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pres2032 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 09:43 PM
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Poll question: Battle of the Roosevelts
the trust buster vs. the father of the New Deal
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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 09:46 PM
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1. Tough call,
but I've gotta go with the New Deal, though I AM strangely attracted to the idea of "Rough Riders"...
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 09:46 PM
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2. Eleanor
Roosevelt by birth and by marriage. Our first bisexual first lady and more liberal than FDR and TR combined.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 09:47 PM
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3. FDR has that professer Xavier ability to him.
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 09:48 PM
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4. FDR is my pick.
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Moloch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 09:49 PM
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5. FDR did numerous great things...
While Teddy Roosevelt started a war under flimsly pretenses (which were proven to be false) in order to build an empire.
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pres2032 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 10:03 PM
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6. you have to admit that TD did a lot of great things too
responsible for breaking up a lot of monopolies, very progressive for his time.
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T Roosevelt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 10:15 PM
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7. Somebody's got to break the goose egg
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