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Re: “a very prominent conservative — former President Herbert Hoover, a foe of the New Deal and Fair Deal.”

Hoover was a Conservative?

Hoover was a big government, center-left Republican who initiated many of the social welfare programs that Roosevelt included in the New Deal.

Hoover also raised taxes as the Great Depression began, which was economic and political lunacy, and would be rejected by all Conservatives today.

I don't know enough about Hoover to comment on his opposition to Truman's Fair Deal.

But, anyone who believes Truman was a “Plain Speaking” center-right Democrat needs to watch Truman's acceptance speech at the 1948 Democrat Convention.

By 1948, Truman was FDR on steroids.

Every center-left Republican in the country, including Tom Dewey, looked “Conservative” in comparison.

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