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DeeDeeNY

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3. FDR

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Dec 15, 2019, 05:46 PM

Dec 2019

From the article - "In 1944, he called for a 'second Bill of Rights,' which would guarantee all Americans a job, basic material necessities, housing, health care, and an education." If FDR ran now, would he have been labeled a "far-left" Democrat and lost?

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'Take Back Our Party' Chapter 1: Their Democratic Party [View all] TexasTowelie Dec 2019 OP

You should use the excerpt box or indicate up front that this is not about *your* life, but tblue37 Dec 2019 #1

You're correct and I'll make the change. TexasTowelie Dec 2019 #5

Thank you for this article agincourt Dec 2019 #2

FDR DeeDeeNY Dec 2019 #3

You need to put the article's full title & author's name at the start appalachiablue Dec 2019 #4

I've identified it as an excerpt for clarification. TexasTowelie Dec 2019 #6

That's great now with the author noted. Like the other poster, I really appalachiablue Dec 2019 #7

I'll make the effort to attribute the author and other information as I post. TexasTowelie Dec 2019 #8

That's a tremendous amount of material & kudos to you appalachiablue Dec 2019 #9

I can't say that we have a good relationship. TexasTowelie Dec 2019 #10

Living with a person who's that volatile with stark differences in appalachiablue Dec 2019 #11