Did anybody see "FDR" on History Channel?

[FreedomAngel82]

I watched it and enjoyed it. What I really liked was how they used old video's and had a relative talking about FDR (his grandson). :) They'll reshow it tonight at 6pm and the second/last one at 9pm est.

[calico1]

1. Oh, that's good to know. I could not

stay awake last night to finish watching it. The good thing about the History Channel is they repeat a program a few times. Doesn't Curtis Roosevelt resemble his grandfather a lot?

[BlueIris]

16. He totally does!

[whistle]

2. Yes, I had mixed reactions to it but was distracted from it several....

...so I'm glad it is being re-shown and I plan to watch it again.

I had the impression that the producers were not being completely impartial and may be engaging in some revisionist history rewriting. This morning I went looking on the web for more informational documents on FDR. I was surprised at how little factual data there is out there, mostly pundit stuff

[blackcat77]

5. I thought it was very impartial

That seems sort of odd to most of us because FDR has always been a polarizing figure. I remember that my dad would never mention him without an obscene adjective. OTOH, I've practically idolized him since I was a teenager and it was rattling to see how he sold out millions of blacks for the sake of political expediency.

I still think he was a great president but it's always good to know the truth.

[LdyGuique]

3. Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed it and will watch the 2nd half tonight

I knew a fair amount about the FDR presidency, but it was more about his various programs. They brought the man to life. I especially liked the story about Eleanor organizing the concert for Marian Anderson at the Lincoln Memorial. She was one each kick-ass lady!

My mother was especially pro-Eleanor and when she came to speak in Sacramento in the 1950s, we all went -- I must have been about 12 or so.

[harlinchi]

4. Does anyone think this is a set to excuse secrecy on the part of our...

...current president? I could be just me, but the Discovery channel seems to run programs which provide a sympathetic outlook on current events.

[vpigrad]

6. Basically those idiots claimed FDR was one lie after another!

I turned that garbage off after about 30 minutes. I will never watch the history channel again.

[GR]

10. I Think You're Overreacting...A Bit...

I thought the documentary got stronger and stronger as it went on, so you may have missed the best part...

All presidents and leaders for that matter have to hide some things...

If your company is failing, for example, you can't go around telling employees and creditors you're going down the tubes...you have to keep up a good front...

[liberal N proud]

7. Yes, There is a lot about FDR that I did not know

I want to see tonights segment and what it says about Pearl Harbor attack.
Will it answer the accusations that it was allowed to happen to draw us into war?
I didn't use to believe it but after 9/11 and the way the sheep followed the regime in to Iraq, anything is possible.

I think if FDR was President today, Liberals would not like him so much if some of what they are telling was made public.

I do agree he was the right man for our country at the time, He new how to get past the depression.

[izzie]

8. I watched it. I grew up in this type home.=====

No one was as bad as FDR. My father was a Republican. I was born in '34 so he was what I knew as President for a long time and I liked him but I was just a kid. I was sort of old enough to recall bits and pieces of all that time.Black outs, gas and shoes hard to get and meat tickets and all that. I recall the POW in the next town and that was really a thing that made my eyes bug out.I do recall sitting in front of a very large radio and told to be still as the President was on.

[GR]

9. I Thought It Was Very Good...I Especially Gained Appreciation

for his battle with polio and the courage he showed to overcome it...

I feel he was one of our greatest presidents for sure...

[theboss]

11. The racial part of it was ugly

But I guess it would have to be. I thought overall it was fair and I learned a few things I didn't know before.

And it made Eleanor into a saint so I can't complain about that.

[UTUSN]

12. Plus, Full Re-run of Both Parts Saturday Afternoon/Evening

The parts I saw were positive. I had been wary that it was going to be a wingnut revisionist thing, with that Thomas FLEMING as one of the contributors.

[The Blue Knight]

13. I watched it and enjoyed it.

I plan on watching the second part tonight. I too am looking forward to what they have to say about the Pearl Harbor attacks.

[LdyGuique]

14. I had tears in my eyes at the end

I think the most important message to take away from this rather revealing portrait of FDR is to recognize and remember that any president, any congressional leader, any leader at all, is a far from perfect human being. You have to accept them as they are, a mix of failings and strengths.

Unfortunately, the political process and media is such that we rarely get the better parts of their natures -- we seem to only get the shortcomings. But, perhaps, until the last breath leaves their body, and decades psss, it's impossible to marry the parts together as one simply doesn't know the results of various policies set in motion.

I was taught to revere FDR as a child -- he died a year after my birth -- and I saw nothing in this 4-hour documentary that caused me to change my mind. In fact, I'm more convinced that he was one of the most interesting and worthwhile men of the 20th Century. The United States is better for him having been president.

[Cooley Hurd]

15. Yes... it was VERY well done - even-handed...

I cried at the end when he died.:cry: