[Cinnamon Girl]

I don't really get the whole FDR thing myself. But they think he was a hero. Even though he didn't bomb the railroads that led to the death camps when he could have. All his good times "Public Works" crap seems to have made quite an impression.

[Mr. Mojo]

I don't really get the whole FDR thing myself. But they think he was a hero. Even though he didn't bomb the railroads that led to the death camps when he could have.

FDR also turned away thousands of Jews fleeing Nazi oppression (after they reached American shores), and they ended up in the European concentration camps. FDR-lovin' American Jews ignore these facts like the plague, of course.

[eddiespaghetti]

I don't really get the whole FDR thing myself. But they think he was a hero. . . .

All his good times "Public Works" crap seems to have made quite an impression.

Yes. When I speak to my parents (who were teenagers in NYC during much of the Depression), and remembering the words of my grandparents, they all spoke of the hope he infused during those days (with 20%+ unemployed). Also the fact that he was TRYING to help Britain and to get America more involved (re-introducing conscription, Lend-Lease, etc.), when Congress -- and most of the country -- was opposed.

Never got to ask any of them what FDR looks like in retrospect, but you are right: he is still an icon for many, and his party, in their view, cannot be wrong.