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The "disaster" you speak of was his chances for reelection. It's not a sure thing when you lose a third of the country on your watch, especially when that third provides the majority of revenue for the government. Slavery had been in existence in the US for over 200 years. There was no need to act radically on it and the consequences of his actions have been felt for over 100 years. I'm sure it will be all better once you start paying your slave reparations tax.
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Uhm, nope. Reread my post and you will see that you misunderstood it. The disaster I was referring to was the Great Depression. Go ahead and pay "my" slave reparations tax for me, rolleyes-boy.
"Lincoln the racist" was a popular topic on campus a few years back.
Depends on how you use the term. He considered blacks primitive and planned to send them back to Africa. That is well documented. You need to go back on campus and do some reading.
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99.99% of whites at the time, including Lincoln, would probably be considered racists by today's standards. My point was that the great-great-grandchildren of the folks who idolized him now called him a racist--you know, the whole "as memories fade" motif of my post. I suppose it was lost on the denser folk. Sorry.
JFK acts like a Republican of today. I don't recall hom doing anything to promote expansion of Federal power. So what did JFK do for civil rights? Did he talk about them or enact specific legislation?
Geezusfrigginchristmas dude--He was totally for civil rights, but the democratic controlled congress blocked most of his moves. He had to pursue his agenda on a case-by-case basis, AND he sent federal marshals to protect Freedom Riders and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. He did promise to enact comprehensive Civil Rights legislation, but he was assasinated before HE could do it--it was left to LBJ.
Back to the point--FDR was the right man for the times.