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In reply to the discussion: Who was the last president who wasn't a "corporatist" ? [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)100. And I'm not crazy about the number of DUers who smear the left with just about everything but the
Third Way label. Fox News, TeaLeft, etc., RW, etc.
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No but close. George Wallace was but I would argue on Economics he was to Carter's left.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#61
President Carter was. Sure he was conservative but he wasn't bought and paid for.
craigmatic
Feb 2015
#148
Jimmy Carter was the most conservative Democratic president since Grover Cleveland
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#6
He also introduced the concept of conservation of resources. He established the Dept. of Energy.
MADem
Feb 2015
#141
I would vote for Ted Roosevelt. He loathed Big Business and their unethical treatment of
BlueCaliDem
Feb 2015
#35
Liberals that I know dont say that, there are historically some decent things done by
randys1
Feb 2015
#126
You ignore the point, which is: Was he a tool of corporations? And the evidence is negative.
WinkyDink
Feb 2015
#53
He closed tax loopholes on the rich. The end result was actually a tax increase for the rich
fasttense
Feb 2015
#68
John Kennedy was one of my heroes but turning him into a cardboard saint diminishes him.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#43
Being advised by, or even the son of, corporatists doesn't MAKE one a corporatist. And your
WinkyDink
Feb 2015
#51
He argued in favor of cutting the highest marginal tax rates and cutting the capital gains rate.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#55
As with so many things, it's a continuum. You find a piece of the continuum that is acceptable,
merrily
Feb 2015
#3
Noticed a thread about 4 people killing their own food...there is a comparison there. We do like
libdem4life
Feb 2015
#7
You never hear people wanting to get corporations out of the hospital system? I sure hear it.
merrily
Feb 2015
#12
We can agree to disagree...Mom and Pops went out with the rural community from the past. Why did
libdem4life
Feb 2015
#23
I did, sorry if I read it wrong. But Mineral Man says it much better than I do.
libdem4life
Feb 2015
#34
I thought he set up a false dichotomy but, as you said, we can agree to disagree.
merrily
Feb 2015
#45
THe only for profit hospitals that should be allowed are those for the rich who want to pay
randys1
Feb 2015
#128
This labeling of Liberal Democrats who took civics in HS as "Third Way" is pretty tiresome
emulatorloo
Feb 2015
#56
I didn't label MineralMan. I labeled the worn out Third Way memes in his post, which are
merrily
Feb 2015
#64
Seriously? Spend a lot of time pulling that apart phrase by phrase? For what purpose?
merrily
Feb 2015
#73
The purpose is I don't see "Third Way Memes" I see statements that most Liberal Democrats agree on
emulatorloo
Feb 2015
#86
I'm a left liberal Dem so I have no use for Third Way. So it is ridiculous to say I am 'ad hom'
emulatorloo
Feb 2015
#99
And I'm not crazy about the number of DUers who smear the left with just about everything but the
merrily
Feb 2015
#100
Ah, I totally forgot about that Russian bit. I even forgot that hair dye job.See why I'm impressed?
merrily
Feb 2015
#98
If genders are going to blur, wouldn't it be nice if they blurred in the direction of fitness and
merrily
Feb 2015
#108
i'm not ashamed to say my gf would last longer in the wild than me./NT
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#111
I live in the heart of Boston. Getting lost in the wild is not my biggest worry today.
merrily
Feb 2015
#114
Did someone say that all corporations should be eliminated? As merrily says, you are setting up a
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#119
I would like to think every president with a D after his name and even a few...
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#122
We'll be damned lucky if we don't spend the next 8 years with a GOP President and Congress
Rex
Feb 2015
#130
How would you eliminate all corporations without a violent revolution?
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#139
Nothing wrong with corporations as long as we regulate them with the understanding that
randys1
Feb 2015
#129
The superstructure is capitalism and that informs every part of our lives.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#8
It's been literally decades since I got in the weeds of political theory...
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#15
It's certainly more likely than not as long as we make excuses to keep electing them.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Feb 2015
#33
You are conflating an empirical observation with a normative one. I was making the former one.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#28
You're putting words in OP mouth s/he never said or implied. Which is very Fox News of you
emulatorloo
Feb 2015
#58
LOL I knew you'd get a kick out of it. I know you have a good sense of humor.
emulatorloo
Feb 2015
#91
Reject mindless submission to the anointing and get accused of being like Fox News.
merrily
Feb 2015
#78
Yeah, well, wow...I never said the concentration of wealth is a good thing ...
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#115
The next question will be who will the next one be in the future, with Citizens United I don't see
Thinkingabout
Feb 2015
#29
What was his great domestic initiative beside airline and trucking deregulation?/NT
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#39
His energy policies. Not to mention that he actually had a pretty good record of getting what he
craigmatic
Feb 2015
#150
I know it's ironic but I do like both. I'm not far from Plains so I like Carter. I'm liberal so I
craigmatic
Feb 2015
#152
Travelled much of GA but I don't think I have ever been near Plains.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#153
It's like 70 miles from my house last time I went there was last spring. The museum is really
craigmatic
Feb 2015
#154
Our current president serves everyone, thus by definition he is not a corporatist.
tridim
Feb 2015
#77
Precisely how does one go about ignoring something they've already acknowledged?
99Forever
Feb 2015
#93
I'm getting older and unfortunately fat and lazy. Sometimes I can be clearer.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#110
So big business doesn't rule America and I have as much power as a billionaire ?
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#125
Some people are fine living in a plutocracy, you can read their replies here stating such.
Rex
Feb 2015
#132
Okay then it seems folks here are fine with the plutocracy and don't care about change.
Rex
Feb 2015
#143
Unions were supposed to be a countervailing force but they are contracting.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2015
#135