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- Clinton on the Seneca Falls Dial...
- Invoking her fore-mothers, Hillary Clinton drew on the wisdom of the Seneca Falls convention in her speech to the Democratic ... more»
- Category: Civil Rights
- Created: Dec 01, 2008 at 03:44PM
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- Reagan Campaign Ad: Morning in A...
- Mentioning hope in a presidential campaign is like playing trump card – nobody can top it. It’s what Reagan did ... more»
- Created: Apr 21, 2008 at 09:45AM
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- George W. Bush Campaign Ad: Wind...
- An anti-Kerry ad launched by the Bush campaign in 2004. more»
- Created: May 20, 2008 at 04:17PM
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- Mondale Campaign Ad: "Teach Your...
- This 1984 Walter Mondale/Geraldine Ferraro campaign ad juxtaposes shots of children with footage of the launching of ICBMs. Softly playing ... more»
- Created: Jun 05, 2008 at 12:11PM
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- Mondale Campaign Ad: The Red Phone
- Was this the inspiration for Hillary Clinton's 3AM campaign commercial? more»
- Created: Jun 18, 2008 at 09:43AM
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- Goldwater Campaign Ad: Raymond M...
- Actors' involvement in politics did not start with Tim Robbins and Arnold Schwarzenegger. It reaches even farther back than Ronald ... more»
- Created: Apr 21, 2008 at 09:45AM
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- Nixon Campaign Ad: The Most Impo...
- A 1960 campaign spot in support of Richard Nixon establishes America as a peaceful nation, "always willing to negotiate for ... more»
- Category: Peace
- Created: Apr 21, 2008 at 09:45AM
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- McGovern Campaign Ad: Nixon Admi...
- By 1971, Richard Nixon's approval ratings had fallen below 50%. He was in the midst of accusations surrounding the Watergate ... more»
- Created: Aug 05, 2008 at 01:22PM
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- Nixon Campaign Ad: On Vietnam
- The war in Vietnam -- known as the "Living Room War" because of the extensive coverage of the conflict on ... more»
- Created: Aug 05, 2008 at 01:25PM
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- Nixon Campaign Ad: Tough on Defense
- In 1960, America was enjoying a period of relative prosperity. With the exception of the stirrings of the modern civil ... more»
- Created: Aug 05, 2008 at 01:29PM
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- Ford Campaign Ad: Biography
- This 1974 ad campaign emphasized the boyish charm, the political prowess, and the enduring patriotism of Gerald Ford. ... more»
- Created: Apr 21, 2008 at 09:45AM
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- "I am acutely aware that you hav...
- "I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, and so I ask ... more»
- Category: Patriotism
- Created: Sep 08, 2008 at 02:03PM
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- "My fellow Americans, our long n...
- "My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. Our Constitution works. Our great Republic is a government of laws ... more»
- Category: Community
- Created: Sep 08, 2008 at 01:47PM
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- "I believe that truth is the glu...
- "I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our Government but civilization itself. That bond, ... more»
- Category: Patriotism
- Created: Sep 08, 2008 at 01:39PM
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- "The oath that I have taken is t...
- "The oath that I have taken is the same oath that was taken by George Washington and by every President ... more»
- Category: Patriotism
- Created: Sep 08, 2008 at 01:29PM
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- "Standing here before a mural of...
- "Standing here before a mural of your revolution, I want to talk about a very different revolution that is taking ... more»
- Category: Foreign Policy
- Created: Sep 08, 2008 at 12:13PM
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- "In order to succeed we need lea...
- "In order to succeed we need leaders of inspired idealism, leaders to whom are granted great visions, who dream greatly ... more»
- Category: Election 08
- Created: Sep 08, 2008 at 12:33PM
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- "In the context of an election y...
- "In the context of an election year, I ask you, here in this great hall, or listening in the quiet ... more»
- Category: Community
- Created: Sep 03, 2008 at 01:33PM
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- "The lesson history teaches is t...
- "The lesson history teaches is this: If you believe you are safe, you are at risk. If you do not ... more»
- Category: Community
- Created: Sep 03, 2008 at 01:38PM
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- "To all within the sound of my v...
- "To all within the sound of my voice, I appeal: Learn with me the lessons of history and of grace, ... more»
- Category: Community
- Created: Sep 03, 2008 at 01:50PM
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- "We must be consistent if we are...
- "We must be consistent if we are to be believed. We cannot love justice and ignore prejudice, love our children ... more»
- Category: Community
- Created: Sep 03, 2008 at 01:56PM
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- "No President can easily commit ...
