The American President: The Balance of Power

[@JohnBarnett-u8j]

Thanks for these memories ❤ John Barnett revisited September 12 2024 ❤❤❤

[@uncommon_name9337]

Great documentary

[@robertmoir5695]

I enjoy documentaries Uncommon Name 9337 but not about Bill Clinton nor about Obama and not about Joe Biden Good day

[@thijshagenbeek6554]

The ideal president has the morals of Lincoln, the can do attitude of Washington, the heart for the people like Theodore Roosevelt, the economic mindset of Franklin Roosevelt, the abillity to bond like Kennedy and a way with words like Reagan.

[@meeeka]

Having worked in DC during Reagan and having grown up in Cali, I can attest that Reagan had no "way with words."

[@thijshagenbeek6554]

@@meeeka The man was known as the great communicator for a reason, it may not have worked for you but for a great deal of Americans the man could wizard with letters. I'm more interested in how you know so sure Reagan was just another joe, did you work for government in DC during the Reagan administration...?

[@thattimestampguy]

0:01 0:23 Episode 10: Balance of Power _Creating The Balance_ 0:42 James Madison 1813-1817 “If men were angels…” 1:37 James Madison, very bright man. Synthesized ideas. 1:57 Richard E. Neustadt. *Creating The 3 Branches of America’s Government* 🇺🇸 2:09 Continental Congressman 2:34 Summer of 1786, to 3:05 Philadelphia in 1787 4:27 Bill of Rights! 5:06 The Constitution was signed ✍🏼 6:10 George Washington’s Cabinet Member *James Madison As President* 6:17 James Madison *The Balance of Power - Concluding Statements* 7:48 The White House 🏠 9:33 Balance of Power 10:12 Seeking Middle Ground *James K. Polk* 10:42 James K. Polk 1845-1849 Loyal, Hardworking Jacksonian Staunch Democrat Manifest Destiny 11:45 Young Hickory’s desire to Annex Texas *Election of 1844* 12:44 May 10th, 1844 13:14 James K. Polk didn't know he would be The Democrat Party Nominee. 13:47 Young Hickory. He was 49 Years Old. 14:07 Samuel Morse typed out Polk's Inaugural Address in Morse Code. *Manifest Destiny* 15:27 Manifest Destiny 16:04 The Mexican-American War. 16:26 17:03 17:12 Saturday, May 9th, 1846. 17:33 The Mexican Army had attacked American Soldiers. 18:06 Polk's Armies bludgeoned Mexico. 18:45 America obtains California and The American Southwest. 19:13 Polk won through Conquest and Treaty and Payment of $15 Million Dollars. 19:48 Polk did alot. *Polk departs The Presidency* 20:16 20:43 James K. Polk destroyed his health in the 4 years as President 21:12 Seriously ill, and dying. *William Howard Taft* 21:45 William Howard Taft. 22:26 Paddle my own canoe. 22:50 He was enormous! A Thoroughly nice man. 23:14 He was not a politician. *Early Life* 23:28 24:00 Solicitor General, Circut Court Judge. 24:20 Helen Taft. 24:40 Theodore Roosevelt's Secretary of War. 25:16 1908 Roosevelt pushes for Taft to win The Presidency. *The William Howard Taft Presidency* 25:40 25:58 The William Howard Taft Presidency 26:59 Richard E. Neustadt 27:58 Roosevelt’s criticisms hurt Taft’s feelings 29:23 Taft vs Roosevelt 30:02 Drama 30:36 Taft was not a politician 31:31 Taft 32:15 Dignity 32:34 Balance *Bill Clinton* 46:46 47:17 Personality, Conquered all kinds of doubts about him. 47:47 The Senate did not convict Bill Clinton of the charges. 48:17 The Power of The People; 48:30 Certain Rules of Conduct. Nobody Gets out for Free. 48:50 The American People gave me a second chance. 49:12 Asking For Forgiveness in Public. Focusing on The Big Things. 49:47 The Only Democrat to be re-elected since FDR. 50:13 From Nixon on, every president attracts the serious intent of political opponents in tearing down and pushing him towards Resignation. 50:43 Fixed Term --> Unfixed Term since Richard Nixon. 51:08 Incentives to Shorten The Term. *Concluding Statements - The American President* 🇺🇸 51:31 The Presidency, well into it's 3rd century, is not the same as it once was. 51:42 Our early presidents worked virtually alone, with a single secretary or two, paid out of their own pocket. 51:51 Today the White House staff numbers more than 500. 51:56 All together the executive branch consists of almost 2 Million. 52:01 From Humble Beginnings, an almost baffling complexity has arisen. 52:08 A Single Person who must shoulder The Office. 52:15 However he, someday she, 52:20 Whether through Heroism or Compromise 52:23 Through Family Ties or Through Happenstance. 52:28 Through Political Savvy or Passionate Vision. 52:32 Or Lonely Integrity. *The American President* 52:35 Each inherits and builds upon the works of his predecessors. 52:40 Bringing to bear talents, and also human flaws, 52:45 and sometimes a rare capacity to rise to greatness. 52:49 These individuals together, embody The American President. 52:59 Credits

[@Slimpickinsorl]

We’ve had some good presidents. Flawed but decent human beings.

