Those who, for some odd reason, think George Bush the Even Worser was a conservative should get closer to their dictionary. Reactionaries like Bush the Even Worser and Reagan the Brainless ("pine trees are more polluting than smokestacks") were not remotely conservative.
Among the measures enacted during the first Hundred Days [of the New Deal] were the following:
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Economy Act (March 20), cut federal costs through reorganization of and cuts in salaries and veterans' pensions;
...the most prominent left-wing threat to Roosevelt was a Louisiana senator, Huey P. Long, who railed at the New Deal for not doing enough. Conservatives argued that Roosevelt had done too much...
The Economy Act caused a second Bonus Army to form. But Roosevelt handled this protest much more carefully than Hoover had: His administration set up an encampment for the protesters (albeit too far from the Capitol to make their protest effective), prohibited loitering in the District of Columbia (forcing the marchers to stay outside the city), sent Eleanor Roosevelt to deliver food and medicine to the marchers...
Herbert Hoover the Humanitarian set the standard for controlling veterans and widows and orphans that was only much later exceeded by George Bush the Even Worser:
On June 17, 1932, the Bonus Army (about 17,000 World War I veterans and 26,000 of their family members and affiliated groups) had established a Hooverville shanty town on the Anacostia Flats area of Washington, D.C.[10] On July 28, the U.S. 12th Infantry Regiment commanded by General Douglas MacArthur and the 3rd Cavalry Regiment (supported by six tanks) commanded by Major George S. Patton attacked and set afire the Bonus Army's encampment, injuring hundreds and killing several veterans and civilians.[4][6][10] Congress was forced to flee the city for several days after outraged veterans ringed the United States Capitol.[10] The political backlash caused by the attack on the Bonus Army led to the defeat of several members of Congress that fall.[4][6][10] Many in Congress, remembering the incident, did not want to support the Economy Act.[6] The House Democratic Caucus even refused to support the bill.[8] Heavily opposed by liberal Democrats (92 of whom voted against it), the bill passed the House of Representatives only with heavy support of Republicans and conservative Democrats.
Even Hoover the Humanitarian who courageously defeated the old veterans and widows and orphans with tanks and cavalry commanded General Douglas MacArthur and [then] Major George Patton has not been recorded to left wounded veterans with maggot-infested wounds in hospitals.
Frankly it is difficult to picture Huey Long with his Share Our Wealth program being president as it is with most liberals. What you could be reasonably certain of is that the Kingfisher would have not been as kind to banks and oil companies as our conservative president and that Huey would have made sure he got his share.
I doubt Huey Long was real big on environmentalism like a remarkable recommended diary details in the case of Barack Obama but I don't suppose Huey would have been all that eager to protect his honey pot from competition from clean green energy either.
The chances of Huey Long hiring a scientist like Stephen Chu to do energy is about as likely as Huey enlisting Bill Clinton to help Blanche Lincoln defeat the unions again.
Conservatives aren't all bad all the time like we liberals are.
Best, Terry