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jtuck004

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5. So, perhaps in the spirit of keeping your enemies closer, we hire them to help formulate

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 02:07 PM

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FDR Saw This Coming And Tried To Warn Us [View all] Playinghardball Apr 2012 OP

k/r Dawson Leery Apr 2012 #1

Sadly, it's a little like liberalmike27 Apr 2012 #36

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Apr 2012 #2

Another FDR Gem: 66 dmhlt Apr 2012 #34

FDR's Definition of Fascism: freshwest Apr 2012 #38

The greatest President Marley01 Apr 2012 #3

Ditto that. closeupready Apr 2012 #7

IMHO,... MarianJack Apr 2012 #19

Also agree... rwsanders Apr 2012 #21

Yep The Best Indeed... WiffenPoof Apr 2012 #24

NLRB and NLRA joshcryer Apr 2012 #25

Taft Hartley was huge warning sign,m Reagans handling of the PATCO strike was another caution sign FogerRox Apr 2012 #45

He's particularly loved by Japanese-Americans...nt SidDithers Apr 2012 #28

+1,000,000! Hepburn Apr 2012 #39

FDR on Social Justice and Human Kindness: freshwest Apr 2012 #40

There is no doubt. dotymed Apr 2012 #42

Yep... K & R !!! WillyT Apr 2012 #43

What did FDR know about the realities of politics? MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #4

um... nebenaube Apr 2012 #8

um... malthaussen Apr 2012 #11

The sarcasm thingy sulphurdunn Apr 2012 #35

Sorry - I didn't use the "sarcasm" thingy MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #15

Good sarcasm is hard to tell from sincere stupidity. tclambert Apr 2012 #33

FDR never had to deal with a GOP congress and always had at least 65 Dem Senators scheming daemons Apr 2012 #13

half of those "Democratic" congressmen were arch-conservative Southern Democrats. provis99 Apr 2012 #14

Ex-actly ! n/t Smarmie Doofus Apr 2012 #17

Carter Glass of Virginia was a prominent pain in FDR's side wrt the New Deal Art_from_Ark Apr 2012 #22

Obama could have UNQUESTIONABLY done all kinds of things MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #16

I like it! bongbong Apr 2012 #18

That is patently false. joshcryer Apr 2012 #27

The labor movement was huge back then, and he killed it. joshcryer Apr 2012 #26

Real Dems brush Apr 2012 #30

Lieberman wasn't a Democrat during that three month period, he was an Independent pnwmom Apr 2012 #31

Yeah, Liberman framed the whole thing, shame Franken was held back, too. joshcryer Apr 2012 #32

This is Exactly Right liberalmike27 Apr 2012 #37

FDR used the fireside chat to great effect FogerRox Apr 2012 #46

Possibly and I hope we get the chance to find out. dotymed Apr 2012 #47

So, perhaps in the spirit of keeping your enemies closer, we hire them to help formulate jtuck004 Apr 2012 #5

except it's not just men....nt antigop Apr 2012 #6

K&R I have always love this man. Remember setting on my mothers lap as she cried while listening jwirr Apr 2012 #9

What an amazing quote! K&R Moonwalk Apr 2012 #10

We DID listen. We forgot. And of course we got stupid. n/t Smarmie Doofus Apr 2012 #12

And ALEC became expert wing clippers right under our noses. lonestarnot Apr 2012 #20

He wouldn't get into the nomination debates now upi402 Apr 2012 #23

kr Norrin Radd Apr 2012 #29

Did FDR foresee Fox news and talk radio jopeli Apr 2012 #41

I like how this thread honoring the greatest President turns into Egalitarian Thug Apr 2012 #44