Best Robert A Bob Mitchell Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 391 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 28) The 1994 Mid-Term Elections (A) A Team 53:34

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Send us a text In this episode we kick of the 1994 Midterm elections. As we look at Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole and Senate Republican Campaign Committee Chairman Phil Gramm, begin their march to the majority in the United States Senate. We will listen in as Bob Dole deftly answers questions about the year's most controversial Senate race in Vir…

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Episode 390 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 27) A Farewell to the Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell D - Maine with Speeches from both Dole and Clinton 47:04

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Send us a text In this episode, we look back with a great deal of respect to a very formidable adversary for most Republicans like me, in Senator George Mitchell of Maine. He was the Senate Majority Leader for most of the Bush Administration and the first two years of the Clinton Administration. He was most likely the single biggest factor in makin…

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Episode 389 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 26) The Contract with America 1:12:57

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Send us a text The Contract with America would change everything in Washington D.C. For four decades the United States House of Representatives had been controlled by one party. The Republicans had settled into a life of being a permanent minority. That total control of the Federal Government had led to decades of entrenchment for democrats everywh…

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Bill Clinton on the phone dealing with the 1994 California Wildfires (Special Edition) 22:57

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Send us a text In 1994 wildfires swept across California and the Emergency Management people steeped in to help fight them. Bill Clinton was briefed on the issues and in this episode we hear his call in to check on what was happening and to show his support for the efforts. It is a rare window in on the inner workings of the Presidency during a cri…

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Strom Thurmond and Bob Dole at the Graduation of the Citadel in Charleston S.C. May 14, 1994 (Special Edition) 40:29

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Send us a text South Carolina has always been enormously proud of its military Collegiate institution, the Citadel, in Charleston S.C. Senator Ernest Hollings was a proud graduate of the University as was so many very prominent people throughout the state. Graduates include Governor Justin Hagood, Pat Conroy, Charles Tew, Greg Davis, State Senator …

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Episode 388 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 25) The 1994 Crime Bill 1:01:02

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Send us a text In this episode we look back at one of the most controversial pieces of legislation in the entire history of the country, the 1994 Crime Bill. It has been the source of many misconceptions and misinformation, even some of which has been spread by me. I had actually forgotten that this piece of legislation actually wasn't a bipartisan…

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A Lecture by Robert Fiske, The Honest Special Prosecutor. (Special Edition) 1:05:05

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Send us a text I may not agree with his every conclusion about the history of the Special Prosecutor and Special Counsel office and the people who have held it. But I can say that I could find no fault with how this one man handled the job. The Special Counsel and Special Prosecutors Office, begun in 1974, as a way to investigate the sitting Presid…

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Episode 387 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 24) The Appointment of the Whitewater Special Prosecutor and Overview 1:33:12

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Send us a text The Whitewater investigation takes a giant leap as Attorney General Janet Reno appoints a Special Prosecutor to look into the case coming out of Arkansas. Former Watergate House Judiciary Committee staffer Bernard Nussbaum is now the assistant legal counsel to the President and his advice is not "No but Hell No!1 Mr. President, don't…

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Bob Dole's State of the Union Response of 1994 and his interview on the Republican Agenda of 1994 (Special Edition) 37:48

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Send us a text It has been described as the hardest assignment in Washington D.C. It is the response to the sitting President after the State of the Union Address by a member of the opposition party. The President, speaking to a Joint Session of Congress, has a packed House chamber to talk with and a national audience tuning in. The person given th…

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Episode 386 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 23) The Dole - Packwood Healthcare Alternative 1:06:41

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Send us a text The Republicans did offer up an alternative to the Clinton Healthcare proposal. It was the Dole/Packwood Republican Alternative plan. In this press conference you will hear Bob Dole discuss the proposal and have Senator Bob Packwood lay the plan out for the press corp. Here are two Republican leaders trying to get their ideas on the …

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Episode 385 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 22) Hillary and Healthcare 1:31:06

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Send us a text In this episode we take a look back at Hillary Clinton when she first burst onto the national scene in the early days of the Clinton Administration. She was a lady busy redefining the role of the First Lady. She was an active serious advisor to her husband. An accomplished career woman in her own right she had been the single person …

