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To: combjelly who wrote (457396)	2/18/2009 11:08:05 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577924

he is credited with more failure than Hoover, Hitler ended the depression. FDR made it worse

To: combjelly who wrote (457396)	2/18/2009 11:35:38 AM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1577924

Considering that he is credited with the recovery after Hoover handed him a disaster, a lot of good things. FDR's greatness stems from his toughness in handling WWII. Had WWII not happened, we simply cannot know what would have happened with the Great Depression. And we certainly can't know how FDR would have been remembered. All we know is that in 1938-39 it was still with us, and after the war and the massive spending that was necessary, it was gone. FDR had major failures. For example, his anti-lynching measure -- the only real civil rights legislation of his days -- was withdrawn after a 6-week filibuster in the Senate. When he thought the Depression was over in '37 and started trying to reduce spending, it thrust the country back into the depths of a recession that approached depression status -- for 2.5 years. And his attempt to pack the Court and eliminate congressional foes was borderline un-American. Still, his greatness in fighting WW-II cannot be overstated and his failings are, by comparison, unimportant. I anticipate a similar view of GWB will evolve WRT Bush. The importance of Iraq is not understood by the vast majority of Americans, and by no liberals I know of other than Friedman and Hitchens. Although Bush may never be considered one of our "greatest" presidents, his current ranking clearly is a result of a lot of unknown endings combined with a liberal media assault on him over the last several years.