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The Election: A View from New York (1984-08-31)
About this film
His Irrepressible Honor is always good value; here he surveys the political scene as the dust settles from the national conventions. On the Democrats: "I wouldn't for a moment say to you that there aren't people in the Democratic Party who take positions that I deplore. I thought... that Jackson and Hart in their foreign policy were quite bad ... I am convinced that the positions of Hart and Jackson are not the positions of Fritz Mondale." On the Republicans: "I thought that the battle in Dallas ... was a battle between the far right and the savage right, and I believed that the savage right would ultimately win and they did." On one particular Republican: "I drive people in my own party crazy-angry with me, because I will say I disagree with President Reagan's philosophy; I deplore it; I like him personally. There are some people who cannot distinguish between the political difference and the personal liking."
Directors & creators
Southern Educational Communications Association
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, William F. Buckley Jr., Walter Mondale, Jesse Jackson, Gary Hart, Ronald Reagan, Democratic Party, Republican Party, 1984 United States presidential election, 1984 Democratic National Convention, 1984 Republican National Convention, Dallas, New York, United States foreign policy, American conservatism, political philosophy
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