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Douglas Carpenter

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Sun Sep 22, 2013, 07:56 AM Sep 2013

Are you old enough to remember when Keynesian economics dominated both parties, unions were powerful [View all]

and domestic economic liberalism was a major force even in the Republican Party? I'm talking of course of the days before Ronald Reagan - a time when even most - in fact almost all - self-described conservatives believed government had a duty to try and help the genuinely needy. Are you old enough to remember those days?



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Yes, I do remember those days quite well.
13 (72%)
No, that was before my time.
3 (17%)
I don\'t know about the politics. But, all this talks of the olden days is making me hungry. I could go for some old fashioned diner style pork chops cooked in maple syrup and served with some cinnamon marinated apple sauce on the side – with some strawberry upside down cake ala mode for dessert. Come to think of it, a plain old fashioned soda fountain cherry coke would be really nice right now.
2 (11%)
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Born in 1980 so hell no. MillennialDem Sep 2013 #1
then Conservative Democrats voted for fucking reagan, it's been a world of shit since then... KG Sep 2013 #2
I remember painting strike signs w/my dad - TBF Sep 2013 #3
"We are all Keynesians now."-- Richard Nixon n/t Bossy Monkey Sep 2013 #4
Then came Watergate and - bam - no Nixon. Octafish Sep 2013 #17
For as far left as we've progressed on social issues... LAGC Sep 2013 #5
oh on social issues - it is breathtaking how far we have come. Even in the early 70's major city Douglas Carpenter Sep 2013 #19
That third option is just unfair before breakfast. grattsl Sep 2013 #6
And now the Democratic Party is to the right of this position hobbit709 Sep 2013 #7
I was 4 in 1956 LiberalEsto Sep 2013 #8
i was only 2 then - so my debating skills were limited- but in 64 I remember rantin for Scranton Douglas Carpenter Sep 2013 #10
British equivalent, yes LeftishBrit Sep 2013 #9
yes, Margaret Thatcher was Ronald Reagan and Tony Blair was Bill Clinton Douglas Carpenter Sep 2013 #12
Absolutely. mmonk Sep 2013 #11
My memories of those times are mostly limited to the locale of my youth HereSince1628 Sep 2013 #13
Oh yes, you mean the days when it was understood that corporate power needed controls. Wgat jwirr Sep 2013 #14
Yes, I remember it well. I even voted for George McGoveran watoos Sep 2013 #15
My birth year....so not quite! NRaleighLiberal Sep 2013 #16
Nope. This party is running on nostalgia for a time many of never saw. nt Romulox Sep 2013 #18
knr Douglas Carpenter Sep 2013 #20
No. Too young. bigwillq Sep 2013 #21
Born in 1981 JaneyVee Sep 2013 #22
"Born at the wrong time in the wrong place" nt adirondacker Sep 2013 #23
I was born in 1949. I can't claim to have been politically aware before 11/22/63, scarletwoman Sep 2013 #24
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