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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNot much has changed since 1948, except, well, for getting far worse.
Republicans approve of the American farmer, but they are willing to help him go broke. They stand four-square for the American homebut not for housing. They are strong for laborbut they are stronger for restricting labor's rights. They favor minimum wagethe smaller the minimum wage the better. They endorse educational opportunity for allbut they won't spend money for teachers or for schools. They think modern medical care and hospitals are finefor people who can afford them ... They think American standard of living is a fine thingso long as it doesn't spread to all the people. And they admire the Government of the United States so much that they would like to buy it.
Harry S. Truman, October 13, 1948, St. Paul, Minnesota, Radio Broadcast
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Not much has changed since 1948, except, well, for getting far worse. (Original Post)
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canetoad
(18,323 posts)1. There's a word for people
Who say one thing and do the exact opposite.
erronis
(17,288 posts)3. I'll take a guess. "republican"? Or maybe "christian"?
So many synonyms. "Righteous" is another.
BigmanPigman
(52,381 posts)2. My dad told me the GOP is a bunch of greedy hypocrites.
My dad was right!
Evolve Dammit
(19,224 posts)4. How relevant today. Nothing has substantively changed In Eighty years