heart bleeds for them." <ref>http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D91CGGV81&show_article=1</ref>

Crist's style is folksy and he searches for bipartisanship. His handling of the great hurricanes of 2005-6 was widely praised. He appointed one moderate and two conservatives to the state supreme court. His support for [[John McCain]] helped carry the state primary and defeated [[Mitt Romney]].

Crist demonstrated his support of [[gambling]] when he "signed a new gambling compact (August 31, 2009) with the Seminole Tribe, worth an estimated $6.8 billion over 20 years."<ref>http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/sep/01/na-crist-signs-gaming-pact/</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External Links==
*[http://www.flgov.com/ State of Florida - Governor Charlie Crist Official Website]
*[http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=24311 Project Vote Smart - Governor Charlie Crist]

[[Category:Florida Governors]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Crist, Charlie}}
[[Category:Florida]]
[[Category:2010 Midterm Elections]]

Keith Olbermann

2010-11-14T02:31:57Z

MrKruzkin: anger problem

[[Image:Keith-ratingslie.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Keith Olbermann, liberal commentator]]
'''Keith Olbermann''' is a [[liberal]] commentator, activist,<ref>Keith Olbermann ... is notorious for anti-Bush, anti-conservative rants. [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth]</ref> high-profile [[Democrat]]ic donor<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/WN/keith-olbermann-suspended-msnbc-political-contributions/story?id=12074305</ref> and host of ''Countdown'' on [[MSNBC]]. ''[[New York Times]]'' media critic David Carr has referred to Olbermann as "one of the most rabidly partisan figures in national news."<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/business/media/08carr.html?_r=1</ref> Olbermann's show is known for an extreme liberal distortion of the issues, with [[conservatives]] rarely being invited to discuss news events. Olbermann's show has been characterized as "beyond partisan....radically extreme and hateful" by the [[Media Research Center]].<ref>http://www.mrc.org/press/2006/press20061102.asp</ref> He is also known for his extreme anger which he displays regularly on his show. His nightly segment, ''The Worst Person in the World'' regularly [[demon]]izes any point of view at variance with Olbermann.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/05/05/2010-05-05_starting_in_left_field_keith_olbermann_hes_embraced_by_mlb_and_the_nfl_while_lim.html</ref> It is a classic example of the role of [[propaganda]] in modern American discourse and has contributed to the coarsening of political debate in [[America]]. Olbermann was also a co-host of NBC's ''Football Night in America''.

==Olbermann sees conspiracies==
In a broadcast after the FBI made an arrest of four [[terror]] suspects for plot to attack JFK International Airport and plant explosives to blow up major jet-fuel supply tanks and pipelines,<ref>[http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel07/plot060207.pdf Four Individuals Charged in Plot to Bomb John F. Kennedy International Airport], FBI Press Release New York Field Office, June 2 2007.</ref> Olbermann charged the [[Bush adminstration]] with [[conspiracy]]. JFK handles, on average, over 1,000 flights daily. The plotters were assisted by an international network of Muslim extremists from the United States, Guyana, and Caribbean, including senior leadership of [[Jamaat Al Muslimeen]] ("JAM"), which was responsible for a deadly coup attempt in Trinidad in 1990. In Olbermann's mind:

{{Cquote|the so-called plot happens to be revealed the day before the second [[2008 Presidential Election|Democratic presidential]] debate and, as the scandal continues to unfold over the firings of U.S. attorneys and their replacements by political hacks. The so-called plot is announced by the Bush-appointed U.S. attorney for Brooklyn, New York, and by the police chief of New York City, the father of a correspondent for [[Fox News Channel]]." Olbermann further theorized that President Bush was "fomenting yet another war...a new Cold War with Russia, possibly to obscure the unending nightmare in Iraq. <ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2007/06/05/publiceye/entry2886646.shtml Olbermann Overstates?,] Matthew Felling, ''CBS News'', June 5, 2007.</ref>}}

Matthew Felling of ''CBS News'' noted in the same piece, "Hammering away at things that aren’t there – or barely there – is a surefire way to dilute your message."

==Nazi salute controversy==
In July of 2006, the [[Anti-Defamation League]] filed a complaint to MSNBC because of Olbermann's repeated use of the [[Nazi]] salute while attacking popular commentator [[Bill O'Reilly]] on his television show and in public.<ref>[http://www.adl.org/media_watch/tv/20060728-MSNBC.htm Anti-Defamation League Letter to MSNBC], July 28, 2006.</ref>

==''24'' controversy==
In January of 2007, Olbermann attacked the popular FOX television series ''[[24]]'' with rather bizarre claims.

On the January 16, 2007 edition of Olbermann's show, ''Countdown with Keith Olbermann'', he accused the widely acclaimed ''24'' of "fearmongering" and being "propaganda designed to keep people thinking about domestic terrorism to keep us scared," asking, "is it a program-length commercial for one political party?" Olbermann also asked the rhetorical question, "if the irrational right can claim that the news is fixed to try to alter people's minds or that networks should be boycotted for nudity or for immorality, shouldn't those same groups be saying ''24'' should be taken off of TV because it's naked [[brainwashing]]?"

This was in response to the January 15 broadcast of ''24'' in which a low-grade nuclear weapon is detonated in the [[Valencia]] community of [[Los Angeles]] by a [[terrorist]] group. Fox Commentator [[Cal Thomas]] had written an editorial in which he advised, "Watch the TV drama 24 for what could be our prophetic and imminent future, with a nuclear device exploding in major cities."

On the February 2, 2007 edition of ''Countdown'', Olbermann gave the show the "bronze" in his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment.

==Suspension==

On 5 November 2010, Olbermann was temporarilly suspended from MSNBC for ethical violations of the company's policy on campaign contributions <ref>http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/05/olbermann-donated-to-three-dems-in-apparent-violation-of-nbc-policy/</ref> and reinstated three days later.

==See Also==
*[[Olbermann Watch]]
*[[Bush derangement syndrome]]
*[[Liberal hate speech]]

==References==
<references/>

==External Links==
* [http://www.keitholbermann.com/ KeithOlbermann.com (A DailyCaller.com website)]
*[http://media.nationalreview.com/post/?q=N2IwYTc1MTVlMTU0ZDZlN2ViZGI0YzJmZWJiZjBhZTE= Keith Olbermann: "24" is a Right-Wing Plot]

*[http://newsbusters.org/node/10206 Olbermann Denounces '24' as Part of Pro-Bush 'Fearmongering' and 'Brainwashing']

*[http://newsbusters.org/node/10224 Olbermann Hates '24', NewsBusters, and All References to Terrorism]

*[http://www.opinioneditorials.com/freedomwriters/syuhas_20070118.html MSNBC's Very Own Conspiracy Nut: Keith Olbermann & Fox's fictional TV show '24']

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Rachel Maddow

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MrKruzkin: Homosexuals category

'''Rachel Maddow''' (b. 1973) is a [[left-wing]] American former radio personality for the defunct [[Air America]] radio network and current news anchor for [[MSNBC]]. Throughout the entirety of [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]] Maddow remained an ardent spokesperson for maintaining the [[fascist]] regime of [[Saddam Hussein]] under the [[Iraq]]i [[Ba'athist]]s. Maddow is known for her cheap exploitation of the tragedies suffered by families and victims of the [[September 11, 2001 terror attacks]] to promote [[Socialism]] and the unpopular [[Obamacare]] program.<ref>Maddow: "How about we get together as Americans and agree to get health care for the heros of 9/11." ''The Rachel Maddow Show'' transcript, MSNBC, September 9, 2010. [http://www.livedash.com/transcript/the_rachel_maddow_show/5304/MSNBC/Thursday_September_9_2010/294079/]</ref>

Maddow has a bachelors degree from [[Stanford University]], and earned a doctorate from [[Oxford University]] as a [[Rhodes Scholar]]. Maddow is one of the few openly [[lesbian|gay]] personalities in the mainstream news media. Like almost everyone at the MSNBC network, she has an immoral world view and uses her position in the media to advance her [[homosexual agenda]].
As a self described "commie lib" and follower of [[Barack Obama]], Maddow never criticizes the incumbent extreme leftist agenda. An outspoken critic of former U.S [[President George W. Bush]], Maddow openly derides [[Conservative values]] and the [[Republican Party]]. Maddow uses her show as a platform to deliver [[racist]] rants against [[outsourcing]] jobs to [[China]] and [[India]].<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20040124061734/http://alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17601 The Dark Side of the Outsourcing Revolution,] By Naeem Mohaiemen, AlterNet, January 23, 2004.</ref><ref>[http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081107105607AA41xPq Does Outsourcing Create Racism?] Yahoo Answers.</ref><ref>[http://theweek.com/article/index/207509/is-outsourced-racist Is 'Outsourced' racist? [[NBC]]'s new comedy, set in a Mumbai call center, is drawing charges that it's culturally insensitive,] Review, ''The Week'', September 24, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/outsourced-racism Outsourced Racism,] ''[[New Republic]]'', Neera Tanden, May 5, 2010.</ref><ref>"at the World Economic Forum trade a British unionist, Philip Jennings, boldly declared that [[outsourcing]] white-collar jobs to low-wage developing countries, especially [[India]] and [[China]], would provoke ... opposition of developed-world labour unions to trade liberalisation, especially in relation to outsourcing, imports of cheap consumer goods and labour migration, can easily fuel [[racism]] within the West in the 21st century." [http://www.africaeconomicanalysis.org/articles/73/1/Anti-globalisation-nativism-and-racism/Page1.html]</ref><ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39686408/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/ Transcript: The Rachel Maddow Show,] Thursday. October 14, 2010.</ref>

Maddow frequently makes crude sexual innuendos in reference to the [[Tea Party Movement|Tea Party]]. It has also been rumored that the [[Democrats]] may try to draft Maddow to run for the [[US Senate]] seat representing Massachusetts in the 2012 election against [[Republican]], [[Scott Brown]].

==References==
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==See Also==
* [[Liberals]]
* [[Hollywood values]]

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[[Category:Homosexuals]]
[[Category:Liberal Activists]]

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Bill Clinton

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MrKruzkin: Added liberals category

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'''Bill Clinton''' (formally '''William Jefferson Clinton'''; born William Jefferson Blythe III) (1946—) a Democrat, was president of the United States, elected in 1992 and reelected in 1996. Previously he had served as governor of Arkansas. His administration was characterized by sustained prosperity, a budget surplus, free trade internationally, military interventions in southeastern Europe, reform of the [[New Deal]] welfare system, and an impeachment. While Clinton takes economic credit, most of the success in his era can be traced to Republican majorities in Congress that crafted welfare reforms and a budget surplus. The House of Representatives would impeach Clinton for his role in the [[Monica Lewinsky]] scandal. In the Senate, Clinton was acquitted of lying under oath and remained in office. Clinton, a policy wonk, was (with Ronald Reagan) one of the two best campaigners in recent decades. Although a mediocre speaker Clinton became known as "the Great Campaigner." His discursive style is personal and intimate, yet, thanks to television, was vicariously enjoyed by large audiences. Like Ronald Reagan. Clinton used his rhetorical skills to achieve political success; he survived despite legislative defeats, repeated scandal (he was notorious as a womanizer) and an actual impeachment.<ref> Whittington (1997)</ref>

After leaving the White House, he became a very well-paid speaker. His wife, [[Hillary Clinton]], was elected to the Senate in 2000 from New York, reelected in 2006, and in 2007 was the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008 before losing and becoming Secretary of State. Clinton became the major fundraiser and campaigner for his wife, and tried but failed to use his special appeal to the African American vote to neutralize her main opponent, [[Barack Obama]]. Obama named Hillary Clinton [[Secretary of State]] and thus far Bill Clinton has kept a low profile.

== Early Life ==
Clinton was born in Hope,<ref> [[Mike Huckabee]] was born in Hope in 1955, but did not know Clinton.</ref> Arkansas, a month after his father William Jefferson Blythe III, a salesman, was killed in an auto accident. He was raised by his maternal grandparents until age 4, when his mother Virginia Kelly (1923-1994), a nurse, married Roger Clinton (1909-1967), a car dealer. Roger was an alcoholic and violent; the marriage was tempestuous, including a divorce and a remarriage in 1962. A life-long Southern Baptist, Clinton graduated from the Hot Springs public high school in 1964. He attended Georgetown University in Washington D.C., where he became active in Democratic politics and won prestigious Rhodes scholarship to Oxford University in England. He was a bit player in the anti-Vietnam war movement, and managed to stall the draft until he received a high lottery number, an evasion that became controversial in his first presidential campaign. He attended Yale Law School (JD 1973). A hail fellow well met, Clinton developed a vast network of friends. He met [[Hillary Clinton]] at Yale; they married in 1975 and had one daughter, Chelsea in 1980.

== Early Political Career ==
After returning to Arkansas as a law professor at the university, Clinton was elected state Attorney General in 1976. In 1978, he was elected Governor of Arkansas, becoming the youngest governor in the country at age 32 . Though defeated in 1980, Clinton won back the governorship in 1982 and held it until becoming President in 1992.

===Early Scandals===
Clinton was involved in several scandals while Governor of Arkansas. He converted governmental resources for personal use by having Arkansas state policemen arrange and stand guard during his extramarital rendezvous with women.<ref>Thomas C. Reeves, ''[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_n14_v10/ai_14988880 Why Troopergate matters to voters]'', ''Insight on the News,'' April 4, 1994.</ref>

His close personal business partnerships with James and Susan McDougall in a failed Savings and Loan business venture led to investigation of the [[Whitewater]] affair. Several of the people involved with the sale of land prior to the Clinton presidency were indicted, but prosecutors never charged either Clintons with a crime.

