pf91rodman (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

FDR was a horrible president. He didn't care about the Constitution or our constitutional rights. He signed the Japanese internment order, which detained Japanese Americans indefinitely, stripping away their constitutional rights, especially their right to due process and equal treatment under the law. And here I see people praising him? Disgusting. He's like the Obama of today, False Hope and lack of understanding of what got us into this mess.

ScienceFindsGod (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@MaiLingDolly We have so many programs to protect average citizens from the criminal capitalists who will always pursue immoral gains behind closed doors; who will gladly destroy the lives of millions of other people in order to satisfy their own greed for dynasty.

MaiLingDolly (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@ghghghgh658 Because he was a masterful politician. He came to power at a time when this country was very much ion dire economic straits. What is always a sure way to get elected? Promise the electorate SOMETHING. He offered jobs programs, price controls, labor boards, and a host of other programs that had mass popular appeal. However, all those programs expanded the power and reach of government. This was a tragedy, as it runs afoul of the idea of limited government.

ghghghgh658 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@ghghghgh658 Unanimously might I add.

ghghghgh658 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@MaiLingDolly If he was the worst then why was the U.S on top after him and why was he elected four times?

MaiLingDolly (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@Ssgtusmc0629 I stand corrected, he was a lawyer as you said. However, he was not very intelligent and a fuckin' asshole as president. One of the main reasons we have so many ridiculous social programs was because of his beliefs that would have made the great James Madison or Jefferson roll over in their graves.

Ssgtusmc0629 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@MaiLingDolly He did leave law school AFTER PASSING THE BAR. The point of law school is to ready you for that specific test. He also got his BA from Harvard in just 3 years.You know a couple of buzz words and think you know it all.

Maserati7200 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@roseselavyy "If his policies were so bad why was he then elected 3 times?" Because he made people feel good. He was a soothing voice on the radio. He was a great speaker. He made people think they were getting out of the depression. The fact is, though, he interned Japanese American citizens, grossly abused presidential powers, expanded the federal government to unprecedented levels, took further steps of getting off the gold standard, and, in fact, prolonged the great depression.

MaiLingDolly (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

One of the worst fucking presidents we ever had, a complete asshole. He was not very intelligent, domineering, and expanded the power of the federal government and the executive branch immensely, subverting the meaning of the Constitution in the process. Dumbass also dropped out of law school because he couldn't hack it.