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President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Congress banned the salute in 1942 because of its similarities to the Fascist greeting. "If we give in to a bully, we have no place to talk about bullying to our children," Fraser said. (Boston Globe)
Local leaders ready wish lists Nov 30, 2008
By March 1933, the year Franklin D. Roosevelt became president, there were 13 million people unemployed and almost every bank was closed. He proposed, and Congress enacted, "a new deal for the American people" that included a slew of "alphabet" relief programs, such as the CCC, CWA and WPA.. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Living to 100 Nov 30, 2008
Nellie Putney of Keno voted for Franklin D. Roosevelt, and drove an automobile into her 90s. She danced until the age of 90, too, but knee trouble has slowed her down a bit. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Writer misses points on education Nov 30, 2008
Could Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman defeat the Germans and Japanese during World War II, if they followed the current Republican model of financing the government cutting taxes to the rich. The people of Acevedo s parents and grandparents generation sacrificed their blood, lives and money paying much higher taxes so America could win World War II. Without everybody sacrificing together, Bush cannot bring Osama bin Laden to justice. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Your views: Time of transition Nov 29, 2008
We did not say Franklin D. Roosevelt was lacking in brainpower. His administration was marked by spending for relief programs and other measures to increase employment and to help industrial and agricultural recovery from the worst depression in the 20th century. (Florida Today)
For America to Survive, Obama Must be Economically Flexible Nov 29, 2008
WASHINGTON -- As America fell deeper into the Great Depression after the 1932 presidential election, president-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted nothing to do with Herbert Hoover's economic recovery efforts. FDR, who would not be sworn in until early 1933, stayed out of the economic debate entirely, deciding he would not act until he became president. (Townhall.com)
Kids vote for first dog with coins; money to go toward education Nov 27, 2008
Fala, the Scottish terrier who lived with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was said to have his own press secretary. Other pets were experts in their own right. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
Will Obama Opt For Pragmatism In Energy Policy? Nov 26, 2008
On policy, moreover, Obama has shown reassuring resilience, utterly abandoning his previous intention to follow the Franklin D. Roosevelt model of crisis governing. FDR famously refused to involve himself in policymaking to deal with the Great Depression from November 1932 until his inauguration in March 1933 and refused to have any contact with outgoing President Herbert Hoover's administration. (RealClearPolitics)
Obama Can't Spend His Way to Prosperity Nov 26, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Most of Barack Obama's economic-stimulus plan is beginning to look like the public-works jobs programs that Franklin D. Roosevelt tried 75 years ago in the Great Depression. In fact, a number of economists are comparing Obama's job-creation plan to the spending spree FDR launched in 1933. (Townhall.com)
Uh-Oh. Hillary Is a Lot Like Truman\'s First Secretary of State. Nov 26, 2008
Although he wasn't a senator when he was picked by Harry Trumanhe had served in the Senate earlier in his careerByrnes had been a close adviser to Truman's predecessor, Franklin D. Roosevelt (not unlike Clinton to President Clinton), and he was also Truman's rival, not for the presidency (as was the case for Clinton and Obama) but for the VP slot. As President Barack Obama's foreign-policy agent, Hillary Clinton will have the problems all these secretaries facedand then some. (Slate)
Editorial -- Hope for the holidays Nov 25, 2008
Despite the hard atmosphere families faced every day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to focus on the positive ... I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Thursday, the twenty-fourth of November, 1938, as a day of general thanksgiving. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
New York's dysfunctional drama continues Nov 24, 2008
They gathered in the Capitol's ornate Red Room, commanded through fiscal disaster and corruption by such governors as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Alfred E. Smith and Hugh L. Carey. Then, today's leaders swiftly jumped to inaction. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Clinton's potential pitfalls seen in FDR's secretary of State Nov 24, 2008
By Paul Richter November 24, 2008 Reporting from Washington -- Cordell Hull was a veteran lawmaker with a worldwide reputation when Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him secretary of State in 1933, in part to win needed support from Hull's army of Democratic admirers. But the dignified Tennessean was never close to FDR. As time passed, he was "muscled out by others in the administration," said Michael Hunt, a diplomatic historian at the University of North Carolina. (Los Angeles Times)
Marketing to holiday shoppers in a time of economic crisis Nov 24, 2008
