Let's not forget that during the war years he de facto suspended the 1st amendment. I'm sure the perception of President Bush and the war in Iraq would be far different if the media were told what they could say.
My feeling is that conservatives have carried far too much water for George W. Bush, and that is the reason we are in today’s situation.
If you read the book, Amity says that FDR was re-elected in 1940 and 1944 because of the war and because of the GOP’s idiotic stand on it. FDR was elected 1936 because he discovered if you put people on the dole, they will vote for you over and over.
***Let’s not forget that during the war years he [FDR] de facto suspended the 1st amendment.***
I’m not so sure that FDR “de facto suspended the first amendment” during WWII. Hitler attacked our ally, England, in 1939, and made no bones about his, “Today Europe, tomorrow the world” philosophy. We couldn’t let him do that to us.
In addition, all of that was before the sixties and the useful idiots and Viet Nam. And it was before our schools were infiltrated by communist teachers. So there was a great sense of patriotism in this country.
FDR didn’t need to diminish the first amendment. Media, including even movies, were on the side of patriotism.