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BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
We begin our third season on Bob Dole's life and career, by traveling back in time to his April 1995 Presidential Campaign Announcement. At that point the Republican Party was on the rise everywhere and Bill Clinton appeared to be a sitting duck. Then a series of events would occur between April and December of 1995 that would resurrect Clinton's Presidency and put him 20 points ahead of any potential rival, including Bob Dole. That margin would stay frozen in place throughout 1996. This is…
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- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 118: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 18) OCTOBER 1973 (Part A) ALL AT ONCE : The Man Who Saved Israel
Send us Fan Mail Did you know that one man in World History bares the distinction of not only saving one nation but actually saving two!! That man, was Richard…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 117: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 17) Salvador Allende, Coup in Chile
Send us Fan Mail Another of the unfair accusations often heralded against President Richard Nixon and his assistant Dr. Henry Kissinger is that they overthrew…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 116: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 16) Disclosure of the Taping System
Send us Fan Mail BOMBSHELL!!! Assistant to the President for Special Files, Alexander Porter Butterfield would be questioned by lawyers for the Ervin Committee…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 115: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 15) Two Roads, the Special Prosecutors and the Ervin Committee
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we look at the start of the Ervin Committee Hearings as the Congress begins bringing the various players of Watergate out in…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 114: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 14) The Summit in America
Send us Fan Mail In June of 1973, The leader of the Soviet Union, Leonid Brezhnev arrived in the United States and for ten days even the Watergate…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 113: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 13) Price Controls, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Leonid Brezhnev
Send us Fan Mail Even as Watergate begins to dominate the news coverage of the Administration there are still other very important things going on for…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 112: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 12) THE SINISTER FORCE EMERGES (John Dean and the Watergate Special Prosecution Force)
Send us Fan Mail "The White House counsel is a senior staff appointee of the president of the United States whose role is to advise the president on all legal…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 111 : RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 11 ) A Night at the White House honoring our Prisoners of War ( A Very Special Edition)
Send us Fan Mail If our last episode was one of the saddest we will ever cover on our podcast, this was one of the happiest. On May 24, 1973, underneath an…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Have we created Frankenstein's Monster? (Special Commentary)
Send us Fan Mail “I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 110: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 10) The Resignations of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Kleindienst and the Firing of John Dean
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we get to listen in on what was probably the most agonizing and personally painful decisions that President Nixon had to make…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 109: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 9 Special Edition) Phone call between President Nixon and Assistant Attorney General Henry Petersen who was over the Criminal Division
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we hear the President on the phone with the Deputy Attorney General, Henry Petersen. Petersen is a man whose name we have…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 108: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 8) Unraveling and Switching Sides
Send us Fan Mail After the pandamonium of the James McCord letter dies down inside the courtroom it becomes very clear that Watergate is now an entirely new…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 107: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 7) The Week in Question March 13 - 23, 1973
Send us Fan Mail This is arguably the most important episode of the series and these events we will be revisiting through out the scandal of Watergate. Up to…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 106; RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 6) Judge Sirica and The Ervin Committee
Send us Fan Mail Now we move back to February 1973. Judge Sirica, always trying to insure his place in the sun, asks the Congress to investigate. The Senate…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Henry Kissinger, America's National Living Treasure ( A Special HAPPY 99th Birthday Edition)
Send us Fan Mail On May 27, 1923, in Furth, Germany, a child was born who would grow up to be one of, if not the most important diplomats in the history of the…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 105: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 5) Busted!! The story of the break in
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we step back to the events in question. The actual burglary on June 17, 1972. You will get to hear oral histories from G…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 104: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 4) Introducing you to G. Gordon Liddy, Geoff Shepard, and other major players in the events & defense of Watergate
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we start introducing you to the major characters of the Watergate scandal at its roots. We start with the guy who masterminded…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 103: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE: 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 3) The Press is the Enemy 2
Send us Fan Mail In this our third episode of RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, we have our second part of a look at the journalists who covered Watergate in 1973…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 102: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 2 ) The Press is the Enemy 1
Send us Fan Mail *** This episode was divided into two episodes, the second will post tomorrow morning In our second episode of RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 101: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 1) The POW's Come Home
Send us Fan Mail Our Season 6 Premier and the first in our NIXON and WATERGATE series: This season opens just as the Vietnam War ends for America. Even as the…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
The Return of the summer BLOCKBUSTER!!! (Preview for RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 3 Season series )
Send us Fan Mail Its the Summer of 2022 and we are on the verge of the 50th Anniversary of the Watergate Break in. No better time to look back at the…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Donald Trump and Richard Nixon: We've Seen it all before (Preview for Season 6, RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate)
Send us Fan Mail Preview for Season 6 , RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate Protests in the streets, an FBI in full investigation mode…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
A Trip Down Memory Lane (Bonus Edition) The Randal Wallace for Congress 2012 campaign, various speeches and interviews a decade later....
