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cab67

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30. Not sure I entirely buy that.

Sat Jun 11, 2022, 06:04 PM

Jun 2022

WW2 was not yet over when FDR died. Wallace, for all of his qualities, may not have been the decisive leader we needed at the time. And Truman was no right-winger on the economy.

I don’t think either Dulles was needed to steer the US away from the USSR as the time came to define spheres of influence in the early postwar period.

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Do you know who's utimately responsible for our current situation? [View all] cab67 Jun 2022 OP

Obama knew he faced an uphill fight no matter what he Phoenix61 Jun 2022 #1

I think they have a point that it would happen every time treestar Jun 2022 #2

What if somehow The MadCow-Boy was not 'selected' by the FLA SC sprinkleeninow Jun 2022 #4

Just the environmental impact... rubbersole Jun 2022 #16

President Gore - if Alice Kramden Jun 2022 #31

I wasn't limiting my ire to Bush Jr. cab67 Jun 2022 #8

The torture he allowed was criminal questionseverything Jun 2022 #28

John Wilkes Booth? Fiendish Thingy Jun 2022 #3

RFK could not have been the nominee. former9thward Jun 2022 #26

Ronald Reagan, when he abolished the FCC fairness doctrine in 1987 krawhitham Jun 2022 #5

perhaps, but... cab67 Jun 2022 #7

OK, but.... krawhitham Jun 2022 #10

That's a really good point that has never been brought up here before... keep_left Jun 2022 #13

Great points. Bookmarking. nt crickets Jun 2022 #15

that was the sig of killing the FD. fox is the visual icing on the lie turd pie of talk radio certainot Jun 2022 #22

The good news is that there won't be another Rush Limbaugh Elessar Zappa Jun 2022 #38

But they sound like extremists and play up the rhetoric. BadgerKid Jun 2022 #40

limbaugh caused more death and destruction than hitler and stalin combined, counting certainot Jun 2022 #43

This is precisely the problem and it utterly ignored Tumbulu Jun 2022 #42

Let us not forget 'ReaganHood'. Who gave to the rich, and robbed empedocles Jun 2022 #6

I was actually going to go with Nixon, himself when I saw the question posed. Gore1FL Jun 2022 #9

Well, to make the point with a bit of humor, Ford did employ Earl Butz... keep_left Jun 2022 #11

I got Butz mixed up with James Watt talking about the "humor" COL Mustard Jun 2022 #23

to be fair, cab67 Jun 2022 #36

Yes, I should have mentioned that. Ford "inherited" him, so to speak. keep_left Jun 2022 #37

I'm sure the pardon contributed moondust Jun 2022 #12

Obama vs Bundy flashman13 Jun 2022 #14

No disrespect intended, but Obama lived in a bubble of his own making LiberalLovinLug Jun 2022 #21

Constitutional scholars have slept since 1880, and surely Gerry Ford couldn't spell Constitution bucolic_frolic Jun 2022 #17

I thought electing a President 90-percent Jun 2022 #20

"Gerry Ford couldn't spell Constitution" Please! Botany Jun 2022 #27

I've always thought he was decent cab67 Jun 2022 #29

I blame Ike Jerry2144 Jun 2022 #18

He did warn about the rise of the MIC Celerity Jun 2022 #44

The slaveholding founding fathers of our constitution, our nation. jaxexpat Jun 2022 #19

Recommended. H2O Man Jun 2022 #24

Then there's F.D.R., replacing Henry Wallace with Truman. The Dulles brothers suckered Truman 3Hotdogs Jun 2022 #25

Not sure I entirely buy that. cab67 Jun 2022 #30

A rewite of history. former9thward Jun 2022 #34

k&r SunImp Jun 2022 #32

He's maybe .0001% responsible. milestogo Jun 2022 #33

multiply that by 10,000 cab67 Jun 2022 #35

Great post malaise Jun 2022 #39

"look forward" Skittles Jun 2022 #41

No, the problem is Racism and other Bigotry . Unrealistic to think Obama could have done anything JI7 Jun 2022 #45

James Madison? WarGamer Jun 2022 #46

I agree ( Ford ) My grandmother was the most respected person in my family hydrolastic Jun 2022 #47