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How Bill Brock Rebuilt The Republicans After Watergate
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How Bill Brock Rebuilt The Republicans After Watergate

Though his name has since faded into obscurity, Bill Brock was instrumental in rehabilitating the Republican Party's image after Watergate, turning from the "party of crooks and thieves" in most people's eyes into a party the people would vote for. Without Bill Brock, the Republican Party would've never bounced back so quickly after Watergate and retake the Oval Office after only four years of Democrat Jimmy Carter, eventually leading to 12 years of Republican presidents! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Early Life William Emerson Brock III, better known to the public as simply "Bill Brock", was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on November 23 1930 - the height of the Great Depression. Despite this, the Brock family was relatively prosperous....
How Albert Gore Sr. Became The Last Liberal Southern Democrat
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How Albert Gore Sr. Became The Last Liberal Southern Democrat

Though overshadowed by his more famous son and namesake, during his time in office, Albert Gore Sr., was one of those politicians who went from unknown to national celebrity seemingly overnight. Gain national fame after he publicly decried the Southern Manifesto (a document produced by members of the Democratic Party in 1956 opposing racial integration in public places), Gore quickly became known as the "Architect of the New South". Yet when it actually came to civil rights, Albert Gore Sr., simply known as Al Gore before the rise of his more famous son, had a checkered past both voting for it and against it. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Early Life The man who would later go on to be known as Al Gore (and then Al Gore Sr. before the ris...