Opinion of Daniel Patrick Moynihan

[All Along The Watchtower]

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[VPH]

FF who is sadly remembered more for one unfortunate line than for his statesmanship, political philosophy, foreign policy leadership, and concern for combating poverty rooted in his own experiences. I don’t always agree with the positions he took, but DPM is a worthy of respect.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

FF

[Vice President Christian Man]

One of the major players in the War on Poverty. FF.

[TDAS04]

FF.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Huge FF.

[All Along The Watchtower]

FF who is sadly remembered more for one unfortunate line

I don’t know what this is in reference to.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

FF who is sadly remembered more for one unfortunate line

I don’t know what this is in reference to.

Neither do I.

[Blow by blow, the passion dies]

Titanium FF

[wnwnwn]

Based?.

[VPH]

FF who is sadly remembered more for one unfortunate line

I don’t know what this is in reference to.

Neither do I.

In a memo, Moynihan said the country could benefit from a period of "benign neglect" on race. It was more about political upside than about policy, but it was interpreted as a cold, callous remark. Too many who follow politics tend to remember DPM by it, so I'd be glad if that image faded.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

FF who is sadly remembered more for one unfortunate line

I don’t know what this is in reference to.

Neither do I.

In a memo, Moynihan said the country could benefit from a period of "benign neglect" on race. It was more about political upside than about policy, but it was interpreted as a cold, callous remark. Too many who follow politics tend to remember DPM by it, so I'd be glad if that image faded.

Aaaah. Tbh, such a statement would probably increase his standing on Atlas these days.

[Fuzzy Bear]

FF who is sadly remembered more for one unfortunate line

I don’t know what this is in reference to.

Neither do I.

In a memo, Moynihan said the country could benefit from a period of "benign neglect" on race. It was more about political upside than about policy, but it was interpreted as a cold, callous remark. Too many who follow politics tend to remember DPM by it, so I'd be glad if that image faded.

Aaaah. Tbh, such a statement would probably increase his standing on Atlas these days.

https://www.csis.org/analysis/benign-neglect

In March 1, 1970, the front page of the New York Times reported that then-Nixon administration adviser Daniel Patrick Moynihan had advised that the issue of race in the United States “could benefit from a period of ‘benign neglect.’” Years of racially inspired violence and polemics had “created opportunities for martyrdom, heroics, histrionics, or whatever,” and Moynihan advised that the U.S. government’s focus on racial problems actually helped stoke them.

He was correct about this.  We are seeing the products of the opposite approach before our eyes.