Category: Elections

Posture And Spin – September 2, 2000

– CBS Radio News + Weekend Roundup – September 2, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Since it was Labor Day weekend, this particular September 2nd in 2000, there was no end to campaigning, charges, counter-charges, spin, posturing and promising this last big holiday before the election. The end

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Private Enrichment At Public Expense – August 20, 1951

– Edward R. Murrow News with Don Hollenbeck – August 20, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day had an eerie ring of familiarity to it. The subject of influencing policy based on previous employers, the subject of Private enrichment at Public expense, and the “glass

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Cancer Scares And Campaign Trails – August 18, 2000

– CBS World News Roundup – Late Edition – August 18, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day 15 years ago it was Campaign 2000 in full swing. With Al Gore consummating the nomination the previous night, he set out to do some one-on-one campaigning on the Mississippi.

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An Eisenhower Democrat In 1948 – July 7, 1948

– Alka Seltzer News Of The World – July 7, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Political news, this July 7th in 1948. Putting an end to the buzz and rumors that General Eisenhower would run for President on the Democratic Party ticket put many in the party in awful

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