The Difference between a Republican and A Democrat

Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 September 7, 1969) was a Republican U.S. Congressman and Senator from Pekin, Illinois. As Republican Senate leader he played a highly visible and key role in the politics of the 1960s, including helping to write and pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Open Housing Act of 1968, both landmarks of Civil Rights legislation. Dirksen served in the Senate from 1951 to 1969 and was seen quite often on the evening television news shows. His banter with newsmen Walter Cronkite and Roger Mudd and his unmistakable "raspy" voice made him famous throughout the country and the world.
This video was shot in Southern Illinois in 1967 or 1968 and features a young reporter (CP Harding) from WSIU Television (Southern Illinois University) asking Senator Dirksen just one question for a proposed children's news program. Toward the end of the interview the reporter becomes concerned because he was getting a signal that they were almost out of film....and Senator Dirksen just kept talking.

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[CPHarding]

Thanks "kingofamericans" ....... I appreciate your comment.  "The Interviewer Dude"

PS And almost fifty years later ...... I'm still better looking than Bill O'Rielly.

[vechorik]

Democrats measure their success by how many people are dependent on them -- and Republicans measure their success by how many people are INDEPENDENT of them

[tmr3513]

I was 9 year old when this man was in the Senate.I heard this interview and thought he had his act together.I still do.We NEED another Everett Dirksen.

[jim121254]

The republicans seem to have forgotten Mr. Dirkson's comments. Reagan and both Bush presidents submitted budgets with large deficits, while Clinton was the only president in recent history who is a fiscal conservative (lowered the deficit and taxes). The republicans seem to be the party of "borrow and spend" while accusing the democrats of "taxing and spending". Taxing and spending is fiscally conservative, in that you spend the same amount that you take in, and so leave no additional debt.

[sndman1964]

The last Republican to balance the budget was Eisenhower. Democrats have balanced the budget 5 times since then. And Lincoln was no conservative. This guy lies just like the Republicans today. Nope, not much has changed.

[draoi99]

Democrats and Republicans are two wings of the same party and they are owned by the "Federal" Reserve banking cartel. This political puppet show is just to distract people. Never once does this man question why there is a debt based currency at all.

[41057al]

This could have been filmed yesterday. Very little has changed. Years from now, the same values and distinctions between the parties will still exist.

[totowatony]

Senator Dirksen was one of the greatest Congreeman and senator this country was fortunate to have. While not a republican myself, i can recognize a good man when i see one. Without him, LBJ would not have gotten the civil rights act passed. He didn't agree with LBJ on a lot of things, but he knew this had to pass and he COMPrOMISED the senate and house bill so it would pass. A student of history and one of the people you just loved to hear talk. We need more like him now not the idiots we have

[Meade556]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, name one Republican President in the past 30 years who has even REDUCED the deficit.

[kingofamericans]

I wish Bill O'Rielly was as polite as this interviewer dude in not interrupting the interviewee like a thousand times over.

[jimbojim68]

@studentofsmith 100% true.