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In reply to the discussion: FDR Democrats, check in here! [View all]scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)I was born in 1949 into a family of lifelong Democrats, and FDR was already dead and gone when I was growing up. But I was aware of how my family was affected by FDR's New Deal policies. My maternal grandfather was on a WPR road-building crew in Alaska for a time. Everyone in both sides of my family were blue-collar union workers.
My earliest political education was my dad explaining to me that the Republicans were the party of the rich, and the Democrats were the party of the working folks. I've voted a straight Democratic party ticket for my entire voting life.
On the other hand, I'm actually more of a leftist than a liberal. And it seems to me that part of FDR's motivation was to save capitalism from itself and head off the possibility of any truly leftist, socialist strains taking hold in this country.
That's okay - I know there's no real left in the U.S. I make do.
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