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My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

1995: A Story of Politics On The Information Superhighway

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Bruce Carlson

News, Politics, History

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2021

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Stealth ads. Secret advice. Kids in uniforms. Soft money and hard choices in the information age. As we discuss in this cast, a Presidential election was almost completely settled a year before it happened. Some knew an election was going on and some didn't. In a time when money was soft and people said things like: 'This website's taking a long time to load because it has a picture,' we look at Clinton's not-so-certain re election Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to an Air Wave Media Podcast.

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The Civil War and Reconstruction was a pivotal era in American history.

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When a war was fought to save the Union and to free the slaves.

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And when the work to rebuild the nation after that war was over,

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turned into a struggle to guarantee liberty and justice for all Americans.

0:23.0

I'm Tracy.

0:24.0

And I'm Rich.

0:26.0

And we want to invite you to join us as we take an in-depth look at this pivotal era in American history.

0:33.0

Look for the Civil War and Reconstruction wherever you find your podcasts.

0:42.0

I don't know whether he does now, but I doubt it.

0:45.0

At least at that time it was President Clinton has no appetite.

0:49.0

And the staff knows that he doesn't know how to type.

0:52.0

So Clinton doesn't want Morris to put the draft into the White House computer.

0:56.0

Because then the staff would figure out that it wasn't his draft.

1:02.0

So he hunted all day through the residence for a manual electric typewriter,

1:06.0

something from the Stone Age.

1:07.0

They find this dusty IBM Selectric.

1:11.0

It blows off the dust.

1:13.0

And Morris says, I'm sitting there typing the draft of the speech.

1:16.0

He's standing over me kind of half-dictating, half-saying.

1:19.0

Then I want to go here.

1:21.0

I want to go there.

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