Send us Fan Mail It was 10 years ago that we ran for Congress in South Carolina. At that time we campaigned on three crisis's we felt the nation needed to…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Our Host, Randal Wallace, on the Exceptional Conservative with Ken McClinton during the 2012 7th District of South Carolina Congressional primary campaign
Send us Fan Mail The basis of the this podcast when we started it were stories about the relationships of the World War 2 Generation of leaders. The stories of…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
RICHARD NIXON (Bonus Edition) Inspirational Speech by President Nixon to the University of Nebraska after the Cornhuskers won the National Championship about America's future
Send us Fan Mail From the Richard Nixon Foundation video collection introduction to this speech: "On January 14, 1971, President Nixon made an appearance at…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
RICHARD NIXON (Bonus Edition) The Sports Fan
Send us Fan Mail Each month on "Bridging the Political Gap" we try to provide up to 12 hours of history for our listeners. This month with season 5 ending a…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
ORRIN HATCH A Giant of the Senate ( Special Tribute Edition )
Send us Fan Mail Senator Orrin Hatch died on April 23, 2022 at the age of 88. He had just retired in 2019. He was a true giant in the history of the United…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE: A preview of the LANDMARK 3 SEASON PODCAST DOCUMENTARY SERIES; "1973 Enemies at the Gate", "1974 Through the Fire," and "The Fall and Re-Rise of Richard Nixon "
Send us Fan Mail As we finish the first half of our series on the Nixon Administration and its place in our much longer series of shows that covered the…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 100: RICHARD NIXON 1973 Ten Days in January ( Part 4 ) FINALLY PEACE WITH HONOR
Send us Fan Mail Our Season 5 Finale: In this episode we listen in as a nation says farewell to one of its most larger than life leaders, the former President…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
A Thank You, a Request, and Watergate
Send us Fan Mail Dear Listeners, I want to take a moment to say a simple thank you for tuning in to our show. This season "Richard Nixon: 1972 The Foundation…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 99: RICHARD NIXON 1973 Ten Days in January (Part 3) The Ultimate Irony of War
Send us Fan Mail Finally, an agreement seems to be at hand and the war in Vietnam can be brought to an end for America. No one wanted to see this day more than…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 98: RICHARD NIXON 1973 Ten Days in January (Part 2) Nearing Peace in Vietnam
Send us Fan Mail Frustrating, frustrating is about the best way to put the ongoing negotiations and often the most frustrating part has been our allies not our…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 97: RICHARD NIXON 1973 Ten Days in January ( Part 1 ) The Second Inauguration of Richard Nixon
Send us Fan Mail We start the ten days that elevated President Nixon to the status as one of the four greatest Presidents in American history with his second…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 96: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 26) Endgame 5 Trying to understand Vietnam
Send us Fan Mail The Bombing of North Vietnam over Christmas 1972 finally has broken the will of the North to keep the fight going. The South Vietnamese will…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 95: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 25 ) Endgame 4 The Horrors of War, & Tragedy for Joe Biden & the passing of President Harry Truman too
Send us Fan Mail The Horrors of War cannot be overstated. Here in the final stages of the Vietnam War for America things gets brutal for the people of North…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 94: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace ( Part 24) Endgame 3 Operation Linebacker 2
Send us Fan Mail President Theiu of South Vietnam kept stalling and not agreeing with one proposal after another. After the election, it became clear to North…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 93: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 23) Endgame 2 The Peace Talks derail and Lyndon Johnson addresses Civil Rights one last time
Send us Fan Mail This episode opens with Henry Kissinger being frustrated with the antics of our ally in South Vietnam. At one point in these final days…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 92: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace ( Part 22 ) ENDGAME 1
Send us Fan Mail The 1972 election is now behind us and Richard Nixon is ready to end this war in Southeast Asia. He is having issues getting an agreement…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 91:RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 21) Closing in on Victory 5, Election Night 72
Send us Fan Mail It is finally election Day in 1972. We get to relive the news coverage of the big day and election night as Richard Nixon caps off his amazing…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
ALASKA loses a Giant, A tribute to Representative Don Young the Dean of the House (Special Edition)
Send us Fan Mail During the time I was a City Councilman in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and was active in the National League of Cities I was befriended by a…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 90: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 20) Closing in on Victory 4
Send us Fan Mail Now in the final stretch of the 1972 campaign, with negotiations to end the war in their grasps, and more news stories bubbling under the…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 89: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 19) Closing in on Victory 3, Peace is at Hand