However, sometimes the last Saturday used to be the fifth Saturday, which would be too close to Christmas, so in 1939 President Franklin D. Roosevelt designated the fourth Thursday of Novem-ber to be Thanksgiving Day. History aside, this year Thanksgiving falls on the 27th exactly four weeks before Christmas Day, making the holiday season a little bit shorter. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Marie Cocco: For women in politics, glass ceiling remains in place Nov 24, 2008
Franklin D. Roosevelt did it first, when he appointed Frances Perkins as labor secretary in 1933. Since then, every president but Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy has named women to the Cabinet or to Cabinet-level posts, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Spam, music, Life and Thanksgiving Nov 24, 2008
There's so much in this collection: People like Franklin D. Roosevelt, Louis Armstrong, Marilyn Monroe, Jacqueline Kennedy, Pablo Picasso. Places like St. Peter's Square, Times Square, the Himalayas, Taj Mahal, the Yangtze River. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
ECONOMIC VIEW: Lessons from the New Deal Nov 23, 2008
The traditional story is that President Franklin D. Roosevelt rescued capitalism by resorting to extensive government intervention; the truth is that Roosevelt changed course from year to year, trying a mix of policies, some good and some bad. It's worth sorting through this grab bag now, to evaluate whether any of these policies might be helpful. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Dysfunctional drama continues in Albany Nov 23, 2008
They gathered in the Capitol s ornate Red Room, commanded through fiscal disaster and corruption by such governors as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Alfred E. Smith and Hugh L. Carey. Then, today s leaders swiftly jumped to inaction. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Obama's identity crisis Nov 23, 2008
To cite recent examples of national news magazines, Obama may be channeling his inner Franklin D. Roosevelt, complete with stylishly crumpled hat, cheery smile and upraised cigarette holder (that was a recent Time cover. In this context, what will Obama do next with an electoral mandate, a sky-high favorability rating, plenty of zeitgeist good will and optimism. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
An American Home: The History of the White House Nov 22, 2008 'Keynsian Moment' needed to fight 'Great Recession' Nov 22, 2008 Useless Knowledge: Presidential quirks, oddities Nov 21, 2008 > Governor during Depression made major changes Nov 21, 2008 Education, democracy, and rights Nov 20, 2008 * US trade policy to shift under Obama Nov 20, 2008 A recession could be sparked by our states of mind Nov 20, 2008 'No' To Obama's Experimental Government Nov 20, 2008 Dept. of Veterans Affairs says it can handle strain of new GI Bill Nov 19, 2008 Griffin: A stamp of approval for an old-fashioned hobby Nov 19, 2008 G20 can learn from history Nov 19, 2008 Unemployment Insurance in Need of Overhaul Nov 19, 2008 Zeilzer: Can McCain be Obama's friend? Nov 18, 2008 Team 'Chimerica' Nov 17, 2008 Letter from Washington Nov 17, 2008 Henry Philler, decoded top messages for White House Nov 16, 2008 Holes in the U.S. economic safety net Nov 16, 2008 Realizing the online revolution Nov 16, 2008 Computerside chats: Obama on YouTube Nov 15, 2008 Wall Street tour Nov 14, 2008 Obama not first president to face hard economic choices Nov 14, 2008 Freedom takes a stand Nov 13, 2008 Bipartisan cabinets have mixed track record Nov 13, 2008 Rare modern Asian American art at de Young Nov 13, 2008 * Barbara Obama would not have stood a chance Nov 13, 2008 First Dog Wont be a First Nov 13, 2008 Thumbs up to art, vets and Obama Nov 13, 2008 Shining star Nov 13, 2008 The Obama Transition: What Will Change Look Like Nov 13, 2008 The new president's dilemma Nov 12, 2008 NWLE Honors Our Veterans Nov 12, 2008 Editorial: Once again, help for wartime vets Nov 11, 2008 TALKING BUSINESS: A nation hopes for another FDR Nov 11, 2008 Obama's victory marks shift in society Nov 10, 2008 Jenny Parm brought along her 10-year-old daughter Ashley Borland when she cast her vote in the 2008 election. Nov 10, 2008 Europe Hopes To Get The Change It Wants Nov 10, 2008 The changes business wants from Obama Nov 10, 2008 A tough time for comics with Obama as president? Nov 10, 2008 Obama team weighs priorities for start of term Nov 10, 2008 MFBF concerned about CMR grazing limits (27) Nov 10, 2008 Comics: What's funny about Obama? Nov 10, 2008 The Official End of the Reagan Era Nov 10, 2008 NYT: Obama team weighs issues to take on first Nov 9, 2008 Ideas: Where will Obama's election fit in history? Nov 9, 2008 Obama weighs how to press his priorities Nov 9, 2008 The historic election Nov 9, 2008 * A very different kind of president prepares himself Nov 9, 2008 Did Oregon’s biggest river save the world? Nov 9, 2008 The Conversation: Relentless energy drives Kevin Johnson's plans Nov 9, 2008 Remember That Capitalism Is More Than a Spectator Sport Nov 9, 2008 A green slate Nov 9, 2008 Obama's victory a departure from close contests Nov 8, 2008 For Obama, the economy can't wait Nov 7, 2008 Will Democrats reject the smoker Obama? Nov 7, 2008 Poll: Which pup should the Obamas choose? Nov 7, 2008 Quiet first day for Obama after his historic win Nov 6, 2008 Obama's uphill task on economy Nov 6, 2008 Historic Presidency, Historic Chall... Nov 6, 2008 What direction will Obama take? Nov 6, 2008 Analysis: Great presidents born from bad times Nov 6, 2008 * Obama, the beneficiary of change Nov 6, 2008 Who should get school money?Greatest U.S. presidents? Nov 6, 2008 11 comments Nov 6, 2008 The Look Ahead Nov 6, 2008 Full coverage Nov 6, 2008
