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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter O'Brien who wrote (448625)	8/26/2003 7:52:17 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Well, I'm afraid we see things differently, both today and in history. FDR was one of our greatest presidents, right behind Washington and Lincoln. I measure this on their accomplishments and the hand they were dealt. FDR had the double whammy of the Depression and WWII, and successfully guided us through both. People look at the Depression as an event with a start and end, and don't see what it might have been: the dooming of America as a superpower. Likewise with WWII. Only when we emerged stronger and tougher from these events did we become America the Superpower. Not all historians would put FDR as high, but almost all seem to agree that he was a very strong president. I know of no reputable historian that would put him last...so, you're in unique company - a company of one.