translation... economic recovery is the weakest since the last socialist president destroyed the economy (FDR)
FDR had a lot of help from Hoover, whose policies were, contrary to popular belief, hugely interventionist:
http://c457332.r32.cf2.rackcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/GreatMyths2011FINALweb.pdf
which does more to explain the exceptionally high REAL unemployment....over the same time frame