Reply #29: Right...

[AllentownJake]

The elites in the country were scared for 30 seconds after 9-11 and than used it as an excuse to do horrible things. In 1941, FDR asked Americans to sacrifice and conserve, in 2001 Bush asked them to take on debt and shop. In 2009 Obama called for no sacrifice from ordinary Americans to address the threat. Since the elites are unwilling to disturb commerce which they make money on, I can easily conclude that the threat posed by 9-11 actions can not be compared to the attack by the Empire of Japan and the declaration of war on us by Germany, but nice spin.

FDR responded to the banking crisis of 1933 by focusing all of his attention on it. FDR's greatness is defined by his response to a crisis that was brewing and unfolding while he took office. Not the October 1929 stock market crash. To be fair there were no mechanisms in place to deal with the situation and he regulated the banks at the same time he bailed them out. He spent most of his first term working to ensure another crisis didn't occur again. President Obama decided to focus on Health Care. So either the President misjudged the 2008 market crash and the issues in banking, or the issue isn't as big as it is made out to be.

I also want to add, that FDR spent a considerable amount of time on organized labor. An investment that built the middle class that President Obama says he wants to save.

The market crash was the starting gun of the depression, it wasn't the final shot. Of course, we always focus on the starting shot.

The passing off argument is about the only thing you can say, but you cannot make a case of the greatness of FDR to this President nor the crisis they faced. Not till 2016 anyway.