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On this day, January 30, 1882, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 OP
No American Caesar, that one EYESORE 9001 Jan 2025 #1
Please read the thread about Fred Korematsu and then get back to me. Thanks. And good afternoon. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 #2
FDR ranks as 3rd greatest American President in history, whathehell Jan 2025 #3

EYESORE 9001

(28,264 posts)
1. No American Caesar, that one
Thu Jan 30, 2025, 01:33 PM
Jan 2025

He fulfilled his duties to uphold the constitution and hold the republic together through economic ruin and social upheaval. He could have taken the fascist route and cracked down hard on dissent, but at what cost? I could veer off into speculative alternative history, but not now. Do imagine, however, a United States in that time led by a fascist dictator wannabe and its effect on subsequent history.

Here’s to the gentleman who is perhaps most responsible for the shape of the modern world than anyone else.

mahatmakanejeeves

(64,683 posts)
2. Please read the thread about Fred Korematsu and then get back to me. Thanks. And good afternoon. NT
Thu Jan 30, 2025, 01:43 PM
Jan 2025

whathehell

(30,155 posts)
3. FDR ranks as 3rd greatest American President in history,
Thu Jan 30, 2025, 02:32 PM
Jan 2025

Last edited Thu Jan 30, 2025, 04:06 PM - Edit history (1)

among national historians, though some actually rank him 2nd.

Speaking of history, and amid reports of Trump trying for a third term, I couldn't help but recall it being Republicans who brought in the Two Term Presidential limit after Roosevelt won his fourth term.

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