What would Harry Truman do now?

[grasswire]

He seems to be the most recent Democrat who had the courage to stand up and fight.

What would he do this week as the attacks on the American workers increase?

For that matter, what would FDR do this week, in this situation?

[phantom power]

1. FDR would, of course, be using the bully pulpit

The GOP would go ape-shit, but FDR would "welcome their hatred."

:patriot:

[grasswire]

3. FDR, as we know, won the day

So what are we to make of the opinion that Obama shouldn't be involved?

[phantom power]

That opinion does not make any sense to me.

:shrug:

[Azathoth]

10. FDR would have been a one-termer in the age of Fox News n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I don't think Harry would have let things deteriorate this much.

Unlike Obama, he would have made thorough use of the bully pulpit.

The tea partier Republicans would have been running for the exits like the rats they are.

:eyes:

:argh:

[slackmaster]

4. Drop a couple of A-bombs on Canadian industrial cities

:nuke:

[fasttense]

5. Truman would have blasted the RepubliCONS.

Anytime they came out with some of their crazy crap, he would have pointed it out and put them in their place.

Obama needs the Unions, without them he doesn't have a chance, and yet he is not even verbally supporting them.

It's as if Obama doesn't even know the protests are going on.

[dionysus]

6. what would george washington do? what would calvin coolidge do?

[treestar]

19. :)

What would Reagan have done? :rofl: No one seems to be appreciating a thing like that, either. Just dismissing Republicans as if they have no power and wishing dead Democrats could come back really is helpful, isn't it?

What would Jesus do?

[bornskeptic]

7. Let's see. How did Harry Truman handle labor issues?

From Wikipedia:

The end of World War II was followed by an uneasy transition from war to a peacetime economy. The president was faced with the renewal of labor-management conflicts that had lain dormant during the war years, severe shortages in housing and consumer products, and widespread dissatisfaction with inflation, which at one point hit 6% in a single month. In this polarized environment, there was a wave of destabilizing strikes in major industries, and Truman's response to them was generally seen as ineffective. In the spring of 1946, a national railway strike, unprecedented in the nation's history, brought virtually all passenger and freight lines to a standstill for over a month. When the railway workers turned down a proposed settlement, Truman seized control of the railways and threatened to draft striking workers into the armed forces. While delivering a speech before Congress requesting authority for this plan, Truman received word that the strike had been settled on his terms. He announced this development to Congress on the spot and received a tumultuous ovation that was replayed for weeks on newsreels. Although the resolution of the crippling railway strike made for stirring political theater, it actually cost Truman politically: his proposed solution was seen by many as high-handed; and labor voters, already wary of Truman's handling of workers' issues, were deeply alienated
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman

Does that help?

[grasswire]

8. there ya go, Obama

Not supporting the workers will cost you politically.

[namahage]

12. Lesson 2: What would FDR do regarding indefinite detention? n/t

[ProSense]

9. Historic union vote for airport officers begins

here

[Keith Bee]

11. Hypotheticals are nice

Not practical, but nice anyway.

[Freddie Stubbs]

13. The same Harry Truman who seized control of railroads and threatened to draft the striking workers?

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5137/

[Kingofalldems]

14. Who is on strike here? Ans: No one.

Unions all across the country under attack.
Another misdirection. Fail.

[Freddie Stubbs]

15. So, you approve of Harry Truman's use of the armed forces for union busting?

:shrug:

[Kingofalldems]

16. Two strawmen in one thread

"Democrats did it too" failed.

[Freddie Stubbs]

17. Why won't you condemn the use of force against American labor?

:shrug:

[treestar]

18. Not particularly relevant

He's dead.

He lived in another era. He was President in a completely different era. One where he did not have to worry about political power and sensibilities of women or blacks, just for a start. One where he did not have to worry about the environment. Where war was relatively simple. Where enemies were easy to identify.

He lived in a world where there was far, far less transparency in government and far, far less media scrutiny.

[rug]

20. I hope you're not talking about Japan.

[craigmatic]

21. If Truman would've called for a federal card check law and said how stupid the WI repubs were.

He probably would've cursed them out too.