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2016 Postmortem

Third Doctor

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8. That was the old sensible

Reply to dballance (Original post)

Fri Dec 7, 2012, 09:05 PM

Dec 2012

GOP. Sadly that version died out years ago. The dems from a century ago were more conservative than the repubs mostly. FDR was more on the liberal side. There was a split between the conservative and liberal wing of the Dems around 40 years ago. The cons went to the repub party (mainly southern racist dixiecrats) and that's why the GOP are bat shit crazy right now.

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Isn't it Interesting Some of the Most Progressive Legislation was Enacted under Repubs? [View all] dballance Dec 2012 OP

Yeah, pretty much. AverageJoe90 Dec 2012 #1

What was the Congress like back then? Who were the Speakers? LiberalFighter Dec 2012 #2

Democratic Congresses produced all of those good things. The Republican presidents geek tragedy Dec 2012 #3

Roosevelt wasn't just along for the ride. Kablooie Dec 2012 #4

Republican and Democratic parties from 1900 don't exist anymore. geek tragedy Dec 2012 #5

FDR was originally a Republican. He switched to Democratic primarily for political reasons LeftInTX Dec 2012 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author dballance Dec 2012 #6

That was the old sensible Third Doctor Dec 2012 #8