Remembering FDR as We Move Forward

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Friday November 02, 2012 · 12:10 PM PDT

2012/11/02 · 12:10

As we close out this campaign that will determine what lies in store for all of us in the future, a couple of FDR's many sage phrases came to mind. First, in his Second Inaugural Address, FDR laid out the test this country still struggles to pass, and will fail again if we do not succeed in re-electing President Obama and increasing the number of progressive legislators in Congress. As FDR said: "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." That is precisely the test Mr. Romney, Mr. Ryan and their fellow Republican travelers completely and utterly fail in their embrace of the morally-bankrupt philosophy of Ayn Rand. We can only pass the test of progress by continuing and improving Obamacare, preserving Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and restoring some level of sanity to our tax structure. And that will only occur if the Randians are defeated. Second, in his radio address from October 26, 1939, FDR defined a conservative as "a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward." But we are not conservatives and we know how to move Forward. Moving Forward is the way to pass the test of progress, which can only be accomplished if we head this country in a progressive direction. GOTV. Yes we can. Let's get to hear Barack Obama's Second Inaugural Address.

Hatred is not my heritage

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Friday November 04, 2011 · 8:17 PM PDT

2011/11/04 · 20:17

Today I received a disgusting piece of political mail concerning a Republican candidate for state senate in Northern "Not the Real" Virginia. Sent by an organization calling itself Our Heritage USA in Lynchburg, Virginia, the postcard was headlined: "Patrick Forrest: Coming Out of the Liberal Closet!" The postcard then laid out the following:

"Patrick Forrest is Openly Homosexual...He was endorsed by the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund.

Patrick Forrest supports illegal immigration reform. He is a Federal Gov't immigration attorney, who worked for migrant farm workers.

Patrick Forrest worked for President Obama's Transition team."

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Friday October 03, 2008 · 4:14 PM PDT

2008/10/03 · 16:14

Just imagine how the Rethug pundits would have reacted if Joe Biden had used Sarah Palin's debate tactics. Just think what they'd be saying if Joe had said, "I'm not going to answer your stupid questions, Ms. Ifill, because they're not what the American people hear from me. They want to hear my canned, rehearsed soundbites instead."

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Remembering FDR as We Move Forward

Hatred is not my heritage

Imagine if Joe Biden had used Palin's debate tactics ...