Send us Fan Mail This episode covers the growing issues that Watergate is creating, problems Nixon is having with our ally in South Vietnam that is slowing…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 88: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 18) Closing in on Victory 2
Send us Fan Mail We join a 1972 campaign in wide open progress as George McGovern tries to make his case to the American people at a time when the economy is…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
The Horror of Munich : Black September 1972 (Special Edition)
Send us Fan Mail While Richard Nixon served as President at the height of the Cold War. He was also President when terrorism exploded on to the World stage as…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 87: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 17) Closing in on Victory 1 The Campaign and Vietnam
Send us Fan Mail The 1972 conventions are over and the candidates hit the campaign trail. It is a year where major events seem to be happening every time you…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 86: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 16) The Republican National Convention 2 Nixon Speaks
Send us Fan Mail The final night opens with actor Jimmy Stewart and First Lady Pat Nixon. Then Congressman Gerald Ford introduces Vice President Spiro T. Agnew…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 85: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 15 ) The Republican National Convention and rally with Sammy Davis Jr 1
Send us Fan Mail If the McGovern campaign had been a textbook example of what could go wrong would, the Nixon campaign ran like a well oiled machine. If you…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 84: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 14) The Democratic National Convention 2 (and Thomas Eagleton)
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we open with the real power player in the Democratic Party of 1972, Senator Ted Kennedy. He would step up to nominate George…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 83: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 13) The Democratic National Convention 1
Send us Fan Mail *** WELCOME TO CONVENTION WEEK, All week we will be stepping back in time to the 1972 National Conventions. This episode starts off the…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 82: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 12) The Peak
Send us Fan Mail President Richard Nixon's Address to the nation and to a joint session of Congress on June 1, 1972, would mark the arguable high point of his…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Special Commentary Edition: We Desperately Need a Strategy for the Free World
Send us Fan Mail Special Commentary that was inspired by recent events in the nation of Ukraine. How did we come to this, an invasion by Russia. It is simply…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 81: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 11) SALT 1, The Summit in Moscow
Send us Fan Mail SUMMIT IN MOSCOW. On May 22, 1972 Richard Nixon was the first American President to set foot inside the Kremlin as he and Soviet Leader Leonid…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 80: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 10) The Democratic Primary, Vietnam and a farewell to J. Edgar Hoover
Send us Fan Mail After President Richard Nixon returned from China he would have to catch up on all he missed as the Democratic Party began its campaign to…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 79: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 9) Welcome Home from China
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we witness President Richard Nixon's triumphant return to the United States. But it was not without real worry about how the…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 78: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 8) The Shanghai Communique
Send us Fan Mail While China represented mystery, exotic locales, and an entirely different cultural experience for Americans watching back home on television…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 77: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Special 50th Anniversary Edition) Discovering Zhou En Lai
Send us Fan Mail To mark the actual 50th anniversary of the start of the week that changed the world. The week Richard Nixon landed in Peking , China and…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 76: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 7) The Great Wall and the Ming Dynasty Tombs of China
Send us Fan Mail During the week that President and Mrs. Nixon were in China there were several staged tours arraigned for the party and at those events there…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 75: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 6) The Press, the Pandas and the Ballet
Send us Fan Mail Somethings never change, and one of those things that will never change is the troublesome issues the press can create by trying to get into…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 74: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace (Part 5) Meeting Chairman Mao
Send us Fan Mail In a trip planned and choreographed to the minute, an enormous surprise happened with in hours of the President's arrival. Chinese Premier…
- BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback
Episode 73: RICHARD NIXON 1972 The Foundation of Peace ( Part 4) Welcome to China and the handshake that shook the World
Send us Fan Mail "One story about the famous meeting with Richard Nixon remained a secret for many years, until Nixon’s memoirs appeared. The story began in…