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andym

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8. Warmth and empathy of folks like Mayor Laguardia helped to keep morale high during the Depression

Reply to zonkers (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 16, 2020, 01:07 PM

Mar 2020

I don't think FDR read the funnies, but Mayor LaGuardia dd. It was much appreciated as people need not only political remedies but cultural ones as we do now.

Good point that although Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are both empathetic, Joe has a far more outwardly empathetic personality than Bernie.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Biden is far more like FDR in political temperament than Sanders [View all] andym Mar 2020 OP

Inability to adapt is not a good thing. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #1

Sanders doesn't deal in shades of gray, in his world view everything is black and white. sop Mar 2020 #4

It is like a home seller who rejects all offers not equal to the asking price NCProgressive Mar 2020 #6

Your title is also a hallmark of a personality disorder pandr32 Mar 2020 #12

Biden has had some actual legislative accomplishments in the real world Gothmog Mar 2020 #2

Maybe Biden can read us the funnies over the radio and kiss babies and use words like malarchy.. zonkers Mar 2020 #3

or maybe sit next to a pathetic fireplace in a poor imitation of FDR like Sanders did? wyldwolf Mar 2020 #5

Warmth and empathy of folks like Mayor Laguardia helped to keep morale high during the Depression andym Mar 2020 #8

FDR was wise enough to distance himself from the "Socialist" label. Sloumeau Mar 2020 #7

Great post! Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #11

+1. dalton99a Mar 2020 #15

Yes indeed, Biden exhibits these traits: relayerbob Mar 2020 #9

The Irony Is That FDR Epitomizes The Democratic Establishment TomCADem Mar 2020 #10

I often get a chuckle from that. Well... sometimes a chuckle, sometimes rage. NurseJackie Mar 2020 #14

Sanders is no FDR. (I have no idea how that ridiculous rumor got started.) NurseJackie Mar 2020 #13

Depends upon what FDR is short for, certainly not Franklin Delano Roosevelt. George II Mar 2020 #16