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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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Third Term.
Whether Dewey (assuming Dewey gets the Republican nomination like he did in real life) could have beaten Roosevelt in 1944 without America entering WW 2 is a tough call to make.
On one hand people were beginning to discuss Roosevelt's age and health. On the other hand Dewey ran a poor campaign (although this was largely due to his inability to criticize Roosevelt's handling of the war without appearing unpatriotic).
I think Roosevelt could have squeaked out a small victory over Dewey (after all Dewey managed to lose to Truman even with Strom Thurmond unintentionally helping him).
edited 17th Nov '12 1:13:07 AM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016Oh, I remember Truman was widely disliked for his firing of MacArthur.
MacArthur used the media and his apparent charisma to gain such good publicity that people seemed to not know how he unilaterally pardoned Emperor Hirohito of his war crimes.
edited 17th Nov '12 1:14:11 AM by Serocco
In RWBY, every girl is Best Girl.
That was after the election of 1948.
But yeah, Douglas Mac Auther was though of as a war hero. People were pissed when Truman fired him.
edited 17th Nov '12 1:18:34 AM by DeviantBraeburn
Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
I did the same thing yesterday.
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Yea, they NEVER stay civil and generally attract a lock quickly. I almost wish we'd just have one where anyone who started getting too un-civil just got blocked from that one thread sothe rest of us could try to talk about it.
edited 17th Nov '12 7:23:47 AM by Joesolo
I'm baaaaaaack
This is becoming less and less true. People are growing sick of them, sensitivities are changing, old accusations ring hollow.
Speaking of lobbying, it's not just the Israelis that lobby intensively in the USA. How about we talk about those other nations and their influence?
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.The Indian American Lobby
, Armenia
, Anti-Castro Cuban Lobbies
, China
, Greece, Taiwan, Ukraine, and, historically, Ireland, Australia, Japan, and Norway, among others.
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Yes, but as long as we have stuff we want to sell to you, or have something we'd like to say, we'll lobby...
And an interesting article: The brash and the soft-spoken: Lobbying styles in a transatlantic comparison
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edited 17th Nov '12 8:23:20 AM by Greenmantle
Keep Rolling OnLobbying serves a useful purpose. It allows people to inform the government of their concerns — the problem is when they get too much power and not enough accountability. That's certainly an issue at present, but I don't know enough about it to really offer any intelligent commentary on solutions that don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.

The stats don't tell you everything. My little soliloquy laid out how the reason he was elected to a third term was, at least in part, because of his handling of America's involvement in the second world war.
In RWBY, every girl is Best Girl.