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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 10:55 PM Original message |
Poll question: head to head: Gore v. FDR |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. FDR won World War II, lifted millions out of poverty, kept the elderly from dying alone and afraid |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 10:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'm hard pressed to think of a better president. Lincoln had a fairly unique set of problems |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. Wait a minute, how many terms did FDR serve |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. the poll was half a joke since Gore kicks existing fields butt in head to heads |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. Not fair to Al...and if you want to read and/or hear one of the greatest speeches of the 20th C. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I agree. FDR was as good as Bush is bad. |
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ms liberty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-07-07 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. Gotta go with Al...but only because he's alive and FDR isn't...n/t |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. the Onion had a headline about Dems running FDR after he died. I think even dead he'd |
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Rydz777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. FDR is 125 years old; Gore is 59. I'll go with the younger man n/t |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. FDR is rested and ready. He's been chilling for 62 years. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
11. FDR was more leftwing than Gore is today on economic issues. |
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AlGore-08.com (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 12:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Gore never would have agreed to putting Japanese Americans in internment camps |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 01:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Okay, that devil-smiley there's kind of rubbing me the wrong way. |
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AlGore-08.com (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Sorry you took offense, I was trying to avoid starting a flame war |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
14. i think FDR would beat any Democrat including former Presidents |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 12:36 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I'm hard put to think of a better leader of even other countries. |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
15. We have seen Gore in many situations but never as the President |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-08-07 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
17. Well since FDR is still dead |
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The_Wizard (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
19. I Love Gore... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
20. Impossible to answer. Let's see what Gore's legacy is after 2 terms as President. nt |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
21. Al Gore is awesome, but there is no contest between anyone and FDR. (nt) |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
22. Exactly how many Democrats today are as leftwing on economic issues as FDR? Answer: Not many |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-09-07 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
23. I'm a Gore fan but I think even he would vote FDR in this poll. |
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