==Democratic Leadership Council==
The Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) formed in early 1985 to formulate a moderate Democratic agenda. With [[Al From]] as executive director and Georgia Senator [[Sam Nunn]] as chairman, DLC comprised mostly Southern Democratic congressmen. They sought to rebuild the party's image after a series of defeats by Reagan and Bush. They wanted to assure voters that the moderate-conservative wing of the party was alive and well, and that its policy initiatives fit with mainstream American values. After the 1988 defeat, From asked Clinton in March 1990 to become the first DLC Chair from outside Washington. He and Clinton recruited state and local officials from around the country for the DLC, trying out some of the policy initiatives developed by the affiliated think tank the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI). Proposals that found their way into Clinton's 1992 platform included:
* Apprenticeship programs for non-college-bound skilled workers
* A program of national service for college students (with student loan forgiveness)
* A ROTC-style program to train new police officers in colleges
* An enhanced Earned Income Tax Credit for the working poor
* Government-subsidized individual savings accounts for Social Security.

The two DLC manifestos and Clinton's 1991 "New Covenant" speech accounted for more than 60% of the promises in the 1992 Democratic platform. <ref> Borrelli, 432-35</ref> Clinton campaigned as a "New Democrat," with an appeal to southerners and moderates that included demands for welfare reform and support for the death penalty.
===Election of 1992===
After the surge of support for the war policy of President [[George H.W. Bush]] pushed his popularity to the 90% level, most prominent Democrats decided to wait out the 1992 election. Clinton, though little known outside Arkansas, proved the best campaigner in a weak field and won he Democratic nomination. Unexpectedly, billionaire [[Ross Perot]] entered the race (and briefly led the polls). Both Bush and Perot proved poor campaigners, as Clinton and his running mate [[Al Gore]] promised a more responsive government. Republicans tried to use the character issue, questioning his failure to serve in the [[Vietnam War]], repeating rumors of extramarital affairs, and stories of marijuana use in college days. But Bush was handicapped by a bad economy, and was wounded badly by breaking a promise to not raise taxes. Clinton hammered away at the economy--"It's the economy, stupid!" explained his campaign manager. Clinton and Gore ran as "new Democrats", promising to cut middle class taxes, reduce domestic spending, end welfare and support capital punishment. Clinton won the electoral college decisively, and outpolled Bush 43% to 37%, with 19% for Perot.

Clinton thus won easily, and entered Washington with a Democratic Congress and a vague agenda.

Clinton, the first President born after [[World War II]], represented the "baby-boom" generation.

==Presidency (1993-2001)==

===Don't ask don't tell ===
:''Main article'' : [[Don't Ask, Don't Tell]]
Upon being elected President, Bill Clinton's first act was to propose and win legislation to enforce the [[Department of Defense]]'s "Don't Ask Don't Tell" rule, which has been described as a major descriminatory policy legitimizing and promoting [[homophobia]] and [[bigot]]ry, causing untold personel and emotional anguish for thousands of America's service personal.<ref>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1903545,00.html?imw=Y</ref><ref>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1903545,00.html?imw=Y</ref> The Law, enacted by a [[Democratic party]] controlled [[House of Representatives]] and [[Senate]], was found [[unconstitutional]] after a suit brought by [[Log Cabin Republicans]], a homosexual rights and advocacy organization.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39089475/ns/us_news-life/</ref>

=== Taxes===
[[Image:ClintonPresident.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Bill Clinton's Presidential cabinet]] Clinton's first priority while coming into office was the economy. In an attempt to lower [[interest rates]] Clinton sent Congress a deficit reduction plan in early 1993. However, Clinton's problem was that about half of government money goes to entitlement programs such as [[social security]] and [[medicare]]. Refusing to cut domestic spending, he increased taxes on gasoline, heating oil, and natural gas, breaking his campaign pledge not to raise tax rates. On Aug. 10, 1993, the largest tax increase in history was signed into law, raising taxes by almost $280 billion over five years.<ref>J.D. Foster, Ph.D. [http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2008/03/tax-cuts-not-the-clinton-tax-hike-produced-the-1990s-boom#_ftn1 Tax Cuts, Not the Clinton Tax Hike, Produced the 1990s Boom], ''The Heritage Foundation'', March 4, 2008.</ref> Instead of middle-class tax relief, President Clinton chose to include in his $241 billion tax plan higher federal gasoline taxes, tax hikes on Social Security recipients, and steep income tax hikes on small business owners.<ref> ''The President's Forgotten Middle Class,'' Joint Economic Committee, Majority Staff, 3/22/96.</ref> Conservatives blocked some proposals, such a new $71 billion [[BTU energy tax]] that would have cost the typical family nearly $500 per year.

====Tax increases on Social Security benefits====
In 1993 President Clinton sought to increase taxes on [[Social Security]] benefits of the elderly and disabled.<ref>http://www.house.gov/house/Contract/seniorsd.txt</ref> The final version of the bill passed by the [[Democrat]]ically controlled Congress increased taxes on beneficiaries from the first 50% to 85%<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20040408115747/www.ssa.gov/OACT/HOP/hopi.htm</ref> of benefits (or "annuity payments" as they were originally called). [[Vice President]] [[Al Gore]] cast the deciding tie-breaker vote in the Senate to make the tax increase law. The Clinton-Gore tax increase on Social Security benefits imposed a 70% [[income tax]] rate on a retired couple making as little as $22,000 per year.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=vLg4iJR0J9kC&pg=PA16593&lpg=PA16593&dq=Vice+President+Gore+cast+the+tie-breaking+vote%2Bsocial+security&source=bl&ots=-ImIDX6fHa&sig=ttWVUNAIVsLQoEg1ZhCntHB_02Y&hl=en&ei=dobVTMr9HoOglAe0iuX9CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Vice%20President%20Gore%20cast%20the%20tie-breaking%20vote%2Bsocial%20security&f=false Congressional Record, Comments by Rep. Christopher Cox,] July 27, 2000.</ref>

=== Health Care takeover ===
see [[Clinton health care plan of 1993]]

In 1993, Clinton called for a national medical care system that would incorporate the 15% of the population that was entitled to emergency care but lacked broader insurance. Clinton decided on a plan using regional insurance purchasing agencies along with modest tax subsidies to combine universal coverage with cost efficiency. He and his advisors believed the plan would be acceptable to big business and the larger insurance companies, but the plan was opposed by a well-financed campaign. The plan however, put a burden on small businesses, which feared they could not afford it. The insurance industry and doctor organizations also opposed it. Republicans argued that it was too costly and relied too heavily on government. Congressional Democrats were divided on the issue. Faced with public opposition, the Clinton plan failed without even having a vote in Congress.

Skocpol (1996) suggests the major mistake may have been in emphasizing the cost-reducing aspect of the plan, not realizing that Americans were willing to pay for a government program that would provide generous benefits to them. The fear that Clinton's proposals would lead to the sort of health care rationing prevalent in Canada and other countries further troubled the voters. Starr (1997) notes that Clinton sought to achieve liberal ends of universal coverage through the conservative means of managed competition among private health plans, with a backup cap on the rate of growth in average insurance premiums. This approach had a political as well as policy rationale. It was meant to be the basis of an alliance that could include conservative Democrats and moderate Republicans and thereby achieve the majorities necessary for congressional passage. But what we saw as compromise, they did not -- especially as the very locus of the political center shifted to the right during the debate. Health care reform that seemed "inevitable" to many serious observers at the start became unthinkable by the end. Polls showed strong initial support, but he never secured passage in either house of Congress and Republican victory in the 1994 elections doomed his plans.

=== 1994 Republican Revolution ===
[[Image:032309contractwithamerica.jpg|right|275px|]] Clinton's popularity had slipped by 1994 and the GOP, under [[Newt Gingrich]] launched a national midterm campaign based on a Republican "Contract with America." They proposed lower taxes, welfare reform, tougher anti-crime laws, term limits for Congress, revised rules in Congress and a balanced budget amendment.

In the elections of 1994, the Democrats lost 54 seats in the House of Representatives, and 8 seats in the Senate (followed by two defections after the election), giving the Republicans a majority in both houses of Congress for the first time since 1954. The Republicans also had a net gain of 12 governors' seats in that election.

Analysts have suggested many causes for the drastic change in political sentiment in the country between 1992 and 1994; among the causes suggested were voter disgust at Congressional scandals mainly implicating Democrats, voter distrust of Clinton after the presentation and defeat of the Clinton health care reform proposal--dubbed "Hillarycare"; the nationalization of the election by Gingrich's "Contract with America", and more skilled framing of issues by the Republicans in 1994.

In their first 100 days the House did pass the Contract with America, however, the GOP Senate failed to go along and Clinton's vetoes defeated the Contract.

=== Government Shutdown ===

In 1995 President Clinton and Congressional Republicans fought a bitter battle over the new federal [[budget]]. Clinton vetoed the Republican budget bill, claiming that it cut social programs. Speaker Gingrich believed that Clinton would back down and approve the budget. If not the entire government would shut down because of lack of funds. Clinton allowed just that, and by doing so gained political capital by successfully blaming that shut down on Republicans. Soon afterword, Clinton and the Congress reached an agreement to a balanced budget.

==1996 Reelection Campaign==
[[File:ECON1994.jpg|thumb|390px]]

By the time of his 1996 reelection campaign the economy had improved which Clinton took credit for. [[Unemployment]] and inflation was low, American wages increased, crime rates fell, and the number of people on welfare declined. The [[Republican Party]] nominated Senate Majority Leader [[Robert Dole]]. Ross Perot ran again, this time on the Reform Party, but his day was past. Clinton was reelected in a landslide with 49% of the popular vote, to 41% for Dole, and 8% for Perot. His personal victory had limited coattails, with Republicans retaining a clear majority in the Senate and a narrow majority in the House. It also marked the first time since 1926 and 1928 that the Republican Party carried the House in two consecutive elections.<ref>http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/17342942.html?dids=17342942:17342942&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+11%2C+1996&author=Don+Fedr&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=A+night+to+cheer+for+conservatives&pqatl=google</ref>

==Clinton voter Coalition==
===Public Opinion: Clinton's popularity===
Needham (2005) argues the "permanent campaign" is said to have reached its apogee in the incumbent communications strategies of Clinton and British Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]]. However, their assiduous courting of public opinion while in office has been used to explain both the high approval ratings of these leaders and their unpopularity for long periods of their incumbency. This apparent paradox suggests that the permanent campaign model is too blunt an instrument to usefully describe or evaluate incumbent communications. Its assumption of continuity between election campaigning and office-holding fails to explain how the strategic terrain changes once a challenger takes office. The concepts of branding and relationship marketing can be used to highlight the difference between gaining support in the one-off transaction of an election and retaining voter loyalty in a post-"purchase" setting. The success of Blair and Clinton in establishing a relationship with voters from within office can be assessed using six attributes of successful brands: simplicity, uniqueness, reassurance, aspiration, values, and credibility. As incumbents, facing challenges in shifting strategic and institutional environments, Blair and Clinton developed messages that were simple and appealed to voter aspirations. Voters remained skeptical about the extent to which these leaders embodied values and delivered on their promises.

