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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (169512)	8/18/2011 8:30:28 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543592

Here's what I want. youtube.com His task in Albany, like my task in Washington, has been to maintain contact between statecraft and reality. In New York and in Washington, Government which has rendered more than lip service to our Constitutional Democracy has done a work for the protection and preservation of our institutions that could not have been accomplished by repression and force. Let me warn you and let me warn the Nation against the smooth evasion which says, "Of course we believe all these things; we believe in social security; we believe in work for the unemployed; we believe in saving homes. Cross our hearts and hope to die, we believe in all these things; but we do not like the way the present Administration is doing them. Just turn them over to us. We will do all of them- we will do more of them we will do them better; and, most important of all, the doing of them will not cost anybody anything." But, my friends, these evaders are banking too heavily on the shortness of our memories. No one will forget that they had their golden opportunity—twelve long years of it. Remember, too, that the first essential of doing a job well is to want to see the job done. Make no mistake about this: the Republican leadership today is not against the way we have done the job. The Republican leadership is against the job's being done. Look to the source of the promises of the past. Governor Lehman knows and I know how little legislation in the interests of the average citizen would be on the statute books of the State of New York, and of the Federal Government, if we had waited for Republican leaders to pass it Read more at the American Presidency Project: Franklin D. Roosevelt: Address at the Democratic State Convention, Syracuse, N.Y. presidency.ucsb.edu also, How about these instead of calling Republicans "folks." “Republicans . . . stand four-square for the American home – but not for housing. “They are strong for labor – but they are stronger for restricting labor's rights. “They favor minimum wage – the smaller the minimum wage the better. “They endorse educational opportunity for all – but they won't spend money for teachers or for schools. “They think modern medical care and hospitals are fine – for people who can afford them. “They consider electrical power a great blessing – but only when the private power companies get their rake-off. “They think American standard of living is a fine thing – so long as it doesn't spread to all the people. “And they admire the Government of the United States so much that they would like to buy it.” — Harry S. Truman “The Republicans … will try to make people believe that everything the Government has done for the country is socialism. They will go to the people and say: "Did you see that social security check you received the other day—you thought that was good for you, didn't you? That's just too bad! That's nothing in the world but socialism. Did you see that new flood control dam the Government is building over there for the protection of your property? Sorry—that's awful socialism! That new hospital that they are building is socialism. Price supports, more socialism for the farmers! Minimum wage laws? Socialism for labor! Socialism is bad for you, my friend. Everybody knows that. And here you are, with your new car, and your home, and better opportunities for the kids, and a television set—you are just surrounded by socialism! Now the Republicans say, ‘That's a terrible thing, my friend, and the only way out of this sinkhole of socialism is to vote for the Republican ticket.’" — Harry S. Truman dailykos.com