TW: I always tell folks what keeps me sane in these times of distress is the study of history. I have never been an adherent of the "good old days". The good old days exhibited some very bad attributes including senior government officials with serious problems.
Herman Talmadge was the Democratic governor of Georgia in the 1930's. He gave serious consideration to running against FDR in 1936 with the support of numerous politicos. His segment of the Democratic party has migrated to the Republicans (granted with enlightment relative to some issues).
From "The Politics Of Upheaval" by Arthur Schlesinger:
"The only way to make an honest government is to keep it poor. You can't help the people by giving them something. You weaken their soul and their heart, and dry up their muscles...
What you need in New York [City] is not LaGuardia [then mayor of NYC] but Mussolini. A little castor oil would go a long ways toward starting the wheels of industry goin' again...
[FDR was] that cripple in the White House...
No niggah's as good as a white man, because the niggah's only a few shawt year-ahs from cannibalism."
Herman Talmadge Democratic governor of Georgia from 1935
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