Monday, April 06, 2009
Times Have Changed
From Amity Shlaes' "The Forgotten Man":
"Al Smith gave a speech at the Democrats' Jefferson Day dinner, taking issue with the way Roosevelt and others seemed willing to assail others: "We seem to seek negative victory rather than affirmative victory," he told his party. I will take off my coat and fight to the end against any candidate who persists in any demagogic appeal to the masses of the working people of this country to destroy themselves by setting class against class and rich against poor."
Al Smith was a Democrat. ¶ 19:51
"Al Smith gave a speech at the Democrats' Jefferson Day dinner, taking issue with the way Roosevelt and others seemed willing to assail others: "We seem to seek negative victory rather than affirmative victory," he told his party. I will take off my coat and fight to the end against any candidate who persists in any demagogic appeal to the masses of the working people of this country to destroy themselves by setting class against class and rich against poor."
Al Smith was a Democrat. ¶ 19:51
