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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 10:04 PM Original message |
Memo to Barack Obama: What Would Lincoln Do? What Would FDR Do? |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. "take the high road" |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I want to believe he's going to do the right thing. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Me too |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. .ya have to throw lbj in the mix. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. EVERYONE's a minor leaguer compared to LBJ... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. Sometimes, you have to lower a shoulder... |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Great photo. Thanks for sharing it. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yes. By any standard, they're tops. For both... |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. Financial regulation, climate change, all important, and we have lobbyists not around then. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Those are all beltway folks |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. With the way he's got the deck stacked in the House and Senate, he'll get it done. |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. Lincoln promised to kill or remove every Indian from the state and provide Minnesota with 2 million |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 11:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Thanks for posting. Did not know this about Lincoln. nt |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I didn't either untill somebody told me. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. :( nt |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Actually, there were orignally 303 Dakota men scheduled to be exeuted. Lincoln pardoned 265 of them |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. He was afraid foreigh nations would join with south if the north hung 303 "indians", |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. I Know TRUMAN Signed An Executive Order Integrating the Military. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 06:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. And FDR had already started integrating the military, he just didn't announce it. nt |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. That is actually correct. Thanks for posting that. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-29-09 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
20. dunno about FDR, but his grandson would get a million dollar health insurance mgt job. |
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