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Originally Posted by Pegasus Crawford
Granted, it was the war that got the US out of the depression, but FDR did his best to try and make things easier to everyone during the depression. If we was doin a crappy job, wouldn't the American people have voted him out after one term? He did get re-elected to 3 more terms, highly unlikely it was a fluke after the first re-election. He must have been doing something right. Or there was just nobody else at the time who would be able to do the job.  |
Yeah, but he also connected with the people EXTREMELY well, probably more so than any other president in American history. He was so popular that no one else really stood a chance. And it wasn't like the New Deal was a spectacular failure and he still remained popular... it's just that it didn't do the good it was intended to. But it wasn't bad either... it sorta kept us afloat. When you're as over as FDR was, you don't really have to do much to keep the pops coming *cough* Hulk Hogan *cough*
I'm not saying FDR's not great btw... just that you can point out flaws even in FDR.