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Fri Apr 13, 2012, 10:15 PM

joshcryer (39,853 posts)

19. Yep, and guess what? The rest of their platform was MIC and deregulation.

And no welfare for the people.

It's telling that that year was chosen. I wonder what the platform looked like before the Supreme Court shot down segregation.

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80 replies	Author	Time	Post
Wow, where did this come from? [View all]	MadHound	Apr 2012	OP
The question isn't where did it come from, but where did it go?	baldguy	Apr 2012	#1
money is powerful stuff...	handmade34	Apr 2012	#2
+1000	DiverDave	Apr 2012	#28
This guy is the root of all evil?	Art_from_Ark	Apr 2012	#34
Bwa-ha-ha. When robbers in France say, "Give me your	coalition_unwilling	Apr 2012	#49
Good question.	sabrina 1	Apr 2012	#11
The deregulated capitalism monster ate all that....	chknltl	Apr 2012	#16
Yep, and guess what? The rest of their platform was MIC and deregulation.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#19
but where did it go? And WHY?	AlbertCat	Apr 2012	#39
It began with the resignation	sulphurdunn	Apr 2012	#60
kr nt	bananas	Apr 2012	#3
A graphic demonstration of what has happened to politics in this country in the last decades. (nt)	enough	Apr 2012	#4
k&r	bahrbearian	Apr 2012	#5
Damn those liberals	DJ13	Apr 2012	#6
it is not widely known	oldhippydude	Apr 2012	#7
I don't think Barry Goldwater ever advocated Milton Friedman's negative income tax.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#20
Nixon proposed the negative income tax first.	xtraxritical	Apr 2012	#43
Another not so known Goldwater quote:	Bluenorthwest	Apr 2012	#41
Nice try	lunatica	Apr 2012	#53
This is powerful stuff.	Curmudgeoness	Apr 2012	#8
A few greedy people are now driving this bus.....	Trailrider1951	Apr 2012	#10
marked	Schema Thing	Apr 2012	#9
Is that real? Nt	abelenkpe	Apr 2012	#12
The Pendulum Keeps Moving Ever Further to the Right	AndyTiedye	Apr 2012	#13
your daddy's (grandfather's?) republican party?	frankroberts	Apr 2012	#14
Here you go:	abelenkpe	Apr 2012	#15
Wow, just finished it. Night and day. Damn Republicans wanted to privitize the roads.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#18
My Grandfather (a Union steward for decades) and	dotymed	Apr 2012	#65
Did anyone READ the FULL TEXT? Where did that go? They IMPLEMENTED THE REST.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#17
Excellent post. Good illustration of the fallacy of the "stopped clock" nonsense.	Robb	Apr 2012	#22
Those things were uncontroversial at that point in history.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#24
Let's go through those bullet points of yours	MadHound	Apr 2012	#29
We're talking about platforms here.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#31
So you essentially agree with the contention that today's Democrat,	MadHound	Apr 2012	#32
No, because most of todays Democrats aren't for the garbage in that platform.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#35
I remember watching the vice presidential debates in 2000..	Fumesucker	Apr 2012	#45
The President allowed the GWBush cuts to go forward in order to pass the Affordable Care Act.	xtraxritical	Apr 2012	#46
Ummm, I think that you need to go re-read your history	MadHound	Apr 2012	#69
Rachel Maddow:	bvar22	Apr 2012	#21
Excellent post, thank you!	sabrina 1	Apr 2012	#23
Did FDR mean "regardless of race, unless you're Japanese"?	Robb	Apr 2012	#25
It is common to hear Democrats speak of 'equality and justice' and then state they think	Bluenorthwest	Apr 2012	#42
The Japanese Internment WAS a mistake,	bvar22	Apr 2012	#44
Also, internment may have been to protect them from harm.	xtraxritical	Apr 2012	#48
That case can certainly be made.	bvar22	Apr 2012	#57
I didn't say he was a racist. I said he was a hypocrite.	Robb	Apr 2012	#55
I see you ran from the two challenges I posted.	bvar22	Apr 2012	#56
Giving a SOTU about racial equality while imprisoning a race is hypocritical.	Robb	Apr 2012	#59
Still running.	bvar22	Apr 2012	#64
If you can't handle a little criticism, perhaps you should start a safe haven group.	Robb	Apr 2012	#68
Have you no mirors in your home?	bvar22	Apr 2012	#71
You don't have to "twist" to think the Japanese Internment was a racist construct.	Robb	Apr 2012	#72
Spinning and twisting into ever tighter misinformed little circles of willful misrepresentation,	bvar22	Apr 2012	#74
So FDR liked Japanese people, but put them in camps anyhow.	Robb	Apr 2012	#75
Do yourself a favor, Robb.	bvar22	Apr 2012	#76
So you're running from your premise.	Robb	Apr 2012	#77
Why has there been no mention of the planned coup against FDR?	dotymed	Apr 2012	#67
bvar22, you are spot on.	dotymed	Apr 2012	#66
"...established for all—regardless of station, race, or creed."	OnyxCollie	Apr 2012	#26
I think that anyone with a knowledge of American history	dotymed	Apr 2012	#40
Germany's a great place now,	OnyxCollie	Apr 2012	#50
Amazing.	UnrepentantLiberal	Apr 2012	#27
You can say that again! nt	Poll_Blind	Apr 2012	#30
I think I 've heard a few repug critters on the idiot box.....	Left Coast2020	Apr 2012	#33
K&R for a modicum of sanity. n/t	Egalitarian Thug	Apr 2012	#36
Where did it all go you ask?	SydBAThule	Apr 2012	#37
The Police Union representing Milwaukee officers endorsed Scott Walker a week or so ago.	Scuba	Apr 2012	#38
Makes one wonder about the Milwaukee police doesn't it?	lunatica	Apr 2012	#54
Platform statements are very nice. Implementation, not so much.	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#47
Half of Repubs probably still think that's their platform	taught_me_patience	Apr 2012	#51
Yikes.	BlueIris	Apr 2012	#52
Tells the tale of a party spoiled.	Zax2me	Apr 2012	#58
This makes me homesick	varelse	Apr 2012	#61
I'm not sure this is real.	alphafemale	Apr 2012	#62
It's real,	MadHound	Apr 2012	#70
It is...	nadinbrzezinski	Apr 2012	#73
That Equal Pay thing still seems odd phrasing for 1956.	alphafemale	Apr 2012	#78
I know but your Republican Party of 1956	nadinbrzezinski	Apr 2012	#79
Kicked and recommended.	Uncle Joe	Apr 2012	#63
Amazing!! Have to add my name on to this. A huge K&R nt	riderinthestorm	Apr 2012	#80

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