2007-09-12 13:54:19 · 14 answers · asked by boygreek13 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Just short of being a communist, he was very much a socialist. There were (thanx to him) a number of government sponsored communes throughout the nation.
2007-09-12 14:06:16 · answer #1 · answered by Doc 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
FDR was a pinko, through and through. He was surrounded by pinkos. His wife favored the pinkos. And He was Uncle Joes favorite Nephew, he gave the USSR most of the material that was necessary to Soviets all of Eastern Europe. FDR knew that this would happen, still he gave the materials to the Commies--trucks, planes, boots, blankets, helmets, belts; all of this he sold to the Soviet Commies, at loan. All of those things and more he provided to create the Prison Empire of the East--the Soviet Warsaw Pact Nations.
So you tell me was he a bit of a Commie? Just a bit? Do You Think!!
2007-09-12 21:17:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
More of a socialist (yes that is different from a communist) if anything, though he wasn't that much of a socialist anyway. But you know what? We're not speaking German today so it doesn't really matter.
2007-09-12 22:09:32 · answer #3 · answered by Liberals love America! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
FDR was a Progressive. You wouldn't have half the freedoms you still have today if it wasn't for him. He believed in the American standard.
Greatest President of all times; FDR. Get rid of the idea of Reagan's face on the money and put his on there...
2007-09-12 21:07:40 · answer #4 · answered by Jeremiah 5 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Well he was an ally of Stalin and he did institute a lot of social programs and the first "income tax" (redistribution of wealth) and he was the only President to not follow George Washington's example of a self-imposed 2 term limit. But he wasn't a communist, a socialist maybe, but not a communist.
2007-09-12 21:02:14 · answer #5 · answered by Yo it's Me 7 · 2⤊ 6⤋
FDR walked a tightrope between saving capitalism and destroying it. He used Eleanor as a mediator between himself and the hard-left socialists and communists. He could criticize them publicly while she spoke to them to try to keep ties with labor unions and activists.
2007-09-12 21:03:07 · answer #6 · answered by A Plague on your houses 5 · 4⤊ 4⤋
Yes
2007-09-12 21:02:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
If anything, FDR was a socialist.
2007-09-12 21:01:53 · answer #8 · answered by Me 3 · 4⤊ 4⤋
What the hell are you smoking? You better get off that stuff and reread you history books.
2007-09-12 21:18:19 · answer #9 · answered by george 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Yes, but he was part of the "Old Left" that didn't despise God or country.
"Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English" ~ George Bernard Shaw
2007-09-12 20:58:47 · answer #10 · answered by reaganite27 5 · 3⤊ 6⤋