To: koan who wrote (50166 ) 8/4/2013 1:29:46 PM From: Brumar89 1 RecommendationRecommended By
Respond to Because its hypocritical for demonizing Nixon while idolizing FDR. FDR actually DID what Nixon only aspired to do. Take the political prosecution of publisher Mo Annenberg, for example:Inquirer . Annenberg wrote scathing editorials against FDR, and during lunch on April 11, 1939, FDR and Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau discussed what to do about Annenberg. FDR told Morgenthau, “I want Moe Annenberg for dinner.” Morgenthau responded, “You’re going to have him for breakfast—fried.” And that’s what happened. After a remarkably thorough audit, Annenberg was sent to prison and FDR, without Annenberg to pester him in Philadelphia, carried the key state of Pennsylvania in his next election .burtfolsom.com When he wasn’t illegally wiretapping members of Congress or other enemies, he was dispatching revenue agents to trump up charges against anyone who dared to oppose him. Roosevelt’s own son, Elliot, said of his father , “[He] may have been the originator of the concept of employing the IRS as a weapon of political retribution.” Roosevelt sent his minions to destroy Senator Huey Long, radio commentator Boake Carter, Congressman Hamilton Fish, Former Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon, newspaper publishers William Randolph Hearst and Moses Annenberg, and dozens of others. FDR also intervened to derail IRS investigations into corrupt Jersey City Democrat Frank Hague and then-Congressman Lyndon Johnson.patriotupdate.com
