Can Biden Be Our F.D.R.?

[Slartibartfast]

Opinion | How F.D.R.’s Heir Is Changing the Country (Published 2021)

It’s all about jobs and infrastructure, and President Biden is off to a good start.

www.nytimes.com

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it sometimes rhymes,” Mark Twain (supposedly) said. If so, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. could be a couplet. With a few breaks and the skillful execution of what seems to be a smart legislative strategy, President Biden is poised to match F.D.R.’s stunning debut in office.
That doesn’t require Mr. Biden to transform the country before May 1, the end of his first 100 days, the handy if arbitrary marker that Mr. Roosevelt (to the irritation of his successors) laid down in 1933. But for America to “own the future,” as the president promised last month, he needs to do amid the pandemic what Mr. Roosevelt did amid the Depression: restore faith that the long-distrusted federal government can deliver rapid, tangible achievements.
With one of the biggest and fastest vaccination campaigns in the world and the signing of a $1.9 trillion dollar Covid relief package, the president has made a good start at that. His larger aim is to change the country by changing the terms of the debate.
Just as Mr. Roosevelt understood that the laissez-faire philosophy of the 1920s wasn’t working anymore to build the nation, Mr. Biden sees that Reagan-era market capitalism cannot alone rebuild it.

He is certainly off to an impressive start. I had no idea he would be this productive or else I would have voted from him in the primaries over Warren.

 

[Questerr]

No. Next question?

 

[mrjurrs]

Opinion | How F.D.R.’s Heir Is Changing the Country (Published 2021)

It’s all about jobs and infrastructure, and President Biden is off to a good start.

www.nytimes.com

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it sometimes rhymes,” Mark Twain (supposedly) said. If so, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. could be a couplet. With a few breaks and the skillful execution of what seems to be a smart legislative strategy, President Biden is poised to match F.D.R.’s stunning debut in office.
That doesn’t require Mr. Biden to transform the country before May 1, the end of his first 100 days, the handy if arbitrary marker that Mr. Roosevelt (to the irritation of his successors) laid down in 1933. But for America to “own the future,” as the president promised last month, he needs to do amid the pandemic what Mr. Roosevelt did amid the Depression: restore faith that the long-distrusted federal government can deliver rapid, tangible achievements.
With one of the biggest and fastest vaccination campaigns in the world and the signing of a $1.9 trillion dollar Covid relief package, the president has made a good start at that. His larger aim is to change the country by changing the terms of the debate.
Just as Mr. Roosevelt understood that the laissez-faire philosophy of the 1920s wasn’t working anymore to build the nation, Mr. Biden sees that Reagan-era market capitalism cannot alone rebuild it.

He is certainly off to an impressive start. I had no idea he would be this productive or else I would have voted from him in the primaries over Warren.

I don't think so, the R Party in the 30's was actually interested in working for the country. The R Party today is only intereseted in getting back in power.

 

[Grandpappy]

I
FDR, though I disagreed with many of his policies, was a competent administrator. Joe? Not so much.

 

[Helix]

FDR couldn't have been our FDR without a crushing, extended depression caused by the gamblers and a world war, so the answer is no. at least i ****ing hope that the answer is no.

 

[Schism]

Joe can't even be bothered to deal with the crisis he created on the Southern border.

So be delegates the mess to his VP, who can't even bother to visit the crisis Joe created on the Southern border.

 

[Mr Person]

I certainly hope so.

But I always worry. The Democrats have been too good at stabbing themselves in the dick at the crucial moment over the last few decades. And these days, Manchin wants to be somebody.

 

[RetiredUSN]

Opinion | How F.D.R.’s Heir Is Changing the Country (Published 2021)

It’s all about jobs and infrastructure, and President Biden is off to a good start.

www.nytimes.com

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it sometimes rhymes,” Mark Twain (supposedly) said. If so, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. could be a couplet. With a few breaks and the skillful execution of what seems to be a smart legislative strategy, President Biden is poised to match F.D.R.’s stunning debut in office.
That doesn’t require Mr. Biden to transform the country before May 1, the end of his first 100 days, the handy if arbitrary marker that Mr. Roosevelt (to the irritation of his successors) laid down in 1933. But for America to “own the future,” as the president promised last month, he needs to do amid the pandemic what Mr. Roosevelt did amid the Depression: restore faith that the long-distrusted federal government can deliver rapid, tangible achievements.
With one of the biggest and fastest vaccination campaigns in the world and the signing of a $1.9 trillion dollar Covid relief package, the president has made a good start at that. His larger aim is to change the country by changing the terms of the debate.
Just as Mr. Roosevelt understood that the laissez-faire philosophy of the 1920s wasn’t working anymore to build the nation, Mr. Biden sees that Reagan-era market capitalism cannot alone rebuild it.

He is certainly off to an impressive start. I had no idea he would be this productive or else I would have voted from him in the primaries over Warren.

I can see that you are easily romanced.