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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 03:48 PM Original message |
Why Obama is no FDR (Klein in WaPo) |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. But he does a good Ben Nelson. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Did you read the article, or just the headline? |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Is Ben Nelson a bash? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Oddly enough, his last opponent was Hagel, whom I kind of like |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. FDR had a mostly compliant Congress with overwhelming Democratic majorities. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Excuses are for when you have tried and failed, they ring ever hollow for those who fail to try. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. You seem unfamiliar with the many things Obama has accomplished... |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. exactly.... |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. Nov 2008 was not 'mere months' into the financial crisis ... |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. So true. 1980 was the real turning point. nt |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. "I welcome their hatred" vs tell me how much to cave and I will nt |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. "I welcome their hatred" was in FDR's re-election campaign. I expect something similar in BHO's (nt) |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. Rec'd for this passage alone... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. There would be no point in trying to emulate monetary policy from that era. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Nor the fiscal policy, but monetary policy is important |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Monetary intervention is utterly useless at this point. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. I wonder if voters will be impressed with hyperlinked lists + a bunch of excuses, come November? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I've never done the Blue Wall of Hope, Romu |
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