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In Venezuela, we couldn’t stop Chávez. Don’t make the same mistakes we did.

iguanaman said:
Now I remember that I have written you off as a Russian troll. Putin is a murdering madman and war criminal who has robbed his own country and people blind and now wishes to rob his neighbors. He is the richest man in the world because he is the biggest thief in history. Anyone who works for him belongs in prison.
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I agree, Hillary belongs in prison for allowing Putin to gain control of a portion of our uranium mining interests in her Pay-For-Play scheme while SOS. Finally, a reasonable position from you.
 
countryboy said:
I agree, Hillary belongs in prison for allowing Putin to gain control of a portion of our uranium mining interests in her Pay-For-Play scheme while SOS. Finally, a reasonable position from you.
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LOL Are you a troll too? Hilary had nothing to do with that deal.
 
apdst said:
Not always. Did FDR fail?
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FDR was not a populist. He had to deal with a few though. Huey Long for one. Populist are demagogues not reformers. They make outlandish promises they cannot keep and then use subterfuge to cover it up. You will get to see it first hand.

Roosevelt's challenge wasn't the number of populists unreconciled to his leadership but their intensity and variety. He had to act boldly and effectively enough to satisfy the outrage. Yet he also had to establish himself as the cooler alternative to demagogues who often generated among the populace as much fear as hope.

The most troublesome nemesis was the ruthless Huey Long of Louisiana, since immortalized as Willie Stark by Robert Penn Warren in All the King's Men. With his wild curly hair, fleshy face, garish dress, and constant sense of motion, Long looked very much the rabble-rouser — though he also had a record of hard achievement that gave him credibility with the dispossessed. Having helped Roosevelt secure the Democratic presidential nomination in 1932, Long soon raised the opposition banner. In 1934 he took to the airwaves to tout his "Share Our Wealth" plan-a naive, untheoretical plan to radically redistribute wealth and income, presented in terms as accessible as they were unworkable. "Share Our Wealth" Clubs sprang up around the country, demanding sweeping change.
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The Populism of the FDR Era - The Legacy of F.D.R. - TIME
 
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iguanaman said:
FDR was not a populist. He had to deal with a few though. Huey Long for one. Populist are demagogues not reformers. They make outlandish promises they cannot keep and then use subterfuge to cover it up. You will get to see it first hand.



The Populism of the FDR Era - The Legacy of F.D.R. - TIME
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Oh...I see...a, "populist", is anybody you think you don't like. Gotcha!

I say, "think", because Huey Long was a socialist. :lamo
 
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