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In reply to the discussion: They hate(d) FDR because he was right. Until America gets back to these principles, it is screwed. [View all]FlatStanley
(327 posts)6. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good (TM)
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They hate(d) FDR because he was right. Until America gets back to these principles, it is screwed. [View all]
Triana
Sep 2014
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Dems and repukes won't let it happen. There's too much money to be had for both parties.
L0oniX
Sep 2014
#12
Republicans have been trying to undo "the New Deal" since it came into existence...
world wide wally
Sep 2014
#9
That's what you get when you screw teachers and saddle students with huge debt!
cascadiance
Sep 2014
#23
There was an internet email going around a couple years back. It listed a whole
brewens
Sep 2014
#11
Most of that is from the 50's which was the only time one person working could support a family.
L0oniX
Sep 2014
#13
That is fine in non-globalized world and USA enjoyed a substantial technology advantage over every
srican69
Sep 2014
#14
The world has been global since we dumped Chinese tea into the Boston Harbour.
grahamhgreen
Sep 2014
#17
We need new leadership that has the courage to stand up the way he did then...
cascadiance
Sep 2014
#20
Same here -- Even Newt Gingrich admitted he was the greatest president of the 20th Century
whathehell
Oct 2014
#40
Hell, even our modern day sell-outs, the "Democratic Party," runs screaming away from FDR. They're
blkmusclmachine
Sep 2014
#25
In 2009, National historians named FDR as the 3rd Greatest President in American History
whathehell
Oct 2014
#38
Wish he had lived a little longer. But imagine if he had never been president
sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#45
Yes, that is merely another talking point to put down anyone who makes today's
sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#50
What a great post, thank you. Like everything worth while, nothing happens overnight
sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#46
I did see Inherit The Wind, thanks for providing more facts about the actual case.
sabrina 1
Oct 2014
#49
My dad was a union member, paid off his home in 10 years, took us on airline vacations twice a year,
Snarkoleptic
Sep 2014
#34