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Old 01-17-2010, 01:29 PM
Strangelet
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Re: From messiah to pariah
Quote:
Originally Posted by Deckard View Post
FDR on the bankers:

"They are unanimous in their hatred of me. And I welcome their hatred"

A time when regulation was not un-American, and government was not the enemy.

And the most successful meme currently doing the rounds is of Obama the socialist.
yes that is exactly what america needs right now: a populist who's a fighter, not a populist who's a celebrity. and its so incredibly maddening the idiocy that goes into painting obama a socialist when he's done nothing but amplify all of the corporatist policies of Bush.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/31234647/obamas_big_sellout
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