I WAS A DEMOCRAT!  I THINK I WAS THE ONLY KID IN THE FOURTH GRADE AT LAKEVIEW SCHOOL THAT WORE A ROOSEVELT PIN.  I HAD A GOOD REASON FOR BEING A DEMOCRAT--MY DAD WAS ONE.  ROOSEVELT WAS THE BEGINNING OF MANY SOCIAL PROGRAMS THAT DID MUCH TO PULL US OUT OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION. THE CCC'S CAME INTO EXISTENCE THREE MONTHS AFTER ROOSEVELT TOOK THE OATH, PUTTING A LITTLE MONEY INTO THE HANDS OF YOUNG MEN FOR WORK.  THE WPA PUT MONEY INTO THE HANDS THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN STARVING.  THERE WAS ALSO THE NRA AND THE RFC TO ASSIST BUSINESS.  I WOULD ASSUME NOW WE WOULD CALL IT STIMULUS, BUT THEN IT WENT DIRECT TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEEDED IT.  

OUR TRUST IN ROOSEVELT LASTED MANY YEARS.  SOMEHOW I DON'T THINK TODAYS CANDIDATES DON'T HAVE THE SAME HANDLE ON OUR PROBLEMS.

AND I NO LONGER WILL WEAR ANY PARTY LABEL.