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In reply to the discussion: In 18 years since Naders run, what has been accomplished by attacking the Dem party from the left? [View all]Demsrule86
(68,586 posts)to mention civil rights...I admire Roosevelt. And he was a great man for his time and saved this country no doubt. But it was almost 100 years ago. The country must move into the 21st century...there are other ideas out there that could not have been considered during Roosevelt's time. Roosevelt is admired by some because he worked on economic issues and not social justice issues...these voters believe it is an either/or...and in Roosevelt's time it was , but not now. I will say the "new deal" didn't help many women who found themselves as single mothers as thousands of husband and fathers walked out during the depression. I have read desperate letters from women of color who's sons and husbands were taken and forced into slavery...this was the 1930's. They implored Roosevelt for help...none came. Roosevelt put the Japanese in camps, and while I understand the fear that caused this, I can not approve. I ridicule the right for granting Reagan sainthood...but we do almost the same thing with Roosevelt. We should keep the good and jettison the rest. let's look for solutions for our modern times...not live in the past.
I am aware that the right fought Roosevelt and have never stopped fighting social security and unionization (but Roosevelt was against governmental unions also ). I know all about the "Businessman's revolt"...my Grandmother was the secretary to the Mayor of Chicago...he was shot dead during an assassination attempt on Roosevelt. She married late in life and had my Dad at an age where most women her age were already Grandmothers...very interesting woman. No man or woman is perfect. Every age demands new solutions to new problems or perhaps better solutions to old problems. Let's move forward.