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In reply to the discussion: FDR Democrats, check in here! [View all]MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)420. It's amazing, isn't it!
I didn't realize so many people actually knew what FDR was about, let alone were fans.
Great to know!
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Love your dedication Manny. Thanks for "speaking" the truth. It is appreciated by this FDR admirer.
In Truth We Trust
Apr 2013
#94
You have stated it wrong. At best, the video shows that FDR was opposed to the dole, not as you say
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#301
FDR was against any man "on the dole". He believed that the welfare aspect of S.S.
BlueCaliDem
Apr 2013
#430
So you claim that FDR felt that each man's SS contributions should go into a lockbox
MannyGoldstein
Apr 2013
#436
I don't know if that was his "scheme". I know that he was against men getting any type of welfare.
BlueCaliDem
Apr 2013
#438
Can we both agree that, from the very start of SS, retired men could receive
MannyGoldstein
Apr 2013
#445
Any social security benefits paid out above and beyond what people pay in, is welfare.
BlueCaliDem
Apr 2013
#453
You should try to keep your posts readable. I generally take a pass on long posts.
BlueCaliDem
Apr 2013
#455
True, we have to educate them. That's what I have been doing and it's amazing how few people ever
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#42
By way of my Grandfather a convert and friend of Clarence Cannon and Harry Truman.
gordianot
Apr 2013
#12
The Roosevelts saved my parents from starving to death during the Depression.
raging moderate
Apr 2013
#13
FDR's actions made lifelong, 'yellow dog Democrats' out of my 3 Republican grandparents.
ColesCountyDem
Apr 2013
#351
The "dear leader" is just a plain out and out insult. I'm as pissed at Obama as everyone else, but
ieoeja
Apr 2013
#163
"cult of personality" is exactly what my post is about and it's why I call them...
L0oniX
Apr 2013
#193
We're in the majority in this country. Most people love FDR's social programs although many don't
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#45
Here's a perfect example of right wingers not knowing that Medicare is a 'commie, socialist program'
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#85
Manny had a great idea somewhere else in this thread. Make a deck of cards with information and a
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#146
Allthough Franklin Roosevelt was President when Matthew Josephson wrote his book The Robber Barons,
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#188
So I'll make it clear too. If you oppose responses to your posts and respond with hostility to
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#250
Absolutely. We knew a battle over Social Security was coming and that might be a good thing.
pa28
Apr 2013
#35
The road in front of my parents house went from paved to rock to dirt during the Reagan admin.
ieoeja
Apr 2013
#172
I guess that comes about as close as I could describe myself within the context of American politics
Douglas Carpenter
Apr 2013
#50
I'm a bit more of an "Eleanor Roosevelt" Democrat but it boils down to much the same....
Rowdyboy
Apr 2013
#64
Are you serious??? ARE YOU SERIOUS??? Adlai Stevenson was astonishing.
graham4anything
Apr 2013
#220
Wasn't Eisenhower the alternative to the military dictator in Japan who ran for the presidency
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#199
Why was Huey Long a bastard? If you have some thoughts, I'll have to do some reading.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#239
As a litigator, I don't share your enthusiasm for having every dispute resolved in court.
Jim Lane
Apr 2013
#340
Please post the speech in its own thread. That's something all Democrats should read
JDPriestly
Apr 2013
#178
We all know his liberal domestic policies (the New Deal) but he was an internationalist also.
pampango
Apr 2013
#201
Sure, we got Reagan, Bush 1 and 2 and we sure did 'change' but I wouldn't call it evolving,
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#225
What would you call it if we fell back to the philosophies and policies of FDR? Evolution?
Buzz Clik
Apr 2013
#261
After the last 30 years, I would jump up and down for joy and call it a miracle. We would be rid of
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#276
I left out a lot of Bush's policies, like the Patriot Act, the vile FDDA eg.
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#315
"Have any of Bush's policies been rescinded yet?" You have got to be kidding.
Buzz Clik
Apr 2013
#317
I'm done playing. You listed a bunch of Bush's policies and attributed them to Obama...
Buzz Clik
Apr 2013
#321
You thrashed an iconic Democratic President and signature Democratic policies and then laughingly
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#323
In a way, it's good for Democrats. They come on strong, expecting that what Rush told them was true
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#371
I'm an LBJ,FDR, Obama,Carter,John Lindsay,Jerry Brown,JFK,RFK,Dr.King,Hillary democratic
graham4anything
Apr 2013
#216
LBJ was far more liberal than FDR. I love both. Both needed other votes.
graham4anything
Apr 2013
#257
JVL is perhaps my favorite. Single greatest populist and union man ever.
graham4anything
Apr 2013
#260
I didn't say FDR was a racist. You introduced that word into the discussion, not me.
Jim Lane
Apr 2013
#428
I was raised to admire both Franklin and Eleanor, my father counted them as personal
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2013
#304
Another one here!! Funny there was another forum for "status quo" dems that only had about 40...
rwsanders
Apr 2013
#313
My Great Grandmother Bessie O'Shay was a cook for the Roosevelts at Hyde Park.
Walk away
Apr 2013
#316
from my first vote for McGovern till now, I support the democratic wing of the Democratic Party
carolinayellowdog
Apr 2013
#327
I guess that's as close as I can get, though my heart tells me that might have been the
jtuck004
Apr 2013
#334
Born and raised in FDR's world - first historical memory - crying on my crying mother's lap when he
jwirr
Apr 2013
#335
Right here! Raised in Oklahoma, both FDR and Eleanor were heroes in our house.
txwhitedove
Apr 2013
#409
If that's as close as we could ever get to real social democracy, then I'm in.
nomorenomore08
Apr 2013
#412
'Holy Cow! The New Deal Still Has Some Fans' ~ It does, they are called DEMOCRATS!
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#450