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L0oniX

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5. FDR was not racist IMO.

Reply to brush (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 19, 2014, 09:57 AM

Sep 2014

He tried to include blacks where and when ever he could. There was only so much he could do because so much of the country was racist. Teddy was not FDR. The 2 families were on opposing political sides.

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Burns' PBS Special on FDR [View all] kairos12 Sep 2014 OP

Haha, I laughed right out loud on that one...n/t monmouth3 Sep 2014 #1

"He's a socialist!!" Loge23 Sep 2014 #2

The "bosses" are still here. L0oniX Sep 2014 #6

I haven't watched any of the Roosevelts . . . brush Sep 2014 #3

FDR was not racist IMO. L0oniX Sep 2014 #5

Wasn't the series also about Teddy's branch of the family? brush Sep 2014 #7

I was not impressed by Teds imperial tendency's nor his hunt for glory. L0oniX Sep 2014 #8

Teddy had Booker T Washington to dinner at the White House. n/t tammywammy Sep 2014 #9

That was Ted who did that? I stand corrected. L0oniX Sep 2014 #10

Yes, it was Teddy. n/t tammywammy Sep 2014 #11

Many many West Indians died of malaria in the process malaise Sep 2014 #13

That time had so many correlations with today. Big bosses ...1%'rs ...banksters. L0oniX Sep 2014 #4

A reminder that his battle against the Banksters is never ending. They kairos12 Sep 2014 #12