Biden
Joe Biden was quite a hit last night:
"When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed," Biden told Couric. "He said, 'Look, here's what happened.'"
Not only was Roosevelt not the president, but TV broadcasts had not been implemented at that time.
I think the reason the Democrats have lost the last few elections is that they have a snobby tone in their voices. They believe that they know better than the rest of America, and rather than explain why, they would prefer to dismiss us as stupid and irrational (Clinging to God and Guns)
The only thing worse than the failed strategy of the last two elections would be continuing to use the condescending tone, while proving yourself to be a genuine idiot at the same time. Kudos, Biden, you managed to pull that off!
HT: Ben Smith
...the other part of that is there are many scholars who believe the the government involvement in the Depression actually prolonged it be several years. Of course, out of it, we get the "Great Society" of people now dependent on the government.