[@streetglideyp2375]

I think very flawed would be more aplicable in this case snow flake

[@randombrokeperson]

LOL you’re so funny!

[@patrickmaxey5492]

Amazing documentary

[@somarami-p9d]

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[@ServantoftheDivine1701]

I’m at 18:46 and predicting FDR is in this one

[@johnnotrealname8168]

It is the last episode and he was already shown.

[@mr.c9770]

"Listened to the people?" What about looking at the evidence and what it showed? Trials are not popularity contests, They're supposed to be based on facts and evidence not opinions

[@williamsnyder5616]

One wonders if the almost heroic words at the end of the documentary would have been spoken if the President's termhad ended in 2020.

[@TyroneNorwood]

Now I understand better how we got Trump and MAGA. This partisan politics started with Clinton.

[@bobblueford]

Yes. Clinton was actually doing what Republicans always claimed they would do, but never did any of it. He humiliated them in front of the whole country. But instead of accepting it and forging a relationship with the Democrats, they decided to become the enemy of the people.

[@jimreily7538]

Exactly. It started with the ruthlessness and ultimately fruitless Troopergate investigation in which Republicans coaxed, coerced and threatened people with jail time, to get the answers they want. They actually did throw a few people in jail on minor charges but said they were in jail for child related issues, and so obviously the poor inmates, who had done nothing but been convicted by Republican judges at the behest of Republican lawyers from Washington who went down to Arkansas at the start of Clinton's term, to try to dig up dirt on the President they despised. It just got worse and worse and almost through all of Clinton's presidency these jackals were hounding him, looking for the most minor of offenses which they could use to get him. Then it just got worse and worse. Heritage Foundation, Richard Melon Scaife (a billionaire in the node of the Koch brothers), and a host of other billionaires lied, cheated and stole. It's the same way they pushed people to vote for or support the Iraq War.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

As if dead-on-arrival bills in the '80s were not a thing.

[@JerryBerry-bu1dz]

@@TyroneNorwood that maybe true , but I believe the fact that Obama got so popular so fast and the majority of republicans couldn’t accept it, and then Sarah Palin stocked up the race card that started up the tea party and then trump started the birther movement and then went on to drive the real craziness that we have today where if you repeat lies over and over again! Low information voters start to believe it to be the truth. Ala :the Deep state , pizza gate, great people on both sides, then stop the steal of Jan 6 , and then what the total hatred we have now. But yes it definitely started during the Clinton administration and then we have a cult like Maga and have to keep your political beliefs to yourself or else you lose friends and family! Even if trump loses he going to the dwindling number of maga cult going, this is a very important Election. In my opinion…

[@meeeka]

It began with Lee Atwater who was a Republican political campaign adviser to the Reagan administrations. He even apologized for that before he died horribly from cancer.

[@kidmohair8151]

the Tonkin Gulf incident... of 1846. the US has a habit of manufacturing "justifications" for war. doesn't it.

[@petervance6777]

I believe the gulf of Tonkin resolution was 1964 in the congress 🥴

[@petervance6777]

ur thinking of Mexican war 1846-48👌

[@RicardoGarcia-uw6cr]

But the sentiment remains .. False Flag Operations have been used throughout history in order to garner public support for war..

[@familykaplan1341]

For Wall Street 😊

[@johnnotrealname8168]

​@@familykaplan1341How was the Vietnam War (1955-1975) profitable for America?

[@timothysworld1028]

Yeah William Howar Taft

[@johnnotrealname8168]

He should have won in 1912 and would have if not for the loser Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

[@tahoetom9932]

The balance of power or the abuse of power?

[@genepatrickvi8377]

@@tahoetom9932 i think it will dpend on the president

[@joelamthach5812]

Common guys Mr Clinton a young man he needs to have fun a liittle bit with the young lady 😅

[@gregorydefeo7369]

Sounds like Polk=Putin?

[@CJ87317]

What the documentary doesn't say is that Britain (and to a lesser extent Russia) was also eyeing much of Mexico's territory as well for the Asia markets, etc.. (A larger British flotilla of ships stood off the coast of modern day California than American ships waiting for orders to take it) Polk was very concerned they were going to beat him to the punch.

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[@juliereece3509]

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[@jparis1975]

CHOMO

[@streetglideyp2375]

Just sad looking at that man. Really just too bad for him his family and country

[@stellarmonk]

This is obviously a form of lying propaganda😂