[7thson]

The answer to the main question - NO!

[Chewbacca]

FDR was the worst president we ever had.
It was his administration that set up all the socialist/communist programs that are sucking money from the tax payers to this day.

I believe the guy was a commie.

[Jeff Head]

No..

[Always Right]

Farah needs to get over his hatred of Bush. He brings up some legitimate points but greatly overstates his case and ignores many of relevant points.

[Alberta's Child]

Was Franklin D. Roosevelt a Good President?

No.

[CasearianDaoist]

In a word: No.

[Conspiracy Guy]

A leader can only be judged in the context of time. FDR was right for the time but wrong for today. I believe that many of the programs he set up to address The Great Depression were intended to be temporary.

I judge FDR to be the best and worst on any given issue. Carter has the distinct "Worst Overall" title.

[counterpunch]

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[Condor51]

Was Franklin D. Roosevelt a Good President?

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Hmm, a trick question. Ok I'll play.....

For the USA and world freedom - a resounding NO

For Marxism & