[arthurus]

FDR acquired far too much power. Washington set the precedent and example for others, which FDR declined to follow because with the excuse of the impending War.

[21twelve]

FDR realized it was going to take longer to get all of his New Deal crap completed. Below is a great thread with a long booklet written in 1938 called “The Revolution Was” about FDR and the New Deal.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/929392/posts

“The effect was to keep people excited about one thing at a time, and divided, while steadily through all the uproar of outrage and confusion a certain end, held constantly in view, was pursued by main intention.

The end held constantly in view was power.”