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In reply to the discussion: Is FDR Dead... In The Current Democratic Party... Because if It Is... [View all]RiverLover
(7,830 posts)86. Where are the links you demand from others?
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I would love to say no, but the oligarchs have steamrolled over FDR several trillion times.
Dont call me Shirley
Nov 2014
#1
Reagan trickle down has failed miserably and much of what FDR did is still working. But
jwirr
Nov 2014
#35
they got us by the short and curlies. Too bad they've forgotten what they're supposed to do now
librechik
Nov 2014
#25
Strange, I heard "FDR Democrats" separated from "liberal, socialist Democrats"...
moriah
Nov 2014
#70
James Buchanan is too "extreme" for the Dems--because he took positions, and that rankles the
MisterP
Nov 2014
#9
If the FDR coalition is dead, it's because the "progressive" purists killed it.
baldguy
Nov 2014
#11
Really ??? - We Lost The Congress After We Passed The Voting Rights Act ??? - I Don't Think So...
WillyT
Nov 2014
#37
What do you think LBJ meant when he said, "We have lost the South for a generation?"
wyldwolf
Nov 2014
#64
And We Democrats Started Moving Away From FDR Priciples That Served Us Well, And Are Now...
WillyT
Nov 2014
#75
"Racist southern whites were a key part of the FDR coalition." Erm, not quite.
AverageJoe90
Nov 2014
#58
"FDR let the Dixiecrats 'in to an extent.'" No, they played a major role in the New Deal's passage
wyldwolf
Nov 2014
#74
"No, they played a major role in the New Deal's passage", I'm sorry, but that's a myth......
AverageJoe90
Nov 2014
#80
“government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.” FDR
adirondacker
Nov 2014
#21
You've made your point. One of the greatest Presidents of this country also made
Cleita
Nov 2014
#118
You can sensse his spirit so often in our party. "You have to compromise!" he was fond of saying.
raouldukelives
Nov 2014
#34
I do not think FDR would have been for TPP, the ending of public education or environmental
jwirr
Nov 2014
#43
I have read this post and apparently it is dead. So what the hell do we care what happens to Social
jwirr
Nov 2014
#41
I agree. One of the things I think that could have been done better is talking more about the things
jwirr
Nov 2014
#55
I think it may even be making a difference already. How many of us are spending as much at
jwirr
Nov 2014
#61
Here's a short snip from a great article that explains why we want FDR progressivism to LIVE
RiverLover
Nov 2014
#51
The FDR you're imagining never existed. Just as the Reagan the right imagines never existed
wyldwolf
Nov 2014
#62
Thanks for the links. But NOTHING here negates what he did for us while in office.
RiverLover
Nov 2014
#99
I'm not idolizing him. He came to be a populist slowly. I've read alot. What he DID though in ofc
RiverLover
Nov 2014
#101
Honestly I'd like to see the democratic party go into a more socialist direction. We need to
craigmatic
Nov 2014
#67