FDR died in 1945, and the right wing and Wall St. have been trying to kill him ever since

brentspeak

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Mon Apr-12-10 12:08 PM
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FDR died in 1945, and the right wing and Wall St. have been trying to kill him ever since

Edited on Mon Apr-12-10 12:11 PM by brentspeak

The latest http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304024604575173632046893848.html?mod=rss_Today%27s_Most_Popular#articleTabs%3Darticle%26mg%3Dcom-wsj">revisionist history piece attacking the New Deal.

Two small articles dealing with the RW rewriting of history:

http://www.freep.com/article/20100404/NEWS15/4040508/1322/Roosevelts-down-McCarthy-up-as-conservatives-spin-history-to-right

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/04/01/91478/some-conservatives-rewrite-history.html

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white cloud

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Mon Apr-12-10 01:11 PM
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1. Excellent reads

Thanks

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Turbineguy

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Mon Apr-12-10 01:45 PM
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2. The Reagan Revolution

Edited on Mon Apr-12-10 01:46 PM by Turbineguy

has undone a lot of the good done during the FDR Administration. They are also making progress on un-winning WWII

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Greyhound

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Mon Apr-12-10 02:46 PM
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3. Except for when they tried to kill him in 1933. Thanks.

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hulka38

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Mon Apr-12-10 03:14 PM
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4. Amity Shlaes was brought into this world to do just that.

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Odin2005

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Mon Apr-12-10 03:16 PM
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5. If I hear another nutjob saying that the New Deal made the Depression worse I'm gonna scream.

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