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To: Tommaso who wrote (41398)11/18/2005 11:58:37 AM
From: Knighty Tin  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 116555
 
Hoover was as much of a boob as Bush, but he was not an evil man. He was sort of like Ike, with much bigger economic problems, caused mostly by his predecessors. His attack on the bonus marchers was sad, but rulers always fear angry mobs. And Hoover did some great, great things before he was President.

Roosevelt made a lot of mistakes. But there was no doubt that he made them trying to help Americans. And he made a lot of correct calls, too. In very important matters.

The main thing that makes Roosevelt so controversial is that he ran the joint for so danged long. Some people remember Reggie Jackson for his homeruns and some remember him for his strikeouts. Bush has never had a base hit.



To: Tommaso who wrote (41398)11/18/2005 12:22:18 PM
From: Jim McMannis  Respond to of 116555
 
Tommato,

Agreed, timing is everything. Just look at Clinton.



To: Tommaso who wrote (41398)11/18/2005 2:33:51 PM
From: John Vosilla  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 116555
 
"But the world looks back to the end of WWII and his perfect timing in leaving the stage (unlike poor Churchill) and calls him one of the greatest."

Unfortunately Roosevelt never lived to see the real end of the war or the tremendous prosperity in the post war era..