Reply #112: Unfortunately, there's no historical text addressing what happened

[1932]

when FDR didn't get elected president in 1932. However, Philip Roth, a very smart man who understands fascism and American history, wrote a very interesting book about what might have happened if he hadn't been reelected. And his argument isn't that we were fighting a fascist invasion from abroad, but one at home. If you want to know more about the evidence on which Roth relies to make this very plausible argument, read up on Smedley Buttler. Also read Richard Parker's biography of JK Galbraith, especially the parts about corporate america's resistance to gearing up for war.

BTW, your point was the one you wrote in your previous post, and you were very wrong about it.

Perhaps if FDR had been term-limitted, he would have tried to amend the constitution. It would have been the patriotic thing to do, obviously.