Posted on 06/08/2004 6:19:25 AM PDT by Theodore R.
Still, you are aware that the (once popular among Republicans) Newt Gingrich is a big booster of the FDR legend.
i don't know, do they?
He deferred entirely too much to his wife
Really, I was under the impression that he paid no attention at all to Eleanor. She did as she pleased, and what about Joseph Lash? What about Lucy Mercer Rutherford? Eleanor is lionized mainly by the popular Hillary Clinton and some of her feminist minions.
No. Terrible, but famous, and a favorite of the Socialists and One-Worlders. Poor Mrs. Reagan, Bless her heart, is just echoing what she has heard for many years from the liberal socialist managed media. Anyone who knows the truth about FDR, Wilson, etc., would not utter Ronnie's name with the likes of them. Ronald Reagan was much better.
Carter has the distinct "Worst Overall" title.
Yes, but, GA Jimmy did not preside over the death of so many Americans as did his Democrat predecessor, the popular LBJ.
The best thing I can say about FDR is that he kept even more radical figures from getting power during the dark days of the depression.
Of course, that is like saying a mugger isn't that bad because he only robbed you, and didn't kill you.
FDR was an economic disaster as well as imposing dozens of unconstitutional laws on us.
We can't be right 100% of the time, now can we.
As I recall, the CA GOP ran an Asian American for the Senate, and he was creamed by the popular Barbara Boxer.
Second worst, after Lincoln.
I need to read more about him, hopefully from a concise, historical point of view.
The late John Flynn wrote a book exposing FDR years ago, but I don't think it is in print. Maybe you can get it from an inter-library loan source. I cannot think of the title right now.
(Defy the media elite - vote Bush in 2004!)
Puddleglum, this mantra has already been used UNSUCCESSFULLY. Some supporters of GHWB used the slogan "Annoy the Media: Reelect Bush" in 1992. The result: the popular "Bill" Clinton.
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FDR was the worst president we ever had.
It was his administration that set up all the socialist/communist programs that are sucking money from the tax payers to this day.
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Second worst, after Lincoln.
Well if you say Lincoln and FDR are the worst presidents (and you may have a point there considering that one fought secession and the other ushered in the Cold War), you are inadvertently raising the stature of the men they succeeded: the unpopular James Buchanan and the more unpopular Herbert Hoover.
He sold out the Eastern Europeans at Yalta and condemned two generations of people to Soviet rule. Yalta helped create the Berlin wall and a lot of the Cold War. (The Cold War would have still happened but more countries would have been free.)
Either he was too friendly with Stalin or he didn't correctly percieve how evil he was. This mistake is a large black mark against him and pulls him down off the "greatest list."
His wife had a lot, (too much) to say about how things were done. She influenced him enormously with her socialism. We have her to thank for all the socialist hogwash she injected into the Democratic party and by extension, the country... associations and ideas from which it has NEVER withdrawn. Thanks Eleanor.
He sent Stillwell to Asia and cast him to the wolves
My knowledge of "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell (or is it Stilwell?) is lacking. Could you kindly explain this comment in a paragraph?
The 93 year old Grandfather on Moms side still refers to the time "Roosevelt stole everyones gold". 'Nuff said for me...
FDR was also called "that man in the White House" by his conservative critics. Some left the country and vowed not to return until FDR was out of office. Little did they know that they would have to wait 12 years -- and then to be under HST at that.
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