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Post by saunterelle on Jan 29, 2009 18:00:14 GMT -5
You always manage to stray from the topic at hand. So what if a member of his cabinet held an unpopular opinion (reminds me of Dick Morris). The fact is that despite you trying to discredit FDR, he was and always will be one of our greatest Presidents. And yes, he did get us us out of the Great Depression.
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Post by moondog on Jan 29, 2009 18:32:16 GMT -5
Deny all you like. The two were the best of friends, for much longer then Dick Morris knew the Clintons.
Here is more proof for you. In 1938 FDR was attempting to pack the Supreme Court. During that episode, the House Majority Leader Joseph Robinson died of a heart attack. FDR promised not to interfere with the process of picking a new leader. Of course, he lied. He even attempted to force Harry S Truman to intervene by sending Tom Pendergast of Kansas City to persuade Harry S Truman on his vote.
Harry S Truman replied, "I can't do it Tom, I've given my word to Pat Harrison." At least Truman understood the importance of a man's word, even if FDR did not. He went on further to say, "Tell him to stop treating me like an office boy." Source: Swain, Pat Harrison: The New Deal Years, 158; David McCullough, Truman (New York; Simon and Shuster, 1992), 227-29.
I think that exchange says more about the character of FDR then any of us have ever learned in school. He was less then honest.
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Post by saunterelle on Jan 30, 2009 1:38:53 GMT -5
Give me a break. You're living in a fantasy land.
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Post by moondog on Jan 30, 2009 12:08:03 GMT -5
I see. Even with the two separate books giving the same information, I am living in fantasy land. You are so ignorant of history it is amazing. Should I include the ISBN numbers as well?
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