BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback

Send us Fan Mail The bombs fell again on downtown Baghdad.  This time in retaliation for the Iraqi Intelligence Agency's attempt to kill former President George H. W. Bush. Bush had gone to Kuwait to celebrate the anniversary of the victory by the United States of liberating the tiny Arab Nation. The Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein thought it was the perfect time to get even with his former nemes...

Send us Fan Mail This is part two of the dueling press conferences on April 23, 1993 to celebrate the first 100 days of the Clinton Administration.  This time its Bob Dole's turn to speak to the public and talk about all that had occured in the early Clinton days. It was the first of many sparring matches that would occur from 1993 to 1996.  Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  h...

Send us Fan Mail This is the first of a special two part podcast story. This is the end of the first 100 days of the administration of Bill Clinton. He topped it off with a press conference touting the many different things he felt that had been accomplished during those first 100 days. It is Bill Clinton at his finest, singing his own praises, and grabbing the spotlight.  He won't have the s...

Send us Fan Mail Janet Reno would serve as Attorney General for the entire term of Bill Clinton's Presidency. It proved the third time was the charm. In this episode, we look back at Janet Reno the person and we will examine some of her tougher decisions that happened throughout her nearly 8 years as the Attorney General.  Even though I am a Republican I would actually give her tenure high ma...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we look at the former First Lady and her impact on the Clinton Administration. I don't think there is any debate on the powerful role Hillary Rodham Clinton had on the administration of her husband, for good and for bad. She was his tip advisor and a full partner throughout his entire political career. She would lead the efforts on Healthcare and while provin...

Send us Fan Mail Bill Clinton will have a town hall in Chillicothe , Ohio, to answer questions and roll out his economic plan to the nation. We are presenting it to you here in its entirety.  You will get the chance to see Bill Clinton do what he does best, connect with people. He puts on his full salesman pitch to try and sell this plan to the American People.  He does well in person, as you can...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we will listen to the efforts by Bill Moyers to aid his President to build both a Great Society here at home all while protecting the civil rights of its citizens at the same time.  You will hear Lyndon Johnson talk about what he expects in his anti poverty programs, his education programs, and how he intends to deal with industry. You will hear Johnson as he stru...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we concentrate mostly on the Vietnam War and watch the decisions unfold that led us into a full scale land war in Asia. Bill Moyers was there and honestly offers both his opinions in real time to the President and gives historians an ear full of why he thinks things happened the way they did.  This is an extraordinary look inside the inner workings of a White Hous...

Send us Fan Mail This is our first of three special edition episodes looking back at the life and career of Bill Moyers. He was a legendary journalist who worked for PBS for many years. As a young man one of the earliest documentaries I owned was one he did on Hitler and Roosevelt comparing their life stories. He did amazing work.  He is no stranger to our broadcast either, having appeared in seve...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we look back at the roll out for the Clinton Economic Plan. It is to this day a source of some level of controversy as to how much credit it deserves for the extraordinary boom that happened after it passed. The question is how much did help spur the economy, or was it the budget deal that Bush signed that raised some tax rates and cut some spending, or was it the...

Send us Fan Mail COMING THIS WEEK a three part tribute and retrospective to Journalism Giant Bill Moyers who began his career as an aide to President Lyndon B. Johnson. First we look back at his life and career and then in two more episodes wie listen in on his calls with President Johnson as they figure out how to build a Great Society, usher in an era of Civil Rights, and fight the War in Vietna...

Send us Fan Mail This special edition honors three figures we lost in May of 2025. Two political figures who loomed large on the national scene, Charlie Rangel and Gerry Connelly, and one of the stars of our hosts second favorite show of all time "CHEERS" , George Wendt aka "Norm!!"  Charlie Rangel served in Congress for 40 years out of Harlem in New York. He was a major player...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we tune in as Terrorism makes its first big appearance on our shores as Islamic extremist bomb the World Trade Center. In this episode we relive that terrible day. It would foreshadow the dominant issue of the next decade.  Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  https://twitter.com/randal_wallace    , and http://www.randalwallace.com/ Please Leave us a r...