Franklin D. Roosevelt converted a long cloakroom into a small movie theater. Brand new bowling lanes were all the rage during Harry Truman's administration. (Pekin Times, IL)
Accepted, at last Nov 22, 2008
Franklin D. Roosevelt, president. Theodore Roosevelt, president. (News & Observer)
There s now a lot of chatter -- and a Time magazine cover -- likening Obama s to Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 and his program to the New Deal. And Obama is duplicating FDR s example in having nothing to do with deciding economic policy until he takes office. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Franklin D. Roosevelt; 11. Dwight D. Eisenhower; 12. (Montana Standard, MT)
At the end of that term, he went to Washington, D.C., where he worked as a lawyer and lobbyist and also as an adviser and speechwriter for President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A native of the western North Carolina town of Shelby, Gardner founded the influential Shelby Dynasty of politicians, who controlled the state s Democratic Party which, at the time, meant control of state politics. (Raleigh Triangle Business Journal, NC)
Both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler understood the power of education. President Roosevelt told America that education is the only "real safeguard of democracy" and stressed the importance of an education that helps keep freedom alive in a world filled with danger and opportunity. (Boston Globe)
If you look at history, weve had pro-trade presidents since FDR [former president Franklin D. Roosevelt], the Chambers Wenk said. Theres absolutely no reason why we should become inward and protectionist and isolationist right now. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
"THE only thing we have to fear is fear itself." It was the US president Franklin D. Roosevelt who, in the Great Depression, coined the phrase but Australia's Reserve Bank governor, Glenn Stevens, could easily have employed it this week. Amid gathering economic gloom, Australians have arrived at an important juncture. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
On Sunday night, President-elect Barack Obama told "60 Minutes" that Franklin D. Roosevelt would be a model of sorts for him. "What you see in FDR that I hope my team can emulate is not always getting it right, but projecting a sense of confidence and a willingness to try things and experiment in order to get people working again.". (Townhall.com)
Congress voted in June to dramatically expand the GI Bill, which was first signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944 for returning World War II veterans but hasn't been updated much since then. Under the old measure, veterans can receive $1,321 monthly to cover all college expenses. (Boston Globe)
After all, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the American president during much of that era, led the way. He was famous for this hobby, as many newspaper photos of the time attest. (Needham Tab, MA)
The original United Nations vision was in the Atlantic Charter, announced by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt after their epic Canada summit several months before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Many associate FDR more closely than Churchill with the UN. However, the British leader in his history of World War II notes proudly that he drafted the Charter. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
The UI program was first created in 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to address the needs of unemployed families in the midst of the Great Depression. But changes in our economy and workforce demographics over time have increased the need to modernize the program. (OMB Watch)
There are not many models for McCain to turn to for inspiration, but he might think a bit about the Republican Wendell Willkie, defeated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940. Though not a legislator, Willkie became a very important ally to FDR after 1940, fighting against isolationism in the GOP and building support for the president's foreign policy. (CNN -- US)
The fault lay mainly with the newly elected U.S. president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, who vetoed European proposals for currency stabilization. This Story. (Washington Post)
One, he promised change, not just from the administration of George W. Bush but from the "decades of broken politics in Washington." He faces the most perilous situations of any new president since Franklin D. Roosevelt, with a financial crisis and two wars, conditions that demand experienced judgment. He wants to assemble a group that has gravitas and is fresh, one that reflects the diversity of his political appeal and the depth and knowledge he promised to bring to government. (International Herald Tribune)
As a codebreaker assigned to the White House, Henry Philler sent the official telegram to Washington, D.C., announcing the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Warm Springs. He also played late-night card games with President Harry Truman and was among the first to know of important events taking place during World War II including, probably, that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor, said his stepdaughter, Sally Mills Bowman of Atlanta. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
During the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt strived mightily to build a broad and strong safety net that included unemployment insurance and aid for families with dependent children. After Ronald Reagan became president in 1981, Washington started trimming and tightening many social programs. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first politician to master the use of radio as a way to communicate directly with the nation. Three decades later, John F. Kennedy became the first candidate to exploit the power and reach of television. (Athens Banner-Herald)
