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32. FDR May Have Been Wealthy, However His Heart AND Policies Were FOR THE PEOPLE!
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 08:51 PM
Mar 2016

That is WHY Dupont and Carnegie, Henry Ford et al... (The Oligarchsof that time) tried to OVERTHROW HIM.... A man by the name of Major General Smedley Butler foiled their attempted coup! See Videos below....




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America's last chance is in our hands... Stand Strong With Bernie Sanders!
This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 OP
Ralph Nader. onehandle Mar 2016 #1
What about the issues they both stood for? n/t blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #12
Nothing in common at all. Ken Burch Mar 2016 #46
FDR was a rich establishment candidate like Hillary. OhZone Mar 2016 #2
Personal stuff, maybe. JackRiddler Mar 2016 #6
FDR May Have Been Wealthy, However His Heart AND Policies Were FOR THE PEOPLE! CorporatistNation Mar 2016 #32
Oh God DetroitSocialist83 Mar 2016 #8
Disliked - OhZone Mar 2016 #11
"You've swallowed propaganda and lies, I'm afraid" blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #13
She's 'winning'.... daleanime Mar 2016 #26
Politically? FDR, no doubt. JackRiddler Mar 2016 #3
I think all of those candidates DetroitSocialist83 Mar 2016 #4
So he's part of them all, but not similiar enough to vote? blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #14
1/2 RFK, 1/2 FDR Chasstev365 Mar 2016 #5
FDR: I Welcome Their Hatred blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #16
Hillary: "I WELCOME THEIR CASH!" n/t Herman4747 Mar 2016 #28
This is your FDR chance so here's praying! In terms of vision, he's somewhat like JFK. appalachiablue Mar 2016 #7
McGovern. hrmjustin Mar 2016 #9
Would you mind explaining why? blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #19
Spiteful? Me? hrmjustin Mar 2016 #22
You needed an "all of the above." merrily Mar 2016 #10
oooooooooo..... blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #20
Hence the use of past tense in my prior post. merrily Mar 2016 #25
unneeded, but funny meme, I'm putting the edit there instead for the other votes... n/t blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #48
James K Polk. Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #15
Without the past we would have no present....n/t blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #31
Right, which is why it makes perfect sense for me to send you morse code smoke signals, here Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #34
Maybe you could try to be less of an asshole BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #37
Im pretty well versed in history, thanks, chief. Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #39
History is being made.... blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #50
The POTUS that Hillary Clinton reminds me most of in terms of policy and method is Richard Nixon. PufPuf23 Mar 2016 #40
Ive noted certain parallels, too. Which is ironic given her resume, starting with watergate. Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #45
So this poll is was simply a nihilistic exercise? n/t blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #47
Nihilism? Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #49
Sanders is just like McGovern Gothmog Mar 2016 #17
Link not there....n/t blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #23
This old campaign ad from 1971 sheds a lot of light on Bernie Sanders's appeal Gothmog Mar 2016 #27
No one would have beaten Nixon in 1972. JackRiddler Mar 2016 #42
Massive Historical wrongness. damonm Mar 2016 #36
Should've included Jesse Jackson! blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #43
Yeah to that. JackRiddler Mar 2016 #44
Denial is not just a river in Africa Gothmog Mar 2016 #51
Oh yeah! I remember seeing that ad on the internet, at the time. Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #38
You could have thrown in Truman BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #18
Beat me by ONE. MINUTE. LOL n/t damonm Mar 2016 #24
Harry Truman damonm Mar 2016 #21
yes 840high Mar 2016 #33
If this same question were asked about Hillary... Herman4747 Mar 2016 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author haikugal Mar 2016 #30
I said McGovern Trenzalore Mar 2016 #35
I have great respect for all of them, so Iwon't vote in this poll.... Time for change Mar 2016 #41
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