==== Voter demographics ====
[[File:Clinton1.jpg|alt=Bill Clinton|thumb|right|330px|1994 cartoon by Tom Toles shows Clinton was all things to all people]]
{| class=wikitable
! colspan="8" |The Presidential Vote in Social Groups (percentages)
|-
! rowspan="3" | ''% of 1996 total vote''
|
| colspan="6" |''% of 3-party vote''
|-
|
| colspan="3" |''1992''
| colspan="3" |''1996''
|-
! ''Social group''
! ''Clinton''
! ''Bush''
! ''Perot''
! ''Clinton''
! ''Dole''
! ''Perot''
|-
|
| Total vote
| style="text-align:right;" | 43
| style="text-align:right;" | 38
| style="text-align:right;" | 19
| style="text-align:right;" | 49
| style="text-align:right;" | 41
| style="text-align:right;" | 8
|-
|
| '''Party and ideology'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 2
| Liberal Republicans
| style="text-align:right;" | 17
| style="text-align:right;" | 54
| style="text-align:right;" | 30
| style="text-align:right;" | 44
| style="text-align:right;" | 48
| style="text-align:right;" | 9
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 13
| Moderate Republicans
| style="text-align:right;" | 15
| style="text-align:right;" | 63
| style="text-align:right;" | 21
| style="text-align:right;" | 20
| style="text-align:right;" | 72
| style="text-align:right;" | 7
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 21
| Conservative Republicans
| style="text-align:right;" | 5
| style="text-align:right;" | 82
| style="text-align:right;" | 13
| style="text-align:right;" | 6
| style="text-align:right;" | 88
| style="text-align:right;" | 5
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 4
| Liberal Independents
| style="text-align:right;" | 54
| style="text-align:right;" | 17
| style="text-align:right;" | 30
| style="text-align:right;" | 58
| style="text-align:right;" | 15
| style="text-align:right;" | 18
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 15
| Moderate Independents
| style="text-align:right;" | 43
| style="text-align:right;" | 28
| style="text-align:right;" | 30
| style="text-align:right;" | 50
| style="text-align:right;" | 30
| style="text-align:right;" | 17
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 7
| Conservative Independents
| style="text-align:right;" | 17
| style="text-align:right;" | 53
| style="text-align:right;" | 30
| style="text-align:right;" | 19
| style="text-align:right;" | 60
| style="text-align:right;" | 19
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 13
| Liberal Democrats
| style="text-align:right;" | 85
| style="text-align:right;" | 5
| style="text-align:right;" | 11
| style="text-align:right;" | 89
| style="text-align:right;" | 5
| style="text-align:right;" | 4
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 20
| Moderate Democrats
| style="text-align:right;" | 76
| style="text-align:right;" | 9
| style="text-align:right;" | 15
| style="text-align:right;" | 84
| style="text-align:right;" | 10
| style="text-align:right;" | 5
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 6
| Conservative Democrats
| style="text-align:right;" | 61
| style="text-align:right;" | 23
| style="text-align:right;" | 16
| style="text-align:right;" | 69
| style="text-align:right;" | 23
| style="text-align:right;" | 7
|-
|
| '''Gender and marital status'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 33
| Married men
| style="text-align:right;" | 38
| style="text-align:right;" | 42
| style="text-align:right;" | 21
| style="text-align:right;" | 40
| style="text-align:right;" | 48
| style="text-align:right;" | 10
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 33
| Married women
| style="text-align:right;" | 41
| style="text-align:right;" | 40
| style="text-align:right;" | 19
| style="text-align:right;" | 48
| style="text-align:right;" | 43
| style="text-align:right;" | 7
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 15
| Unmarried men
| style="text-align:right;" | 48
| style="text-align:right;" | 29
| style="text-align:right;" | 22
| style="text-align:right;" | 49
| style="text-align:right;" | 35
| style="text-align:right;" | 12
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 20
| Unmarried women
| style="text-align:right;" | 53
| style="text-align:right;" | 31
| style="text-align:right;" | 15
| style="text-align:right;" | 62
| style="text-align:right;" | 28
| style="text-align:right;" | 7
|-
|
| '''Race'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 83
| White
| style="text-align:right;" | 39
| style="text-align:right;" | 40
| style="text-align:right;" | 20
| style="text-align:right;" | 43
| style="text-align:right;" | 46
| style="text-align:right;" | 9
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 10
| Black
| style="text-align:right;" | 83
| style="text-align:right;" | 10
| style="text-align:right;" | 7
| style="text-align:right;" | 84
| style="text-align:right;" | 12
| style="text-align:right;" | 4
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 5
| Hispanic
| style="text-align:right;" | 61
| style="text-align:right;" | 25
| style="text-align:right;" | 14
| style="text-align:right;" | 72
| style="text-align:right;" | 21
| style="text-align:right;" | 6
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 1
| Asian
| style="text-align:right;" | 31
| style="text-align:right;" | 55
| style="text-align:right;" | 15
| style="text-align:right;" | 43
| style="text-align:right;" | 48
| style="text-align:right;" | 8
|-
|
| '''Religion'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 46
| White Protestant
| style="text-align:right;" | 33
| style="text-align:right;" | 47
| style="text-align:right;" | 21
| style="text-align:right;" | 36
| style="text-align:right;" | 53
| style="text-align:right;" | 10
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 29
| Catholic
| style="text-align:right;" | 44
| style="text-align:right;" | 35
| style="text-align:right;" | 20
| style="text-align:right;" | 53
| style="text-align:right;" | 37
| style="text-align:right;" | 9
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 3
| Jewish
| style="text-align:right;" | 80
| style="text-align:right;" | 11
| style="text-align:right;" | 9
| style="text-align:right;" | 78
| style="text-align:right;" | 16
| style="text-align:right;" | 3
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 17
| Born Again, religious right
| style="text-align:right;" | 23
| style="text-align:right;" | 61
| style="text-align:right;" | 15
| style="text-align:right;" | 26
| style="text-align:right;" | 65
| style="text-align:right;" | 8
|-
|
| '''Age'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 17
| 18–29 years old
| style="text-align:right;" | 43
| style="text-align:right;" | 34
| style="text-align:right;" | 22
| style="text-align:right;" | 53
| style="text-align:right;" | 34
| style="text-align:right;" | 10
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 33
| 30–44 years old
| style="text-align:right;" | 41
| style="text-align:right;" | 38
| style="text-align:right;" | 21
| style="text-align:right;" | 48
| style="text-align:right;" | 41
| style="text-align:right;" | 9
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 26
| 45–59 years old
| style="text-align:right;" | 41
| style="text-align:right;" | 40
| style="text-align:right;" | 19
| style="text-align:right;" | 48
| style="text-align:right;" | 41
| style="text-align:right;" | 9
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 24
| 60 and older
| style="text-align:right;" | 50
| style="text-align:right;" | 38
| style="text-align:right;" | 12
| style="text-align:right;" | 48
| style="text-align:right;" | 44
| style="text-align:right;" | 7
|-
|
| '''Education'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 6
| Not a high school graduate
| style="text-align:right;" | 54
| style="text-align:right;" | 28
| style="text-align:right;" | 18
| style="text-align:right;" | 59
| style="text-align:right;" | 28
| style="text-align:right;" | 11
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 24
| High school graduate
| style="text-align:right;" | 43
| style="text-align:right;" | 36
| style="text-align:right;" | 21
| style="text-align:right;" | 51
| style="text-align:right;" | 35
| style="text-align:right;" | 13
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 27
| Some college education
| style="text-align:right;" | 41
| style="text-align:right;" | 37
| style="text-align:right;" | 21
| style="text-align:right;" | 48
| style="text-align:right;" | 40
| style="text-align:right;" | 10
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 26
| College graduate
| style="text-align:right;" | 39
| style="text-align:right;" | 41
| style="text-align:right;" | 20
| style="text-align:right;" | 44
| style="text-align:right;" | 46
| style="text-align:right;" | 8
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 17
| Post graduate education
| style="text-align:right;" | 50
| style="text-align:right;" | 36
| style="text-align:right;" | 14
| style="text-align:right;" | 52
| style="text-align:right;" | 40
| style="text-align:right;" | 5
|-
|
| '''Family income'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 11
| Under $15,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 58
| style="text-align:right;" | 23
| style="text-align:right;" | 19
| style="text-align:right;" | 59
| style="text-align:right;" | 28
| style="text-align:right;" | 11
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 23
| $15,000–$29,999
| style="text-align:right;" | 45
| style="text-align:right;" | 35
| style="text-align:right;" | 20
| style="text-align:right;" | 53
| style="text-align:right;" | 36
| style="text-align:right;" | 9
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 27
| $30,000–$49,999
| style="text-align:right;" | 41
| style="text-align:right;" | 38
| style="text-align:right;" | 21
| style="text-align:right;" | 48
| style="text-align:right;" | 40
| style="text-align:right;" | 10
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 39
| Over $50,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 39
| style="text-align:right;" | 44
| style="text-align:right;" | 17
| style="text-align:right;" | 44
| style="text-align:right;" | 48
| style="text-align:right;" | 7
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 18
| Over $75,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 36
| style="text-align:right;" | 48
| style="text-align:right;" | 16
| style="text-align:right;" | 41
| style="text-align:right;" | 51
| style="text-align:right;" | 7
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 9
| Over $100,000
| style="text-align:right;" | —
| style="text-align:right;" | —
| style="text-align:right;" | —
| style="text-align:right;" | 38
| style="text-align:right;" | 54
| style="text-align:right;" | 6
|-
|
| '''Region'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 23
| East
| style="text-align:right;" | 47
| style="text-align:right;" | 35
| style="text-align:right;" | 18
| style="text-align:right;" | 55
| style="text-align:right;" | 34
| style="text-align:right;" | 9
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 26
| Midwest
| style="text-align:right;" | 42
| style="text-align:right;" | 37
| style="text-align:right;" | 21
| style="text-align:right;" | 48
| style="text-align:right;" | 41
| style="text-align:right;" | 10
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 30
| South
| style="text-align:right;" | 41
| style="text-align:right;" | 43
| style="text-align:right;" | 16
| style="text-align:right;" | 46
| style="text-align:right;" | 46
| style="text-align:right;" | 7
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 20
| West
| style="text-align:right;" | 43
| style="text-align:right;" | 34
| style="text-align:right;" | 23
| style="text-align:right;" | 48
| style="text-align:right;" | 40
| style="text-align:right;" | 8
|-
|
| '''Community size'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 10
| Population over 500,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 58
| style="text-align:right;" | 28
| style="text-align:right;" | 13
| style="text-align:right;" | 68
| style="text-align:right;" | 25
| style="text-align:right;" | 6
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 21
| Population 50,000 to 500,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 50
| style="text-align:right;" | 33
| style="text-align:right;" | 16
| style="text-align:right;" | 50
| style="text-align:right;" | 39
| style="text-align:right;" | 8
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 39
| Suburbs
| style="text-align:right;" | 41
| style="text-align:right;" | 39
| style="text-align:right;" | 21
| style="text-align:right;" | 47
| style="text-align:right;" | 42
| style="text-align:right;" | 8
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 30
| Rural areas, towns
| style="text-align:right;" | 39
| style="text-align:right;" | 40
| style="text-align:right;" | 20
| style="text-align:right;" | 45
| style="text-align:right;" | 44
| style="text-align:right;" | 10
|}
'''Source:''' Voter News Service exit poll, reported in ''The New York Times'', November 10, 1996, p. 28.

==Second term==
With the [[Cold War]] over, the economy proved highly prosperous, and after the [[Republicans]] won control of Congress the budget was not only balanced but a surplus was produced for the first time in memory. The reasons include reduction in defense spending after the Cold War (from 5% of GDP to 3%), a revenue burst from the dot-com bubble (the short-lived overexpansion of high tech), restraints on spending imposed by [[Newt Gingrich]] and the GOP Congress, and the fruition of Reagan era tax cuts for business research and development in the consumer electronics (computer and cell phone) industry.
=== Impeachment ===

On August 17, 1998, after relentless media attention, leaks, and news of White House intern [[Monica Lewinsky]]'s upcoming testimony regarding her extramarital affair with the President, Clinton made history by becoming the first U.S. president to testify in front of a grand jury in an investigation of his own possibly criminal conduct. In an address to the nation, he admitted to having misled the public and a Federal Court over keys elements of testimony. [[Kenneth Starr]], a special prosecutor appointed to investigate the case, was instructed to pursue the matter.
[[File:ClintonTIME9801.jpg|thumb|290px]]
In the second term Clinton was accused of perjury when he lied under oath during the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit. In the end Clinton was impeached by a largely party-line vote in the House and was tried in the Senate for two counts: "perjury" and "obstruction of justice".<ref>The House turned down two other counts: "abuse of power" as well as another count of "perjury" in connection with the Paula Jones case.</ref> The Senate voted largely along party lines with all Democrats voting "not guilty" on both counts - joined by 5 and 10 Republicans, respectively (making the counts 55-45 and 50-50 in favor of the not-guilty verdicts). Although in the former case a majority of Senators voted to convict, two thirds majority being necessary to remove him from office. Speaker Gingrich, who had promised Republicans that impeachment would be a success, had failed badly and was forced to resign and left Congress. The Republican next in line resigned, admitting he too had committed adultery.

[[David Gergen]], former White House Communications Director for both Presidents Reagan and Clinton, summarized the hurt of the President's misconduct:
{{Cquote|The deep and searing violation took place when he not only lied to the country, but co-opted his friends and lied to them....when you have gone over the line, you won't bring others into it...You don't foul the nest."<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/quinn110298.htm In Washington, That Letdown Feeling], By Sally Quinn, ''The Washington Post'', November 2, 1998, Page E01</ref>}}

Clinton lost his law license in Arkansas because he had committed perjury before a Federal judge.

It was during this scandal that Clinton famously stated: "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is".<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/21/newsid_2525000/2525339.stm</ref>
[[File:Dow10000.JPG|thumb|290px|Performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since Clinton asked to privatize Social Security; Clinton made his proposal at or near the top of the investment cycle when stocks were overvalued, prior to the crash.]]
=== Proposal to privatize Social Security ===

In 1999 President Clinton proposed investing the Social Security Trust Fund in what some might consider "risky" assets in the [[stock market]] and [[bond]]s. The stock market then was in the late stages of a bull market cycle with stock prices and indexes overvalued. Clinton told a joint meeting fo the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate,
{{Cquote|'''I propose that we commit 60 percent of the budget surplus for the next 15 years to Social Security, investing a small portion in the [[private sector]], just as any private or State Government pension would do.'''<ref>[http://www.c-span.org/Transcripts/SOTU-1999.aspx President Bill Clinotn's 1999 State of the Union Address,] January 19, 1999. Retrieved from C-Span.org 19 August 2010.</ref>}}

=== Foreign Policy ===

Critics of Clinton argued that he lacked a knowledge of [[world]] affairs. In his 1992 speech at the Democrat National Convention, he devoted one minute to foreign policy issues in an oration that lasted an hour. <ref>The Presidents by David Maraniss, Pg. 626</ref> Clinton entered office after the U.S. won the [[Cold War]], and the U.S. was the only superpower. There were no major foreign crisis during his presidency. His foreign policy was based on five principles: 1) strong alliances with Europe and Asia, 2) positive relations with former adversaries, 3) a global perspective on local conflicts, 4) the adaptation of national security priorities to incorporate technological advances, and 5) effective economic integration.<ref>Samuel R. Berger, "A Foreign Policy for the Global Age," ''Foreign Affairs'' 2000 79(6): 22-39. 0015-7120 </ref>

Butfoy (2006) argues that in the 1990s the "revolution in military affairs" (RMA), which produced "smart" weapons like cruise missiles, came of age. This apparently transformed how America viewed the relationship between force and international relations. It looked as though technology was framing foreign policy. In particular, smart weapons enabled Clinton to combine risk minimization with an expanded security agenda. However, we should be wary of ascribing technological determinism to the conflicts of the 1990s dominated by Washington's flexing of its strategic superiority, such as its bombing of Belgrade. As shown by comparison with US strategy after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Washington's stance in the 1990s was shaped by linkages between technology and specific political circumstances. As these circumstances changed, so did the RMA's place in US efforts to shape world order.

====Human Rights====
Supporters of human rights faulted Clinton’s ideological transition from [[Wilsonianism| Wilsonian idealism]] to [[Realist|realism]], especially regarding China and Bosnia. They gave high marks for his efforts at pushing peace negotiations in Haiti and the Middle East, the use of economic sanctions against North Korea, India, and Pakistan, and his efforts to get a chemical weapons convention. However, they give low marks in terms of human rights for inaction on the genocide in Rwanda and the Russian repression of secessionist Chechnya.

====NATO and Eastern Europe====
Much attention was devoted to Eastern Europe.

Clinton actively promoted the expansion of NATO to the east, over the objections of Russia. Russia wanted to maintain some degree of control over its former satellites, and they wanted true independence. The NATO expansion was a political decision. An expanded NATO gave full play to political functions aimed at merging East European nations into NATO and bringing about their transformation into Western-style political and economic systems. NATO members will continue to work toward containing Russia if it fails to integrate itself into the West and returns to its traditional expansionist practices. The Russian transformation and NATO's adjustment influenced each other.
=====Bosnia=====
With the breakup of [[Yugoslavia]] civil wars erupted leading to genocide. With NATO support--but without UN approval--Clinton sent in the US Air Force to launch air strikes on Serbs in Bosnia and later deployed twenty thousand troops. The goal was to protect Muslim Bosnians from genocidal attacks from the Serbs. The policy eventually worked in Bosnia but later had to be extended to nearby Kosovo. Clinton briefly consulted Congress, but promised the troops would soon leave. They remained for years.

