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G_j

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21. "soaking the rich"

Reply to Autumn (Reply #19)

Mon Mar 2, 2015, 04:09 PM

Mar 2015

I would say that was a very intellectually dishonest statement. He just lost all credibilty with me.

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Are these "Angry" words..? [View all] G_j Mar 2015 OP

He would have been much more effective if he hadn't been so angry! Autumn Mar 2015 #1

His anger reflected the Duval Mar 2015 #27

+1 Enthusiast Mar 2015 #47

5th rec for powerful words and the power of words to help the common man. leveymg Mar 2015 #2

Great quotes. Timely as ever. RedCappedBandit Mar 2015 #3

here's what one of the party leaders has to say TODAY Doctor_J Mar 2015 #4

Pretty sad, Doctor_J. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #48

people often quote FDR which is awsome... V0ltairesGh0st Mar 2015 #5

Great additions! daleanime Mar 2015 #7

yes, great additions, thanks! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #13

remarkable G_j Mar 2015 #14

A great post. Wise words from a wise man. hifiguy Mar 2015 #25

Damn, that's prescient. He could be talking about today. Beartracks Mar 2015 #39

+1 an entire shit load. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #49

sadly V0ltairesGh0st Mar 2015 #54

Excellent quotes ... sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #45

Major K&R daleanime Mar 2015 #6

We are a fascist nation. Helen Borg Mar 2015 #8

Mussolini zentrum Mar 2015 #10

If fascism meant dumb tribalism, I'd agree erronis Mar 2015 #18

It's a Fascist nation.......... Enthusiast Mar 2015 #50

"The comfort of the rich relies on an abundance of the poor." Voltaire Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #9

K&R GeoWilliam750 Mar 2015 #11

Great quotes! K&R AtomicKitten Mar 2015 #12

yep, not OK for a woman to say. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #15

Got that did you? A man who used some pretty loud rhetoric at one time tells a woman Autumn Mar 2015 #19

"soaking the rich" G_j Mar 2015 #21

That was the most dishonest statement I have ever heard a democrat say. Autumn Mar 2015 #22

when a woman is right, they especially hate it. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #23

That FDR sure was an angry man. zeemike Mar 2015 #16

K and R bigwillq Mar 2015 #17

The rich have always hated zentrum Mar 2015 #20

And as he said: he welcomed their hatred deutsey Mar 2015 #51

Love that speech. zentrum Mar 2015 #59

thanks G_j Mar 2015 #62

That is what a REAL DEMOCRAT sounds like. hifiguy Mar 2015 #24

I have to make Ts shirt out of those Vincardog Mar 2015 #26

Make a bunch and I'll purchase one! nt Duval Mar 2015 #28

Why not make them out of Warren's sayings? n/t cui bono Mar 2015 #30

FDR said this with no GOP opposition to speak of. Small difference though. nt Lucky Luciano Mar 2015 #29

Demonization! moondust Mar 2015 #31

Such and angry, angry man. pa28 Mar 2015 #32

Buffett, of course, is a 1%'er. He's just looking out for his own selfish interests. blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #33

Perhaps its the delivery...rather than the words. Historic NY Mar 2015 #34

What "uppity woman"? BG Davis Mar 2015 #35

Elizabeth Warren has been getting criticized by some Dems for using the same kind of language as FDR arcane1 Mar 2015 #38

Got it, but... BG Davis Mar 2015 #57

As far as I know, Warren hasn't made any claims like that. arcane1 Mar 2015 #58

But somebody did, to start this thread BG Davis Mar 2015 #60

This message was self-deleted by its author G_j Mar 2015 #63

maybe you are right G_j Mar 2015 #64

Welcome to DU Number9Dream Mar 2015 #52

Calamity Howlers won't like this one, G_j. Octafish Mar 2015 #36

Oh, Franklin, Franklin, you're going to make Howard Dean sad. tclambert Mar 2015 #37

speaking of "uppity women" guillaumeb Mar 2015 #40

such a boon to this country G_j Mar 2015 #44

I can imagine where the country would be guillaumeb Mar 2015 #53

Jeez, FDR doesn't just want a pony he wants democracy and economic justice, too! whereisjustice Mar 2015 #41

Where is today's FDR? SHRED Mar 2015 #42

FDR was a statesman BubbaFett Mar 2015 #56

K&R!!!!!!!!!!! burrowowl Mar 2015 #43

K&R! This post deserves hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Mar 2015 #46

Words we can all* rally around. johnnyreb Mar 2015 #55

"Calamity howling executive." 3catwoman3 Mar 2015 #61