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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sanders, LBJ, JFK, Ike, FDR, and Teddy Roosevelt -- rank them from most Socialist to least Socialist [View all]mmonk
(52,589 posts)7. Ike was considered suspect by the John Birch Society.
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Sanders, LBJ, JFK, Ike, FDR, and Teddy Roosevelt -- rank them from most Socialist to least Socialist [View all]
Attorney in Texas
Oct 2015
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The only way Sanders can be painted as a fringe candidate is to ignore history. We must not let that
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Oct 2015
#29
Socialism is governmental regulation of the marketplace, and the use of collective assets to create
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#4
If you compare Sanders' platform to the New Deal, the Great Society, Ike's public interstate highway
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Oct 2015
#11
In fairness, ACA significantly reduced the number of uninsured and greatly improved access to health
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Oct 2015
#32
LBJ's foreign policy nightmare has drawn attention from his unprecedented domestic policy triumphs.
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Oct 2015
#33
Truman was so busy with foreign policy that he didn't advance the ball much domestically. Many New
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Oct 2015
#18
I think Hillary Clinton and Obama would have vetoed it (I hope). Bill Clinton, I'm not so sure about
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#21
I didn't mean to imply that Truman did no good (he did plenty of good things). I was saying that he
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Oct 2015
#36
Truman faced some tough opposition from Republicans who wanted to reduce th government.
bvar22
Oct 2015
#46
I had hopes Obama would have done some comparable game change on the environment but instead of
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Oct 2015
#34
Eugene Debs has been crying for the past 45 years, and this is the first ray of hope he's seen since
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Oct 2015
#38
But he offers a more conservative platform than FDR, LBJ, JFK, Ike or Teddy Roosevelt. DLC has taken
Attorney in Texas
Oct 2015
#42
Name three things that Sanders proposes that are more Socialist than what FDR or LBJ actually passed
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Oct 2015
#62