McCain: "I want to do what we did during the Great Depression."

[Chichiri]

What we did during the Great Depression was, we elected arguably the greatest Democratic President in the history of this country. So yeah, I'm with Johnny on this one.

[FSogol]

1. If McCain wants to sell apples, its ok with me. n/t

[Hepburn]

2. GMTA!!!

When I saw the title of your thread, my first thought was: The country kept electing FDR!

:hi:

[DangerDave921]

3. he should know

he lived through it.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

[Aloha Spirit]

4. He would like to apply 20th century answers to all 21st century problems.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. I don't want to stand on soup lines and use newspaper as a blanket.

[yardwork]

6. During the Great Depression, the United States implemented a lot of socialist programs.

We didn't finish the job, though. We still need national health insurance, for starters.

[DJ13]

7. Bread lines and soup kitchens will be the next growth industry

[Cirque du So-What]

8. Suddenly-poor plutocrats leaping from the windows of office buildings?

Job security for the street sweepers, I guess.

[Barack_America]

9. Um, Johnny, what about your "federal spending freeze"?

That's pretty much the opposite of what we did during the Great Depression.