- "No President can easily commit our sons and daughters to war. They are the Nation's finest......Tonight, as our forces fight, ... more»
- Category: War
- Created: Sep 03, 2008 at 01:15PM
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- "This is an historic moment..."
- "This is an historic moment. We have in this past year made great progress in ending the long era of ... more»
- Category: War
- Created: Sep 03, 2008 at 01:10PM
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- "While the world waited..."
- "While the world waited, Saddam Hussein met every overture of peace with open contempt. While the world prayed for peace, ... more»
- Category: War
- Created: Sep 03, 2008 at 01:06PM
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- "As I report to you, air attacks...
- "As I report to you, air attacks are underway against military targets in Iraq. We are determined to knock out ... more»
- Category: War
- Created: Sep 03, 2008 at 01:00PM
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- "I've always had great faith in ...
- "I've always had great faith in and respect for our space program. And what happened today does nothing to diminish ... more»
- Category: Exploration
- Created: Sep 03, 2008 at 12:24PM
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- "There's a coincidence today..."
- "There's a coincidence today. On this day three hundred and ninety years ago, the great explorer Sir Francis Drake died ... more»
- Category: Exploration
- Created: Sep 03, 2008 at 12:18PM
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- "I believe that it must be the p...
- "I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted ... more»
- Category: Foreign Policy
- Created: Aug 21, 2008 at 02:13PM
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- "The free peoples of the world l...
- "The free peoples of the world look to us for support in maintaining their freedoms. If we falter in our ... more»
- Category: Foreign Policy
- Created: Aug 21, 2008 at 02:16PM
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- "We shall not realize our object...
- "We shall not realize our objectives, however, unless we are willing to help free peoples to maintain their free institutions ... more»
- Category: Foreign Policy
- Created: Aug 21, 2008 at 02:20PM
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- "And let's face it, if the mothe...
- "And let's face it, if the mothers ruled the world, there would be no goddamn wars in the first place. ... more»
- Category: War
- Created: Aug 21, 2008 at 02:36PM
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- "Five score years ago..."
- "Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous ... more»
- Created: Aug 20, 2008 at 11:59AM
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- "When the architects of our...
- "When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were ... more»
- Created: Aug 20, 2008 at 12:18PM
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- "The whirlwinds of revolt will c...
- "The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges. ... more»
- Category: Civil Rights
- Created: Aug 20, 2008 at 12:30PM
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- "I have a dream that one day thi...
- "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its ... more»
- Category: Civil Rights
- Created: Aug 20, 2008 at 12:41PM
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- "I have a dream that my four lit...
- "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not ... more»
- Category: Civil Rights
- Created: Aug 20, 2008 at 01:10PM
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- "And this will be the day..."
- "And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able ... more»
- Category: Civil Rights
- Created: Aug 20, 2008 at 01:19PM
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- "And so let freedom ring..."
- "And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of ... more»
- Category: Civil Rights
- Created: Aug 20, 2008 at 01:27PM
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- "And when this happens, when we ...
- "And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, ... more»
- Category: Civil Rights
- Created: Aug 20, 2008 at 01:34PM
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- "So it is apparently necessary f...
- "So it is apparently necessary for me to state once again -- not what kind of church I believe in, ... more»
- Created: Aug 20, 2008 at 02:00PM
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- "For while this year it may be a...
- "For while this year it may be a Catholic against whom the finger of suspicion is pointed, in other years ... more»
- Created: Aug 20, 2008 at 02:04PM
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- "An America with too many slums..."
- "...[A]n America with too many slums, with too few schools, and too late to the moon and outer space. These ... more»
- Created: Aug 20, 2008 at 02:07PM
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- "George Bush doesn't care about..."
- "George Bush doesn't care about Black people." more»
- Created: Aug 20, 2008 at 02:28PM
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- Dr. Utopia's "-ism"
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- Category: Humor / Satire
- Created: Aug 13, 2008 at 04:51PM
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- John Q. Public Meets Dr. Utopia
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- Category: Humor / Satire
- Created: Aug 13, 2008 at 05:12PM
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- "Everything is fine..."
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- Category: Humor / Satire
- Created: Aug 13, 2008 at 05:25PM
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- The Merits of American Industry
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- Category: Humor / Satire
- Created: Aug 13, 2008 at 05:29PM
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- American Freedoms
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- Category: Humor / Satire
- Created: Aug 13, 2008 at 05:40PM
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- "The floodwaters may have b...