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Billy Graham The President's Preacher and his role in American History (Special Edition) 1:16:37

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Send us a text In this episode we look back at the other man who alongside, Bob Dole and Pete Wilson, spoke at both funerals for Pat and Richard Nixon. The Reverend Billy Graham was a giant figure in the second half of the 20th Century. His influence on the spiritual lives of people around the globe is rivaled only by the various Pope's who served …

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Episode 384 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 21) The Passing of Pat and Richard Nixon 1:25:10

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Send us a text In this episode we cover the deaths of both Former First Lady Pat Nixon and former President Richard Nixon who both passed away within 10 months of one another in 1993 and 1994. As anyone who has been listening to our podcast on a long term basis knows, the life and career of Richard Nixon is a central focus of our show. We even have…

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Episode 383 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 20) The Brady Bill 53:39

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Send us a text Jim Brady was a popular member of the Reagan campaign , and briefly the Reagan Administration. He was gunned down in 1981 in the attempt to assassinate Ronald Reagan. He lived, but suffered permanent brain damage, leaving him paralyzed and slow to speak for the rest of his life. His wife, Sarah Brady, would go on to lead a lifelong c…

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Episode 382 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 19) NAFTA 1:30:36

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Send us a text The North American Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, opened up the largest free trading block in the world. It was supported by every living former President in 1993, and Bill Clinton worked very hard to make it happen. He got support from an unlikely source. Bob Dole. In fact, he had bipartisan supp…

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The Bob Dole Oral History Collection Introduction (Special Edition) 42:46

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Send us a text As this series has unfolded I am sure that most people have listened in and thought it was more about President Bill Clinton than Senator Bob Dole. That will begin to change with this episode. This is where we will begin to use an absolute treasure of a find from the Dole Archives collection at the Robert J. Dole School for Politics …

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A Trip Through Georgia (Part 2) Franklin Roosevelt's Little White House & The Carter's Hometown of Plains (Special Edition) 1:13:49

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Send us a text In this our second episode of our tour through Georgia, we head out into rural south west Georgia to visit the community of Warm Springs. It was there in a small little resort town that Franklin Roosevelt discovered a treatment for his polio. It never cured him but it certainly revitalized him. The warm 88 degree water full of minera…

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A Trip Through Georgia (Part 1) The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and the Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site (Special Edition) 57:02

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Send us a text In this special, two part travelogue, we take you along with our host through Atlanta and south west Georgia as we visit several of the most historic spots in the nation. In this first episode we head into Atlanta and visit the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. We will look back on some of the major accomplishments of the Carter yea…

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Episode 381 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 18) Somalia - Black Hawk Down (B) The U.S. Senate Debate 1:43:04

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Send us a text In the second episode on the Black Hawk Down incident we will listen in on the Senate as it debates two seperate amendments concerning the operations in Somalia. The McCain Amendment that would have cut off all funding to the operation immediately and the Byrd Amendment that gave the President a six month time table to bring the oper…

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Episode 380 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 17) Somalia - Black Hawk Down (A) 1:06:12

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Send us a text This is the first of two episodes looking back on the situation in Somalia. In this episode we will hear from both President Bill Clinton and Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole , and we will directly from the pilot, Michael Durant, himself as he relives his experience in Mogadishu in several interviews. This is the story of Black Hawk…

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Episode 379 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 16) The Oslo Accords 50:56

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Send us a text I went on line and looked up the Oslo Accords signed by President Bill Clinton, PLO Leader Yasir Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin. It was an important moment that has faded now in its importance as the Israeli conflict with Hamas has taken centerstage. I thought it interesting to read what Artificial Intelligence wrote …

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Bob Dole's first foray into New Hampshire in 1993 ( Special Edition ) 36:55

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Send us a text We travel up to New Hampshire in this special edition episode to hear Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole , in his first foray into the state this cycle, as he helps fundraise for Congressman Bill Zepher. At the time Dole had not yet fully committed to running in 1996 himself but he was clearly the Republican Leader in America. This is B…

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Episode 378 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 15) The Budget Battle Ends 56:00

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Send us a text In this episode, we look at what is arguably an impressive achievement by both President Bill Clinton and Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole. The 1993 Budget Bill accomplished several goals of the new Clinton Administration including a tax increase on the middle class. That money funded up several programs Clinton had wanted to see impl…

