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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:27 AM Original message |
FDR was a great man. Reagan was his antithesis. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. Exactly. If you crashed Reagan and FDR together they'd explode in a ball of photons |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The explosion would destroy the universe. They could not be more different. |
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RuleOfNah (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. Which Reagan? The Reagan that liked the New Deal or the one that disliked it after he liked it? |
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girl_interrupted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. Zynx beautifully said |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. No problem. I've held this sentiment for years and I wanted to get it out. |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. True. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
5. That's the way I see it, too. Thank you. n/t |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. I think all Democrats must see it this way to be Democrats. |
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jlake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
7. True. True. True. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. You sure that's true enough? haha |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
9. FDR made enemies and was proud to do so |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. He won his fourth term. |
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inthebrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. LOL |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. It happens. |
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Maccagirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'll never understand the cult of Reagan |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. He made this a bitter and nasty country. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
12. Satan is Hell's God. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Great comparison! I love it! |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
15. Why didn't Obama use FDR (a Dem!) as his example? |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Reagan is more contemporary. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:51 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Because the GOP desperately wants a Reaganesque character |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I'm going to forgive Obama for this and for the "hands off presidency" thing |
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Proud2BAmurkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 01:13 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. fucking great question. nt |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 01:16 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I have to admit it made me wonder. However, I think it has to do with time periods. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
17. Yep.... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
20. Exactly. K&R. n/t |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 01:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Let's see if we can make it 20 recs. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
24. But both were "great" Presidents in the sense that... |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 01:04 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Was Stalin great for his 5-year plans? |
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Duncan Grant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
29. :kick: (nt) |
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