Dec 9, 2012
A provocative take on untold stories of American history ,and
provocative ideas from the GOP on immigration and from progressives
on taxes and spending.
Did you know that Democratic “bosses” made FDR accept Harry Truman
as vice president? Did you know that Truman was “very anti-Semitic
and racist?” Did you know that Japan did not surrender primarily
because of the atom bomb? These are parts of “The Untold History of
the United States,” a book and Showtime series co authored by
Oliver Stone and our guest today, Professor Peter
Kuznick
Columnist Catherine Poe reviews the Republican version of the DREAM
Act, and tells us – thankfully -- it has no chance of
enactment.
And Bill Press interviews tax expert Michael Linden of the Center
for American Progress about a solution to the budget and deficit
problem.
Peter Kuznick
A new book and Showtime Television series presents an “Untold”
story of American history, Co-author Peter Kuznick, tells us that
Democratic party bosses, the British and the French hated FDR’s
vice president Henry Wallace because he was anti-Wall Street and
anti-fascist.The result, he says, was the atom bomb and the Cold
War.
Jim Hightower
Boehner's pitiful budget pitches
Catherine Poe
Some Senate Republicans are offering an alternative to the Dream
Act as a way of loosening immigration restrictions. Regular
contributor and columnist Catherine Poe says it not only fails to
lead to citizenship, it fails to have any chance of
passage.
Michael Linden
Bill Press interviews tax expert Michael Linden of the Center for
American Progress about a solution to the budget and deficit
problem.