Arthur, you are right that Joe Bidden is spot on iinvoking "the spirit of FDR." Although my grandparents are no longer living, all four of them worshipped FDR. They were all hardworking blue collar workers for their entire lives. Both of my grandmothers worked in mills on the assembly line for American Tourister for years. One grandfathe…
Arthur, you are right that Joe Bidden is spot on iinvoking "the spirit of FDR." Although my grandparents are no longer living, all four of them worshipped FDR. They were all hardworking blue collar workers for their entire lives. Both of my grandmothers worked in mills on the assembly line for American Tourister for years. One grandfather was in the military during WWII and retired as an enlisted man and then went to work for Electric Boat as a laborer. My other grandfather worked various jobs and ended retiring from the Fruit of the Loom Co. where he worked in the shipping department doing heavy manual work until he retired at 65. All of them echoed the successes of the New Deal and their president. He was a hero to them and motivated and inspired them much like JFK did with Americans in 1961. The Democrats need to keep reminding us what FDR did for all Americans when he was president and keep pushing those polls that show just how many of the American people support the BBB programs. If FDR had been confronted with a pandemic, I have to believe it would have turned out very differently from DJT's disaster. I miss them greatly but am glad that they do not have to witness what the country has become since the takeover of the Republican party.
A colleague of mine asked me to give his history class some idea how FDR could be elected four times, he didn’t know, being Canadian. The kids had heard from this Libertarian teacher the outrageous things FDR had done (government overreach, you know) and they hung on his every word. My parents, married in 1934, and everyone they knew loved FDR because most people were suffering and he did something about it. The kids were not impressed. Then I told them about radio, how people would gather around the radio for news and entertainment. The most popular performer on radio was a comedian, Bob Hope. But FDR could draw a bigger audience with his fireside chats. People were hungry to hear their president speak to them.
Arthur, you are right that Joe Bidden is spot on iinvoking "the spirit of FDR." Although my grandparents are no longer living, all four of them worshipped FDR. They were all hardworking blue collar workers for their entire lives. Both of my grandmothers worked in mills on the assembly line for American Tourister for years. One grandfather was in the military during WWII and retired as an enlisted man and then went to work for Electric Boat as a laborer. My other grandfather worked various jobs and ended retiring from the Fruit of the Loom Co. where he worked in the shipping department doing heavy manual work until he retired at 65. All of them echoed the successes of the New Deal and their president. He was a hero to them and motivated and inspired them much like JFK did with Americans in 1961. The Democrats need to keep reminding us what FDR did for all Americans when he was president and keep pushing those polls that show just how many of the American people support the BBB programs. If FDR had been confronted with a pandemic, I have to believe it would have turned out very differently from DJT's disaster. I miss them greatly but am glad that they do not have to witness what the country has become since the takeover of the Republican party.
A colleague of mine asked me to give his history class some idea how FDR could be elected four times, he didn’t know, being Canadian. The kids had heard from this Libertarian teacher the outrageous things FDR had done (government overreach, you know) and they hung on his every word. My parents, married in 1934, and everyone they knew loved FDR because most people were suffering and he did something about it. The kids were not impressed. Then I told them about radio, how people would gather around the radio for news and entertainment. The most popular performer on radio was a comedian, Bob Hope. But FDR could draw a bigger audience with his fireside chats. People were hungry to hear their president speak to them.