On the positive side, it certainly inspired the famous quote...
Posted on 06/25/2018 3:06:52 AM PDT by bryan999
Not really sure who David Lynch is outside of being a filmmaker, but I di agree.
I’ve been saying for a long time that Donald Trump will be one of our most consequential presidents.
“FDR was one of our greatest Presidents”
Wrong.
“ended the Depression”
Nope. Made it worse and longer.
“won the Second World War”
Nope. That was Truman.
“and made America a superpower.”
Nope again. That was mostly Eisenhower.
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On the positive side, it certainly inspired the famous quote...
That HAD to have been David Lynch.
If you lay out all of FDR’s economic policies....they all ensured the continuation of zero growth and recovery....every single one of them.
After Pearl Harbor, the industry heads went and told FDR that his economic chiefs had to be pushed back, and virtually every industry had to be given free reins to build at the rate required to win the war. He agreed, without a whimper. Strictly on economic growth and industrial ‘might’, they built every aircraft, ship, tank and gun necessary...to win the war in a matter of four years.
At the conclusion of the war, FDR was dead, and Truman/Eisenhower wisely allowed the same growth ‘passion’ to exist, and continue the boom period all the way through the 1950s.
A great book to pick up and read through is the Forgotten Man by Amity Shales, which covers the 1930s and the Depression era. She puts all pieces into prospective and I highly recommend the book.
He didn't end the Depression, he extended it. The 2nd World War ended it.
She has a sour face which means the media attention is sour- and her LEFT hand is grasping, like the left-wing media grasping at straws, and she spins around in a counter-clockwise manner which means they want their spin to take us back in time to when Obama was president.
FDR was one of our greatest Presidents - ended the Depression, won the Second World War and made America a superpower
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Many believe FDR instigated the Japanese by embargoes of steel and crude on them. The resulting attack on us and our declaration of war on Japan is what came to be the end of the depression. Our becoming a super power was a result also of our military build up.
“FDR was one of our greatest Presidents...ended the Depression, won the Second World War and made America a superpower.”
If one defines his “greatness” as his lasting impacts on American culture, its legal systems and government institutions - there is no doubt that he should rank only behind Washington and Lincoln. It is how one views his legacy - in a positive or negative light, and how one comes to that conclusion. Is it based on the real facts or images polished for public consumption/indoctination?
As far as ending the Depression, it wasn’t his economic policies but WW2 that ended it. Had FDR respected the Washingtonian tradition of limiting his humble self to 2 terms - someone else would have received the credit. The Depression was returning in 1938, the only way out was to increase government spending - so after 6 years of what should have been an 8 year Presidency, his economic policies were really a failure.
There is not enough time for me to address FDR winning WW2, that depends on the definition of “winning”. What came after - the Cold War, Korea, Vitenam, Iron Curtain ... all were off shoots of WW2. Yalta Conference is FDR’s trophy. FDR was in the ground - Truman dropped the A-bomb that ended “it”. But I concede the A-bomb development started under FDR for Truman to drop.
FDR cannot be studied enough to understand why America is where it is today. Thanks for your post.
He has a great start.
“The Straight Story” is an absolutely wonderful film.
bkmk
He will succeed in spite of the loons.You’re always gonna have the loons.
He did provide jobs for people - via WPA. This helped a lot of people who were so poor and hungry. Gov’t had all the money - right?
I believe it.
Quite some time ago, he said (paraphrasing): "I'm a smoker, and the democrats want to forbid me from doing that, so I guess I'm a republican by default."
“He did provide jobs for people - via WPA”
And trashed the Constitution in the process.
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“Director David Lynch: Trump Could Go Down as One of the Greatest Presidents”
https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1011385283562967041
...Don’t Bogart that joint, my friend...
Lynch is a maverick, like his surrealist exemplar, Salvador Dali, was a maverick. The one thing the Democrats fear most are mavericks. Half their propaganda effort is aimed at suppressing defections and if you are basing your paradigm on Big Lies and are running out of time due to humongous quantities of Internet cross talk, defections are a serious worry.
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