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bvar22

(39,909 posts)
42. In 1966 I joined the Democratic Party for these values:
Sat Nov 8, 2014, 07:23 PM
Nov 2014
In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be[font size=3] established for all—regardless of station, race, or creed.[/font]

Among these are:

*The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;

*The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;

*The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;

*The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;

*The right of every family to a decent home;

*The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;

*The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;

*The right to a good education.

All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being.

[font size=3]America's own rightful place in the world depends in large part upon how fully these and similar rights have been carried into practice for all our citizens.[/font][/font]---FDR, SOTU, 1944



Please note that the above are stipulated as Basic Human RIGHTS to be protected by our government,
and NOT as COMMODITIES to be SOLD to Americans by For Profit Corporations.

My vote and support WILL go to whoever BEST embodies these values.
I am too old and tired to again support the Least of the Worst again.
Let the chips fall where they may.
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
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