====Ireland====
But for the efforts of President Clinton and his administration, and his special envoy Senator George Mitchell, the [[Good Friday Agreement]] (1998) reached between the British government, Irish republicans, and Ulster unionists would be impossible and the troubles would still be going on.
====Middle East====
There was little progress in the Middle East, where US support for Israel angered the Arabs. Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu worked poorly with Clinton. The election of Ehud Barak as prime minister in May 1999 appeared to give the president his last chance to achieve a foreign policy success. A meeting at Camp David between Palestinian leader [[Yasser Arafat]] and Barak in December 2000 produced a plan to create a Palestinian state in about 95% of the West Bank and Gaza. The plan was not accepted by the public on either side. President Clinton's hesitant political style was partially responsible for the lack of a lasting peace settlement.

====Japan====
Relations with Japan, the main American ally in Asia, started off poorly. Yet by 2000, both sides realized how important friendship was, and this led to a redefinition and strengthening of the US-Japanese alliance. Although some changes have occurred in the asymmetry of power in the post-Cold War alliance with the relationship becoming less unequal, US interests still dominate, for the weakness of the Japanese economy limited its self confidence.

====China====
Clinton started off with heavy criticism of the lack of human rights in China. The main issue was Most Favored Nation (MFN) trade status for China, favored by China and American business and farm interests but strongly opposed by religious and human rights groups. Clinton's policy, which began with a 1993 executive order to make MFN status conditional on Chinese reforms, changed as the importance of a trade relationship with China forced the issue to be separated from the government's human rights policies.

He adjusted his China policy in 1996 and advocated dialogue and engagement; this led to improved relations. But Washington continued to criticize China on the issues of Hong Kong, human rights, trade, arms sales, Taiwan, and questionable political donations to US election campaigns. President Jiang Zemin's visit to the United States regained the momentum and led to a level of cooperation between the two countries not seen in years. The major factors affecting the relationship include: the enduring impact of the 1989 Tiananmen episode when the Communist Party crushed a democratic movement with the army; the negative coverage of China by American media, American psychological insecurity caused by the rise of China, and US domestic politics which has a love-hate relationship with China (loving to buy cheap Chinese products while watching competing American factories shut down.)

====India====
Relations with India were expected to improve following the end of the Cold War. They did not do so as both sides mishandled relations. The contradictory policies of the Clinton administration that simultaneously pressured India to liberalize its economy while criticizing New Delhi on human rights and nuclear issues undermined the very officials who strove to improve ties. In the face of criticism from Washington and opposition at home, Indian diplomats lost their enthusiasm for rapprochement. The controversy that surrounded the passage of the Brown Amendment, which restored aid to Pakistan in 1995 despite Islamabad's violation of the 1985 Pressler Amendment, is a case study of the delicate nature of the Indo-American relationship. In resurrecting Cold War rhetoric, Indian parliamentarians and American congressmen demonstrated their unwillingness to establish a new relationship. However the [[George W. Bush]] administration reversed policy and developed close, friendly ties to India.
====Canada====
Relations with Canada went smoothly. Thanks to the precedent set by the [[Brian Mulroney]] government and the administration of [[George H.W. Bush]] in the resolution of issues such as the acid rain problem and the Pacific salmon dispute. A friendly relationship between the Canadian prime minister [[Jean Chrétien]] and Clinton helped, as did the strong economic growth enjoyed by both countries. In addition, there were multilateral and bilateral institutions in place, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, to resolve some major disagreements. However, the relationship faces a number of challenges in the future. While concerns about ballistic missile attacks and threats of international terrorism are priorities for Americans, Canadians do not share those concerns but view the importation of American culture into their country with trepidation, and there are no institutional structures in place to resolve disagreements on these particular issues.
====Mexico and NAFTA====
Clinton, with GOP help, passed a free trade agreement over the objection of most Democrats and labor unions. The implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) generated political disagreements and stress in Mexico, involving issues of economics, labor unions, environmentalism, and international power. Mexico's financial crisis of 1993-95, which led to peso devaluation and new dislocations in that country, and disputes between Clinton and the Congress also exacerbated NAFTA's implementation. Nonetheless, the positive consequences of NAFTA included increases in Mexican imports to the United States and shifts in the trade balance in Mexico's favor.

====Iraq====
Clinton tried to contain Iraq, and used military attacks to make the point. Clinton launched a small cruise missile attack against Iraq in 1993 as a response to a suspected terrorist assassination attempt made on former President George H. W. Bush in Kuwait. In 1998, Clinton threatened military action when Iraq denied full access to UN weapons inspectors.

====Africa====
In Africa, Clinton expressed the exasperation of he American public after decades of single-party rule involving massive misuse and pillage of the continent's resources by local dictators. Clinton called for an end to protected European economic and commercial zones and for open competition on terms that would gradually eliminate African dependency. The Americans, in an effort to promote both democracy and prosperity, urged the African political class to create regimes in their states responsible to the people, to accept participation by opposition parties, and to install rigorous accounting and management procedures. Congress and public opinion supported the new initiatives, which involved much less public assistance to Africa and a great deal more private investment and mutually profitable trade. Essentially, American policy challenged African leaders to undertake reforms that would make them artisans of their own futures.

==== Al-Qaeda terrorism ====
The Arab terrorist group [[al-Qaeda]] conducted a World Trade Center bombing in 1993, simultaneous bombings of the US embassies in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]] in 1998, and the attack on the [[USS Cole]] in 2000. Clinton bombed al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan in response, but meanwhile 19 terrorists were plotting an even more ghastly attack on America which took place on September 11, 2001, eight months after Clinton left office.

===Terrorist pardons===

On August 11, 1999, President Clinton offered clemency to members of the [[Armed Forces of National Liberation]] (FALN) [[terrorist]] group. <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070703053819/http://rpc.senate.gov/_files/92199CoddlingTerrorists.pdf U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee] testimony available at http://www.senate.gov/~judiciary/wl91599.htm, ''The Tampa Tribune'', S.J.Res. 33 (passed 95-2).</ref> On January 24, 1975 the FALN bombed Fraunces Tavern in Manhattan killing four people. Over a six-year period, the group claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings that took six lives and injured some 130 people.<ref>[http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/puertorico/sep4.htm Clinton Pardons Terror], ''New York Post'', August 13, 1999. retrieve from http://www.latinamericanstudies.org September 14, 2007.</ref> Deputy Attorney General [[Eric Holder]] was credited with with an "unconscionable" effort to circumvent the standard pardon process, not consulting with the [[Department of justice]]'s pardon attorney and keeping deliberations hidden from the district U.S. attorney and investigative agencies. [[Weather Underground]] [[terrorists]] [[Linda Evans]] and Susan Rosenberg were also pardoned.<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YmM1OGM4OGRiNTI5NTIzOTFkMDAwMTJiNGFlYWFiZGI= ''Confirming Fears''], Editorial, National Review Online, November 19, 2008.</ref>

===Legacy===
Of the $1.6 million Clinton earned in salary<ref>http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/wjclinton.html</ref> as President for 8 years, Clinton agreed to pay $850,000,<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/jones111498.htm</ref> or more than 53% in a legal settlement with [[Paula Jones]] to satisfy claims for damages to her reputation.

Every President since [[William Howard Taft]] in 1910 has served as Honorary President of the [[Boy Scouts of America]] during his term in office. In 2000 it was reported the Boy Scouts national office revoked the title afforded to Bill Clinton after thousands of complaints. Numerous Eagle Scouts returned their certificates of achievement bearing Clinton's signature and requested a replacement without it.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=13204 Eagle Scouts drop Clinton signature], ''WorldNetCaily.com, August 24, 2000.</ref>

== Post-Presidency ==
Clinton has spent much of time since leaving office working for charitable causes such as support and fund-raising for the victims of AIDS and the Asian tsunami. In the case of the Indian Ocean tsunami, he teamed with former president [[George H.W. Bush]] to raise money for relief efforts.

Bill Clinton's wife, [[Hillary_Rodham_Clinton|Hillary Clinton]], was elected Senator to New York in 2000. She was reelected in 2006. She made a failed bid for the [[2008_Presidential_Election#Declared_Democratic_Party_Candidates|Democratic presidential nomination in 2008]].

Clinton has been criticized by both liberals and conservatives for his actions in his wife's presidential campaign. ''Time'' called him "his wife's attack dog". <ref>http://media.www.tuftsdaily.com/media/storage/paper856/news/2008/01/28/OpEd/Editorial.On.The.Campaign.Trail.Bill.Clinton.Should.Keep.His.Mouth.Shut-3171498.shtml</ref> Although he had signed up most black leaders to support Hillary, the great majority of Black voters went for Obama. Clinton was accused of racism by implying that many voters chose [[Obama]] for reasons of race, rather than policy, saying that he succeeding in some regions for the same reason [[Jesse Jackson]] did.

After Obama refused to give Hillary the Vice Presidential nomination, both Clintons loyally campaigned for Obama. Obama easily defeated Senator [[John McCain]], and named Hillary Secretary of State. Bill Clinton has maintained a low profile in 2009.

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===Basic reading===
* Berman, William C. ''From the Center to the Edge: The Politics and Policies of the Clinton Presidency'' (2001) 160pp, useful summary and interpretation
* Campbell, Colin, and Bert A. Rockman, eds. ''The Clinton Legacy'' 348 pp [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=58143940 online edition]
* Clinton, Bill. ''My Life''. (2004). ISBN 0-375-41457-6. [http://www.amazon.com/My-Life-Bill-Clinton/dp/140003003X/ref=sr_1_8/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194464316&sr=8-8 excerpt and text search]
* Felsenthal, Carol. ''Clinton in Exile: A President Out of the White House‎'' (2008) 386 pages
* Gillon, Steve. '' The pact: Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the rivalry that defined a generation‎'' (2008) 342 pages, by a leading historian; [http://books.google.com/books?id=d-U2IzI2r5YC&pg=PA78&dq=intitle:clinton&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=2007&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0 excerpt and text search]
* Hamilton, Nigel. ''Bill Clinton: Mastering the Presidency'' (2007) covers 1993-96, 766pp [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ky8fzAmUIvAC&pg=PA203&dq=intitle:clinton&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=2007&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0 excerpt and text search]
* Harris, John F. ''The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House'' (2005) ISBN 0-375-50847-3, the best coverage of the presidency [http://www.amazon.com/Survivor-Bill-Clinton-White-House/dp/0375760849/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194464409&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Hyland, William G. ''Clinton's World: Remaking American Foreign Policy'' (1999) ISBN 0-275-96396-9 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=14147621 online edition]
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* Levy, Peter. ''Encyclopedia of the Clinton Presidency'' (2002), 400pp; 230 well-balanced articles
* Maraniss, David, ''First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton'' (1996) ISBN 0-684-81890-6. Biography to 1991. [http://www.amazon.com/First-His-Class-Biography-Clinton/dp/0684818906/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194464484&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
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* Schier, Steven E. ''The Postmodern Presidency: Bill Clinton's Legacy in U.S. Politics'' (2000) [http://www.amazon.com/Postmodern-Presidency-Clintons-Politics-Political/dp/082294135X/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194464518&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]

===Biographical and Presidential===
* Barber, Benjamin. '' The Truth of Power: Intellectual Affairs in the Clinton White House‎'' (2008) 336 pages [http://books.google.com/books?id=zwywJroh6PoC&pg=PA11&dq=intitle:clinton&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=2007&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0 excerpt and text search]
* Berman, William C. ''From the Center to the Edge: The Politics and Policies of the Clinton Presidency'' (2001) 160pp, useful summary and interpretation
* Campbell, Colin, and Bert A. Rockman, eds. ''The Clinton Legacy'' 348 pp [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=58143940 online edition]
* Congressional Quarterly. ''Congress and the Nation 1993-1997: A Review of Government and Politics: 103rd and 104th Congresses'' (1998); ''Congress and the Nation 1997-2001: A Review of Government and Politics: 105th and 106th Congresses'' (2002). Highly detailed nonpartisan coverage (1200 pp each) of all political issues, including presidency
* Gillon, Steve. '' The pact: Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the rivalry that defined a generation‎'' (2008) 342 pages, by a leading historian; [http://books.google.com/books?id=d-U2IzI2r5YC&pg=PA78&dq=intitle:clinton&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=2007&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0 excerpt and text search]
* Hamilton, Nigel. ''Bill Clinton: Mastering the Presidency'' (2007) covers 1993-96, 766pp [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ky8fzAmUIvAC&pg=PA203&dq=intitle:clinton&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=2007&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0 excerpt and text search]* Harris, John F. ''The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House'' (2005) ISBN 0-375-50847-3, the best coverage of the presidency [http://www.amazon.com/Survivor-Bill-Clinton-White-House/dp/0375760849/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194464409&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Klein, Joe. ''The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton'' (2003) by leading journalist [http://www.time.com/time/columnist/klein/article/0,9565,490843,00.html online excerpt and search]; [http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Misunderstood-Presidency-Bill-Clinton/dp/0767914120/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194464449&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Levy, Peter. ''Encyclopedia of the Clinton Presidency'' (2002), 400pp; 230 well-balanced articles
* Schantz, Harvey L. ''Politics in an Era of Divided Government: Elections and Governance in the Second Clinton Administration'' (2001) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=102246366 online edition]
* Schier, Steven E. ''The Postmodern Presidency: Bill Clinton's Legacy in U.S. Politics'' (2000) [http://www.amazon.com/Postmodern-Presidency-Clintons-Politics-Political/dp/082294135X/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194464518&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]

