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DanTheFan
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Yes. It’s right wing revisionism.
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What would FDR do? WWFDRD **
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Hoogle.com
03/06/2022 6:47PM
Send over Kamala? **
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NewBernHoo
03/06/2022 8:40PM
A better choice than the psychotic Orange Man **
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TomGlansAski
03/07/2022 12:18AM
Throw all the Russians living in America into camps?...
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Los Angeles Hoo
03/06/2022 7:25PM
That's different. **
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ResistHoo
03/06/2022 10:01PM
Has Russia attacked us? What FDR socialist programs plague us to this day **
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111Balz
03/06/2022 8:03PM
Those damn highways that all those convoys gallivant around on...
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LonghornHokie
03/06/2022 8:06PM
Eisenhower **
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Los Angeles Hoo
03/06/2022 9:37PM
Ike thought little of your ilk, FWIW. **
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06 Hoo
03/07/2022 07:22AM
The interstate system concept and planning began under FDR's administration
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LonghornHokie
03/06/2022 10:49PM
He also started the civilian conservation corps! **
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Hooooooooooooooo
03/07/2022 1:26PM
Good call. FDR personally drew up a map.
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DanTheFan
03/06/2022 11:00PM
Hope he used a sharpie or it doesn't count... **
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LonghornHokie
03/06/2022 11:28PM
Convoys would be nowhere without an interstate. Damn modern transportation **
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81_Hokie
03/06/2022 9:59PM
YASAFT **
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WahooRQ
03/06/2022 7:47PM
If you haven’t read it, you should read The Forgotten Man by Amity Shlaes.
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hoolstoptheheels
03/06/2022 7:44PM
It's not a very good book.
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DanTheFan
03/06/2022 9:25PM
I enjoyed the book as a very well argued alternative to the mainstream take
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hoolstoptheheels
03/07/2022 08:57AM
Thanks — your perspective as an historian is always much appreciated. **
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WahooRQ
03/07/2022 08:20AM
FDR had the PWA (Public Works Administration) fund a number of warships....
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Chuck Taylor
03/06/2022 10:42PM
I have — excellent book. **
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Los Angeles Hoo
03/06/2022 9:07PM
We are not talking about the Great Depression **
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Hoogle.com
03/06/2022 7:56PM
LA was to a large extent.
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hoolstoptheheels
03/06/2022 8:36PM
I've heard of that. My impression is that it's right wing revisionism. No? **
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Seattle .Hoo
03/06/2022 7:52PM
Yes. It’s right wing revisionism. **
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DanTheFan
03/06/2022 10:30PM
Not in my view. I think WW2 ended the Great Depression, and
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hoolstoptheheels
03/06/2022 8:34PM
That seems, at best, to be a minority opinion. At worst a generations-old
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WahooRQ
03/07/2022 08:30AM
I think it is a minority view, but I would suggest reading the book
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hoolstoptheheels
03/07/2022 08:47AM
There have always been libertarian or free market Republican types who hate
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WahooRQ
03/07/2022 09:16AM
I certainly disagree that the New Deal was a “smashing success”.
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hoolstoptheheels
03/07/2022 09:30AM
He didn’t pack the court. He negotiated with a hardline, reactionary Court
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WahooRQ
03/07/2022 09:34AM
Correct. But he tried. The guardrails held.
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hoolstoptheheels
03/07/2022 09:39AM
I know, but it was very much a negotiation tactic, and we may find
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WahooRQ
03/07/2022 09:47AM
IMO, that very quickly devolves into a very dangerous sentiment.
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hoolstoptheheels
03/07/2022 10:13AM
I don’t think specious authorities positions invented by judge equals
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WahooRQ
03/07/2022 11:11AM
I never meant to draw a perfect analogy between FDR and Trumpism.
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hoolstoptheheels
03/07/2022 11:30AM
Then there is the social and public welfare aspect of the New Deal.
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Chuck Taylor
03/07/2022 07:37AM
I read the book well over 10 years ago so don’t remember it in
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hoolstoptheheels
03/07/2022 08:38AM
Yes and no. This sounds like a beer conversation. :) **
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Seattle .Hoo
03/06/2022 10:07PM
Those are lies!!! You are a liar!!! LIES,LIES.LIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! **
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Wahoo Gus
03/06/2022 7:40PM
Selling out Eastern Europe **
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Charleston Cav
03/06/2022 7:26PM
LOL. When LAH and CC engage in a circle jerk
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Capital City Hoo
03/06/2022 7:44PM
We are watching LAH's descent into madness a la Col. Kurtz...
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Hoodeac
03/06/2022 8:29PM
His last words will be “the whore! … the whore!…” as Pres Harris gets sw
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WahooRQ
03/06/2022 8:35PM
Otto and Ogre. What a team. **
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BocaHoo91
03/06/2022 8:07PM
Yeah! We should have teamed up with Adolph to whip the Limeys and Reds! ;) **
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Seattle .Hoo
03/06/2022 7:28PM
If Trump did what Biden is doing the right wing would be comparing him
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wahoo138
03/06/2022 7:16PM
He couldn't, and shudder to think if the Dotard were in control right now..
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LonghornHokie
03/06/2022 7:23PM
You forgot tariffs. Lots and lots of big beautiful
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BocaHoo91
03/06/2022 9:14PM
The Russians will disappear in the spring, like a miracle **
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81_Hokie
03/06/2022 8:49PM
On the other hand, don't dismiss entirely the devastation of bleach bombs.
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Shenhoo
03/07/2022 07:03AM
War will be won by Easter **
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LonghornHokie
03/06/2022 9:53PM
Remember, Putin wouldn’t have invaded because he trembled before that tall,
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WahooRQ
03/06/2022 7:29PM
If FDR had done the job Biden is doing leading a worldwide coalition
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WahooRQ
03/06/2022 7:12PM
What did FDR do when Hitler attacked Poland? **
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Hoogle.com
03/06/2022 7:49PM
Let the British and French go to war for 2 years without us? **
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WahooRQ
03/06/2022 8:36PM
Bingo! **
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Hoogle.com
03/06/2022 9:59PM
Due in large part to America Firsters **
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81_Hokie
03/06/2022 8:50PM
He's been following Europe's lead on everything. **
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Charleston Cav
03/06/2022 7:14PM
That and sharing intelligence w/ the Chi-Coms
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Charleston Cav
03/06/2022 7:28PM
Grab seat on the bench, Ogre. Really. We’ll give you a call when it’s
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WahooRQ
03/06/2022 7:31PM
He’s actually been leading. Look at what Germany has eventually agreed to
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111Balz
03/06/2022 7:25PM
One of Trump's main talking points was the need for other NATO members to
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LonghornHokie
03/06/2022 7:28PM
And he so burned some snowflakes on Twitter too. **
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WahooRQ
03/06/2022 7:36PM
Lol! Yeah, right. Biden was leading this from the beginning. **
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HoosWillWin
03/06/2022 7:25PM
He's been working with allies rather than blackmailing Zelensky and
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TomGlansAski
03/06/2022 7:20PM
You are one incredibly clueless meathead. **
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WahooRQ
03/06/2022 7:14PM
Send his wife out on a tour **
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Charleston Cav
03/06/2022 7:11PM
You can stop now. We know what side you’re on. Traitor. **
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WaxHoo
03/06/2022 7:35PM
Spearhead a bunch of programs that lengthened a depression? **
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Mad Bowl Hoo
03/06/2022 7:06PM
That's not what happened. **
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DanTheFan
03/06/2022 9:05PM
I'm sure the people doing public projects like Skyline Drive and able to
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TomGlansAski
03/06/2022 7:22PM
Lend/Lease **
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Tuckahokie
03/06/2022 7:00PM
Wait until Pearl Harbor was attacked? **
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Seattle .Hoo
03/06/2022 6:54PM
As you know, FDR did a lot. Three or four years of finding way to help.
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Lazarus
03/06/2022 7:00PM
Building a war machine while Russia overwhelmed Natzis. **
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Hoogle.com
03/06/2022 7:52PM
Joe? lmao- that clueless bumbling, cognitively imparied simpleton? **
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Charleston Cav
03/06/2022 7:26PM
No no, not you, we’re talking about the president who is leading the world. **
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111Balz
03/06/2022 8:14PM
You calling anyone a simpleton is hilarious. **
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BocaHoo91
03/06/2022 8:12PM
… who kicked your Orange shitbag hero’s sorry ass to the curb. That one? **
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WaxHoo
03/06/2022 8:09PM
Yes, I know. It was a weird question with no context. **
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Seattle .Hoo
03/06/2022 7:16PM
As you know, FDR did a lot. Three or four years of finding way to help. **
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Lazarus
03/06/2022 7:00PM
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