Sure, it all fit in with the grand march of capital and empire. I presume anyone who hangs out on this site knows that.
I too grew up in a Roosevelt idolizing family, and didnt get over it until the Vietnam war forced me to.
Bob W --- Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
>
>
> Carl Remick wrote:
> >
> > >From: Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu>
> > >
> > >Eleanor (NOT FRANKLIN) Roosevelt
> >
> > Yes, Franklin -- he'll always be a hero to me.
> Here's one of my favorite FDR
> > photos, pre-paralysis. He was one tough hombre.
>
> Look. I grew up in an atmosphere in which FDR was
> second only to God. I
> can remember listening on the radio to the Martin,
> Barton & Fish" and
> the "Fala's scotch heart" speeches. His voice has
> never left me. BUT, he
> (in contrast to Eleanor) was as racist as the DP as
> a whole. And someone
> spoke of his having more imagination than current DP
> leaders. Yes. He
> imagined the whole future of the u.s. as the
> imperialist hegemon, and
> adapted WW2 strategy accordingly. His administration
> vigorously
> supported a series of mass murderers in the
> Caribbean and Latin America.
>
> The appearance of FDR in this thread shows a major
> weakness in left
> thinking, at least of sophisticated leftists who
> value their own
> intelligence and sensitivity: they stupidly think
> that what is wrong
> with the DP is its lack of intelligence, its lack of
> sensitivity, and
> its and its failures of imagination. Bullshit.
> Hillary & Obama and
> EDwards and t he rest of the war criminals are every
> bit as imaginative,
> sensitive, and intelligent as FDR. Only the
> condtions of the empire have
> changed.
>
> Carrol
>
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