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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Anyone here who directly benefited from or was the child of a middle class person during the 50s-70s [View all]brush
(54,159 posts)79. Agreed. Vietnam tarnished his accomplishments somewhat . . .
but the civil rights bills and social programs were so significant he is still up there in the upper echelon of presidents, IMO.
Have you read any volume of Robert Caro's biographies on him?
Fascinating page turners all.
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AZ Progressive
May 2016
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Whenever I'm asked why I support Bernie Sanders, my answer is " 'cause FDR isn't running"
MgtPA
May 2016
#1
if things were so great in the 50s, why did we need the Great Society programs
onenote
May 2016
#145
Yeah, that's why I mentioned it. There is racism on the left too, where there shouldn't be.
brush
May 2016
#40
We like democracy and credit the Athenians for bringing it to us in spite of the fact that only
Ed Suspicious
May 2016
#110
Give it a rest. I was correcting, for the record, that AAs were excluded from New Deal programs
brush
May 2016
#33
And that is why most on DU *used to* despise neoliberalism, new democrats, triangulation, etc.
vintx
May 2016
#165
Google it. It's naive to think repugs won't go back 25 years to include that baggage . . .
brush
May 2016
#97
Commie lesbian sounds like the biggest, perverted oxymoron going in commie land.
brush
May 2016
#105
Oh yeah, that's right. We're talking about repugs, with their "wide stances" . . .
brush
May 2016
#111
The programs were good, not the great, flawless ideal to put on a pedestal of perfect . . .
brush
May 2016
#169
Anybody who is able to buy it can get it. Thats the Democratic party today, race matters little
Baobab
May 2016
#160
You can't expand a program to include jobs commonly done by black people unless it exists--
eridani
May 2016
#112
WTH are you talking about? No one is insinuating anything. Try re-reading the post . . .
brush
May 2016
#158
I guess someone can claim they are a Christian even if they don't believe in Jesus...
AZ Progressive
May 2016
#21
Reminds me of Democrats here being able to be Democrats even though their policy views...
AZ Progressive
May 2016
#36
Bernie may be no Socialist(and he's not), but he's doing a great service for Socialism
Hydra
May 2016
#64
He only changed it to Democratic socialist when he joined the party to run for president
brush
May 2016
#46
During the Clinton admin blacks... awe fuck it, yaw've heard this a million times and still don't..
uponit7771
May 2016
#18
You do understand FDR purposefully set out to exclude black folks from these benefits right?
uponit7771
May 2016
#15
That makes LBJ's civil rights accomplishments even more impressive, given that . . .
brush
May 2016
#67
BTW, why do Hillary supporters act like only white people would benefit from economic progressivism?
AZ Progressive
May 2016
#34
Economic Progressivism is not just benefits, its also about fighting against big corporations
AZ Progressive
May 2016
#47
Except for the ones who were caught up in Clinton's huge expansion of the prison population n/t
eridani
May 2016
#114
no he didn't and only stupid ass'd, small farm animal loving racist think the term is exclusives to
uponit7771
May 2016
#148
People who think the term is exclusives to blacks fucks road kill on hot days when no one is looking
uponit7771
May 2016
#150
It sure the hell was in the case of a crime bill. Black people aren't the only people who commit--
eridani
May 2016
#154
Let's be fair, FDR made that compromise because if he doesn't then the Dixiecrats torpedo the entire
forjusticethunders
May 2016
#134
I support Bernie Sanders because I benefited from they system and I don't want to pull the ladder up
DookDook
May 2016
#23
Good point. But the lifestyle they inherited got socked into the Republican con called 401Ks. Now
WhaTHellsgoingonhere
May 2016
#27
You think FDR would have supported shipping manufacturing jobs to Mexico and China?
AZ Progressive
May 2016
#31
Correctomondo! And once the repugs get in they institute policies that favor . . .
brush
May 2016
#138
My middle class lifestyle because my father got a Masters degree and worked a lot of 12 hour days
Algernon Moncrieff
May 2016
#45
My father worked a lot of 12 hour days as well as a construction worker.
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#55
It's not crap if it's true. My dad worked hard, got educated, and did well
Algernon Moncrieff
May 2016
#58
It sounds like you are implying that anyone who isn't successful must be because they wouldn't work
liberal_at_heart
May 2016
#61
I was thinking about our middle class life way back then. No going out to eat but rarely,
seabeyond
May 2016
#53
I was raised in middle class home in the in the 50s and 60s. What was called middle class
doc03
May 2016
#54
I sure did. Early 60s hospital as a kid, in todays dollars, about 250k, back then, 0.
litlbilly
May 2016
#70
FDR lied about a blowjob from an intern in the Oval Office and Visited Orgy Island?
TheSarcastinator
May 2016
#119
No, it's unrealistic for the richest country on the planet to do what all those other countries do.
Scuba
May 2016
#115
And Bill Clinton's Iraq sanctions killed hundreds of thousands of children
AZ Progressive
May 2016
#124
Odd. Those that claim FDR's programs as Democratic Socialist are now bashing those same programs.
tonyt53
May 2016
#126
Well, PoC that are bashingBernie and his economic progressive platform ...
1StrongBlackMan
May 2016
#131
The difference is that FDR was one of the first pols to even listen to black people
forjusticethunders
May 2016
#135
And, I might add, they are standing in the way of progress, the fight for equality.
cui bono
May 2016
#136