PoliticalChic
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1. I don't know which of the following is more apt when one reveals truths about Franklin Delano Roosevelt....you choose:
a. " And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'T is that Imay not weep; and if Iweep,"
Lord Byron
or this....
b. Sacred Cows make the best hamburger.
2. Franklin Roosevelt, the man who altered the relationship between the people and their government, and not for the better, had several interesting ties to the Caribbean.
First, did you know that he wrote the Constitution of Haiti?
a. "While campaigning for vice president in 1920, Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had served as assistant secretary of the Navy in the Wilson Administration, later boasted, "I wrote Haiti's Constitution myself, and if I do say it, it was a pretty good little Constitution."
Digital History
b. " The Assistant Secretary of the Navy at the time, a young Franklin D. Roosevelt, took credit for writing Haiti’s constitution, which gave preference to American corporations to buy and own Haiti’s land, as well as saying he had been “running several Caribbean republics.”[7] Later, in 1928, four years following the end of the American occupation of the Dominican Republic, Franklin Roosevelt stated, “We accomplished an excellent piece of constructive work, and the world ought to thank us.”[8] Franklin Roosevelt, long hailed as one of the greatest American Presidents in history, once referred to Latin Americans, saying, “You have to treat them like children.”[9]" Punishing the Population The American Occupations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic Andrew Gavin Marshall
Aside from the inherent racism in “You have to treat them like children,” dang....he must be one smart dude, huh?
So saith the LATimes, too.....
c. "The Americans who landed in 1915 ended up staying 19 years and ruling Haiti by means of a military government. In the provinces, Marine Corps commanders served as administrators. In the capital, the legislature was dissolved after its members declined to adopt a constitution reportedly written by Franklin D. Roosevelt, then assistant secretary of the Navy" Los Angeles Times in its March 4, 2004 account of the history of Haiti History News Network FDR Did Not Write the Constitution for Haiti
Wait.....did you notice the subtle change.....from "I wrote Haiti's Constitution myself,..." to " ...a constitution reportedly written by Franklin D. Roosevelt..."
So....did Calypso Franklin write the constitution of Haiti or not????
Liberals may not want to....but inquiring minds want to know!
3. "But did Franklin Roosevelt, then assistant secretary of the navy, write the constitution we imposed on Haiti? FDR himself claimed he did in a speech during the 1920 presidential election when he was running for vice president. It wasn't true. He lied.
But the myth endures and continues to trip up the unknowing.
FDR didn't write that constitution. Check any FDR biography. His false claims about Haiti are always used to demonstrate his extraordinary capacity for prevarication." History News Network FDR Did Not Write the Constitution for Haiti
Keep this phrase in mind:
".... his extraordinary capacity for prevarication."
a. " And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'T is that Imay not weep; and if Iweep,"
Lord Byron
or this....
b. Sacred Cows make the best hamburger.
2. Franklin Roosevelt, the man who altered the relationship between the people and their government, and not for the better, had several interesting ties to the Caribbean.
First, did you know that he wrote the Constitution of Haiti?
a. "While campaigning for vice president in 1920, Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had served as assistant secretary of the Navy in the Wilson Administration, later boasted, "I wrote Haiti's Constitution myself, and if I do say it, it was a pretty good little Constitution."
Digital History
b. " The Assistant Secretary of the Navy at the time, a young Franklin D. Roosevelt, took credit for writing Haiti’s constitution, which gave preference to American corporations to buy and own Haiti’s land, as well as saying he had been “running several Caribbean republics.”[7] Later, in 1928, four years following the end of the American occupation of the Dominican Republic, Franklin Roosevelt stated, “We accomplished an excellent piece of constructive work, and the world ought to thank us.”[8] Franklin Roosevelt, long hailed as one of the greatest American Presidents in history, once referred to Latin Americans, saying, “You have to treat them like children.”[9]" Punishing the Population The American Occupations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic Andrew Gavin Marshall
Aside from the inherent racism in “You have to treat them like children,” dang....he must be one smart dude, huh?
So saith the LATimes, too.....
c. "The Americans who landed in 1915 ended up staying 19 years and ruling Haiti by means of a military government. In the provinces, Marine Corps commanders served as administrators. In the capital, the legislature was dissolved after its members declined to adopt a constitution reportedly written by Franklin D. Roosevelt, then assistant secretary of the Navy" Los Angeles Times in its March 4, 2004 account of the history of Haiti History News Network FDR Did Not Write the Constitution for Haiti
Wait.....did you notice the subtle change.....from "I wrote Haiti's Constitution myself,..." to " ...a constitution reportedly written by Franklin D. Roosevelt..."
So....did Calypso Franklin write the constitution of Haiti or not????
Liberals may not want to....but inquiring minds want to know!
3. "But did Franklin Roosevelt, then assistant secretary of the navy, write the constitution we imposed on Haiti? FDR himself claimed he did in a speech during the 1920 presidential election when he was running for vice president. It wasn't true. He lied.
But the myth endures and continues to trip up the unknowing.
FDR didn't write that constitution. Check any FDR biography. His false claims about Haiti are always used to demonstrate his extraordinary capacity for prevarication." History News Network FDR Did Not Write the Constitution for Haiti
Keep this phrase in mind:
".... his extraordinary capacity for prevarication."