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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:38 PM Original message |
Obama News Conference: "president could have been at least as populist as Franklin Roosevelt" |
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GarbagemanLB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'd say the last thing America needs is another person fanning the flames of this 'outrage'. |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Obama knows Populism is fine. But this isn't Roosevelt's time. You have to balance |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. yes |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well he already did that, on Leno |
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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. Obama doesn't believe in governing from anger |
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Median Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. Big Difference - FDR Arrived 3-4 Years After Stock Market Crash |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 11:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. That is exactly the point I was going to make... |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Exactly. We all forget that little fact. FDR could rip into them |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 07:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. But he had a conservative - Lew Douglas - as his first budgetary adviser... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. He can do it his way. It's a different world where communication |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Or he can do it Wall Streets way. And if he does we're fu*ked! |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:59 PM Original message |
The SKY ISN'T FALLING! nt |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
9. It may not be the time for it but damn it would feel good |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I really hate most rich people. Can ya tell? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. FDR made compromises on populism all the time. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. You are funny! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-24-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. The other prez libraries don't have the easy links... |
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empyreanisles (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. You have an odd fixation on Elanor Roosevelt :) |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. In some ways - yes! It sure has helped me understand the shit Michelle is catching. |
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