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demwing

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19. If you included both Roosevelts you'd have a powerful Populist reform movement

Sat Nov 8, 2014, 01:51 PM

Nov 2014

that had crossover appeal that this Liberal could live with.

TR gave us trust busting and regulatory actions, land conservations and environmental protections, and the defining of the bully pulpit. He should have been a Democrat.

We all know what FDR did for the country. The Roosevelt family showed us that wealth carries both privilege and responsibility.

IMO, the 2 Roosevelt presidencies did more for this country than any others, with the arguable exceptions of Washington, Lincoln, and LBJ.

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The Roosevelt Party - a party within the Democratic Party that actually champions liberal ideas. [View all] EEO Nov 2014 OP

Count me in. CanonRay Nov 2014 #1

Are you trying to start a Democrat Tea Party named Roosevelt Party? Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #2

Sort of. But this one will be the opposite in just about every other way. EEO Nov 2014 #6

How would you feel if the party purged the liberals? Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #21

If they purged liberals, they might as well just call themselves Republicans. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #26

FDR Party: Martin Eden Nov 2014 #3

I may like that better. EEO Nov 2014 #7

I'm in roguevalley Nov 2014 #11

We do need to distinguish real democrats vs. what we have now... TheProgressive Nov 2014 #4

Roosevelt Party acknowledges the big three Roosevelts. EEO Nov 2014 #41

What would be the liberal ideas? hollowdweller Nov 2014 #5

All of that. EEO Nov 2014 #8

80 percent tax on rich down from ninety percent under dwe roguevalley Nov 2014 #12

reads like John L. Lewis, or the Reuther Brothers rustbeltvoice Nov 2014 #10

how about the FDR-LBJ party grasswire Nov 2014 #9

agreed roguevalley Nov 2014 #13

Yes, Johnson, our last liberal president, rustbeltvoice Nov 2014 #14

"hey hey LBJ / how many kids did you kill today?" bread_and_roses Nov 2014 #16

Yeah. LBJ's legacy will forever be tarnished by Vietnam, which is unfortunate. EEO Nov 2014 #27

Yes, that is precisely what we need. onecaliberal Nov 2014 #15

Bernie Sanders suggested a 50 state org to get people behind Progressive principles. jtuck004 Nov 2014 #17

Why not starting the Progressive or Socialist party? Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #23

No point. Just need an org. We will have our ideas heard and considered without the baggage. jtuck004 Nov 2014 #28

It takes work, jump on it, anything worth having has to have some Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #30

Bernie already has... jtuck004 Nov 2014 #32

Without Instant Runoff Voting ... Martin Eden Nov 2014 #29

Yup. Has to be a slow and methodical reworking of the party from within. EEO Nov 2014 #36

Much needed, way over due. DNC has buried FDR and by the looks of whereisjustice Nov 2014 #18

They are helping the conservatives turn back the clock. EEO Nov 2014 #47

If you included both Roosevelts you'd have a powerful Populist reform movement demwing Nov 2014 #19

Love it. I'm in! Aldo Leopold Nov 2014 #20

I'm in too! Have been an FDR dem for a while now. Roosevelt dem would work also! RiverLover Nov 2014 #22

I like it. proReality Nov 2014 #24

K&R Party semanticwikiian Nov 2014 #25

Kick and recommended... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2014 #39

why not include Eleanor Roosevelt as.well ALBliberal Nov 2014 #31

Are there policies that Roosevelt championed that work against modern African Americans? Did FDR ALBliberal Nov 2014 #34

The "Roosevelt" Party would have never elected a black man President ConservativeDemocrat Nov 2014 #33

There was more than one Roosevelt. EEO Nov 2014 #40

For DUers that want populist reform demwing Nov 2014 #35

I support a group to discuss populist reforms within the Democratic Party Martin Eden Nov 2014 #38

And that's what we should be doing. santamargarita Nov 2014 #37

In 1966 I joined the Democratic Party for these values: bvar22 Nov 2014 #42

^^^^^^^That right there^^^^^^^^^^ BrotherIvan Nov 2014 #45

Good idea, but wrong name Onlooker Nov 2014 #43

People tend to have a certain romanticism for the past. EEO Nov 2014 #44

Kick grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #46