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    President Obama could echo FDR’s 1936 reelection speech

    MAY 31, 2012 7:17PM

    By David Satterlee


    Topics: politics, money, wall street, frontline, justice, recovery, government, reelection, depression, recession, roosevelt, fdr, obama

    • 19 Ratings
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    • 34 Comments
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    Why Ronald Reagan Made Karl Marx Come Back From the Dead

    APRIL 16, 2012 3:27PM

    By old new lefty


    Topics: politics, economy, belief/religion, corporate board meetings, gini index, asian sweatshops, fortune 500, occupy wall street, historic political cycles, historic economic cycles, lowest common denominator, commodification of labor, conservativism, neoliberalism, liberalism, teddy roosevelt, fdr, ronald reagan, karl marx

    • 7 Ratings
    • 634 Views
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    "Conservatives" Let Slip Their Radical Designs

    APRIL 5, 2012 1:51PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, right wing, republican party, supreme court, clarence thomas, conservatism, liberalism, strip search, paul ryan, safety net, military spending, ezra klein, deficit reduction, tax cuts, supply side economics, president obama, radicalism, mitt romney, neuropolitics, joe klein, charles fried, health reform, judicial activism, lewis powell, us chamber of commerce, vast right wing conspiracy, hillary clinton, bush v gore, citizens united, conservative movement, new deal, ayn rand, fdr

    • 14 Ratings
    • 533 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    "Brokered" conventions have happened before

    MARCH 1, 2012 4:19PM

    By Amy A


    Topics: eleanor roosevelt, my day, one world, isolationists, wendell willkie, fdr, 1940 election

    • 3 Ratings
    • 665 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Obama angers GOP by standing up for middle class

    JANUARY 29, 2012 9:11AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: saul alinsky, clintonism, neo-liberalism, fox news, frank luntz, democratic party, fdr, great depression, 2008 financial crisis, state of the union address, wall street, southern strategy, populism, newt gingrich, thomas frank, middle class, supply side economics, rightt wing, tea party, president obama, republican party, economics, politics

    • 32 Ratings
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    A Ragtime Ethical Culture

    JANUARY 21, 2012 7:22AM

    By Jonathan Wolfman


    Topics: 'ragtime', dr. paul, mr. santorum, mr. gingrich, tittilation, doctorow, era of unchecked capitalism, wall street, great depression, 1933, fdr, government involvement w lives of rich and poor, billy zane, 'titanic', 'swells', 'twin peaks', population, income, housing, illness, homelessness, econ

    • 0 Ratings
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    Rich Man, Poor Man

    JANUARY 9, 2012 12:10PM

    By simplevalues


    Topics: republicans, four freedoms, fdr, income inequality, the american dream, economics, politics, 2012 election

    • 12 Ratings
    • 680 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    cosmic thinking

    DECEMBER 13, 2011 8:46AM

    By old new lefty


    Topics: politics, news, belief/religion, business, economy, world government, occupy wall street, general assembly, trigve lie, fdr, 1947, history, economic turbulence, multilateralism, history, arab league, eu, opec, un, the united nations

    • 11 Ratings
    • 701 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    HERMAN CAIN: Man of the Tea Party

    NOVEMBER 11, 2011 1:52PM

    By old new lefty


    Topics: 2012 presidential race, gop debates, bill clinton, blow jobs, hillary clinton, monica lewinsky, jfk, fdr, ike, lbj, 1984, herman cain, tea party, american conservatism, small business, koch brothers, racism, sexism, self-confidence, news, politics

    • 11 Ratings
    • 751 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    The problems of a Romney presidency

    NOVEMBER 5, 2011 7:24AM

    By old new lefty


    Topics: economy, news, politics, mitt romney, barack obama, presidential race, economic forecast 2012-2013, the american empire, fdr, gop, obamacare, democrats, potus

    • 1 Ratings
    • 583 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    I WANT TO RECOMMEND A THREAD FOR YOU TO VISIT!

    SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 5:47PM

    By Frank Apisa


    Topics: conservatives, liberals, fdr

    • 11 Ratings
    • 846 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    FDR,JFK,BHO-"...govt frozen in ice of own indifference..."

    SEPTEMBER 5, 2011 6:12PM

    By grif -


    Topics: politics, news, same old same old, we shall overcome, fight the good fight, truman, fdr, obama, jfk, detroit, labor day

    • 2 Ratings
    • 495 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Rick Perry: While Rome Is Burning....

    AUGUST 31, 2011 1:36PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: gordon hilgers, current events, news, idle rich, business, rich versus poor, economics, politics, great depression, fdr, texas, republican party, republican, washington dc, confederate states of america, conservatism, neo con, rick perry

    • 0 Ratings
    • 175 Views
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    Where Have All The Leaders Gone?

    JULY 22, 2011 4:54PM

    By Jan Linn


    Topics: social security, medicare, medicaid, fdr, leaders

    • 2 Ratings
    • 288 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    How many antichrists are there? Obama, The Pope, and Oprah

    JULY 14, 2011 9:44AM

    By Lyn LeJeune


    Topics: politics, video, fiction, comedy, animals, belief/religion, lyn lejeune, dogs kissing, french kissing, luca signorelli, franklin delano roosevelt, fdr, the pope, oprah, obama, antichrist, psychopath, the psychopath test, sloth index, sloth deadly sins, men's health, jackson pollock

    • 2 Ratings
    • 671 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Is Obama a liberal?

    JULY 13, 2011 8:00AM

    By Steven Rockford


    Topics: fdr, jfk, lbj, liberalism, obama, compromise

    • 0 Ratings
    • 92 Views
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    Fear

    JUNE 27, 2011 11:31AM

    By simplevalues


    Topics: politics, economy, business, psychology, fdr, george bush, barack obama, willie horton, freedom, african american

    • 0 Ratings
    • 140 Views
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    Just The Facts...

    JUNE 12, 2011 3:14PM

    By simplevalues


    Topics: fdr, bill clinton, unemployment, economics, pogo, movies, television, dragnet, politics, pattie labelle, jack webb, the american president, the hustler, mitt romney, barack obama

    • 5 Ratings
    • 656 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Captain America Vs. Osama Bin Laden

    MAY 11, 2011 11:20PM

    By Robert Brenner


    Topics: glenn beck, fdr, churchill, stalin, hitler, libya, north korea, iraq, pakistan, afghanistan, terrorism, comedy, movies, news, captain america, osama bin laden

    • 10 Ratings
    • 654 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Hitting the Ceiling

    APRIL 15, 2011 4:02PM

    By Kate Flannery


    Topics: fdr, washington d.c., democrats, gop, social security, medicare, budget cutting, economics, barack obama, tea party, debt ceiling, budget deficit, budget showdown

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