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theriverburns (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 10:00 PM Original message |
Too far to the left? |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. I agree! |
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stevebreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. the reason for the crappy conventional wisdom... |
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diplomats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. FDR was elected during a time of terrible economic crisis |
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brokensymmetry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 10:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. All depends - |
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diamondsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 10:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. HUH? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-03 10:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Unemployment Was At 25% In 1932 |
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revcarol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 08:39 AM Response to Reply #27 |
68. Unemployment is at 25% in my county!! |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 08:42 AM Response to Reply #68 |
71. Response |
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revcarol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 08:53 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Touche. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 10:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Not so different |
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Woodstock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 11:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. But according to Rush and his ditto heads, it's Clinton's fault |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 11:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Really?!? |
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diamondsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. Hi there and thanks for that! :) |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-03 12:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. Making your sig text bigger |
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diamondsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 05:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Ok let's see how it looks |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. I believe that it is a statement based on some truth |
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arcos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. Check out this article by Ted Rall... |
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theriverburns (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 10:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Thanks for that article |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-03 09:42 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. kick for this article |
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arcos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 12:39 AM Response to Reply #24 |
65. Great!! |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. No such thing. It's another RW myth that's permiated OUR thinking. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. Just How Liberal Was FDR |
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theriverburns (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 10:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. and.... |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 10:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Oh no! You hit on an important point. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 09:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
63. Very true. FDR wasn't a traitor to his class.... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 08:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
72. the point was to save the people, the economy, the nation |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. In all honesty I don't think the guy can win |
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theriverburns (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 10:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Miliatry spending at the expense of Social Security? |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 10:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I don't think it's one or the other |
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theriverburns (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 10:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. It's been operating in the black... |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 11:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
79. I see what you are saying but |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 11:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. easy |
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cosmicdot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-08-03 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. is the question right v. left or right v. wrong ... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-03 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
23. It's that "U" word again. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-03 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
25. was Wellstone too far to the left? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-03 09:49 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. To Be Elected President Yes |
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buddhamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-03 11:22 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. you don't know that. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-03 11:36 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. And Ronnie was too far right to be electable |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 06:10 PM Response to Reply #35 |
55. Ronald Reagan Was Elected Twice |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 07:44 AM Response to Reply #55 |
66. I didn't say he had nothing going for him |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 08:35 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. I Didn't Agree With Reagan |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 06:05 PM Response to Reply #31 |
54. "if it hasn't been tried how do you know" |
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buddhamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 09:35 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. now, come on, yourself |
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jiacinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-03 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
28. Kuchinich can't win |
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buddhamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-03 11:19 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. not military |
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Terwilliger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-03 11:31 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. ahh yes, experience |
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buddhamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-03 11:34 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. yeah it is a bogus excuse |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 05:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. experience counts!! |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 05:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. how much more experience does he need? |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 08:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
62. he constantly reveals his ignorance here yet unashamedly likes to pretend |
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DarbyUSMC (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 08:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
60. You may think me daft but |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 08:41 AM Response to Reply #60 |
69. More than that |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 08:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
61. sure, this from the guy who has been consistantly caught off guard by |
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MaverickX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-03 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
29. I disagree... |
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revcarol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 09:05 AM Response to Reply #29 |
74. He's no pacifist. |
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MaverickX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 11:06 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. he hasn't convinced me... |
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Blue_Chill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 11:18 AM Response to Reply #76 |
80. He wants to cut pentagon spending |
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MaverickX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 11:41 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. that won't fly.. |
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Judson39 (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-03 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
32. Roosevelt scared congress to pass an amendment |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-03 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
36. What is so liberal about Kucinich anyway? |
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MaverickX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-03 11:52 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. no candidate..... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-03 11:59 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. FDR did, so did Stalin |
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MaverickX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 04:43 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. you give FDR too much credit... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 05:35 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. His personal views are not the issue |
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MaverickX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 05:49 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. I don't think FDR really did.. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 05:53 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Well, maybe not him but his administration and people within it |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 06:14 PM Response to Reply #41 |
56. I don't know if FDR was racist |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 06:20 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I've never heard a candidate argue for the 'dole' |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 06:25 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. FDR is one of my favorite presidents |
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MaverickX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 11:12 AM Response to Reply #59 |
78. how about FDR on this... |
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MaverickX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 11:08 AM Response to Reply #56 |
77. I'm not the one arguing FDR |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 05:36 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. And would you mind answering my question? |
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MaverickX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 05:47 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. me? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 05:49 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Fair enough |
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MaverickX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 05:52 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I haven't been defending Kucinich.. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 05:55 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. His reforms. That's what I want to know about him. Please tell me. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 06:20 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. This Is Purely Subjective |
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diamondsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-10-03 05:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. Interesting question- |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-09-03 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
38. That was before television, simple. |
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CWebster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
70. I believe that there were those to the Left of FDR. |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-11-03 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
75. They will never elect him for other reasons than that |
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