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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 07:48 PM Original message |
1947 was a terrible year for Democrats |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. Alas,this is the 2nd "interesting times" go-round for me. I was |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Indeed you were |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Frightening times. |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think I would rather live in boring times. k&r |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Me too... the young always glorify times like this |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'm not so sure it was a bad year. The New Deal coalition was still intact but they were just |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yes, it was. The war against unions did not start with |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 08:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. True but to be fair you can't blame that on Truman. That war had been goin on since the late 1800's. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I did not blame Truman |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'm not so sure it was a bad year. The New Deal coalition was still in tact |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. Truman - just did some reading on him - the first to suggest universal health care. nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Well truth be told it goes back to |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 08:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Interesting - I have been reading a little about the presidents |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-04-11 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. K&R....n/t |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
15. I believe we would've had medical coverage for all if FDR had lived through his Fourth Term. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-05-11 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
16. Also the year that Truman pushed through FDR's brainchild, GATT (which became the WTO in 1993). |
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