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moose party. the film is produced by the democratic national committee called the old way and the new and it opens up with his very rich plutocrat who comes into his office where one of his flunkies is dutifully dusting off portraits of theodore roosevelt and william howard taft grouped in this together as an example of the old way of doing things, so he's got lots of money and he's dispensing favors and there's all sorts of tribes and political corruption, taking on they are contrasted with the new way of doing things. the film actually ends with a plea for people to send one dollar to the democratic national committee on behalf of the woodrow wilson campaign because woodrow wilson is for the common man, republicans are for the wealthiest one percent. >>> this is american history tv on cspan tv. we present 48 hours of programs exploring our nation's past. >> you're watching american history tv. only on cspan3. >>> next, from the kansas city public library, coauthors david mills and kayla westra t

moose party. the film is from the democratic national committee, called "the old way and the new." it opens up with this very rich, fat man, coming into his office where one of his flunkies is dusting off portraits of theodore roosevelt and taft, grouped together, as an example of the old way of doing things. he's got lots of money, and he's dispensing favors. there's all sorts of bribes and political corruption taking on. they are contrasted with the new way of doing things, represented by woodrow wilson, the champion of the common man. the film actually ends with a plea, for people to send $1 to the democratic national committee on behalf of the woodrow wilson campaign. because woodrow is for the commn man. republicans are for the wealthiest 1%. somehow those tropes have not changed in the last one years. we have 1.4 million items in the collection, so there are plenty of treasures out there to be discovered. and the great thing is with new technology that we have, not only the ability to preser

., tedd roosevelt and the bull moose. errin, just heard from molly. i mean, i'm struck by her -- yes, not a slow motion coup but it is a very serious moment for rlmocracy. r friday, senator chris murphy of connecticut gave a passionate speech saying we just can't ignore, he said, speaking for democrats, how serious this is for american democracy. what are you hearing from oth democrats about this reckoning for the country bond just the exercise on branding and political protection for president trump on the republican side? molly: i'm from georgia and the akes are higher for them in this moment. they're dealing with this senate runoff in which they need republicans to believe that turning out to vote is actually going to make a difference and them participating in a rigged election is really not a message that necessarily energizes or galvan i voters. now, -- galvanizes voters. now, when thede pre was in georgia last weekend and gave a message to republica saying well, you know, they stole the election from me but don't let them steal it from dav perd