trying to do is draw contrast with bernie sanders and say, if you put him up, he s going to have to answer the question that anderson cooper just asked him in any debate and interview he s in. if you put me up, don t worry, i m going to defend capitalism. the fact they re having a conversation about capitalism, i mean, this hasn t happened in this country in a very long time. hillary clinton is essentially taking what she called a new new deal approach. it s going way back to the new deal was declared to be socialism by all of its opponents. right. exactly. but she is and it was mostly socialism. she is willing under pressure from bernie sanders to go back to these very old be debates that new democrats, like her husband bill clinton, tried to get away from. you didn t see bill clinton in 1992 debating capitalism. saying we have to save capitalism from itself. she s, even though her positions
very different view. not always, not in teddy roosevelt s day. he was, after all, a republican. but in the 1920s they had a different view. in the 1950s eisenhower and the republicans came back to the square new deal approach, but then in the last 10, 20, 30 years since reagan, the republicans have moved back into this laissez-faire approach where they want every man or woman to be for himself or herself, and that philosophical difference is something that can penetrate our politics if we get speeches like this. mr. frank, did he succeed in connecting the economic crisis of the past few years with republican policies? and how is that going to play in kansas, the middle of the country? look, that would be fantastic if, you know, to play in the middle of the country if you could make the connection like that. i, you know, i don t think he nailed that message as well as
frustration and motivation of the 99% with this populist tone today? he went a long way in doing it. he put his presidency in the context of american history. and that s very important not just for, you know, history folks like you and me, but for the american public to see that this is part of a continuum of a philosophy of government that says, we owe each other something. we don t rise and fall alone in this country. we do it together. and the republicans have had a very different view. not always, not in teddy roosevelt s day. he was, after all, a republican. but in the 1920s they had a different view. in the 1950s eisenhower and the republicans came back to the square new deal approach, but then in the last 10, 20, 30 years since reagan, the republicans have moved back into this laissez-faire approach where they want every man or
and the republicans have had a very different view. not always, not in teddy roosevelt s day. he was, after all, a republican. but in the 1920s they had a different view. in the 1950s eisenhower and the republicans came back to the square new deal approach, but then in the last 10, 20, 30 years since reagan, the republicans have moved back into this lazeaffaire approach where they want every man or woman to be for himself or herself, and that philosophical difference is something that can penetrate our politics if we get speeches like this. mr. frank, did he succeed in connecting the economic crisis of the past few years with republican policies? and how is that going to play in kansas, the middle of the country? look, that would be fantastic if, you know, to play in the middle of the country if you could make the connection like that. i, you know, i don t think he