BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we begin our coverage of the Senate Debate on Bosnia. There will be two competing resolutions, one cutting funds and not supporting the mission as designated by President bill Clinton. It was led by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson R- Texas, and it was supported by much of the Republican caucus including Presidential contender Senator Phil Gramm , also from Texas and...

Send us Fan Mail Bosnia, Bill Clinton, and Bob Dole: Politics Meets Principle In the 1990s, the war in Bosnia presented President Bill Clinton and the United States with one of the most difficult foreign-policy decisions of the post-Cold War era. After years of ethnic violence, atrocities, and international inaction, the United States ultimately decided to send American troops to Bosnia as part of...

Send us Fan Mail This is part two of the Florida Presidency 3 Straw Poll Debate.  It features the closing remarks and results from the straw poll.  It is a forum where we get to see real history unfold as the Senators come into the studio having just voted for the historic Balanced Budget Amendment. It would later be vetoed by President Clinton.  Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  h...

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Send us Fan Mail Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  https://twitter.com/randal_wallace    , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts Thanks for listening!!

Send us Fan Mail Here is my student video project for a Mass Communications class at Lander University for Professor Frank Jackson, who was one of my favorites.  The video was saved from an old videotape and the sound quality has eroded some but it’s still fairly clear except for the Lindsey Graham segment because he had to whisper at the event we were recording from.  Still, I am proud of this pr...

Send us Fan Mail A preview for three different stories we will be sharing on all three of our podcasts.  On Grand Strand Politics we will be covering the race for Governor of South Carolina between Alan Wilson and Jermiah Johnson, and the razor thin race between Senator Darline Graham versus Dr. Annie Andrews. We will be there to cover it all Then we revisit the oral histories of two of the most c...

Send us Fan Mail This is an article covering both events our last two episodes also covered.  As a media student I was allowed to use the media equipment to cover projects I was working on and I mixed that with my time also with the Student Newspaper, The Forum at Lander University.  The footage we used for those two episodes of  The South Carolina Thirds District Republican Convention featuring t...

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Send us Fan Mail In this epsode, we brace for the announcemnet along with the resat of the Republoican field for President. Colin Powell has his press conference to announce his decision about seeking the Presidency. That decision was NO, he would not.  Instantly, the field was relived and set for the coming Presidential Primaries. We let you hear the collective sigh of relief from every candidate...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode,  we examine the shadow that had loomed, all of 1995, over the Republican 1996 Presidential Campaign. The potential that the charismatic and popular Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin Powell , was about to announce he was going to run for President. He was a towering figure in the minds of the American People having just run and won the Gulf War co...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 483: BOB DOLE 1995 – Clinton’s Comeback (Part 24) The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin – November 4, 1995 On November 4, 1995, one of the most shocking political assassinations of the modern era took place in Tel Aviv. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin had just addressed thousands of Israelis gathered at a peace rally supporting the Oslo peace process. Within minutes, he...

Send us Fan Mail President Clinton wrote one of the most misleading opinion pieces in 1995 on the Republican plan on College Loan program. He then sent it out to college campuses all over the country including The Lander University Student Newspaper The Forum. This was my rebuttal.  Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  https://twitter.com/randal_wallace    , and http://www.randalwalla...

Send us Fan Mail In this brief episode we let you listen in on the CNN broadcast special from Inside Politics with Bernard Shaw, Judy Woodruff and Political Director William Schneider, as they analyze that first forum from New Hampshire, as it introduced all of the Republican Presidential Candidates to the public.  This will give you a feel for what was actually a strong field of candidates that r...

Send us Fan Mail This episodes lets you hear from all the Republican candidates who were aiming to beat Bob Dole in the Republican Primaries just months away. It is an all star cast and you will hear from them all in this forum where each one just gets to introduce themselves and answer a few questions.  Senator Bob Dole of Kansas Representative Bob Dornan of California Steven Forbes Publisher of...

Send us Fan Mail One of my columns from my days in College. This particular column points out something that was just beginning to really show at the the time. It was that moderates in both arties were leaving the Congress. Today that is wing that is barely if not nonexistent in both parties.  Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  https://twitter.com/randal_wallace    , and http://www....

Send us Fan Mail Here is the political column that started it all for our host Randal Wallace. It was his guest column to the Lander Forum Student Newspaper in defense of Bob Packwood in the edition that came out just after his resignation.  This column got him added to the student newspaper regular staff and began his rather brief journalism career. It was a lot of fun and one of the happiest tim...

Send us Fan Mail In part two of the best oral history I have ever heard on any subject Bob Packwood continues to give listeners a tour through how the United Senate works and the issues Senators face from raising money to dealing with national issues and his assessments of the people he worked with from fellow Senators and House members to campaign aids, Labor and business leaders, to the Presiden...

Send us Fan Mail This is the first of our shows allowing you to hear the oral history for the Dole Institute in Kansas.  In the following two episodes you will hear Bob Packwood discuss his working relationship with Bob Dole. In the process, he will tell great stories from his long career in the Senate, the fights from Vietnam to the budget battles of the Clinton Years. He will asses the various S...

Send us Fan Mail This is the most recent of our bonus speeches given by Senator Packwood in our series looking back at his career and fall from power. It is another tour of the Federal Budget and assessments of the leaders the country had near the end of the Barak Obama Presidency.  It is an amazing speech and again shows off his sharp and penetrating mind.  Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@...

Send us Fan Mail This is our second bonus speech given by now former Senator Bob Packwood to the Portland City Club.  The Portland City Club has been an Oregon institution for political speeches and debates and it famously hosted his debate with then Senator Wayne Morse who he defeated in one of the bigger upsets of the 1968 election cycle.  He had not been back since his fall from grace as a Unit...

Send us Fan Mail This is our 1000th episode , counting all three podcasts we produce.  In this episode we look back at a speech given at Iowa State University in 1972, during Senator Bob Packwood's first term where he talks about the landscape of the 1972 Presidential Election and the issues facing Congress and President Nixon.  It's a great speech capturing Senator Packwood early in his...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we tune in as the entire world pays tribute and grieves together at the loss of this American Original, Dolly Parton.  Country Music singers, the American Media, the common fans and political figures of both parties grieve in a way we don't see very often in this very divided political atmosphere and world. It is a testament to just how beloved Dolly Parton ha...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we listen as Dolly Parton talks about her life with Asphalt Contractor  Carl Dean. A man so private that even though he was married to one of the single most recognizable figures on Earth, almost no one had ever seen a picture of him. It was , from all accounts, a very happy and successful 60 year marriage.  Then we learn about her many business and philanthropic a...