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guillaumeb

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6. Agreed.

Reply to FreepFryer (Reply #4)

Tue Sep 12, 2017, 02:21 PM

Sep 2017

The Constitution allowed for three co-equal branches, not a King and a subordinate Parliament.

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FDR Was a Great President for His Time. [View all] MineralMan Sep 2017 OP

Well said! Lee Adama Sep 2017 #1

The left, or extreme left, is very small in the US. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #5

Nope, I lay it all at the feet of the extreme left. 100% their fault Lee Adama Sep 2017 #8

Uh, Dubya was part complicit media, part FL voting shenanigans, part Lieberturd, part SCOTUS. HughBeaumont Sep 2017 #12

This is one of my pet peeves. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #17

Thank you. Recommended. (EVERYONE PLEASE READ THE ABOVE POST!) NurseJackie Sep 2017 #20

Why golly gee Nurse, you making me blush! Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #21

Thank you, Eliot! MineralMan Sep 2017 #25

Thank you sacto95834 Sep 2017 #35

Why not blame the extreme left? Cary Sep 2017 #19

If you spent less time spitting bile at fellow Democrats Warpy Sep 2017 #30

WTF? Lee Adama Sep 2017 #31

Recommended. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #2

IMHO It can't all be on one unitary executive - that's the trend we need to reverse... FreepFryer Sep 2017 #4

Agreed. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #6

That remains to be determined, doesn't it. MineralMan Sep 2017 #10

Roosevelt wasn't an economist. Cary Sep 2017 #22

+1. (n/t) FreepFryer Sep 2017 #3

Great Post. delisen Sep 2017 #7

doesn't it sorta depend on what the new new deal was? dembotoz Sep 2017 #9

Well, for me, it had better include: MineralMan Sep 2017 #11

Just IMO, economic and social justice issues are greatly meshed together CousinIT Sep 2017 #13

LBJ's Great Society programs, which repugs constantly chip away at, added much-needed... brush Sep 2017 #33

Isn't this chicken and egg kind of messed up? HughBeaumont Sep 2017 #14

So was Abraham Lincoln. kentuck Sep 2017 #15

Sounds right to me. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #16

We stand on the shoulders of giants XRubicon Sep 2017 #18

Yes! peggysue2 Sep 2017 #23

Well said! mcar Sep 2017 #24

A lot of New Deal-style policies would help everyone. Willie Pep Sep 2017 #26

We need a Real Deal... k8conant Sep 2017 #27

I think he might keep pretty well... flotsam Sep 2017 #28

or flotsam Sep 2017 #29

Unless you were Japanese American............. nm MichMan Sep 2017 #32

Yes. I didn't bring that up because everyone brings that up. MineralMan Sep 2017 #36

Great post! nt Trumpocalypse Sep 2017 #34