rasmussenreports.com - 12/28/2008
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It’s a showdown between the two most influential presidents of the 20th Century. Franklin D. Roosevelt versus Ronald W. Reagan. Forty-five percent (45%) of U.S. voters say FDR, the Democratic father of the big government New Deal who led the country to victory in World War II, was the better ...
crooksandliars.com - 12/28/2008
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crooksandliars.com —
Oh, to live in that happy place where
Fox News resides: where the sun shone out of
Ronald Reagan's behind, and FDR, not Hitler, was the real villain of his time... After Wise Men Mort Kondracke and Fred Barnes pull their chin hairs and speak in somber ...
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Beltway Bozos: FDR's New Deal Made Great Depression Worse
corner.nationalreview.com - 12/27/2008
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corner.nationalreview.com —
Conservatives have a weird relationship with Teddy Roosevelt.
I think part of it has to do with
the fantastic first installment of Edmund Morris' TR biography, which came out during the Reagan years. It was so well-received that the White House ...
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Teddy & The Right
corner.nationalreview.com - 1/4/2009
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corner.nationalreview.com —
The loyalty inspired by President Bush among White
House staff -- described in Byron York's piece --
extends far beyond the confines of the White House, encompassing some of the furthest reaches of the administration. The president makes over 3,000 ...
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Bush the Boss
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TPM Election Central —
... As a further sign that the country appears to be taking a real turn to the left, a new Rasmussen poll pitted Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan against each other in a two-man race, asking respondent who was the better president. The numbers: Roosevelt 45%, Reagan 40%, with a ±3% margin of error. ...
FDR vs. Reagan?
Political Animal —
FDR VS. REAGAN?.... What an odd poll from Rasmussen. It's a showdown between the two most influential presidents of the 20th Century. Franklin D. Roosevelt versus Ronald W. Reagan. Forty-five percent (45%) of U.S. voters say FDR, the Democratic father of the big government New Deal who led the country to victory in World War II, was the better president of the two. But 40% say Reagan, the Republican champion of small-government conservatism and the winner of the Cold War, was a better president. Fifteen percent (15%) aren't sure which of the two they like better in a new ...
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