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In reply to the discussion: FDR: "I welcome their hatred" [View all]toby jo
(1,269 posts)What I'm getting is the constant focus on DOMESTIC issues. What can we do to help the people? What programs will work? How about this Shantyville, or the coal miners in WV, or the condition of the blacks in the south, or the plight of children working and the unemployed and women?
They built roads and bridges that still stand. He created social programs that still stand.
God damn..
Surprised at how great a man's man Teddy was, too. Didn't like his bloodlust for war, but that aside, he was concerned about the common man. When FDR said he was running for Pres, and told Teddy it would be on the Democrat ticket, Teddy said something like 'Doesn't matter what side, just go after the big boys.'
Amazing, too, watching history repeat itself.
Thanks, Ken Burns.