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- Category: Community
- Created: Aug 13, 2008 at 05:47PM
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- "If a Free Society Cannot..."
- "To those peoples in the huts and villages across the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we ... more»
- Created: Aug 13, 2008 at 12:45PM
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- "Ask Not What Your Country..."
- "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your ... more»
- Created: Aug 13, 2008 at 12:56PM
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- "Let Every Nation Know..."
- "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, ... more»
- Created: Aug 13, 2008 at 01:03PM
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- "Let Us Never..."
- "So let us begin anew—remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always ... more»
- Created: Aug 13, 2008 at 01:14PM
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- "All This Will Not Be Finished..."
- "All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 ... more»
- Created: Aug 13, 2008 at 01:22PM
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- "Freedom Is Indivisible..."
- "Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. When all are free, then we can ... more»
- Created: Aug 14, 2008 at 02:10PM
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- "The Only Thing We Have to Fear..."
- "This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from ... more»
- Created: Aug 14, 2008 at 12:03PM
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- "There's a time when the operati...
- "There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you ... more»
- Category: Protest
- Created: Aug 14, 2008 at 12:04PM
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- "I Would Dedicate This Nation..."
- "In the field of world policy I would dedicate this Nation to the policy of the good neighbor—the neighbor who ... more»
- Created: Aug 14, 2008 at 12:22PM
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- "I am not a perfect servant..."
- "I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop ... more»
- Category: Faith & Religion
- Created: Aug 14, 2008 at 12:25PM
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- "Happiness Lies Not..."
- "Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of ... more»
- Created: Aug 14, 2008 at 12:27PM
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- "A lot of these decisions a...
- "A lot of these decisions about building a more interdependent, integrated world where you have share benefits, and responsibilities and ... more»
- Category: Community
- Created: Aug 14, 2008 at 12:38PM
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- "Recognition of the Falsity..."
- "Recognition of the falsity of material wealth as the standard of success goes hand in hand with the abandonment of ... more»
- Created: Aug 14, 2008 at 12:46PM
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- "Duty, Honor, Country..."
- "Duty, Honor, Country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you ... more»
- Category: Patriotism
- Created: Aug 14, 2008 at 01:34PM
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- "They Teach You..."
- "They teach you to be proud and unbending in honest failure, but humble and gentle in success; not to substitute ... more»
- Category: Patriotism
- Created: Aug 14, 2008 at 01:42PM
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- "Two Thousand Years Ago..."
- "Two thousand years ago the proudest boast was 'civis Romanus sum.' Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast ... more»
- Created: Aug 14, 2008 at 02:06PM
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- "Freedom Has Many Difficulties..."
- "Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to ... more»
- Created: Aug 14, 2008 at 02:22PM
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- "I deeply believe in equal justi...
- "I deeply believe in equal justice for all Americans, whatever their station or former station. The law, whether human or ... more»
- Created: Aug 18, 2008 at 11:41AM
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- "As we are a nation under God..."
- "As we are a nation under God, so I am sworn to uphold our laws with the help of God. ... more»
- Created: Aug 18, 2008 at 11:48AM
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- "My conscience tells me clearly..."
- "My conscience tells me clearly and certainly that I cannot prolong the bad dreams that continue to reopen a chapter ... more»
- Created: Aug 18, 2008 at 11:54AM
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- "But there is something differen...
- But there is something different about tonight. There is something special about tonight. What is different? What is special? I, ... more»
- Created: Aug 18, 2008 at 12:09PM
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- "I feel that notwithstanding the...
- "I feel that notwithstanding the past that my presence here is one additional bit of evidence that the American Dream ... more»
- Created: Aug 18, 2008 at 12:13PM
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- "I have spent most of my life as...
- "I have spent most of my life as a Democrat. I recently have seen fit to follow another course. I ... more»
- Created: Aug 18, 2008 at 12:23PM
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- "If we lose freedom here..."
- "If we lose freedom here, there's no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth. And this ... more»
- Created: Aug 18, 2008 at 12:27PM
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- "There can be no real peace..."
- "There can be no real peace while one American is dying some place in the world for the rest of ... more»
- Created: Aug 18, 2008 at 12:36PM
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- "You and I are told increasingly...
- "You and I are told increasingly we have to choose between a left or right. Well I'd like to suggest ... more»
- Created: Aug 18, 2008 at 12:39PM
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