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GulfCoast66

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15. Good post but not really accurate. FDR did not draw republican support.

Reply to Ford_Prefect (Reply #12)

Tue Mar 5, 2019, 09:42 PM

Mar 2019

They hated his guts. Yeah, once war broke out they weren’t totally obstructionists. But the celebrated when he died. In private of course.

FDR was constrained by the Southern Progressives who loved all his government programs. So long as blacks were not included. People like Huey long from my home state of Louisiana. And there were enough of them to defeat him and would have if he tried to extend those programs to minorities. So he did what he could do leaving it up to later politicians to solve that problem. Which 20 years later LBJ attempted.

His is a lesson we can still learn from. In politics, if your goal is all or nothing, you get nothing.

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I am a Democrat from the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party... [View all] lapucelle Mar 2019 OP

Out of curiosity, do you think any of our candidates are not? brooklynite Mar 2019 #1

I leave it to the candidates to define themselves. For the most part, they identify as Democrats lapucelle Mar 2019 #3

I think one of our candidates is confused. MrsCoffee Mar 2019 #23

That you, Howard? democrank Mar 2019 #2

... lapucelle Mar 2019 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Ford_Prefect Mar 2019 #16

No, THIS is Howard DFW Mar 2019 #25

I am sick of this bigotry Cartoonist Mar 2019 #5

... lapucelle Mar 2019 #6

Don't think about it too much. I never understood James Joyce Stream of the subconcious still_one Mar 2019 #26

Wha???? Adrahil Mar 2019 #14

Is this what they call performance art? MrsCoffee Mar 2019 #22

... betsuni Mar 2019 #24

Same here and I will only support candidates who are proud members of the Democratic Party Gothmog Mar 2019 #7

+ 1 musette_sf Mar 2019 #10

FDR? Trumpocalypse Mar 2019 #8

Interesting sig line. lapucelle Mar 2019 #9

Guess you didn't get the joke Trumpocalypse Mar 2019 #11

Before I respond, tell me you forgot the sarcasm thingy!!! Please. GulfCoast66 Mar 2019 #13

No I didn't Trumpocalypse Mar 2019 #21

I am forever fascinated with those who claim to be party purists yet deny the value of those pols Ford_Prefect Mar 2019 #12

Good post but not really accurate. FDR did not draw republican support. GulfCoast66 Mar 2019 #15

The GOP hated him as did much of the class he came from (who didn't appreciate being taxed). Ford_Prefect Mar 2019 #17

Certainly, but back then the military was seen as non political. GulfCoast66 Mar 2019 #18

I lived 36 years in North Carolina and know well that history. Ford_Prefect Mar 2019 #19

You are so right about the hidden racial strife during WWII. GulfCoast66 Mar 2019 #20

KR Me. Mar 2019 #27

FDR was a free trader riverine Mar 2019 #28