His campaign said Friday that he will keep making the weekly radio reports that presidents have made on the model of Franklin D. Roosevelt s fireside chats 30 speeches by radio that president made between 1933 and 1944. They ve become part of American nostalgia and lore, with Norman Rockwell-esque images of families gathered around the antique radio set to hear the speech. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
Franklin D. Roosevelt, who became president just as the Depression took hold, was a former Wall Street lawyer who Kaplan says had never accomplished much, and flailed around before settling on actions to reinflate the economy closing banks, setting up agencies to create jobs and taking bold steps to boost farm prices. FDR, whether true or not, is considered to be one of the saviors of the country, Kaplan said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
President Herbert Hoover shakes hands with Franklin D. Roosevelt (right) prior to Roosevelt s inauguration in March 1933 ... But it was Franklin D. Roosevelt who provided the template for mixing response and reassurance and Obama should take note, said Jeff Rosensweig, a finance professor at Emory University. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
And there are famous words: Franklin D. Roosevelt s typed Day of Infamy speech, in which he noted always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us. George Washington s signed letter to Congress reporting the British defeat at Yorktown, ending the Revolutionary War: I have the Honor to inform Congress, that a Reduction of the British Army under the Command of Lord Cornwallis, is most happily effected. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Dramatic move by Roosevelt Appointing two prominent Republicans to top positions in his Cabinet was a smart move for Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt in June of 1940. When Roosevelt appointed Republican Henry Stimson as Secretary of War and Republican Frank Knox as Navy Secretary, his timing was dramatic Republicans were about to begin their national convention to pick a nominee to face him in the November election. (MSNBC -- Politics)
"He totally falls off the radar." This work was in storage at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library in Hyde Park, N.Y., and hasn't been seen publicly since 1941. Like an archaeological dig. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Historically, individuals possessing the confidence that privilege and good fortune bestow have often proved conspicuous reformers X think of Franklin D. Roosevelt. But it is important to recognize that Obama is less an outsider than he appears. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Franklin D. Roosevelt had a menagerie of dogs including a Great Dane named President which as you might guess, made things confusing in the White House. The most famous first dog of modern times might well be Millie, the English Springer Spaniel owned by George H.W. Bush who also authored a dogo-biography titled Millies Book: As Dictated to Barbara Bush. (WOKR13 Rochester)
Barack Obama: Like Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan, he could turn out to be one of those rare presidents who can define a generation. After two terms of neo-conservative disaster that has left this country in ruins, Obama has a lot of work in front of him. (West Roxbury Transcript, MA)
The next year President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order that authorized the medal and backdated it to Dec. 7, 1941 the day Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese. Meltz previously served in Iraq and has been a soldier for 18 years. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
But not since Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in the midst of the Depression has a new President faced a set of challenges quite as formidable as those that await Obama. That's why Obama has been quicker off the blocks in setting up his government than any of his recent predecessors were, particularly Bill Clinton, who did not announce a single major appointment until mid-December. (Time.com)
In the spring of 1933, the same dilemma confronted President Franklin D. Roosevelt. FDR had campaigned on a balanced-budget platform. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Throughout the near hour-long program the audience meets such characters as Uncle Sam, Statue of Liberty complete with flickering torch, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Betsy Ross, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Clara Barton and three Tuskegee Airmen. With patriotic music in the background, an emotion filled video of students and veterans is broadcast on a giant movie screen on the northern wall of the gym. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
The original "Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944" (known as the GI Bill of Rights), signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt near the end of World War II, provided tuition benefits that sent 8 million veterans to college. Of those 8 million, 450,000 became engineers; 360,000, teachers; 240,000, accountants; 180,000, doctors and nurses; and 150,000, scientists. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Seventy-five years ago, the last time the country was this close to economic abyss, Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his famous inaugural, the one where he uttered those immortal words, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.". But as a Newsweek columnist, Jonathan Alter, who wrote "The Defining Moment," a book about Roosevelt's first election and early presidency, pointed out to me the other day, that great line was buried in most news stories about the speech. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
