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I put LBJ at #1 as well. FDR created the welfare state, but Johnson put it on steroids and then weaponized it. _____________________________________________________________________ “Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew; if the transmission should be interrupted for one century, civilization would die, and we should be savages again." - Will Durant | |||
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Maybe the worst thing FDR did was create Roosevelt Democrats, a huge swath of the American population, whose spawn to this day see his cartoon political image of the country. As much as anyone, he gave rise to insufferable, self-righteous, close-minded do-gooders. Or useful idiots, your choice. He was also completely blind to the army of hard leftists in his administration. Set the controls for the heart of the Sun. | |||
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Mark Felt, are you kidding me? Felt wouldn't have needed to do anything involving the Watergate scandal, if not for the criminal acts of many people. When it comes to Watergate, many people's actions were far more destructive than anything Mark Felt did, including the actions of Richard Nixon. Felt's actions were not merely interfering in political affairs, he was helping to expose a criminal conspiracy, that included the President. Make no mistake about it, Felt was no saint, and his motivations were far from pure, but he's not the one who did harm to the US during the Watergate mess. ___________________________________________ "He was never hindered by any dogma, except the Constitution." - Ty Ross speaking of his grandfather General Barry Goldwater "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want." - William Tecumseh Sherman | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process  |
You are in good company. Here is another opinion of Schumer: Link Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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At the very least, I would put Chief Justice John Roberts on the 'Dishonorable Mentions' list for his total abomination of a ruling on obamacare. __________ __________ "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy." | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
Most of that list is nonsense. Cronkite? He was just a mirror. Kerry? Never had enough real power. The winner, going away, is FDR. No one else can hold a candle to his destructive influence. Johnson's programs made it worse, but FDR's New Deal set the fire that is still burning. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process |
He also made LBJ’s career in Congress, albeit with a lot of effort by LBJ. LBJ convinced FDR to approve a cost plus no bid contract with Brown and Root to build the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, pretty good cheese for a freshman Congressman. Johnson had Brown and Root’s checkbook in his pocket to help his chosen candidates, the source of much of his famous persuasive abilities. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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| A Strangely Persuasive Monster  |
 "Arguing with a fool is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, shit on the board, and strut around like it's victorious." ~Anonymous | |||
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FDR, continued. Next time you listen to one of Trump's Supreme Court nominations called a facist or a racist ask for evidence; there will be none. However, you might remind them that there was a president who already nominated and placed on the Court a member of the KKK who was deeply involved in its leadership: Hugo Black. Silent | |||
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Ted Kennedy deserves to be much higher on this list. If it were not for him we would not have our immigration problems. FDR should be included. | |||
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| I have lived the greatest adventure  |
Trade deficit is a meaningless term. You have a trade deficit with your grocery store. American companies exchange CASH for Chinese goods. Phone's ringing, Dude. | |||
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