grgr4 Crutchfield or Crouchfield the westwardman (was Re: GR

[Paul Mackin]

On Sat, 19 Jun 1999 calbert at pop.tiac.net wrote:

> 
> > > And paranoid --
> > > "FDR's little asshole buddies" 68.18 are the CIA/FBI, right? and "Red"
> > > here takes on overtones of communism as well as of indians, 
> > 
> > Minor point but "FDR's little asshole buddies" would be the communists
> > rather than the CIA/FBI. He was accused by the Republicans of being in bed
> > with them.
> 
> Commies, labor leaders - a lot of jews.


Yes, Jews and foreign born got lumped into the stew. Sidney Hillman was
both, born in Eastern Europe, Vilna I think. 

The name Roosevelt had a Jewish sound to some people. Joe Kennedy
probably felt that way when things weren't going well.

 			P.