The “greater good”? Well, yes, I suppose if you consider their interpretation of the greater good. There were progressives then who were trying to help FDR to form a socialist state. Today, we have media who are all too happy to help Obamugabe go even further.
I strongly suspect that your idea of the greater good is not congruent with that of Obama or of his many supporters and enablers.
The greater good for me is not Obama’s vision of self-destruction both at home and abroad. Nowhere is this more present right now than the Egyptian people bare willing to forego US aid because Obama supported the MB there. He has destroyed the US from within and lost 40 years of gains in foreign policy.