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[QUOTE]Originally posted by JeffKardde: [QB] Kennedy? Yeah, all he did was push for civil rights, and avert a nuclear war with the Soviets over that tiny little Cuba island ... As to hear you blast FDR ... well, thats just plain sad, Omega, and proof that you don't know much about history yourself. A Republican president would have maintained American neutrality during the war, and even if they had gone to war, would not have given support to the Allies through programs such as Lend Lease, which helped Britain fight Hitler before we entered. To say that Hitler ended the depression is a half-truth. Yes, the war effort finished off the depression, but FDR's programs such as The New Deal, and the Works Progress Administration had already begun the work long before Poland was invaded. In fact, before FDR's first 100 days in office was over, he had already created the NRA (National Recovery Administration), FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation), the Home Owners Loan Corporation, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and The Federal Emergency Relief Administration. All of theses were designed to combat the downtread economy. Most key was the passage of the National Industries Recovery Act, which was aimed at "stimulating industrial production." Yes, there were abuses of the system, but the NRA (not the Riffle Association, look back above) did increase labor-union recruitment. Production and consumption were maintaining a steady rise, although not reaching pre-Depression levels. Proof that FDR was doing a good job came in his reelection campaign, when the he recieved 60% of the poplar vote (only Maine and Vermont went to his opponent, Republican Landon). By this time, FDR was already looking towards Europe, knowing a war with the Nazis would be close behind. This is why he came up with the Lend-Lease bill, which granted him "unprecendented powers to aid any country whose defense was deemed vital to the defense of the United States." America lent tanks, warplanes, and ships that could be returned after a War ... only hard lined isolationists like Sen Robert Taft opposed him. I might add that Americans such as Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, and anti-semetic Father Charles Coughlin were strong supporters of the Neutrality Act of 1935, which made it illegal to sell munitions to any of the parties involved in WWII. This was one of America's attempts to stay out of someone else's war and remain neutral. (FDR got around this by the Lend-Lease Act). Now, at this time, American politics was split between "isolationists" (who wished to remain neutral), and "interventionists" (who wanted to stop the War as quickly as possible, recognizing that the longer the US delayed entry meant higher losses). Yes, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, it was clear that there would be war, and the wartime production finished off the Depression, but to say that Hitler and not FDR was responsible is a half-truth and spoken more from ignorance than anything else. *** I don't like LBJ because he kept the nation in Vietnam when we should've been getting the hell out. However, LBJ was a very strong supporter of the civil rights movement, and his finest moment came when he sent Federal agents into Mississippi to root out the racist Klansman/Police who killed three men (two whites and a black) whose only crime was helping blacks register to vote. Omega, you claim you're for a party that supports individual rights, yet you fail to recognize the actions of Republicans (both civilian, law enforcement and elected)in surpressing the rights of those with a different color skin. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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