tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post3741756827260756469..comments2024-01-04T09:30:41.625-05:00Comments on All The Good Names Were Taken: The slide to the rightNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-51994992096467728762011-07-21T22:37:36.742-04:002011-07-21T22:37:36.742-04:00Depressing to think Hoover was that progressive......Depressing to think Hoover was that progressive...but look at Eisenhower - he was definitely far to the left of the current GOP as well, probably would be a Democrat today if he were alive. A leftist Democrat.Mauigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529827915262851910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-13698232921393424342011-07-21T18:09:13.222-04:002011-07-21T18:09:13.222-04:00One big difference between Hoover in 1920 and Repu...One big difference between Hoover in 1920 and Republicans now, though. Hoover thought the rich should pay more in taxes -- he believed in a progressive tax scheme and figured that the wealthy should be happy to pay more because it was the patriotic thing to do. <br /><br />After I finish the book, I may do a review. The chapter I'm in now is going into loving detail about Hoover's Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-52333409793906446602011-07-21T12:35:12.325-04:002011-07-21T12:35:12.325-04:00Hoover's "Efficiency Movement" sound...Hoover's "Efficiency Movement" sounds much like today's "cut the fat and waste of government" Republicans.<br /><br />And it was Hoover who sent nutso Gen. MacArthur and his charging troops with fixed bayonets into Army vets ... to get rid of the Bonus Army in DC's "Hooverville".<br /><br />That act alone probably guaranteed FDR's election.willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590217997145761582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-28757940971843810012011-07-21T10:02:26.346-04:002011-07-21T10:02:26.346-04:00Do you get any feeling for the political polarity ...Do you get any feeling for the political polarity of the country back then? I was just wondering this morning about whether we really are more polarized between parties and ideologies today than any other time before us. I can see either way being possible, so...I wonder...Anonyvoxhttp://www.anonyvox.comnoreply@blogger.com