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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 05:17 PM Original message |
Poll question: Who was the most progressive democratic president of the 20th Century? |
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Lord Byron (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. LBJ was the most liberal...but that's only because he... |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. "Other"...Al Gore, elected in 2000 n/t |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I knew I should of put a disclaimer stating "people who actually served as president" |
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mentalsolstice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Just look at what he has said & done these past six years |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Jimmy Carter, plus he is proud to be called "a liberal" |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. I have to vote for FDR |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. Toss up between FDR & Carter |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 05:26 PM Original message |
by the nature ... |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. . |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. Wish it had been either Henry Wallace or Adlai Stevenson . . . n/t |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Why limited to post-WWII 20th Century Candidates? |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's not even close. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. FDR. My socialist father hated him for undercutting the revolution. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 05:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Norman Thomas was a great man, the perennial Socialist candidate for president |
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Lord Byron (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. What was particularly liberal about Carter? |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. HE fixed the mess that was OSHA |
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Lord Byron (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 06:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Oh. Thank you. n/t |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Add to that the Alaskan Lands Bill one of the most far-reaching |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. FDR was terrible on race |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. I have to forgive FDR on Race, the Country was not yet ready for desegregation. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Yeah the country wasn't ready until 100 years after the civil war |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. The art of Politics is balancing what should be and what can be done. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. Personally, I would say Teddy Roosevelt |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. how about among democratic presidents? |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I voted for Teddy's cousin |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 07:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. With the Bryan breathing down his neck what else could he do? |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. I voted for JFK, having heard the tapes of those telephone calls |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
19. Repukes are still trying to undo what FDR did... |
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Buck Rabbit (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. I voted for Wilson because he shouldn't be tied at the bottom with Clinton. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-25-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
25. I didn't see RayGun on the list - we progressed the most under him |
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