He's the first northern Democrat to win Florida since Franklin D. Roosevelt ... He's also the first Democrat to take North Florida since Franklin D. Roosevelt. (Florida Today)
Givens remembers the election when Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected. Daddy came home after voting and told momma that he had voted for FDR but not to tell anyone because he was a Republican, said Givens. (Leitchfield Grayson County, KY)
This is in the great American tradition: during the Great Depression, when there was a four-month gap between the election and the first inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt (the founding fathers reckoned it would take that long for the new man's horse to get him to Washington), Herbert Hoover tried to get Roosevelt to endorse his budget and other depression-fighting measures. Roosevelt wisely declined to become a party to his rivals' proposals. (CBS News)
Obama takes office facing the most difficult economic challenges since Franklin D. Roosevelt stepped into the White House in the midst of the Great Depression. The Illinois senator campaigned on an ambitious agenda of middle-class tax cuts and a wave of public investment in everything from America's aging infrastructure to the cutting-edge alternative energy research that could someday lessen dependence on foreign oil. (MSNBC -- Politics)
" True, as a six-term U.S. Senator and lately as Obama's running mate, Biden has cemented his reputation for blurting out remarks before they're vetted by his brain. (Item: Biden declared that "Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television" to address the nation when the stock market crashed in October 1929 even though Herbert Hoover was president then and TV was barely invented.) "He's a little more gregarious, runs around and slaps people on the back, he's cheery-looking," said Ferguson, who... (Yahoo News)
The argument for an aggressive approach in the mold of Franklin D. Roosevelt or Lyndon B. Johnson is that health care, energy and education are all part of systemic economic problems and should be addressed comprehensively. But Democrats are discussing a hybrid strategy that would push for a bold economic program and also encompass other elements of Obama's campaign platform, even if larger goals are put off. (International Herald Tribune)
Cummins pointed out that according to Franklin D. Roosevelt s Executive Order on CMR, the lands must be reserved and set apart for the conservation and development of natural wildlife resources and for the protection and improvement of public grazing lands and natural forage resources. Reducing the number of animal units allowed on the land, closing roads that allow ranchers access to care for their livestock, and other proposed items in the draft alternatives that adversely affect public... (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
(Item: Biden declared that Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television to address the nation when the stock market crashed in October 1929 -- even though Herbert Hoover was president then and TV was barely invented. . (KHOU.com, TX)
In the 1930s, Franklin D. Roosevelt promised Depression-weary Americans a New Deal. In practical terms, this meant rescuing democratic capitalism from its own unregulated excesses. (Time.com)
The argument for an aggressive approach in the mold of Franklin D. Roosevelt or Lyndon B. Johnson is that health care, energy and education are all part of systemic economic problems and should be addressed comprehensively. But Democrats are discussing a hybrid strategy that would push for a bold economic program and also encompass other elements of Mr. Obamas campaign platform, even if larger goals are put off. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
The political alignments and attitudes toward public policy brought into being by Franklin D. Roosevelt after his victory in 1932 persisted into the 1960s. And Ronald Reagan's election in 1980 opened an era of deregulation, deindustrialization, anti-unionism, and the militarization of foreign policy - norms that the three presidents who followed did little to change. (Boston Globe)
An aggressive approach, in the mold of Franklin D. Roosevelt, left, or Lyndon Johnson, may be considered ... The argument for an aggressive approach in the mold of Franklin D. Roosevelt or Lyndon B. Johnson is that health care, energy and education are all part of systemic economic problems and should be addressed comprehensively. (News & Observer)
It would take a new president (Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932) and a series of economic and social policies and programs called the New Deal to begin turning the country around. Today, we are in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression nearly 80 years ago. (Philippine Star)
