Now, in fairness, as that article mentions, Davis was not the most Progressive Democrat, and in fact some Democrats felt he was too conservative (and considering what I've posted thus far, that says something about the Democratic Party of the 1920s and about party switch ideology in general), and he unfortunately went down the Al Smith route of turning to Conservatism in the 1930s and beyond. But to call him a Corporate Tool (in 1924 at least) is to ignore his career up to that point and his actions in the Wilson administration in particular in favour of party switch ideology.
Thank you for your inclusions of these texts.
Any revisionism of the post WJB and especially post Wilson Democratic Party has being to the right of the GOP is completely ridiculous. Yes you had me tooism as you always do when one party is dominant and the other tries to chase after it, like with those citing comments by Wilkie as some kind of proof of this fall flat likewise does it so here. Wilkie's liberal gymnasitics won't put him to the left of the New Deal, just like Davis's actions here would not put him to the right of Coolidge.
It is also worthy of note that the party line at the time about the monopolies as such were demanding in such a way as to ensure that Davis had to run a certain platform and serving Wilson also dictated likewise regardless of his personal views. It also worthy of note that during the 1900s many Democrats claimed TR's actions against the Trusts did not go far enough and that he was even on the take from them and yes many of these same Democrats were either horrible segregationists or silent enablers of such just like Wilson himself and to some extent FDR.
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