Exactly. FDR was woefully unprepared for the Japanese response to the sanctions he imposed on them, and Pearl Harbor was the result.
I’m changing my party affiliation
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Exactly. FDR was woefully unprepared for the Japanese response to the sanctions he imposed on them, and Pearl Harbor was the result.
AProudLefty
He cries for attention. :)
What is "anti-woke" and why is it a good thing?
BidenPresident
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Been a card carrying Libertarian for about 23 years now and haven’t voted for a winner in a national election during that time.
I will register as a democrat or a Republican but can’t decide.
If democrat I could vote for the most qualified candidates and help out the party. E.g., I liked Tsongas back in the day. When I was a kid too young to vote I liked Eugene McCarthy, the anti-war candidate. O’Malley was far better than hrc (who wasn’t?). Maybe woulda voted for him over Johnson had he been the nominee. Or I could hurt the party and vote for the worst possible but dems already are very consistent in doing that without my help.
If I register as a Republican I can be part of a real and positive change that’s seems to be occurring within the party.
What to do?
you're a right winger who doesn't know how to vote...fascinating
Tranquillus in Exile
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The Business Plot was a conspiracy in 1933 to overthrow Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) and install a fascist dictator. But retired Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler (“the most decorated Marine in US history”) blew the whistle on the plot, and nothing came of it.
In the sequel America got the Emergency Banking Act, which prevented the financial system crashing through the floor in the Great Depression; Federal Deposit Insurance, which restored public trust in the banking system; the domestic relief programs collectively known as the New Deal; the Social Security Act, providing economic security for the old, the poor and the sick; the US economy more than doubling in twelve years; the first national program to combat employment discrimination on grounds of race; and – in the teeth of the (original) America Firsters – the destruction of the greatest threat that Western civilization had ever seen, viz. Nazism.
But was it worth it at the cost of having a POTUS that many on the right said was a communist?
You’ll have to think very carefully where you go, anonymoose. You could be part of the changes that you say you detect in the GOP, such as honoring election results, respecting all strands of opinion, and not having insurrections.
T. A. Gardner
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I'm an Independent. I usually vote a split ticket, but have been moving away from that more and more because the Democrats as a party are moving Left. Or, do you think that the likes of the "The Squad" could have gotten elected even just 20 years ago?LOL. See Anonymoose? This is the message from the Republican party.
AProudLefty
He cries for attention. :)
It does not matter what party you are in. That post is the message from the Republican party and you didn't realize it.
T. A. Gardner
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The Left had nothing to do with that other than start it. Remember, the most Leftist governments at the time were Mussolini's Italy, Hitler's Germany, and Stalin's Russia. If Japan wasn't in China, the Republican government would be engaged in fighting Maoist Communists revolutionaries instead...
You can go back to the French Revolution of 1805 and find the same thing. A Leftist dictatorship bent on imposing its will on all of Europe.
T. A. Gardner
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Okay, if it is they're correct in their assessment too. It's not like I'm voting for Republicans in any case so much as voting against the Left and Democrats who are now in that camp.
What does the Democratic Party stand for that you agree with?
If I register as a Republican I can be part of a real and positive change that’s seems to be occurring within the party.
What to do?
Gosh, that's a tough one. Register with a party that hates what America stands for, thinks we are a nation of white supremacists, is all for destroying the constitution and turning every citizen into a dependent ward of the state with an open border policy?
Or a party that defends the Constitution, our borders and believes in the American dream.
AProudLefty
He cries for attention. :)
No they are not correct in their assessment. The fact that you cannot see the lie is what the problem is. Be more open minded.
"Real and positive change."
I don't think we want him on our side if he thinks what is happening with Republicans is positive. They have no platform and no legislative agenda. They are literally the party of no ideas.
T. A. Gardner
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Saying so, without explanation is meaningless. It is you that needs to open your mind.
The Democrats are clearly moving towards both Statist Capitalism and Socialism in their policy choices. They want a large welfare state that provides cradle to grave government run programs for those in it, and society in general. They would clearly socialize large sectors of the economy, like health care turning it into a government run national program with few alternatives except for the rich.
They clearly want public education to be more about indoctrination and politicialization than giving those in it an education.
They put politically motivated programs ahead of market forces and what works according to science, engineering, and outcomes. Their positions on Gorebal Warming are an excellent example of that.
The Democrats clearly want to control the outcomes of elections and make it so they can retain permanent power.
How are the Democrats not a party of the Left?
FDR was a glaring failure for all intents and purposes, not to mention he began the unconstitutional federal power grab we have seen over the last 76 years.