===Clinton to 1992===
* Abbott, Philip. "A 'Long and Winding Road': Bill Clinton and the 1960s," Rhetoric & Public Affairs 9.1 (2006) 1-20 in Project Muse
* Borrelli, Stephen A. "Finding the Third Way: Bill Clinton, the DLC, and the Democratic Platform of 1992," ''Journal of Policy History'' Vol. 13#4 (2001), pp. 429-462 in Project Muse
* Goldman, Peter L. et al, ''Quest for the Presidency, 1992'' (1994) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=11169230 online edition]
* Maraniss, David, ''First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton'' (1996) ISBN 0-684-81890-6. Biography to 1991. [http://www.amazon.com/First-His-Class-Biography-Clinton/dp/0684818906/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194464484&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]

===Foreign Policy===
* Butfoy, Andrew. "The Rise and Fall of Missile Diplomacy? President Clinton and the 'Revolution in Military Affairs' in Retrospect." ''Australian Journal of Politics and History'' 2006 52(1): 98-114. Issn: 0004-9522 Fulltext: in Ebsco [http://www.questia.com/read/5014679475 online complete editon]
* Cohen, Warren I. ''America's Failing Empire: U.S. Foreign Relations since the Cold War.'' 2005. 204 pp.
* Davis; John. "The Evolution of American Grand Strategy and the War on Terrorism: Clinton and Bush Perspectives" ''White House Studies'', Vol. 3, 2003
* Hendrickson, Ryan C. ''The Clinton Wars: The Constitution, Congress, and War Powers'' (2002)
* Hyland, William G. ''Clinton's World: Remaking American Foreign Policy'' (1999) ISBN 0-275-96396-9 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=14147621 online edition]
* Jewett, Aubrey W. and Marc D. Turetzky. "Stability and Change in President Clinton's Foreign Policy Beliefs, 1993-96" ''Presidential Studies Quarterly'', Vol. 28, 1998 [http://www.questia.com/read/5001392338 online edition]
* Livingston, C. Don, Kenneth A. Wink; "The Passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement in the U.S. House of Representatives: Presidential Leadership or Presidential Luck?" ''Presidential Studies Quarterly'', Vol. 27, 1997 [http://www.questia.com/read/5000429192 online edition]
* Maclean, George A. ''Clinton's Foreign Policy in Russia: From Deterrence and Isolation to Democratization and Engagement'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Clintons-Foreign-Policy-Russia-Democratization/dp/0754649016/ref=sr_1_5/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194464518&sr=8-5 excerpt and text search]

===Domestic Policy===
* Edwards; George C. "Bill Clinton and His Crisis of Governance" ''Presidential Studies Quarterly,'' Vol. 28, 1998 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&se=gglsc&d=5001393468 in Questia]
* Fisher; Patrick. "Clinton's Greatest Legislative Achievement? the Success of the 1993 Budget Reconciliation Bill" ''White House Studies'', Vol. 1, 2001 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&se=gglsc&d=5002437663 in Questia]
* Greenspan, Alan. ''The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World'' (2007), memoir by head of Federal Reserve [http://www.amazon.com/Age-Turbulence-Adventures-New-World/dp/0143114166/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260097183&sr=1-1xcerpt and text search]
* Harris, John F. ''The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House''. (2005) covers the major policy issues [http://www.amazon.com/Survivor-Bill-Clinton-White-House/dp/0375760849/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260097075&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Lanoue, David J. and Craig F. Emmert; "Voting in the Glare of the Spotlight: Representatives' Votes on the Impeachment of President Clinton" ''Polity'', Vol. 32, 1999
* Needham, Catherine. "Brand Leaders: Clinton, Blair and the Limitations of the Permanent Campaign." ''Political Studies'' 2005 53(2): 343-361. Issn: 0032-3217 Fulltext: in Ebsco
* Nie; Martin A. "'It's the Environment, Stupid!': Clinton and the Environment" ''Presidential Studies Quarterly'', Vol. 27, 1997 [http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst?docId=5001516576 online edition]
* Patterson, James T. ''Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush vs. Gore'' (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Restless-Giant-United-Watergate-History/dp/019512216X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195117012&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Poveda; Tony G. "Clinton, Crime, and the Justice Department" ''Social Justice'', Vol. 21, 1994 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&se=gglsc&d=5000301618 online edition]
* Renshon; Stanley A. ''The Clinton Presidency: Campaigning, Governing, and the Psychology of Leadership'' Westview Press, 1995
* Schantz, Harvey L. ''Politics in an Era of Divided Government: Elections and Governance in the Second Clinton Administration'' (2001) ISBN 0-8153-3583-0
* Stiglitz, Joseph E. ''The Roaring Nineties: A New History of the World's Most Prosperous Decade'' (2004) economic history; [http://www.amazon.com/Roaring-Nineties-History-Worlds-Prosperous/dp/0393326187/ref=sr_1_6/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194464518&sr=8-6 excerpt and text search]
* Wattenberg; Martin P. "The Democrats' Decline in the House during the Clinton Presidency: An Analysis of Partisan Swings" ''Presidential Studies Quarterly'', Vol. 29, 1999 [http://www.questia.com/read/5001303783 online edition]

===Polls, campaign, images, character, scandals===
* Blaney, Joseph R. and William L. Benoit. ''The Clinton Scandals and the Politics of Image Restoration,'' (2001) [http://www.amazon.com/Scandals-Politics-Restoration-Political-Communication/dp/0275971066/ref=sr_1_4/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194471793&sr=8-4 excerpt and text search] [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=101159621 online edition]
* Borrelli, Stephen A. "Finding the Third Way: Bill Clinton, the DLC, and the Democratic Platform of 1992," ''Journal of Policy History'' Vol. 13, #4 (2001), pp. 429-462 in [[Project Muse]]
* Cohen; Jeffrey E. "The Polls: Change and Stability in Public Assessments of Personal Traits, Bill Clinton, 1993-99" ''Presidential Studies Quarterly'', Vol. 31, 2001
* Cronin, Thomas E. and Michael A. Genovese; "President Clinton and Character Questions" ''Presidential Studies Quarterly'' Vol. 28, 1998
* Denton Jr. Robert E. ''The 1992 Presidential Campaign: A Communication Perspective,'' (1994) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=104563698 online edition]
* Denton Jr. Robert E. ''The 1996 Presidential Campaign: A Communication Perspective,'' (1998) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=26288597 online edition]
* Denton Jr. Robert E. and Rachel L. Holloway, eds. ''The Clinton Presidency: Images, Issues, and Communication Strategies, 1996 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=24374540 online edition]
* Denton Jr. Robert E. and Rachel L. Holloway, eds. ''Images, Scandal, and Communication Strategies of the Clinton Presidency'' (2003) [http://www.amazon.com/Scandal-Communication-Strategies-Presidency-Presidential/dp/0275971767/ref=sr_1_4/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194464518&sr=8-4 excerpt and text search]
* Glad; Betty. "Evaluating Presidential Character" ''Presidential Studies Quarterly'', Vol. 28, 1998 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&se=gglsc&d=5001393536 online edition]
* Maurer; Paul J. "Media Feeding Frenzies: Press Behavior during Two Clinton Scandals" ''Presidential Studies Quarterly,'' Vol. 29, 1999 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&se=gglsc&d=5001239881 online edition]
* O'Connor; Brendon. "Policies, Principles, and Polls: Bill Clinton's Third Way Welfare Politics 1992-1996" ''The Australian Journal of Politics and History'', Vol. 48, 2002
* Posner, Richard A. ''An Affair of State: The Investigation, Impeachment, and Trial of President Clinton'' (1999) ISBN 0-674-00080-3 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=77420690 online edition]
* Renshon, Stanley A. "The Polls: The Public's Response to the Clinton Scandals, Part 1: Inconsistent Theories, Contradictory Evidence" ''Presidential Studies Quarterly'', Vol. 32, 2002 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5000773179 online edition]
* Renshon; Stanley A. '' The Clinton Presidency: Campaigning, Governing, and the Psychology of Leadership'' (1995) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=9961027 online edition]
* Starr, Kenneth. ''The Starr Report: The Findings of Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr on President Clinton and the Lewinsky Affair'' (1998) ISBN 1-891620-24-X
* Whittington, Keith E. "The Rhetorical Presidency, Presidential Authority and President Clinton," ''Perspectives on Political Science,'' Vol. 26, 1997
* Waldman, Michael. ''POTUS Speaks: Finding the Words That Defined the Clinton Presidency'' (2000) ISBN 0-7432-0020-9
* Wattier; Mark J. "The Clinton Factor: The Effects of Clinton's Personal Image in 2000 Presidential Primaries and in the General Election" ''White House Studies'', Vol. 4, 2004
* Weisberg, Herbert F., and Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier. ''Reelection 1996: How Americans Voted,'' 1999 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=62235822 online edition]

===Health reform===
* Blendon, R. J., M. Brodie, and J. Benson. "What Happened to Americans' Support of the Clinton Plan?" ''Health Affairs'' 1995. 14(2):7-23. [http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/reprint/14/2/7?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&author1=brodie&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=10&resourcetype=HWCIT online edition], analysis of poll data
* Fox, Daniel M. "A Lost Cause: Bill Clinton's Campaign for National Health Insurance, and: The Road to Nowhere: The Genesis of President Clinton's Plan for Health Security," ''Bulletin of the History of Medicine'' vol. 73, # 2, Summer 1999, pp. 367-369 in [[Project Muse]]
* Laham, Nicholas, ''A Lost Cause: Bill Clinton's Campaign for National Health Insurance'' (1996) [http://www.questia.com/library/book/a-lost-cause-bill-clintons-campaign-for-national-health-insurance-by-nicholas-laham.jsp online edition]
* Rushefsky, Mark E. and Kant Patel. ''Politics, Power & Policy Making: The Case of Health Care Reform in the 1990s'' (1998) [http://www.amazon.com/Politics-Power-Policy-Making-Health/dp/1563249561/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260096806&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Skocpol, Theda. ''Boomerang: Clinton's Health Security Effort and the Turn Against Government in U.S. Politics,'' (1996) [http://www.amazon.com/Boomerang-Health-Reform-Against-Government/dp/039331572X/ref=sr_1_2/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194472221&sr=8-2 excerpt and text search]

==Primary sources==
* [http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/publications/ERP/ Council of Economic Advisors, ''Economic Report of the President'' (annual 1947- )], complete series online; important analysis of current trends and policies, plus statistical tables
*Clinton, William jfeerson. ''Conversations: William Jefferson Clinton: from Hope to Harlem‎'' ed. by Janis F. Kearney (2006) 402 pages; [http://books.google.com/books?id=EVdrKWADFnsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:clinton&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=2006&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0 excerpt and text search]
* Starr, Kenneth. ''The Starr Report: The Findings of Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr on President Clinton and the Lewinsky Affair'' (1998) ISBN 1-891620-24-X [http://books.google.com/books?id=NxWTTbiij0wC&dq=inauthor:Starr+inauthor:Kenneth&num=30&as_brr=0 excerpt and text search]
===Memoirs===
* Clinton, Bill. ''My Life''. (2004). ISBN 0-375-41457-6. [http://www.amazon.com/My-Life-Bill-Clinton/dp/140003003X/ref=sr_1_8/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194464316&sr=8-8 excerpt and text search]
* Blumenthal, Sidney. ''The Clinton Wars''. (2003). ISBN 0-374-12502-3 [http://www.amazon.com/Clinton-Wars-Sidney-Blumenthal/dp/0374125023/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194472136&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Greenspan, Alan. ''The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World'' (2007), memoir by head of Federal Reserve
* Stephanopoulos, George. ''All Too Human: A Political Education'' (1998) ISBN 0-316-92919-0 [http://www.amazon.com/All-too-Human-George-Stephanopoulos/dp/0316930164/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194472067&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]

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Brian Williams

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[[Image:Williams.jpg|thumbnail|right|150px|Williams speaking at the [[John F. Kennedy]] Library ]]
'''Brian Williams''' is a [[American]] broadcast [[journalist]] and current anchor of [[NBC Nightly News]]. He is the seventh anchor of the thirty minute Nightly News program.

==History==

Before William's work as a broadcaster, he was an intern at the [[White House]] during [[Jimmy Carter]]'s administration. Later he became a correspondent for [[CBS]]'s news division in [[Philadelphia]]. He later became the assistant administrator of the political action committee of the [[National Association of Broadcasters in Washington]].

Williams joined [[NBC]] in 1993. He soon became a lead journalist for the network, covering nearly every major issue going on in the world. After his first year at the network he was named Chief White House correspondent <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3667173/</ref>. This new job gave him many opportunities, including flying with the president on [[Air Force One]] and closely covering domestic and national issues. In 1996 he became anchor and managing editor of ''"The News with Brian Williams."'' The show was a one hour, live, newscast, which aired on [[MSNBC]] and [[CNBC]] and lasted seven years.

In 2005, Williams obtained the coveted anchor's chair from [[Tom Brokaw]], who had retired at the end of 2004. [[NBC]] held its position as the largest and most watched nightly news network. As anchor Williams received praise for his reporting of [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3667173/</ref>

==Controversy==

Brian Williams has been scrutinized for a alleged liberal bias. Critics use past examples and statements to validate their point.<ref>http://www.mrc.org/Profiles/Williams/Williams_date.asp</ref> After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Williams stated that America’s “military swagger” was a reason for the attacks. Also, while covering operation [[Enduring Freedom]], he remarked on the United States' bombing campaign, comparing it to the United States' bombing of Japan. The comparison brought criticism from Secretary of Defense [[Donald Rumsfeld]], who said, “I heard various commentators expansively comparing what's taking place in Iraq today to some of the more famous bombing campaigns of World War II. There is no comparison. The weapons that are being used today have a degree of precision that no one ever dream of in a prior conflict.” <ref>http://www.mediaresearch.org/realitycheck/2004/fax20041130.asp</ref>

Williams showed his support for liberal president [[Bill Clinton]], when he said in a interview that, "[Clinton is] perhaps the most intellectually and physically active person to have held the job in decades. I've also said that if Americans were paying Presidents by the thought, we're getting a bargain in this guy because, he's just always moving, his brain's moving, he hardly sleeps.”<ref>http://www.mediaresearch.org/realitycheck/2004/fax20041130.asp</ref>

He also expressed his thoughts of conservative values after a January 2000 [[Republican]] debate. Saying, “It’s red meat for conservatives, the positions rather strident tonight: anti-gay, pro-Jesus, and anti-abortion and no gray matter in between.”<ref>http://www.mediaresearch.org/realitycheck/2004/fax20041130.asp</ref>

In defense of charges of bias, Williams says that, "[NBC News has] inordinate number of editors. Every word I write, before it goes on air, goes though all kinds of traps and filters, and it's read by all kind of different people who point out bias."

