[carton253]

I think those who believe Roosevelt was a great president remember the times in which he came to office. The same is true for Reagan. Trying to explain why Ronnie was such a great president to someone who doesn't remember how we felt...how the country was going... how hopeless and defeated we felt. Same thing is true about Roosevelt. To understand Roosevelt's greatness can't be done outside the times.

When Reagan called FDR a great president, he remembered what it was like to be in the grip of depression and the hope FDR brought. Just like those of us who remember the Carter years. Reagan is great because he was able to lead us back from the abyss... FDR did the same for his generation.

[Theodore R.]

So Hoover = engineer
Carter = engineer

So should we elect no engineers president?

[Eastbound]

"I think those who believe Roosevelt was a great president remember the times in which he came to office."

Having been there before he came to office, I remember those times well. Yes, most folks looked to FDR as a savior type at the time.

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To understand Roosevelt's greatness can't be done outside the times.

Au contraire! It is only outside the times that we can judge in retrospect, for we didn't learn until decades later that he was the agent for change.

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"Reagan is great because he was able to lead us back from the abyss... FDR did the same for his generation.

Heh! But Reagan didn't push us into the abyss.