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[4bonhoffer]

We need FDR democrats ! Call yourself whatever you want, but we desperately need FDR Democrats.

[rampartd]

1. led by bernie, they can call themselves anything.

[murielm99]

11. Not led by Bernie, the non-Democrat.

I have been asking that we refer to our people on the left as FDR Democrats. But Bernie has nothing to do with what I would like.

[TVguyCards]

14. Bernie's fine

Not sure what your problem is with him other than stuff from over a decade ago but focus, we have fascists to beat!

[SocialDemocrat61]

34. Bernie Sanders is a fine Senator

But he has constantly refused to join the Democratic Party. Plus he's in his 80s. There are younger leaders in the Democratic Party to led it forward.

[TVguyCards]

42. We all know why he's refused

And remember, he is in a leadership position within our party.

Ask why young people love Bernie. Do you know who else they love? Ed Markey who won his election thanks to young people who showed up in droves for him due to his stance and policies on climate change.

Here, have a picture of him on a windy day lol 😂 This picture always cracks me up lol

[SocialDemocrat61]

44. What leadership position?

I don't see him listed in leadership on the DNC website.

[murielm99]

43. You bet there are.

I will follow and endorse several of them. We are all Democrats, and we remain a big tent party.

[SamuelAdams]

23. Why led by Bernie?

He is an octogenarian who has been in Congress since 1993. We keep talking about needing new, younger leaders but many of those same people keep clinging to Bernie. Why can't AOC or Mamdani lead the left flank of the Democratic coalition?

[Intractable]

3. FDR on the subject of robber barons, oligarchs, and war hawks.

He welcomes their hatred.

[La Coliniere]

4. They should declare themselves FDR Democrats

loudly and proudly. It’s about time.

[biophile]

5. We could also use Eisenhower Republicans!

For years in PA, I was registered as Republican, mostly so I could vote in the Republican primaries for the more sensible candidates. (PA has closed primaries) in the general elections, I could vote for Democrats. It also gives me some more credence when I call the R representatives to complain. I live in a red part of the state, so my Congressman is always R.

[slightlv]

10. Yes! I myself loudly and proudly claim FDR Democrat but Eisenhower repub

could rally some repubs not gone over the edge yet. I hate typing on my phone or id say more. It already disappeared one whole sentence of mine!

[Jilly_in_VA]

26. Today's RepubliKKKans

think Eisenhower was a SOCIALIST. Just look at how they react to some of his statements.

[Sanity Claws]

6. Agree - also let's revive FDR's song

Happy Days Are Here Again done in a more modern style.

[Bayard]

7. But, FDR was a Communist!

FDR did wonderful things for this country, even while living in real pain (not bone spurs.) MAGAts won't recognize it because they know nothing of history, and don't want to know. They should have to sit down and watch the documentary of his life on the History Channel.

[Wounded Bear]

13. FDR saved capitalism in America...nt

[Boomerproud]

19. He was a traitor to his class.

The barons really wanted him to be destroyed.

[slightlv]

35. And tho he's long dead, they still do... by destroying every single one of us

who still remember and admire him and the laws he made. I am not so well versed on Eisenhower, I'll admit... having been a life-long Democrat.

[Blue Full Moon]

8. 100%

[SSJVegeta]

9. Yupppp

People who will fight for universal Healthcare, a living wage, corporate accountbility... 😒 🤔

[Bluejeans]

12. I've called myself an FDR Democrat for years

When I mention it, conservatives nod in understanding but never say a word

[aggiesal]

15. That would be Democratic Socialists of America. n/t

[ananda]

16. That's what my immediate family has always been.

Nobody who understands the Great Depression
can be anything other than a New Deal Democrat.

I learned about the Great Depression from stories
my parents and grandparents told me.

Roosevelt saved their lives, literally. Gave my dad
a job with CCC before he became an airplane mechanic
in Dallas... allowed him to get a free college education
after the war. Etc.

When Eisenhower got elected my Irish grandmother
wrecked her car, she was so upset.

When my cousin came out to her parents, my uncle
said: Is that all? I thought you were going to say you
became a Republican.

[SocialDemocrat61]

17. FDR democrats were segragationists,

anti-semetic and Asian bigots. Look to the future, not the past.

[Boo1]

31. Yeah this part keeps getting glossed over

We had literal concentration camps in the 40s, for a specific race.

[SocialDemocrat61]

32. I know

FDR and the new deal is only meaning to older white Americans. Not to anyone else.

[fujiyamasan]

39. Hell, less than 4% of the current population was even around when he was president

Besides, so much of our current population is foreign born or born to those who emigrated here.

