"I welcome their hatred."

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

"For nearly four years you have had an Administration which instead of twirling its thumbs has rolled up its sleeves. We will keep our sleeves rolled up.

We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace: business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.

They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.

Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me – and I welcome their hatred."
-FDR 1936

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9yoZHs6PsU

[peekaloo]

1. K&R

:thumbsup:

[reformist2]

2. The longer I live, the more I realize he is the greatest president the country ever had..

[handmade34]

3. Woody Guthrie thought so...

Dear Missis Roosevelt, don't hang your head and cry;
His mortal clay is laid away, but his good work fills the sky; This world was lucky to see him born.
He's born in a money family on that Hudson's rocky shore;
Outrun every kid a-growin' up 'round Hyde Park just for fun;
This world was lucky to see him born.

He went away to grade school and wrote back to his folks;
He drew such funny pictures and always pulling a joke;
This world was lucky to see him born.

He went on up towards Harvard, he read his books of law;
He loved his trees and horses, loved everything he saw;
This world was lucky to see him born.

He got struck down by fever and it settled in his leg;
He loved the folks that wished him well as everybody did;
This world was lucky to see him born.

He took his office on a crippled leg, he said to one and all:
"You money changin' racket boys have sure 'nuff got to fall;"
This world was lucky to see him born,

In senate walls and congress halls he used his gift of tongue
To get you thieves and liars told and put you on the run;
This world was lucky to see him born,

I voted for him for lots o' jobs, I'd vote his name again;
He tried to find an honest job for every idle man;
This world was lucky to see him born,

He helped to build my union hall, he learned me how to talk;
I could see he was a cripple but he learned my soul to walk;
This world was lucky to see him born.

You Nazis and you fascists tried to boss this world by hate;
He fought my war the union way and the hate gang all got beat;
This world was lucky to see him born.

I sent him 'cross that ocean to Yalta and to Tehran;
He didn't like Churchill very much and told him man to man;
This world was lucky to see him born.

He said he didn't like DeGaulle, nor no Chiang Kai Shek;
Shook hands with Joseph Stalin, says: "There's a man I like!"
This world was lucky to see him born.

I was torpedoed on my merchant ship the day he took command;
He was hated by my captain, but loved by all ships hands;
This world was lucky to see him born.

I was a Gl in my army camp that day he passed away,
And over my shoulder talkin' I could hear some soldier say:
"This world was lucky to see him born."

I guess this world was lucky just to see him born;
I know this world was lucky just to see him born;
This world was lucky to see him born.

[dennis4868]

4. he also had....

a SUPER majority from his own party in congress

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

6. here's my reply to that..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x521059

[Name removed]

7. Deleted message

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[Autumn]

8. Obama HAD a majority

and still traded away what we needed, and what he campaigned on (Health Care Reform) in a back room deal.

[Tesha]

23. So did Obama, at least if you consider LIEberman (whom Obama campaigned for)...

...to be on our side.

And we would have had a supermajority sooner if the
Democrats had insisted on seating Franken when it
became obvious he'd won election.

Tesha

[Ikonoklast]

24. Lieberman killed the PO.

His wife Hanna made certain of that.

[deaniac21]

16. That Lincoln guy was overrated.

[carterbob1]

19. Are you referring to Abraham Lincoln?

If so, I would like to say that I think Lincoln was a remarkable and brilliant leader. Was he perfect? No, certainly not; however, it is important to view him in the context of the historical period in which he lived and the events that were facing he country at that time whatever shortcomings he may have had.

[Autumn]

5. He had the will and courage to do

what was right for the country.

[msongs]

10. and he didnt put bipartisanship and appeasement at the top of his governing agenda nt

[edhopper]

9. Obama had the chance to be FDR

He looks more like Hoover every day.

[The Backlash Cometh]

11. He only speaks tough because of the network of Republicans that

back him up. He would never go it alone.

[Bigmack]

12. Can we work up a term for supreme courage...

to take the place of "balls"? I know a lot of DUers have a problem with that term.

"FDR had a great big brass set of supreme courage"... just doesn't have a ring to it.

[treestar]

13. This again?

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

So what?

[Dragonfli]

17. I know don't you just wish that asshole would have been more SENSIBLE

It is all his fault the republicans hate us, and they are the friends we really need to court.

[roguevalley]

20. for those of us who loved him and saw a great man who was

ELECTED FOUR DAMNED TIMES ITS NEVER ENOUGH!!!!!

[Forkboy]

25. You were awake enough to reply, apparently.

If you really meant the "so what" you wouldn't have.

[SidDithers]

14. Executive Order 9066...nt

Sid

[neverforget]

21. definitely not his best moment

[Rex]

15. Yeah we all know, thanks. Obama ain't no FDR or Ike for that matter.

Painfully obvious after his love affair with Wall Street, St. Ronny and Poppy. :puke:

[Loki]

18. Just watched a documentary on FDR

and the republicans haven't changed their attacks on democracy since the 1940's. It's time to say and paraphrase Mr. Churchill "we shall defend our country, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender". We will not surrender our middle class to the profits of corporations and CEO's. We are just beginning to fight.

[MaeScott]

22. K and R. nt