Burns' PBS Special on FDR

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2. "He's a socialist!!"

...the Badge of Honor from the lunatic right!
Imagine where this country would be without the WPA, SSA, TVA, and the NLRB (although this entity needs a reset). Many of the WPA projects represent the last infrastructure improvements in their area.
After watching the first five episodes, including Teddy's brand of republicanism, all I can do is wonder why the republican party still exists. Even more mystifying to me is why anyone below the tiniest of fractions of the population at the top still vote for them!
But there they are: the great elitists, racists, misogynists, financial ignoramuses, and do nothing-ists clamoring for the electorate to recognize their mythical prowess at all things "American". "We're the party for women", "we're the financial stewards", "we're the defense experts", "we know how to get America working again" (I'll give them that one - working for peanuts for their power base).
They are the proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing and when you strip their disguise away, there's nothing but a white robe.