Calling ourselves FDR is a bridge to nowhere. While I admire many things he accomplished invoking the name of a president that died over 80 years ago shows how out of touch some folks are.

This is like hearing republicans call themselves the party of Lincoln. It’s all laughable and you gotta wonder who this rhetoric appeals to.

At least 40% of the population was born after 1993 and the Clinton years were perhaps this country’s absolute peak in terms of power and overall standard of living. The only president to leave a fiscal surplus. That sounds like some sort of fantasy at this point.

[Torchlight]

40. Segregationists were squeezed out of the party in the 40s

becoming their own independent party in '48. Look to the future yet still learn from the past.

[SocialDemocrat61]

41. Some did but after Truman

Integrated the military, which FDR refused to do. The rest went in the 60s when LBJ passed the Civil Rights Act. But the party under FDR in the 30s was full of segregationists.

[Scubamatt]

18. I like this idea . . .

but I wish we could dispense with labels and just state policies that we favor. Republicans and the media are masters at taking a name and twisting it without getting into substance. How about just stating what we want to enact? Health Care for All; Living Wage; Clean Air and Water, A Woman's Right to Choose . . . . Polls show that the majority of Americans support these policies, but when we fall into the trap of allowing ourselves to being labeled "socialist" or "tax and spend", people make decisions based on their reaction to that label, rather than the substance. It's Marketing 101 and the Republicons are masters at it.

[Scruffy1]

20. This would lose a lot of elections.

Talking about something from nearly a hundred years ago will get you nowhere. Maintaining the status quo is a loser like in 2024. Mexico just got universal health care and a guaranteed 40 hour work week. The only way to counter right wing bullshit is to attack, not react.

[SocialDemocrat61]

21. Well said

Involking FDR and the New Deal is a fool's errand. It will make Democrats look out of touch and stuck in the past. Plus many minorities, such as African, Jewish and Asian Americans, don't revere FDR and the New Deal the way middle class white people do.

[indusurb]

24. You don't have to invoke FDR, or even save his name.

But just following through on his Second Bill of Rights would fix many of our problems.

[SocialDemocrat61]

25. We need to go farther than that

It's a different world with different problems and challenges.

[indusurb]

27. Farther than what?

Single payer healthcare?
Free education through college?
A living wage for all, including farmers?
Doing away with unfair competition and monopolies?
Good housing?

These address very real, modern day problems. Yes, there are other needs to be addressed, but this is a good start

[SocialDemocrat61]

28. Exactly

And all of those go farther than FDR's Second Bill of Rights.

[indusurb]

29. I suggest that you go read FDR's 1944 inauguration speech

I also think you read the commentary, both modern and contemporary, around that speech. You also need to recognize that this speech was done in collaboration with his VP, Henry Wallace, a man who was a socialist in everything but name. FDR was truly progressive, for his time and ours. Certainly much more progressive than any of the Democratic candidates since 1972.

[SocialDemocrat61]

30. There was no inauguration in 1944

and FDR's VP was Truman in the 44 election. Their inauguration was in 1945 and here's FDR's speech: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/froos4.asp

[indusurb]

36. My bad, it was his 1944 SOTU speech

https://billofrightsinstitute.org/activities/franklin-roosevelt-second-bill-of-rights-1944/

[SocialDemocrat61]

37. Cool

Great place to start with more details on how to implement that resonate with today's voters.

[mntleo2]

22. Born and raised ...

... an FDR Democrat through and through. I learned all the WOBBLY songs, I was taught real democrat, and though I did not believe it as a young person, but my mama told me to never EVER trust a Republican, she said all they care about is money and detests the working class.

I believe it 100% now. We laughed and were proud that FDR mocked us as being "too socialists" by calling we Washingtonians, "The Soviet Republic of Washington. I am old but I remember the teachings well from my grandparents' knee so I listened, and for decades I have been a democratic socialist and will be one until I die. Here is a "democratic socialist" song. speaking to establishment politicians that should revive as a song for today even though it is 130 years old. Post it everywhere.

Here is the 1894 song often sand as a children's song but in reality it was written in 1864 as a protest song. Listen to the song and read the words, it is the way I have felt since Reagan.

&list=RD7VTMVmwDrJE&start_radio=1

Love Cat from Seattle

[fujiyamasan]

33. FDR died over 80 years ago

Just 4% of the population is over 80. Our current population especially in many swing states is foreign born or born to those who were foreign born. It’s a completely different country.

[betsuni]

38. FDR Democrat describes all Democrats. Who isn't one? Biden was often compared to FDR.

Obama's ACA was FDR-like. It's really the status quo for Democrats. FDR: the Democratic establishment.

Or do you mean, after Trump's commie ranting, as a way to assure voters that Democrats aren't socialists or commies?