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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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In reply to the discussion: Sorry, but "Bernie Bros" is the relatively BENIGN term for the vile scum-buckets to whom [View all]wyldwolf
(43,875 posts)99. dueling quotes:
Denem: - The left opposition to FDR was predominately Marxist.
Huey Long (not a Marxist): - "I dont like you and your goddamned banker friends!" the administration is "dominated by the same old clique of bankers who had controlled Hoover." "... "Not a single thin dime of concentrated, bloated, pompous wealth massed in the hands of a few people has been raked down to relieve the masses."
North Dakota Congressman William Lemke (who would run as a third party candidate against Roosevelt in 1936 - not a Marxist) - "The President drove the money changers out of the Capitol on March 4th and they were all back on the 9th."
John Flynn, a financial reporter (not a Marxist) - "Mr. Roosevelt up to now," Flynn wrote," has been using the rich resources of his political talents to preserve the capitalist system intact and he has insisted in every possible way any attempt to make any breaches in the shaky walls of that system."
John Dewey (not a Marxist) - "while the Roosevelt effort showed a commendable bias toward a 'controlled and humanized capitalism' as against the brutality of laissez-faire, the necessary conclusion seems to be that no such compromise with a decaying system is possible."
The New Republic (not a Marxist magazine) - "Either the nation must put up with the confusions and miseries of an essentially unregulated capitalism, or it must prepare to supersede capitalism with socialist. There is no longer a middle course."
Bruce Bliven (of the New Republic, not a Marxist) - liberals are 'a sad lot, shivering in the wintry wind...They believe that the President has let them down badly. I do not think that anything he might now do could restore their confidence in him...Francis Brown summed up the predominant impression for the New York Times. The New Dealers, he reported, 'have little faith in either the President or his chief assistants.'"
Charles Beard (not a Marxist) - "Banks have not been nationalized, nor the railways taken over by the Government. Not a single instrumentality of economic power has been wrested" from the party of big business."
Ernest Gruening, editor of The Nation (not a Marxist) - "Our information from Washington is of terrific confusion, with the money changers whom Mr. Roosevelt drove out of the temples in his inaugural congregating in the White House and telling him what to do."
Senator Burton K. Wheeler (not a Marxist) - "the President, for all his fine talk, really preferred conservatives to progressives."
Huey Long (not a Marxist): - "I dont like you and your goddamned banker friends!" the administration is "dominated by the same old clique of bankers who had controlled Hoover." "... "Not a single thin dime of concentrated, bloated, pompous wealth massed in the hands of a few people has been raked down to relieve the masses."
North Dakota Congressman William Lemke (who would run as a third party candidate against Roosevelt in 1936 - not a Marxist) - "The President drove the money changers out of the Capitol on March 4th and they were all back on the 9th."
John Flynn, a financial reporter (not a Marxist) - "Mr. Roosevelt up to now," Flynn wrote," has been using the rich resources of his political talents to preserve the capitalist system intact and he has insisted in every possible way any attempt to make any breaches in the shaky walls of that system."
John Dewey (not a Marxist) - "while the Roosevelt effort showed a commendable bias toward a 'controlled and humanized capitalism' as against the brutality of laissez-faire, the necessary conclusion seems to be that no such compromise with a decaying system is possible."
The New Republic (not a Marxist magazine) - "Either the nation must put up with the confusions and miseries of an essentially unregulated capitalism, or it must prepare to supersede capitalism with socialist. There is no longer a middle course."
Bruce Bliven (of the New Republic, not a Marxist) - liberals are 'a sad lot, shivering in the wintry wind...They believe that the President has let them down badly. I do not think that anything he might now do could restore their confidence in him...Francis Brown summed up the predominant impression for the New York Times. The New Dealers, he reported, 'have little faith in either the President or his chief assistants.'"
Charles Beard (not a Marxist) - "Banks have not been nationalized, nor the railways taken over by the Government. Not a single instrumentality of economic power has been wrested" from the party of big business."
Ernest Gruening, editor of The Nation (not a Marxist) - "Our information from Washington is of terrific confusion, with the money changers whom Mr. Roosevelt drove out of the temples in his inaugural congregating in the White House and telling him what to do."
Senator Burton K. Wheeler (not a Marxist) - "the President, for all his fine talk, really preferred conservatives to progressives."
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Sorry, but "Bernie Bros" is the relatively BENIGN term for the vile scum-buckets to whom [View all]
Atticus
Feb 2020
OP
Can you support the allegation of redefining particular words with any evidence or data?
LanternWaste
Feb 2020
#27
You may be right but it also alienates all Sanders supporters who feel like they are being grouped
Quixote1818
Feb 2020
#3
He has said some things, but only by saying "everyone is doing it and should stop" or something like
redstatebluegirl
Feb 2020
#12
Thank You. Will try to continue with the same civility and with actual substance.
Rilgin
Feb 2020
#149
Yes, I agree. Even a "I don't approve of (specific behavior), don't do it my name."
ehrnst
Feb 2020
#123
I'll never forget his supporters booing Hillary's name after he lost California. He let them go on..
grossproffit
Feb 2020
#7
Most trumpeting his name today couldn't pick him out of a photo lineup if their lives depended on it
HarlanPepper
Feb 2020
#26
would you prefer "far left," "socialists," "further-left liberals?" How about...
wyldwolf
Feb 2020
#47
FDR disavowed that any of his policies were socialism in any way shape or form...
ehrnst
Feb 2020
#144
This shit us getting old. Et tu Atticus. Your Bernie hatred earns you a spot on my full ignore list.
CentralMass
Feb 2020
#43
Well, bless your heart! You won't see this, of course, since you have me on ignore, but
Atticus
Feb 2020
#83
If Bernie cannot stop his people from harrassing others, Bernie is no leader. Plain and simple.
Stuart G
Feb 2020
#44
SO, if Sanders wins the primaries, people who support other candidates should stay home on
LiberalArkie
Feb 2020
#59
It amazes me that everyone thinks only Bernie supporters are spouting vile and disgusting things.
airmid
Feb 2020
#69
Nice try...all from 2016...see that is the issue...what you said isn't true... and back it up with
Demsrule86
Feb 2020
#71
We are a Democratic Party running a primary. Sanders himself says nasty stuff about the
krissey
Feb 2020
#93
Totally disagree with your premise. The people who I described as "Bernie Bros" are not at
Atticus
Feb 2020
#95
You evidently don't understand the nature of "Bernie Bros". They will most certainly vote for
Atticus
Feb 2020
#114
Thanks for your thoughtful response. I am sure it would surprise many of the other posters who
Atticus
Feb 2020
#98
Valid line of inquiry. Russia PLANS to disrupt/ divide/ our Democratic majority.
joost5
Feb 2020
#179
I'll add one: more harrassing than the thousands of unwarranted incarcerations
Squinch
Feb 2020
#158
it truely did leave a bad taste in my mouth for that candidate..still does...
samnsara
Feb 2020
#157
Doesn't need a term. My opinion: this is counterproductive, gains zero for our party or our
KPN
Feb 2020
#178
Don't be sorry about stating your genuine opinion. I think your view is myopic and
Atticus
Feb 2020
#182
"Drive by" attack much? You win "Most Disgusting Post" for this thread. Blech! nt
Atticus
Feb 2020
#177
Fortunately, no other candidate has supporters who ever act obnoxious online
ProfessorPlum
Feb 2020
#181