1932 US Presidential Election

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

There was actually a plan to throw a coup overthrowing FDR and replace him with a fascist government.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

There was actually a plan to throw a coup overthrowing FDR and replace him with a fascist government.

You know, two former Democratic presidential nominees were involved in that. It was only prevented due to efforts of Smedley Butler; who I had in my sig for a while.

(It should be pointed out here that congress once it learned about the coup made a great deal of effort to hush it up. Insert your reasons for doing so here.)

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Yes, but there were lots of right wing Democrats back then (and progressive Republicans) so who cares?

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Yes, but there were lots of right wing Democrats back then (and progressive Republicans) so who cares?

I never said there wasn't. But the fact that John W. Davis and Al Smith were involved in the coup (Actually iirc it was suggested that Smith would become "president" after the coup took place to give it some democratic legitmacy.) is something that is almost never mentioned in history books. It wasn't targeted at you in general.

Given the way FDR ran away from what were seen as some of the traditional Democratic party principals during his time in office; it could easily be said that Davis (who was the compromise candidate in 1924) and Smith easily represented the party more at that time.

Though of course this has very little to do with the modern day Democratic party. Except to wipe out the idea that it was ever some sort of saintly institution.

[Eraserhead]

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