Reply #17: But his policies all were : ) Write that on your blackboards 100Xs [View All]

[EVDebs]

"On Christmas Day 1921, President Warren G. Harding, a Republican, freed Debs and 23 other prisoners of conscience. Debs' socialist movement was now dead, the victim of government repression and internal factional fighting between opponents and supporters of the new Bolshevik regime in Russia. But the socialist ideal lived on, inspiring a new generation of social reformers in the 1930s who, under the banner of the New Deal, enacted most of the programs and policies called for in the Socialist Party platform of 1912. It was not the socialist commonwealth, but it was a genuine achievement—one for which Debs and his followers legitimately could claim some credit." from http://www.aflcio.org/aboutaflcio/history/history/debs.cfm

Oh, did I forget to add 'social security' to the list ? I'm sorry.

BTW, he got more than a million votes for President...campaigning from his JAIL CELL. In the same tradition, USMC Gen. Smedley D. Butler followed in his footsteps, and later prevented the overthrow of FDR (by George Bush's relatives) in "The Plot to Overthrow the White House" (see Jules Archer's book and the movie "The Plot to Overthrow FDR (Smedley D. Butler)" www.ihffilm.com/r547.html

Also remember Jesus Christ, in worldly terms, would be considered one of the biggest losers too.

Think about that...maybe YOUR idea of 'winners' and 'losers' will change.