==Awards==

Brian Williams has received four [[Edward R. Murrow Award]]s, five [[Emmy Award]]s, the [[duPont-Columbia University Award]] and the [[Peabody Award|George Foster Peabody Award]]. <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3667173/</ref>

==Facts==

*He was the only and first major nightly news anchor to report from [[New Orleans]] before Hurricane Katrina hit and later to report from the [[Superdome]] when the storm hit.

*Was a former volunteer [[Fire Fighting|fire fighter]] in [[New Jersey]]

*Member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]

*Appears frequently on The Daily Show with [[Jon Stewart]], Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show with [[Jay Leno]] and the Late Show with [[David Letterman]].

*Hosted [[Saturday Night Live]] on November 3, 2007.

== References ==
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==External Links==
*[http://www.mrc.org/Profiles/Williams/Williams_date.asp Brian Williams Profile - Liberal Bias by Year], Media Research Center

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Tom Brokaw

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'''Tom (Thomas John) Brokaw''' (born 1940) is a leading journalist and bestselling author. He is the former host of [[NBC Nightly News]], a position he held for twenty-two years. He is also a four time best-selling author. As a journalist, Brokaw has covered all national political campaigns since 1966. He also has produced several award-winning documentaries. On June 29, 2008, Brokaw began serving as moderator of [[Meet the Press]] through the 2008 presidential election. <ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25313649/ Brokaw to moderate 'Meet the Press'], Meet the Press, MSNBC.com</ref>

==Personal Life ==
In 1940, Tom Brokaw was born into the family of Anthony Brokaw, who was a construction worker in Webster, South Dakota. Tom was the first born of three sons. Brokaw's mother worked as a clerk at a local post office. As a young child, Brokaw was fascinated with television; on election nights he'd stay awake until one A.M. to see the results. In high school, he struggled with his studies; his guidance counselor told him to drop out and take a break, and Brokaw took the advice. After high school, Brokaw was admitted to the [[University of South Dakota]]. Although he at first struggled, he soon got on track in his studies and earned a degree in [[Political Science]]. In 1962, Brokaw married Meredith Auld, the daughter of a doctor. The couple has three children, Jennifer, Andrea, and Sarah<ref> Diane Negra, The Museum of Broadcasting Communications, “Tom Brokaw,” http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/brokawtom/brokawtom.htm</ref> . He currently resides in [[New York]] and [[Montana]].

== Television Career ==
Brokaw had a early obsession with politics and reporting, which soon became useful as he worked at a broadcasting station in Sioux City, [[Iowa]]. In 1962 after gradating from college, Brokaw went to work at another broadcast news station, KNTV, in [[Omaha]], [[Nebraska]]. Here Brokaw was offered a salary of $90 a week, but he refused the offer and asked for a salary of $100, which was accepted by the station<ref>Interview with Today Show, 2004, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6521696/</ref>. Brokaw later stated that one of his reasons for joining the news industry was his desire to travel. Brokaw's love for politics came into play in his new job, as he served as the "political junkie" for the network. As the [[civil rights movement]] began to take hold, another opportunity opened up for the young reporter: Brokaw moved to [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], to cover the movement in 1965. During this time he was able to cover [[Martin Luther King]], while serving as news editor and anchor of the 11:00 news for the Georgia station, KMTV. Coincidentally,the future anchor of [[CBS News]], [[Dan Rather]], was also covering the civil rights movement during this same period for [[CBS]].

[[NBC]] became impressed with Brokaw's work at KMTV, and after only one year at his new job, Brokaw was off to work for NBC as an anchor at their [[Los Angeles]] station in 1966. Although he took the job after twice turning down the offer, Brokaw was not impressed with his new assignment; he had hoped to get a job as a correspondent in [[Washington D.C.]] <ref>Interview with Today Show, 2004, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6521696/</ref>. In [[California]], Brokaw had the opportunity to cover [[Ronald Reagan]]'s campaign for [[governor]] of California. In 1968, Brokaw was promoted to the position of NBC's [[White House]] correspondent; here he covered the [[Watergate]] investigation. During his time as White House correspondent he competed with [[Dan Rather]], who was also now a White House correspondent for CBS. In 1976 Brokaw covered the election primaries, national conventions, and election night in the race between [[Jimmy Carter]] and [[Walter Mondale]]. He also served as anchor of NBC's Saturday Night News. In the show's 24th season, Brokaw became host of NBC's [[Today]] show, where he had the opportunity to cover Ronald Reagan’s campaign for president in 1980, and also had the opportunity to interview [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] in the [[Kremlin]], which earned Brokaw an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award <ref>MSNBC, “Tom Brokaw,” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4364148/</ref>.

===1981-2000===
Brokaw later stated that the transition from the role of [[White House]] correspondent to Today show host was difficult, because Today was less of a 'hard news' platform<ref>Interview with Today Show, 2004, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6521696/</ref>.. Brokaw said that the best part of the job with Today was having the opportunity to travel. Brokaw's job at Today lasted until NBC began looking for a new anchor to work with [[Roger Mudd]].NBC hoped to bring back the success that NBC CO-anchors, [[David Brinkley]] and [[Chet Huntley]], had brought with their top rated nightly news program, [[NBC Nightly News| ''The Huntley-Brinkley Report'']]. ABC was interested in Brokaw as their new news anchor and the two began to discuss options. Brokaw was almost sure about working at ABC when NBC picked Brokaw as their new Nightly News co-anchor in 1982.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6628060/</ref> The co-broadcast did not work and NBC made Brokaw the sole anchor in 1983, the same year reporter [[Peter Jennings]] reclaimed the job as the anchor of ABC's Nightly News. The year before, Dan Rather had replaced [[Walter Cronkite]] as anchor of CBS News. In 1982 Brokaw was the only anchor to report from the [[Berlin Wall]] when it came down. He also covered the [[Oklahoma City bombing]] in 1995, and later was the first to broadcast from the site of the [[TWA Flight 800]] crash<ref> http://www.usd.edu/extraordinary/brokaw.cfm</ref>. Brokaw wrote his first book in 1998, which became a best seller. In addition to his role as anchor at Nightly News, Brokaw also created some reports for [[60 Minutes]] and appeared in a nighttime news show with [[Katie Couric]] called "''Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric''."

===2000-2007===
Brokaw covered the attacks on [[9-11|September 11th, 2001]] and the wars in [[Afghanistan]] and [[Iraq]]. He traveled to both Afghanistan, to witness the [[NATO's]] struggle against [[Al-Qaeda]], and later to [[Iraq]] to witness the new elections after the fall of [[Saddam Hussein]]. In 2004, the 60th Anniversary of D-Day, he was the only anchor to report from [[Normandy]]. He also did exclusive interviews with President [[George W. Bush]] and former French President [[Jacques Chirac]] during this trip. While anchor of the network's main news show, Brokaw also wrote books documenting the so-called "Greatest Generation." He also helped in the production of documentaries covering a wide variety of areas. On December 1st, 2004, at the age of 64 and after more then 21 years as anchor, Brokaw stepped down from NBC Nightly News and was replaced by [[Brian Williams]]. NBC Nightly News remained a steady first for the majority of Brokaw's tenure as anchor with an average of ten million viewers<ref> http://www.tv.com/tom-brokaw/person/117017/biography.html</ref>. Brokaw continues work with NBC News, and plans on continuing to do so for the next ten years. He occasionally appears on Nightly news, MSNBC, and documentaries that he produces.

===2008===
In his first Sunday as interim host, Tom Brokaw suggested he would lean strongly to the left in 2008.
<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/07/01/brokaw-brings-strong-liberal-tilt-meet-press Brokaw Brings Strong Liberal Tilt to 'Meet The Press'], Tim Graham, ''[[NewsBusters]], July 1, 2008</ref>

==Books==
Brokaw's first book, ''The Greatest Generation'', was released in 1998, and it instantly became a best seller. The 432-page book documented the generation of people that lived through the [[depression]] and the [[Second World War]]. Brokaw was inspired to write the book after he went to cover the fiftieth anniversary of the invasion of Normandy for NBC. Here, while talking to veterans, and walking the beach he had a "life changing experience," as he stated later<ref> Random House Books, Tom Brokaw, http://www.randomhouse.com/features/brokaw/books_greatest.html</ref>. Brokaw was so encouraged by the letter he received regarding his first book that he decided to right a sequel. In 1999 he began work on his next best seller, ''The Greatest Generation Speaks''. This book included letter written by people living in the period, including, eyewitness account of the dropping of the atomic bomb and others. Brokaw released his third book, ''An Album of Memories'', in 2001. This trilogy was also a book filled with letters documenting the "the greatest generation society has ever produced,” as he stated. His last book, ''A Long Way from Home'', documented his own life and five-decade career as a broadcast journalist. ''A Long Way from Home'', was Brokaw's fourth straight bestselling book.

==Film==
In addition to Brokaw's work for NBC as a newscaster, he has also created documentaries series for the organization. In 1989, Brokaw was awarded his first [[Peabody Award]] for ''To Be An American'', a documentary about the history of the American people. Brokaw's work in Georgia during the civil rights movement came in handy when in 1997 he produced ''Why Can't We Live Together'', a documentary about racial separation in America's suburbs. He won an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism for the documentary. After September 11, 2001, Brokaw began work on another documentary: in 2003 he released, ''America Remembers: 9/11 Air Traffic Controllers''. This documentary, which later won an Emmy for Outstanding Interview, consisted of interviews that Brokaw had done with twenty air traffic controllers who dealt with the four hijacked planes. Brokaw examined [[Affirmative Action]] in a documentary he released in 2004, ''Tom Brokaw Reports: A Question of Fairness''. This documentary won numerous awards including the Peabody award. In 2005, after giving up his post as anchor, Brokaw returned to prime time television with an hour-long documentary, ''Tom Brokaw Reports: The Long War''. This documentary examined the United States war against terrorism after the September 11th attacks. In the documentaries creation Brokaw traveled the world – from [[Afghanistan]], [[Pakistan]], [[Iran]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[France]] and [[Washington D.C.]] - to interview intelligence experts, world leaders and those personally affected by the attacks. Brokaw again was able to use his past experience as a journalist in his creation of another documentary, ''The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat'', in September 2005. In December 2005, Brokaw received praise for his new hour long documentary, ''Tom Brokaw Reports: To War and Back'', which documented a wounded soldiers arrival back home<ref>MSNBC, “The War and Back, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10402820/</ref>.

==Criticism==
Some media newsroom insiders have questioned Tom Brokaw's objectivity, claiming that some of his past reporting includes a [[liberal]] slant. Much of the perceived bias in the mainstream media was blamed on Brokaw because of the influence he had with NBC, which led in network news ratings. [[Bernard Goldberg]], a employee for [[CBS News]] for thirty years, stated that all of the main networks, including NBC, showed significant bias against conservatives<ref> PBS, “Skewing the News”,http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-june02/bias_1-24.html</ref>. Goldberg recorded his findings in a book entitled, “Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distorts the News.” In response to critics, Brokaw stated the he does not believe that the news media was biased <ref>Colombia Journalism Review, 2004, http://cjrarchives.org/issues/2004/1/QA-Brokaw.asp</ref>.

===Clinton Administration===
During a June 1996 Press Club Meeting, Brokaw said that the media were being tough on President Clinton, whose administration was being investigated for allegedly leaking secret grand jury information to the [[New York Times]]<ref>http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/01/clinton.starr/</ref>. Brokaw’s claim was shown to be false as the network surprisingly ignored the investigation. Critics claim that Brokaw was trying to protect the president from bad publicity. During the 1994 election, Brokaw claimed that the Republicans' Contract with America, “is long on promises, but short on sound premises." When the Republicans came to power in Congress, Brokaw was extremely tough in an interview with new House leader, [[Newt Gingrich]]. He later claimed that the media was getting too mixed up with conservative members of congress by paying attention to stories like “Whitewater and Paula Jones.”<ref>http://www.mediaresearch.org/mainsearch/search.html</ref>

===Iraq War===
In January of 2007 Brokaw attacked the United States actions in Iraq, stating, “And a lot of families, and I think a lot of people who are raising their hands to join the armed services are wondering 'I'm giving my life for that?.'”<ref>Mark Finkelstein, News busters ,2007, http://newsbusters.org/node/9909</ref> In an interview, Brokaw claimed that the White House is, “in its own bunker at the moment."<ref> “Meredith Vieira and Tom Brokaw Question Bush's 'Crediblity'”,2007, http://newsbusters.org/taxonomy/term/192</ref> He said that the world is saying to the United States, “you got yourself into it, you find a way out of it.” ."<ref> “Meredith Vieira and Tom Brokaw Question Bush's 'Crediblity'”,2007, http://newsbusters.org/taxonomy/term/192</ref> Brokaw also challenged President Bush credibility on Iraq, and said that no one was suggesting of cutting and running from Iraq, despite [[Bill Murtha]]’s and [[Nancy Pelosi]]’s comments to the contrary<ref>http://newsbusters.org/node/3852</ref>. [[News Buster]], a media watchdog organization, wrote that, “The former Nightly News anchor seems to align himself with the "Bush lied, people died" crowd.”<ref> Geoffrey” 2007, http://newsbusters.org/taxonomy/term/192</ref>

===Abu Ghraib Prison Abuse===
After the abuses by the some members of the military at [[Abu Ghraib]] prison in [[Iraq]], Brokaw was criticized for unbalanced coverage of the situation. Nightly News reported heavily on the abuse at Abu Ghraib, while failing to mention the recently-discovered abuses carried out by former dictator [[Saddam Hussein]]. Between 2003 and 2004, Nightly News showed 58 prison abuse stories, while only broadcasting five reports on Saddam’s recently-discovered mass graves<ref>Media Research Center, http://www.mrc.org/realitycheck/2004/fax20040512.asp</ref>.