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Episode 377 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 14) Vince Foster's Suicide 37:50

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Send us a text This is one of , if not, the saddest stories of all my time in politics. It is the story of Vince Foster, the longtime friend, and aid to President Bill Clinton. He had once shared back lawns with Bill Clinton in childhood. He had worked alongside Hillary Clinton at the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock, Arkansas, and he had moved with th…

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August at the Florida State Fire College 4:17

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We review the August Class Schedule at the FSFC, remind listeners to review and update their FCDICE in preparation for the transition to FireTrax, and recommend registering for the A-List.By Robert A “Bob” Mitchell, Chief Fire Officer

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Episode 376 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 13) The Bombing of Baghdad 51:48

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Send us a text 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 perf…

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Episode 375 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 12) The Clinton first 100 Days : Bob Dole Replies B 28:09

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Send us a text 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 …

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Episode 374 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 11) The Clinton first 100 Days , Bill Clinton's Press Conference A 50:45

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Send us a text 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 g…

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Episode 373 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 10) Janet Reno and Waco, Texas 1:11:22

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Send us a text 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 Republica…

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Episode 372 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 9) Hillary Clinton and the White House Travel Office Scandal 1:09:44

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Send us a text 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…

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Episode 371 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 8) Bill Clinton's Economic Plan Town hall in Ohio (Special Edition) 1:07:24

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Send us a text 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 Americ…

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A Tribute to BILL MOYERS (Part 3) From LBJ aide to Journalism Great (TAPE SERIES 21) LBJ calls to Bill Moyers 1964 - 1967 1:05:20

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Send us a text 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 …

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A Tribute to BILL MOYERS (Part 2) From LBJ aide to Journalism Great , (TAPE SERIES 20), LBJ calls to Bill Moyers in 1964 and the Vietnam War 1:01:58

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Send us a text 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…

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A Tribute to BILL MOYERS (Part 1) From LBJ aide to Journalism Great 1:02:12

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Send us a text 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 t…

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Episode 370 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 7) The Clinton Economic Plan Roll Out 1:29:34

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Send us a text 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…

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A Tribute to BILL MOYERS From LBJ aide to Journalism Great (Preview) 10:47

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Send us a text 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 …

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Tributes : Congressman Charlie Rangel, Congressman Gerry Connelly, and George Wendt aka Norm from CHEERS Part 2 42:05

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Send us a text 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 …

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Episode 369 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 6) The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing 1:07:51

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Send us a text 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 , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://…

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BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Special Edition) Senator Bob Dole's address to the National Coalition of Counties 34:33

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Send us a text 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 legenda…

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Episode 368 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 5) Gays in the Military 1:17:08

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Send us a text 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 Commi…

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Episode 367 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 4) Sea Legs 59:45

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Send us a text 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 wil…

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Episode 366 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 3) Clinton and Dole : Examining Both Men 43:32

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Send us a text 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 ex…

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Episode 365 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 2) Day One of the Clinton Administration 42:36

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Send us a text 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 the…

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Tributes: Joan Grove, City Clerk for Myrtle Beach S.C. , Mayor Bob Childs of Surfside S.C., and the Grandson of the 10th President John Tyler, Harrison Tyler (Special Edition part 1 ) 56:38

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Send us a text 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 …

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Episode 364 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1994 The Last Man Standing (Part 1) Re-Born 54:33

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Send us a text 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…

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BOB DOLE 1993 -1995 The Last Man Standing Welcome to our new series, A Housekeeping Show 6:12

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Send us a text 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 w…

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Lindsey Graham addresses the Child and Family Resource Foundation in Hartsville S.C. (Special Edition) May 28, 2025 31:09

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Send us a text 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…

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BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing : A Preview 9:42

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Send us a text 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 …

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Remembering Keith C. Hinson, The Founder of the Waccamaw Land and Timber Company, A Giant Figure in the History of Horry County S.C. 4:57

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Send us a text 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 be…

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Episode 363 GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1992 The Changing of the Guard (Part 45) The Inauguration of Bill Clinton (Part 3) Season Finale 1:08:01

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Send us a text 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 W…