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dballance

(5,756 posts) Fri Dec 7, 2012, 02:36 AM Dec 2012

Isn't it Interesting Some of the Most Progressive Legislation was Enacted under Repubs?

We got the interstate system and the Environmental Protection Agency under Republican administrations. We also got national parks and wetlands preserved for the people.

Teddy Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Nixon and even Saint Reagan would be run out of their party now. They'd be called Socialists and Marxists.

It was nice when Republicans still felt the need to govern and represent the people. It's okay to have differences with the Dems. But it's not okay to bring the world to a screeching halt just because you don't get your way Boner, McConnel, Cantor, etc.

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Isn't it Interesting Some of the Most Progressive Legislation was Enacted under Repubs? (Original Post) 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

AverageJoe90

(10,745 posts)

1. Yeah, pretty much.

Reply to dballance (Original post)

Fri Dec 7, 2012, 04:47 AM

Dec 2012

Even Joe McCarthy would be too moderate for some tea-baggers, and he was about as far to the right as they came!

LiberalFighter

(50,921 posts)

2. What was the Congress like back then? Who were the Speakers?

Reply to dballance (Original post)

Fri Dec 7, 2012, 12:59 PM

Dec 2012

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

3. Democratic Congresses produced all of those good things. The Republican presidents

Reply to dballance (Original post)

Fri Dec 7, 2012, 01:09 PM

Dec 2012

were just along for the ride.

Kablooie

(18,634 posts)

4. Roosevelt wasn't just along for the ride.

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 7, 2012, 01:13 PM

Dec 2012

Creating national parks was personal to him.
He had a great love of the outdoors and pushed to have it preserved.

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

5. Republican and Democratic parties from 1900 don't exist anymore.

Reply to Kablooie (Reply #4)

Fri Dec 7, 2012, 01:14 PM

Dec 2012

In name only have they survived.

LeftInTX

(25,316 posts)

7. FDR was originally a Republican. He switched to Democratic primarily for political reasons

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #5)

Fri Dec 7, 2012, 06:11 PM

Dec 2012

If he had stayed a Republican, they would now be the liberals.

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Third Doctor

(1,574 posts)

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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