==References==
<references/>

==External Links==
*[http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/brokawtom/brokawtom.htm The Museum of Broadcast Communications]

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Dan Rather

2010-11-14T02:12:33Z

MrKruzkin: liberal

'''Dan Rather''' (b. October 31, 1931) was the liberal anchor of the [[CBS]] Evening News for twenty-four years, until his mid-campaign smear attempt against President [[George W. Bush]] was revealed to be based on forged documents (see [[Rathergate]]).
He retired under pressure in March 2005.

==Other career highlights==

He also contributed to the show "60 Minutes". Rather covered many important events during his twenty-four years, and was known for his coverage of [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]] in the [[Watergate Affair]] and of the [[Soviet]] invasion of [[Afghanistan]]. He has been accused of having a [[liberal]] bias, and retired suddenly under a cloud after the scandal known as "[[Rathergate]]" was exposed.

==Rathergate==
In September 2004, the middle of the presidential election, Rather claimed on "60 Minutes" that he had authentic typed documents from the 1970's which called into question [[George W. Bush|Bush's]] [[National Guard]] service. These documents were almost immediately exposed in blogs to be forgeries based on font and script print that was not available to typewriters of that time period. Indeed, it appeared to be written in Microsoft Word, a program that did not exist at the time the documents claimed to have been written.

Instead of admitting the documents may have to be looked at further, the initial response of Rather and CBS was to stick to their guns that they were genuine. <blockquote>"As a standard practice at CBS, each of the documents broadcast on "60 Minutes" was thoroughly investigated by independent experts and we are convinced of their authenticity"</blockquote> Indeed, CBS had actually been warned by some of the people they interviewed for the story that the document they were talking about was probably a forgery, but they were dismissed as 'pro-Bush'. Only when it was overwhelmingly apparent that they were shoddy forgeries, did CBS and Rather relent. CBS and Rather later apologized for running the story, but their obstinance in light of the building evidence had already done its damage.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/20/politics/main644546.shtml ''Dan Rather Statement On Memos''], CBS News, 20 Sept 2004. Accessed 20 Nov 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/9/9/192002.shtml '' '60 Minutes' Bush Guard Documents Questioned''], NewsMax.com, 9 Sept 2004. Accessed 20 Nov 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/9/11/100726.shtml '' '60 Minutes': Witness Who Contradicted Forged Docs Was Too 'Pro-Bush' ''], NewsMax.com, 11 Sept 2004. Accessed 20 Nov 2007.</ref>.

The documents were reviewed by experts who decided that the documents were false, and that CBS was negligent in airing them.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21675-2004Sep14.html?nav=hcmodule ''Document Experts Say CBS Ignored Memo 'Red Flags' ''], The Washington Post, 15 Sept 2004. Accessed 20 Nov 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9967-2004Sep9.html ''Some Question Authenticity of Papers on Bush''], The Washington Post, 10 Sept 2004. Accessed 20 Nov 2007.</ref><ref>[http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/complete_report/appendix_4.pdf ''Appendix 4: Panel Observations Peter Tytell's Analysis of Typestyle Issues''] (PDF), CBS News. Accessed 20 Nov 2007.</ref> Four CBS employees were later fired over the controversy, including the Senior Vice President, and many suspect that Rather retired in order to avoid the same fate.<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/10/national/main665727.shtml ''CBS Ousts 4 For Bush Guard Story''], CBS News, 10 Jan 2005. Accessed 20 Nov 2007.</ref>

Some have said that Rather intentionally ran the story in order to influence the election. Others claim that the rush to be the first to break the story was the reason behind the false documents inclusion, and that they were not intentionally used for political purposes. A senior official of the [[John Kerry|Kerry]] campaign made a phone call to the man who was the source of the false documents four days before they were aired, a rather odd coincidence. Republicans have pointed to this as a conspiracy.<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-09-21-cbs-parties_x.htm ''Parties lob accusations over suspect papers''], USAToday, 21 Sept 2004. Accessed 20 Nov 2007.</ref> Kerry claimed that his employee did nothing wrong.<ref>[http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040922-122835-2135r.htm], Washington Times.</ref> A few desperate [[Democrats]] tried to blame [[Karl Rove]], but apart from a knee-jerk accusation to deflect attention, there was no evidence.<ref>[http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040922-101433-4296r.htm], Washington Times.</ref>

In September 2007, Rather sued CBS News for $70 million, claiming that they gave him insufficient airtime on [[60 Minutes]] after forcing him to step down as anchor of the [[CBS Evening News]] in March 2005.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/20/business/media/19cnd-rather.html?hp ''Rather’s Lawsuit Says CBS Made Him a ‘Scapegoat’''], New York Times, 20 Sept 2007. Accessed 20 Nov 2007.</ref>

== References ==
<references />

==External Links==
*[http://www.aim.org/wls/author/dan-rather/ What Liberals Say - Dan Rather], [[Accuracy In Media]]

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[[Category:Broadcasters]]

Katie Couric

2010-11-14T02:11:20Z

MrKruzkin: added back liberal label in title

[[Image:Katie Couric.jpg|thumb|150px|Katie Couric]]
[[Image:Couric Slump.jpg|thumb|right]]
'''Katherine Anne Couric''' was born on January 7, 1957, in [[Arlington]], [[Virginia]]. Couric is the liberal anchor of ''[[CBS]] Evening News''. Many people believed that Katie Couric's sucess on the Today Show would follow her onto the ''Evening News,'' but the decline in viewership that started in the 1980s did not stop. Bob Schieffer, who preceded Katie, actually did see a modest rise in the evening news ratings. <ref>www.mediabistro.com</ref> <ref>[http://apnews.excite.com/article/20070603/D8PHEUNO1.html Ratings Raise TV News Sexism Questions], David Bauder, June 3, 2007.</ref> <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/rich-noyes/2007/09/04/katie-couric-one-year-later-different-network-same-old-liberal-skew Katie Couric, One Year Later: Different Network, Same Old Liberal Skew], Rich Noyes, [[NewsBusters]], September 4, 2007. </ref>

==Personal==

*1975 Entered the [[University of Virginia]].
*1979 Graduated with honors from the University of Virginia with a bachelor’s degree in English.
*1989 Married [[Jay Monahan]].
*1991 Her first daughter, Elinor was born.
*1996 A second daughter, Caroline was born.
*1998 Her husband of nine years died of [[colon cancer]] at the age of 42.
*2000 Helped launch the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (NCCRA).

Couric lives in [[New York]] with her two daughters.

==Journalism Career==

*1979 Desk assistant at [[ABC News]] in Washington, D.C.
*1980 Assignment editor at CNN. Couric later became an associate producer and producer of a news and information program.
*1984 Reporter handling general assignments for WTVJ in Miami.
*1987-1989 NBC Reporter at WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. During that time, she won an Emmy and an Associated Press Award.
*1989 Pentagon correspondent for NBC News.
*1990 National correspondent for Today.
*1991-2006 Permanent cohost for Today.
*1992 Contributing anchor for Dateline NBC.
*2006 Anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, 60 Minutes correspondent and anchors CBS News primetime specials.

==Liberal Bias==
Couric has a history of favoring Democratic individuals:
*[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/02/11/couric-injects-silly-girl-talk-60-minutes-interview-clinton Couric Injects Silly Girl Talk in '60 Minutes' Interview with Clinton], [[Brent Baker]], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', February 11, 2008
*[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/rich-noyes/2008/01/30/cbss-couric-lauds-john-edwards-liberal-themed-campaign CBS's Couric Lauds John Edwards Liberal-Themed Campaign], [[Rich Noyes]], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', January 30, 2008
*[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/01/10/couric-encourages-humanized-clinton-reveal-more-yourself Couric Encourages 'Humanized' Clinton to 'Reveal More of Yourself'], [[Brent Baker]], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', January 10, 2008

Couric has a history of negative reporting on Republican / Conservative individuals and issues:
*[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/02/06/cbs-incessantly-applies-conservative-label-44-times-two-hours CBS Incessantly Applies 'Conservative' Label: 44 Times in Two Hours], [[Brent Baker]], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', February 6, 2008
*[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/02/05/couric-pushes-gop-candidates-not-dems-denounce-each-other Couric Pushes GOP Candidates, Not Dems, to Denounce Each Other], [[Brent Baker]], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', February 5, 2008
*[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/02/04/cbs-abc-falsely-describe-medicare-spending-hike-cut CBS and ABC Falsely Describe Medicare Spending Hike as a Cut], [[Brent Baker]], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', February 4, 2008
*[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-poor/2008/01/24/evening-news-plays-recessionary-caused-unemployment 'Evening News' Plays up Recessionary-Caused Unemployment], [[Jeff Poor]], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', January 24, 2008
*[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nathan-burchfiel/2008/01/23/couric-praises-media-predicting-recession Couric Praises Media for Predicting Recession], [[Nathan Burchfiel]], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', January 23, 2008
*[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2007/12/11/couric-channeled-hillary-challenges-romney-denounce-giulianis-character Couric Channeled Hillary But Challenges Romney to Denounce Giuliani's 'Character'], [[Brent Baker]], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', December 11, 2007

==Sources==
*http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/06/eveningnews/bios/main1781520.shtml Katie Couric, Anchor, Managing Editor of CBS Evening News; Correspondent, 60 Minutes - CBS News
*http://www.askmen.com/women/models_300/304c_katie_couric.html AskMen.com - Katie Couric pics - Biography

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External Links==
*http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/06/eveningnews/bios/main1781520.shtml CBS News Bio
*http://newsbusters.org/taxonomy/term/190 Katie Couric - [[NewsBusters]]

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[[Category:Liberals]]

Peter Jennings

2010-11-14T02:10:41Z

MrKruzkin: liberal category

'''Peter Jennings''' (1938-2005) was a liberal [[ABC]] news anchor.

==Quotes==
“[Fidel] Castro has delivered the most to those who had the least....Education was once available to the rich and the well-connected. It is now free to all....Medical care was once for the privileged few. Today it is available to every Cuban and it is free....Health and education are the revolution’s great success stories.” 
— Peter Jennings, ABC’s World News Tonight, April 3, 1989.

==External Links==
*[http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=1015438 Peter Jennings Dies at 67], ABC News, August 7, 2005.

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[[Category:Broadcasters]]

Diane Sawyer

2010-11-14T02:09:07Z

MrKruzkin: liberal, World News Tonight

'''Diane Sawyer''' is a liberal “[[Good Morning America]]” talk show host. In 2009, she became the main anchor of ABC's nightly news program, "World News Tonight."

==External Links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0768154/ IMDb - Diane Sawyer]
*[http://www.aim.org/wls/author/diane-sawyer/ What Liberals Say - Diane Sawyer], [[Accuracy In Media]]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sawyer, Diane}}

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[[Category:Broadcasters]]

Peter Jennings

2010-11-14T02:08:02Z

MrKruzkin: liberal

Alan Colmes

2009-09-28T02:41:21Z

MrKruzkin: added liberals category

'''Alan Samuel Colmes''' (born September 24, 1950) is a [[liberal]] media personality who hosts a radio talk show. Colmes used to co-host the show [[Hannity & Colmes]] along with [[Sean Hannity]] on the [[Fox News Channel]] until the show ended in January 2009. Colmes will remain at Fox News as a commentator. <ref>[http://tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/one-half-of-hannity-colmes-is-leaving/ One Half of ‘Hannity & Colmes’ Is Leaving] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved on January 4, 2009.</ref>

Though he identifies as a liberal, and has even written a book about the supremacy of liberal politics <ref>Red, White & Liberal: How Left is Right and Right is Wrong (ISBN 0-06-056297-8)</ref>, he is perceived by many as a quisling and milquetoast straw man for used to allowing Hannity to regularly talk over and generally disparage without recourse.

==References==
<References/>

==External Links==
*[http://www.alan.com/ Official Website]

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[[Category: Liberals]]

Katie Couric

2009-09-28T01:57:00Z

MrKruzkin: added liberals category

[[Image:Katie Couric.jpg|thumb|150px|Katie Couric]]
[[Image:Couric Slump.jpg|thumb|right]]
'''Katherine Anne Couric''' was born on January 7, 1957, in [[Arlington]], [[Virginia]]. Couric is the anchor of ''[[CBS]] Evening News''. Many people believed that Katie Couric's sucess on the Today Show would follow her onto the ''Evening News,'' but the decline in viewership that started in the 1980s did not stop. Bob Schieffer, who preceded Katie, actually did see a modest rise in the evening news ratings. <ref>www.mediabistro.com</ref> <ref>[http://apnews.excite.com/article/20070603/D8PHEUNO1.html Ratings Raise TV News Sexism Questions], David Bauder, June 3, 2007.</ref> <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/rich-noyes/2007/09/04/katie-couric-one-year-later-different-network-same-old-liberal-skew Katie Couric, One Year Later: Different Network, Same Old Liberal Skew], Rich Noyes, [[NewsBusters]], September 4, 2007. </ref>

==Personal==

*1975 Entered the [[University of Virginia]].
*1979 Graduated with honors from the University of Virginia with a bachelor’s degree in English.
*1989 Married [[Jay Monahan]].
*1991 Her first daughter, Elinor was born.
*1996 A second daughter, Caroline was born.
*1998 Her husband of nine years died of [[colon cancer]] at the age of 42.
*2000 Helped launch the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (NCCRA).

Couric lives in [[New York]] with her two daughters.

==Journalism Career==

*1979 Desk assistant at [[ABC News]] in Washington, D.C.
*1980 Assignment editor at CNN. Couric later became an associate producer and producer of a news and information program.
*1984 Reporter handling general assignments for WTVJ in Miami.
*1987-1989 NBC Reporter at WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. During that time, she won an Emmy and an Associated Press Award.
*1989 Pentagon correspondent for NBC News.
*1990 National correspondent for Today.
*1991-2006 Permanent cohost for Today.
*1992 Contributing anchor for Dateline NBC.
*2006 Anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, 60 Minutes correspondent and anchors CBS News primetime specials.

