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rusty quoin

(6,133 posts) Wed Mar 27, 2019, 02:37 AM Mar 2019

What is wrong with just saying, "I'm an FDR Democrat" [View all]

I’m watching, “Trumbo” again. He was a communist, but when questioned, why didn’t he say that. Complete honesty is not something a congress like that deserved. To say one is an FDR Democrat leaves it up to the questioner to figure out if FDR was a communist.

Leave aside that congressman asking “yes or no, are you a capitalist or a socialist,” one can say I’m an FDR Democrat even today, and leave it up to them to figure it out.

Myself, I’m an FDR Democrat. I know you all know what that means, but the right wing doesn’t.

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What is wrong with just saying, "I'm an FDR Democrat" [View all] rusty quoin Mar 2019 OP

No modern voter knows what that means zaj Mar 2019 #1

Like they know what "socialist' means? nt pnwmom Mar 2019 #2

Good. I can say it then without research. The one word Democrat does place me though. rusty quoin Mar 2019 #3

What's wrong with just saying ... NanceGreggs Mar 2019 #4

Nothing except there's corporate vs worker for a very long time. rusty quoin Mar 2019 #5

Abso-fuckin-lutely!! I'm with workers over corporations 100%. InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #7

Hear, here, Nance. I'm a Democrat. Hortensis Mar 2019 #14

At this of all times, when muddied waters could destroy America, THIS. Squinch Mar 2019 #28

100% Runningdawg Mar 2019 #33

Right? mcar Mar 2019 #39

Thank you. MrsCoffee Mar 2019 #40

FDR Democrat aka Member of"The Democratic Wing of the Democtatic Party."(per Howard Dean) stuffmatters Mar 2019 #6

Same here True Blue American Mar 2019 #11

FDR hdd to rely on Racist Southern Democrats delisen Mar 2019 #8

Human Rights True Blue American Mar 2019 #10

The record is there whether one likes it or not delisen Mar 2019 #13

Are you aware that FDR put Japanese Americans in internment camps? yardwork Mar 2019 #15

Not only aware True Blue American Mar 2019 #16

Japanese-Americans didn't attack Pearl Harbor. TwilightZone Mar 2019 #22

You did not bother True Blue American Mar 2019 #24

How old were you in 1941/1942? Kaleva Mar 2019 #27

Well I guess they could be in their mid-late 90's. Fla Dem Mar 2019 #29

I don't think the OP is 96. Kaleva Mar 2019 #36

This is disgusting bigotry against American citizens. yardwork Mar 2019 #34

What does Japanese atrocities toward US soldiers have to do with Japanese-Americans being imprisoned mcar Mar 2019 #41

wth Celerity Mar 2019 #26

No he didn't. Dr Hobbitstein Mar 2019 #30

I'm a Democrat first JustAnotherGen Mar 2019 #18

I posted before I saw this DBoon Mar 2019 #37

Make me another Democrat True Blue American Mar 2019 #9

FDR Democrat means having majorities in both Senate and the House for many years. betsuni Mar 2019 #12

Well, as we've seen the past 2 years that's no longer true. doompatrol39 Mar 2019 #31

And FDR True Blue American Mar 2019 #17

Taped to my desk as I look up from my screen is an 8-1/2 x 11 portrait of FDR no_hypocrisy Mar 2019 #19

Thank you. True Blue American Mar 2019 #25

I am of Asian descent. So I'm not an "FDR Democrat". LexVegas Mar 2019 #20

Most voters have no clue what an "FDR Democrat" means today brooklynite Mar 2019 #21

FDR was not perfect (think internment camps). Vinca Mar 2019 #23

That is a great answer manor321 Mar 2019 #32

I'm an LBJ Democrat DBoon Mar 2019 #35

Very, very few people alive today remember FDR as President. MineralMan Mar 2019 #38

Actually I will use that term now after reading all the posts. Thanks. rusty quoin Mar 2019 #42

I'll say, am an FDR Democrat as was LBJ so LBJ Dem, too. UTUSN Mar 2019 #43