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In reply to the discussion: This is what a REAL Democrat sounds like. [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)So you are wrong on that score.
Precisely where was the "put down?" What wasn't true?
See, your error is in assuming that "most" people know that he wasn't a saint. The bottom line is the exact opposite--many people are horrified to learn of the reality of his life, and will argue like hell against any statements about his reality even when presented with scholarly histories of the man.
No one is NOT "giving credit where credit is due," but it needs to be pointed out that this very human being was no socialist--he would not have tolerated HIS bottom line being abrogated, and that is what makes him entirely human.
You seem to ignore the fact that, in the postwar era (and I am talking post WW2) that jobs were plentiful and benefits were great. You signed on with a company for life, and you got a good pension. You were able to support a family on a single income. There was, for a long time, no need for "any other President to revive these points" because most people weren't in the hurt locker. Truman and Ike and JFK and even LBJ presided over a nation where most people were doing "OK" and had all those "economic rights" talked about in FDR's address. No one jumps up to fix what ain't broke.
Things started to get a bit rough in the Nixon era, and he was followed by Ford and then Carter. Carter--since you are claiming no other President gave a shit--DID give a shit about the poor, the needy, and those requiring the social safety net--and he urged all of us to pull together, turn the heat down, suck it up, work together, and get past tough times. How did we "reward" him? We threw him out and installed Saint Ronnie of Run Up The National Credit Card. He was followed by George HW "Charge It Some More" Bush. And when Clinton showed up, he was the guy who went to the factories and told people "Those jobs are GONE and they ain't coming back no more. But you can learn a new trade and I will help." And look how he's remembered here....
So...."what evs" as the kids say.