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Franklin D. Roosevelt Articles 'These stupid rules will bankrupt us' (ThisIsMoney.co.uk) 11/9/2008 1:19:32 PM Hyping economic woes a convenient move (Appeal-Democrat, Central California) 11/9/2008 3:57:23 AM Revolutionary of the 1930s (News & Observer, North Carolina) 11/9/2008 1:43:53 AM ...
Stop lying about Roosevelt’s record.
Stop lying about Roosevelt’s record.
edgeofthewest.wordpress.com — UPDATED to add, if you came here from Tabarrok or McArdle you might want, in addition to... reading this post, to have a look here and here. Oh for pity’s sake. Some real news outlet needs to publish a nice short piece on conservative falsehoods ... (more) Stop lying about Roosevelt’s record.
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Newshoggers.com — ... Then, in the 1930s, the culture war died. A big reason was the Depression, which put questions of economic survival front and center. In the 1920s boom economy, politicians were largely free to focus on identity politics. By Franklin Roosevelt's election in 1932, that was a luxury America's leaders could no longer afford. ...

The Obama Transition and the Importance of Getting It Right
Swampland — ... Hess and other experts agreed that the times demand cooperation. "I think it's the most dire set of circumstances I can recall in looking at presidential transitions," said Charles O. Jones, who studies the transfer of power. He and others compare Obama's challenge to Franklin D. Roosevelt's in 1932, or even ...

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