Devilstower says ...

8 Words of Wisdom for Week Ending 4/3/2009 #8

Recovery from the Great Depression started in the first months of the Roosevelt administration and was directly attributable to the actions and programs that FDR undertook in his first 100 days. This is not an opinion. It's the conclusive verdict of history. It's a fact.

Was there poverty and misery throughout the 1930s? Of course there was, and no one would say otherwise. The United States was a much poorer country at that time than it is today. That we have enjoyed decades of growth, and that for most Americans the current crisis does not come close to having the devastating personal impact of the Depression era, is directly attributable to the programs that were instituted more than seventy years ago. In short we got it right in the 1930s, and we have benefited from those decisions ever since. The American dream of home ownership, of a decent job, of a dignified retirement... that dream wasn't just aided by Franklin Roosevelt's actions, it is the direct invention of the programs which grew from the New Deal.

Where the hell are the Democrats who should be standing tall defending the very legacy of our party? This, along with the civil rights movement we embraced in the 1960s, is the moral foundation of our party. The New Deal made America a better place. It ushered in our longest period of shared prosperity. It brought us closer to realizing the ideas expressed in The Declaration of Independence. The New Deal is the crowning economic achievement of our nation's history. That we have stood back since Reagan took office in 1980 and allowed conservatives to spout lie after lie about Roosevelt's legacy is a travesty.

It was liberals who led this country's fight for independence. It was liberals who freed the slaves. It was liberals who gave women the right to vote. It was liberals who busted the trusts. It was liberals who led the civil rights movement. It was liberals who defeated fascism. It was liberals who devised the strategy that would lead to the downfall of communism without depriving the world of the lives of thousands, perhaps even millions.

It sure as hell was liberals that built the modern middle class through the New Deal. Any Democrat who isn't on board with that historical fact should just go ahead and resign their party membership ... resign their elected office ... and SHUT UP and GO HOME. You are actively destroying America.

Source - Daily Kos