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Originally Posted by Vexx
I don't even know what "conservative" means anymore. Its like I have to say "conservative circa 1985" or "conservative circa 1955". In truth, its like a variation on the Godwin Law ... no one dares call several of these candidates what they are -> Mussolini-style fascists. Anti-intellectual, crony corporatists, thugs who invoke religion as they beat down the different or less fortunate.
So... I *guess* I'm a Teddy Roosevelt / Eisenhower conservative who thinks the party has gone stark raving mad and is manipulated by the handful of plutocrats that Teddy and Eisenhower fought against.
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Roosevelt kept McKinley's cabinet and promised to continue McKinley's policies. One of his first notable acts as president was to deliver a 20,000-word address to Congress[51] asking it to curb the power of large corporations (called "trusts").
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unfortunately we haven't had a president like this since Roosevelt