#297 - Democratic Losership Council
In 1985, a group of plucky renegades banded toget…
Michael and Us · Luke Savage and Will Sloan
January 1, 202255m 55sExplicit
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Show Notes
In 1985, a group of plucky renegades banded together to take on the political culture in the Democratic Party - demolishing Jesse Jackson's "Rainbow Coalition" to create a coalition that could win elections. That's the thesis of CRASHING THE PARTY (2016), a hagiographic documentary that chronicles the rise of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council and its star candidate, Bill Clinton. We discuss how funny it is that the documentary came out in mid-2016, just when it appeared that the Clintonite project was almost complete.
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