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To: Father Terrence who wrote (51413)8/15/1999 12:18:00 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 108807
 
Whether or not he was "the closest thing", he was not very close, nor did he destroy America (we have done pretty well in the ensuing 55 years). The New Deal may have been questionable, but the risk of greater social unrest and collapse, with unemployment in some years exceeding 25%, was grave......



To: Father Terrence who wrote (51413)8/15/1999 12:35:00 PM
From: jbe  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
What newsreels are you talking about? Newsreels of demonstrating America Firsters and Coughlinites? For an antidote, get ahold of the newsreels of popular reaction to FDR's death...