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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 03:41 PM Original message |
Was it necessary for the President to diss FDR to defend the too small stimulus? |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Please tell the President that FDR became prez in March of 1933 |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The First Hundred Days - FDR |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
53. Amen. Brilliant and moral by FDR. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. I posted this below but thought you might miss it... |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. Every time I think Obama can't lower himself any further in my estimation he proves me wrong. |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Wow...what's worse than being "despised"? Never mind, keep it to yourself. n/t |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
55. Why should we keep it to ourselves? Obama doesn't. |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
57. No, |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. What the fuck? |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. it was in response to this question: |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Wow, that's bad |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Wow. Just...wow. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Let me guess.... that was Faux News, right? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
48. This shows exactly why Reid & Obama are a day late and a dollar short on filibuster reform |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I will be pleased if they change the filibuster rules. Better late than never. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 07:19 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Maybe, maybe not |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Good food for thought. Thank you. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. Oh wow, that's kind of an embarrassing statement |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. The friggin chessboard tilted. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. He got that dead wrong. nt |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. Indeed, FDR's first 100 days were unprecedented |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. FDR did not accomodate the bankers - and this President did. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
46. excellent point... the differences between FDR and Obama are pretty Clear |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. FDR was overly worried about deficit spending during his first two years. |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Do you think it was necessary to knock FDR to defend a too small stimulus? nt |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Do you have a problem with someone stating facts? |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. So you think FDR let the nation suffer on purpose so he could get policies enacted? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. FDR scaled back the first phase of the New Deal due to concern over deficit spending. |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. He did that on purpose so people could suffer enough and then get his agenda passed? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. You're trying too hard. |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I am? What did the President say then? nt |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. If you wait long enough, you might see Obama blow his nose or sneeze. |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:04 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Oh, that response was helpful...... |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. You're asking for what Obama said in a thread where you've already pasted the quote. |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I am not playing any game. I have stuck to what he said, your response is I don't understand |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #45 |
59. I don't think Obama was saying FDR waited longer than he thought he had to purposefully |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
61. The fuck it isn't. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. You are not going to like this... |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Do people still read that site? |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Do you think transcripts lack credibility? nt |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Of course they do. Did you really think that people cared about |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. All that stuff doesn't matter, don't you get it yet? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Yes, I know. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
63. Your link has a nice summation of FDR's first 100 Days. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
49. The difference is that FDR was essentially flying blind & didn't have the benefit of modern economic |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. I think maybe it is the people who care too much about 'how |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. that would seem to make sense. if nothing else it let's us know Obama thought it was |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. Please contrast what FDR said and HOW he said it, |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. FDR had a bank bailout too. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 08:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
56. No actually he did not. In fact, he only period in FDR's presidency when he took the |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. I used to like to listen to that speech. It is too painful now. |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. come on obama |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
60. Obama wants the weed to remain illegal.. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. I wish he'd talk as harshly about most of the rich trying to destroy the workers into being serfs |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:03 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. And risk campaign donations from the rich and powerful? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. He gets dissed enough himself, maybe he thinks the long dead FDR can handle it? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. FDR did many of the things people are attacking Obama for. |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
31. Is there anything or anyone neo-libs won't piss on to avoid accountability? nt. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. No. n/t |
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boston bean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Why would he make such a statement? I'm not looking forward to the deficit reduction commissions |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. He is apparently running away from his own White House. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
58. Obama is dissing the entire New Deal |
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DFab420 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
62. Was he perhaps talking about this?? |
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