Send us Fan Mail In this special edition episode we hear Bob Dole address the National Association of Counties. It is the organization that works for the nations county governments and it shares similar issues with cities which is where I spent my time as an elected official.  In this speech you will come away getting a full dose of Bob Dole's legendary sense of humor and his amazing grasp of...

Send us Fan Mail The most controversial issue that President Clinton tackled right off the bat was changing the policy in the United States military banning homosexuals from serving. It would be met with opposition by Bob Dole, Strom Thurmond, Phil Gramm and the Joint Chiefs' of Staff. In fact, even the Democratic Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, Sam Nunn, was opposed to the change. ...

Send us Fan Mail As we start down the road of the Clinton years we shall see that both men, Bill Clinton and Bob Dole , struggle just a bit to get their sea legs in their new positions. We start out with inside footage of Bill Clinton as he starts his first meeting with his cabinet and later his first meeting with the Congressional Leadership.  We will also see him as he meets the Chairman of the...

Send us Fan Mail 1993 to 1994 will really be a clash between two political titans, Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole and President Bill Clinton. As we begin in what will be essentially a two part biographical series of both men, we thought we would take a look at both of them from interviews made during the early days of 1993, before we had any idea exactly what the future would hold for either of t...

Send us Fan Mail When we finished our 14th Season it was Inauguration Day for Bill Clinton. In this episode, we pick up where we left off on Inauguration afternoon and evening. We will witness the celebrations of the victors and the agony of the defeated as Bill Clinton and the democrats enjoy their victory until late into the evening.  It was for them a fun night, and first few days at the helm o...

Send us Fan Mail While we were on hiatus from producing episodes we had a number of passings that we want to comment on , both nationally, and locally here in the Myrtle Beach area of note.  Over the next few days we will have two special editions mixed in with our regular series in order to honor these folks.  In this episode we will look back at two people who were very close to me over the past...

Send us Fan Mail In our premier episode of our 15th Season, we start back at the dawn of the Clinton Administration as Bill Clinton has just been elected President of the United States, and his party is left in full control of Congress. It all appears to be a beautiful honeymoon on the horizon for the new Commander in Chief. There is only one problem from basking in the glow of that honeymoon.  Bo...

Send us Fan Mail In this brief episode we talk about the new series that will begin on June 11, 2025. Plus we also talk about the future of this broadcast.  This look back at Bob Dole will also mark the end of our look at the Greatest Generation of Americans that overcame a depression, fought World War 2 , and came home to build the American Century while winning the Cold War.  Bob Dole's sto...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we hear from South Carolina's Senior United States Senator Lindsey Graham as he spoke to the Child and Family Resource Foundation in Hartsville, S.C. He will discuss the many things going on in the nations' capitol under the Presidency of Donald Trump.  Lindsey Graham is widely seen as one of the leading foreign policy, and budget policy experts in Washin...

Send us Fan Mail On June 11, 2025, our podcast will embark on the final story in the original thesis we intended to tell when we started this podcast nearly five years ago. On June 11, 1996, exactly 29 years ago, we saw Bob Dole resign his Senate seat, giving one of the most important speeches we ever heard, to pursue full time his bid for the White House. He would be the last of "The Greates...

Send us Fan Mail Keith C. Hinson was the Founder of Waccamaw Land and Timber Company where our Host Randal Wallace has sold Real Estate for the past 22 years. He is a giant figure in the history of Horry County S.C. where this podcast is produced.  No matter where you turn  in or around the Myrtle Beach area you will see the mark he has left for the better in our region and its development. His pa...

Send us Fan Mail In this final episode of our 14th Season, we watch one era begin and another end.  We will tune into the beginning of the Inaugural Ceremony, hearing the great Senator Wendell Ford greet the crowd and introduce the players, which will include, the Reverend Billy Graham who will give the invocation.  Then we will listen in as Governor William Jefferson Clinton of Arkansas, the firs...