==Liberal Bias==
Couric has a history of favoring Democratic individuals:
*[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/02/11/couric-injects-silly-girl-talk-60-minutes-interview-clinton Couric Injects Silly Girl Talk in '60 Minutes' Interview with Clinton], [[Brent Baker]], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', February 11, 2008
*[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/rich-noyes/2008/01/30/cbss-couric-lauds-john-edwards-liberal-themed-campaign CBS's Couric Lauds John Edwards Liberal-Themed Campaign], [[Rich Noyes]], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', January 30, 2008
*[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/01/10/couric-encourages-humanized-clinton-reveal-more-yourself Couric Encourages 'Humanized' Clinton to 'Reveal More of Yourself'], [[Brent Baker]], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', January 10, 2008

Couric has a history of negative reporting on Republican / Conservative individuals and issues:
*[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/02/06/cbs-incessantly-applies-conservative-label-44-times-two-hours CBS Incessantly Applies 'Conservative' Label: 44 Times in Two Hours], [[Brent Baker]], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', February 6, 2008
*[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/02/05/couric-pushes-gop-candidates-not-dems-denounce-each-other Couric Pushes GOP Candidates, Not Dems, to Denounce Each Other], [[Brent Baker]], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', February 5, 2008
*[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2008/02/04/cbs-abc-falsely-describe-medicare-spending-hike-cut CBS and ABC Falsely Describe Medicare Spending Hike as a Cut], [[Brent Baker]], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', February 4, 2008
*[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/jeff-poor/2008/01/24/evening-news-plays-recessionary-caused-unemployment 'Evening News' Plays up Recessionary-Caused Unemployment], [[Jeff Poor]], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', January 24, 2008
*[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nathan-burchfiel/2008/01/23/couric-praises-media-predicting-recession Couric Praises Media for Predicting Recession], [[Nathan Burchfiel]], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', January 23, 2008
*[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2007/12/11/couric-channeled-hillary-challenges-romney-denounce-giulianis-character Couric Channeled Hillary But Challenges Romney to Denounce Giuliani's 'Character'], [[Brent Baker]], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', December 11, 2007

==Sources==
*http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/06/eveningnews/bios/main1781520.shtml Katie Couric, Anchor, Managing Editor of CBS Evening News; Correspondent, 60 Minutes - CBS News
*http://www.askmen.com/women/models_300/304c_katie_couric.html AskMen.com - Katie Couric pics - Biography

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External Links==
*http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/06/eveningnews/bios/main1781520.shtml CBS News Bio
*http://newsbusters.org/taxonomy/term/190 Katie Couric - [[NewsBusters]]

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[[Category:Liberals]]

Laura Ingraham

2009-09-28T01:54:17Z

MrKruzkin:

[[Image:Laura-Ingraham.jpg|right|200px|Laura Ingraham]]
'''Laura Ingraham''' is a popular [[conservative]] talk radio host. Ingraham graduated from [[Dartmouth College]] and the University of Virginia School of Law, where she was Notes Editor of the ''Virginia Law Review''. For a time she served as a law clerk in the [[Supreme Court]]. Laura also worked as a white-collar criminal defense attorney for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Eventually, she was a speechwriter in the [[Reagan Administration]]. ''The Laura Ingraham Show'' began in 2001.

Ingraham is an author, frequent columnist, and television guest. She served as the Master of Ceremonies for the 2007 [[Iowa Straw Poll]].<ref>[http://www.iowagop.net/downloads/Straw.Poll.Info.pdf Iowa Straw Poll Schedule]</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Michael Savage]]
*[[Ann Coulter]]
*[[Rush Limbaugh]]
*[[Lou Dobbs]]

== External links ==

*[http://www.lauraingrahamfanclub.com/Biography.html Laura Ingraham Biography]

==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT: Ingraham, Laura}}

[[category:Radio Shows]]
[[category:Women Authors]]
[[category:Journalists]]
[[category:Conservative Commentators]]
[[Conservatives]]

User:MrKruzkin

2009-07-18T01:11:04Z

MrKruzkin:

Hello, my name is Mr. Kruzkin. I have come to Conservapedia after the liberal hacks on Wikipedia blocked me. They have absolutely no respect for the truth on that website, just their liberal bias. I trust that that will not happen here.

Walter Cronkite

2009-07-18T00:34:25Z

MrKruzkin: temporary reference for death

'''Walter Cronkite''' was an anchorman for [[CBS]] Evening News, 1962-1981. Widely regarded as authoritative, he was known as "Uncle Walter". Unfortunately, he was soft on [[Communism]] 

*From the outset, critics accused Cronkite of politically slanting the news to the left. This bias, they said, was evidenced not so much by Cronkite's words as by his choice of what stories CBS covered, and by his habit of raising his eyebrows and scowling to show his disapproval of statements made by conservatives and Republicans.
*Cronkite strongly influenced the politics and outcome of the [[Vietnam War]]. In 1968 the Communist forces in [[South Vietnam]], facing defeat, staged massive kamikaze attacks on U.S. positions in Saigon and elsewhere during the Chinese New Year celebration called Tet. This suicidal "[[Tet Offensive]]" was a military disaster that cost the lives of 100 Communist fighters for every American killed. But as a top Communist general said years later on the Public Broadcasting Service documentary series Vietnam, those on the left in the American press turned this Marxist military defeat into a political victory for the Communist side. <ref>http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1795</ref>

Cronkite's influence on the America's public perception of the Vietnam War was recognized by President [[Lyndon Johnson]] when he stated after a critical report on the war, "if we've lost Walter Cronkite, we've lost the country."<ref>http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0312/28/rs.00.html</ref>

In 1972 [[Democratic]] extreme [[leftist]] Presidential nominee [[George McGovern]] asked Cronkite to be his Vice Presidential running mate.<ref>''The Pulse of Politics: Electing Presidents in the Media Age'', By James David Barber, New York, W.W. Norton and Co., 1980, pg. 102.</ref><ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879139-8,00.html McGovern's First Crisis: The Eagleton Affair], ''[[Time magazine]]'', Aug. 07, 1972.</ref>

Cronkite has also stated support for other [[leftist]] causes, such as tax increases.<ref>http://www.mrc.org/Profiles/cronkite/welcome.asp</ref> During and following his anchorage tenure, Cronkite has placed a disproportionate amount of criticism towards Conservatives while aligning himself with liberal figures such as [[Bill Clinton]], [[Jimmy Carter]], and [[John Kerry]].<ref>http://www.mrc.org/Profiles/cronkite/welcome.asp</ref>

In 2004, he appeared in the liberal documentary [[Outfoxed]] which criticized [[Fox News]] for being too Conservative.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41604-2004Jul10.html</ref>

He died on July 17, 2009 at the age of 92.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,533660,00.html</ref>

==References==
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[[Category: Broadcasters]]
{{DEFAULTSORT: Cronkite, Walter}}

Walter Cronkite

2009-07-18T00:26:02Z

MrKruzkin:

'''Walter Cronkite''' was an anchorman for [[CBS]] Evening News, 1962-1981. Widely regarded as authoritative, he was known as "Uncle Walter". Unfortunately, he was soft on [[Communism]] 

*From the outset, critics accused Cronkite of politically slanting the news to the left. This bias, they said, was evidenced not so much by Cronkite's words as by his choice of what stories CBS covered, and by his habit of raising his eyebrows and scowling to show his disapproval of statements made by conservatives and Republicans.
*Cronkite strongly influenced the politics and outcome of the [[Vietnam War]]. In 1968 the Communist forces in [[South Vietnam]], facing defeat, staged massive kamikaze attacks on U.S. positions in Saigon and elsewhere during the Chinese New Year celebration called Tet. This suicidal "[[Tet Offensive]]" was a military disaster that cost the lives of 100 Communist fighters for every American killed. But as a top Communist general said years later on the Public Broadcasting Service documentary series Vietnam, those on the left in the American press turned this Marxist military defeat into a political victory for the Communist side. <ref>http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1795</ref>

Cronkite's influence on the America's public perception of the Vietnam War was recognized by President [[Lyndon Johnson]] when he stated after a critical report on the war, "if we've lost Walter Cronkite, we've lost the country."<ref>http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0312/28/rs.00.html</ref>

In 1972 [[Democratic]] extreme [[leftist]] Presidential nominee [[George McGovern]] asked Cronkite to be his Vice Presidential running mate.<ref>''The Pulse of Politics: Electing Presidents in the Media Age'', By James David Barber, New York, W.W. Norton and Co., 1980, pg. 102.</ref><ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879139-8,00.html McGovern's First Crisis: The Eagleton Affair], ''[[Time magazine]]'', Aug. 07, 1972.</ref>

Cronkite has also stated support for other [[leftist]] causes, such as tax increases.<ref>http://www.mrc.org/Profiles/cronkite/welcome.asp</ref> During and following his anchorage tenure, Cronkite has placed a disproportionate amount of criticism towards Conservatives while aligning himself with liberal figures such as [[Bill Clinton]], [[Jimmy Carter]], and [[John Kerry]].<ref>http://www.mrc.org/Profiles/cronkite/welcome.asp</ref>

In 2004, he appeared in the liberal documentary [[Outfoxed]] which criticized [[Fox News]] for being too Conservative.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41604-2004Jul10.html</ref>

He died on July 17, 2009 at the age of 92.<ref>citation needed</ref>

==References==
<references/>
[[Category: Broadcasters]]
{{DEFAULTSORT: Cronkite, Walter}}

Walter Cronkite

2009-07-18T00:23:30Z

MrKruzkin: passed away

'''Walter Cronkite''' was an anchorman for [[CBS]] Evening News, 1962-1981. Widely regarded as authoritative, he was known as "Uncle Walter". Unfortunately, he was soft on [[Communism]] 

*From the outset, critics accused Cronkite of politically slanting the news to the left. This bias, they said, was evidenced not so much by Cronkite's words as by his choice of what stories CBS covered, and by his habit of raising his eyebrows and scowling to show his disapproval of statements made by conservatives and Republicans.
*Cronkite strongly influenced the politics and outcome of the [[Vietnam War]]. In 1968 the Communist forces in [[South Vietnam]], facing defeat, staged massive kamikaze attacks on U.S. positions in Saigon and elsewhere during the Chinese New Year celebration called Tet. This suicidal "[[Tet Offensive]]" was a military disaster that cost the lives of 100 Communist fighters for every American killed. But as a top Communist general said years later on the Public Broadcasting Service documentary series Vietnam, those on the left in the American press turned this Marxist military defeat into a political victory for the Communist side. <ref>http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1795</ref>

Cronkite's influence on the America's public perception of the Vietnam War was recognized by President [[Lyndon Johnson]] when he stated after a critical report on the war, "if we've lost Walter Cronkite, we've lost the country."<ref>http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0312/28/rs.00.html</ref>

In 1972 [[Democratic]] extreme [[leftist]] Presidential nominee [[George McGovern]] asked Cronkite to be his Vice Presidential running mate.<ref>''The Pulse of Politics: Electing Presidents in the Media Age'', By James David Barber, New York, W.W. Norton and Co., 1980, pg. 102.</ref><ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879139-8,00.html McGovern's First Crisis: The Eagleton Affair], ''[[Time magazine]]'', Aug. 07, 1972.</ref>

Cronkite has also stated support for other [[leftist]] causes, such as tax increases.<ref>http://www.mrc.org/Profiles/cronkite/welcome.asp</ref> During and following his anchorage tenure, Cronkite has placed a disproportionate amount of criticism towards Conservatives while aligning himself with liberal figures such as [[Bill Clinton]], [[Jimmy Carter]], and [[John Kerry]].<ref>http://www.mrc.org/Profiles/cronkite/welcome.asp</ref>

In 2004, he appeared in the liberal documentary [[Outfoxed]] which criticized [[Fox News]] for being too Conservative.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41604-2004Jul10.html</ref>

He died on July 17, 2009 at the age of 92.

==References==
<references/>
[[Category: Broadcasters]]
{{DEFAULTSORT: Cronkite, Walter}}

Charles Gibson

2009-07-18T00:16:10Z

MrKruzkin:

'''Charles Gibson''' is the main anchor of [[ABC]]'s World News Tonight. He succeeded the late [[Peter Jennings]]. He has been widely accused of inserting his liberal political views into his reports<ref>http://www.mrc.org/Profiles/gibson/welcome.asp</ref>.

ABC

2009-07-18T00:11:29Z

MrKruzkin: hyperlink and fix spelling

[[Image:American Broadcasting Company Logo.png|right|100px|thumb|American ABC logo]]

'''[[American Broadcasting Company]]''': A [[television]] network in the [[United States]] which has been broadcasting since 1948. It is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.
**'''ABC Radio Networks''', known as '''ABC Radio''', formerly owned by ABC television but independent since 2007. It originated in 1927 as the "Blue Network", owned by RCA. It became independent of RCA in 1945.

==[[Charles Gibson]]==
Anchorman of ABC News Worldnews Tonight mentioned Conservapedia in a February 2007 segment. [http://xml.searchvideo.com/rd?i=2730017915&a=5dd5ca8652ca1f99f727d2f07104ae9e&p=1&q=language%3Aen%20conservapedia&vl=2721908557%202661562237%203090979217%201476579137%20269517351%201620947046%201937947638%202035605817%201045230044%203890262897%20 See Video]

==See Also==
* [http://www.abc.go.com American Broadcasting Company] official web-site
* [http://www.abc.net.au Australian Broadcasting Corporation] official web-site

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[[Category:Radio]]

Charles Gibson

2009-07-18T00:05:55Z

MrKruzkin: fixed citation

'''Charles Gibson''' is the main anchor of [[ABC]]'s World News Tonight. He has been widely accused of inserting his liberal political views into his reports<ref>http://www.mrc.org/Profiles/gibson/welcome.asp</ref>.

Charles Gibson

2009-07-18T00:05:30Z

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2009-07-17T23:50:36Z

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