According to a new biography of an earlier Democratic president, Franklin D. Roosevelt suffered the same anxiety the night he was elected in 1932. Perhaps this is how leaders react when they fully understand the burden just placed on their shoulders. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt launched the project to build Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams, he was thinking about jobs. He had no idea those jobs would, a decade or so later, actually win World War II.. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Typically, newly elected executives like to follow the tradition of Franklin D. Roosevelt by offering plans for their first 100 days in office. But 100 days is too long for Johnson, he says, so he vows to cut that timeline in half. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
AMONG the daunting set of tasks ahead for the president-elect, perhaps the most basic is to restore a sense of fairness to and faith in our economic system much as Franklin D. Roosevelt did in the 1930s. For too many years, too many Americans watched helplessly as the economic world passed them by, the top dogs prospered, and their national government either sat by passively or intervened to help the haves. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
It's a far cry from the stately County Administration Center on the waterfront that President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated 70 years ago. In 1946, various departments moved into surplus military space at Rosecrans Street and Pacific Highway in Old Town and then, when Interstate 5 construction began, moved again in 1963 to the current campus, designed by Tucker, Sadler & Associates and built by M.H. Golden Construction Co. at a cost of $5 million. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
For a real blowout, think of the 523 electoral votes that President Franklin D. Roosevelt won in 1936, when he ran against Alf Landon, who won eight. Or more recently the 525 electoral votes President Ronald Reagan won in 1984, when Walter Mondale won only 13. (International Herald Tribune)
Reporter Mark Trumbull discusses how Ronald Reagan and Franklin D. Roosevelt spent their time between being elected president and taking office. The economy and financial markets are amplifying a message that Barack Obama knew about well before Election Day: The president-elect must start acting right now not just upon his Jan. 20 inauguration to forge his response to the crisis. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
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Obama leaning toward shelter dog for daughters. Family ponders first pup decision. (KHOU.com, TX)
Matt Toon wrote on Nov 5, 2008 9:18 AM:" The victory of Barack Obama in Coles County was quite historic in and of itself.This is only the fourth time in the past two thirds of a century that Coles County has voted for a Democratic candidate for president. The other three times were Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996. However, those two victories were largely because the conservative vote was split by the third party candidacy of Ross Perot. (Coles County did NOT vote for... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Page last updated at 04:13 GMT, Thursday, 6 November 2008. Obama's uphill task on US economy. (BBC News)
Not since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 has a president of either party confronted an economic collapse of the scope now faced by Obama when he s sworn in Jan. 20, 2009. Of Bailouts and Budget Deficits. (Suite101.com)
Al Jazeera English - US Elections 2008 - What direction will Obama take. UPDATED ON: Thursday, November 06, 2008 05:52 Mecca time, 02:52 GMT. (Aljazeera.net)
Not since 1932, when Franklin D. Roosevelt prepared to take office amid the depths of the Great Depression, or perhaps since 1860, when little-known prairie lawyer Abraham Lincoln watched powerlessly as a swath of Southern states seceded from the Union, has an incoming president faced such a daunting set of challenges. With the world s climate heating, its financial system freezing, two wars, expanding markets in nuclear weapons and nonstate terrorism, and a general loss of confidence in our... (Yahoo News)
A. Philip Randolph, head of the all-black Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, coolly informed president Franklin D. Roosevelt that he was prepared to march on Washington with 100,000 Negroes to demand equal employment opportunities for blacks in wartime defense plants. It wasnt the policy of the president of the US to be ruled with a gun to his head, so Roosevelt replied curtly: Call it off, and well talk again. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
2) George Washington 3) Franklin D. Roosevelt 4) Thomas Jefferson 5) Theodore Roosevelt. One surprise is that Ronald Reagan comes in at No. 8. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
When the Great Depression of the 1930s brought many of those same "progressives" back to power, led by one of the "progressives" from Woodrow Wilson's administration, Franklin D. Roosevelt, they brought the same mindset to government again, calling themselves "liberals," now that the label "progressives" had been discredited by their previous actions. By the end of the 20th century, "liberals" had again discredited themselves, to the point where they went back to calling themselves... (Human Events Online)
Not since Franklin D. Roosevelt of the Great Depression era has a president assumed the office with the nation in worse trouble. Will Barack Obama follow in the footsteps of the Democratic icon and push the country to the left. (Townhall.com)
Obama will soon face an American people seeking to have change confirmed as he addresses an array of problems that no incoming president has faced since Franklin D. Roosevelt. PLUS. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
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