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Demsrule86

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11. No one alive remembers him...And his policies were great and saved this country

Sun Oct 22, 2017, 12:44 PM

Oct 2017

but they were not inclusive (product of his times) and POC did not have the opportunity to vote for him and did not benefit from his lifesaving (for white folks) policies. He also incarcerated Japanese Americans and stole their property. While there is no doubt

FDR was one of the greatest...he was the man for his times...and I consider Johson right up there in terms of a great president...he gave us Civil Rights,Medicare and Medicaid...Obama saved the country by himself with a way to small tax cut ( all he could get), saving the autos and fiddling with the Fed...each president is called to solve the problems of his time. Roosevelt while great can not solve our problems...and there are many great Dems out there, and we won't do things as Roosevelt did entirely...nor should we. Time to chart our own course.

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Remember FDR? [View all] yurbud Oct 2017 OP

Yup... but elected to four terms--didn't serve four terms (just a little quibble) hlthe2b Oct 2017 #1

I didn't make it, but I noticed that too. yurbud Oct 2017 #2

Well, many said it was his 3rd term that killed him TexasBushwhacker Oct 2017 #18

They were far from perfect, but a third for Bill Clinton or Obama wouldn't have hurt either of them. yurbud Oct 2017 #22

America's greatest President. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #3

He wasn't a Socialist, he was a Democrat LeftInTX Oct 2017 #4

He was to the left of today's Democrats on economics & welfare policies yurbud Oct 2017 #6

And the socialists attacked him for not being left enough. MrsCoffee Oct 2017 #13

therefore we should let Wall St. call the shots? yurbud Oct 2017 #14

Who said that? MrsCoffee Oct 2017 #17

They did criticize him for things like not supporting anti-discrimination laws. David__77 Oct 2017 #52

He was indeed quite popular, but he wasn't a Democratic Socialist renegade000 Oct 2017 #5

he would never have called himself a moderate Republican yurbud Oct 2017 #7

And most certainly would not recognize today's Democratic Party. lagomorph777 Oct 2017 #8

they have a plan. They want to become the default business party, which is why yurbud Oct 2017 #9

Pub Lite never worked and never will. lagomorph777 Oct 2017 #10

it's a bit worse. They are the Trojan Horse for GOP policies in states & districts where yurbud Oct 2017 #15

Infuriating. lagomorph777 Oct 2017 #24

No one alive remembers him...And his policies were great and saved this country Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #11

I agree on FDR & Johnson. I wouldn't say Roosevelt can solve all our problems, but neither... yurbud Oct 2017 #16

You need Wall Street...it is a great source of income for those who don't have pensions...401K's Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #26

It's really the disparity in income that people HopeAgain Oct 2017 #27

And how you propose to fix it? United is a gift from Bush who was a gift from the Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #28

So how do we elect Democrats? HopeAgain Oct 2017 #32

I refuse to even discuss 'Bernie supporters' the primary is over. And Green's suck and have Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #38

I have never not voted Dem in th GE HopeAgain Oct 2017 #39

It only sounds like hatred because too many pols listen to them first, last, and only yurbud Oct 2017 #34

Look Roosevelt believed in capitalism and the stock market...he didn't go after after the Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #46

Actually, he did. He backed and got a much higher tax rate AND regulation of Wall Street yurbud Oct 2017 #50

have you noticed that Democrats have lost congress more often & won by narrower margins... yurbud Oct 2017 #51

One of my aunts is 95 the other is 91 dflprincess Oct 2017 #23

I am sure...they were children...and I am just guessing white... Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #25

I took issue with the statement that no one alive dflprincess Oct 2017 #36

Few folks alive...and I admire and respect Roosevelt...but I am not a follower of any past person... Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #37

Wrong bathroommonkey76 Oct 2017 #41

If FDR were alive today he would not be a racist FakeNoose Oct 2017 #43

That is your imagination...not reality Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #45

Eleanor promoted racial equality. trof Oct 2017 #49

He was a 1%er as well. I thought we hated all them? GulfCoast66 Oct 2017 #12

There's nothing wrong with being rich as long as you don't want to enslave others to do it. Tobin S. Oct 2017 #19

That was my point GulfCoast66 Oct 2017 #20

10-4 Tobin S. Oct 2017 #21

He didn't serve 4 terms MichMary Oct 2017 #29

I believe he would NOT have used the A-bomb v. Japan. What might have been had he lived a bit longer malchickiwick Oct 2017 #30

Sure he would have used it MichMan Oct 2017 #31

Almost everyone who was an adult when FDR died is also dead. MineralMan Oct 2017 #33

He died 72 years ago Trumpocalypse Oct 2017 #35

seriously? Today's Democratic pols could learn a lot from him yurbud Oct 2017 #40

Maybe Trumpocalypse Oct 2017 #42

Hmm. Iggo Oct 2017 #48

You tell your college students that FDR was a Democratic Socialist? ismnotwasm Oct 2017 #44

No, though he was one compared to today's Democrats. yurbud Oct 2017 #53

You know what party leader mentioned him? Hillary Clinton. MineralMan Oct 2017 #47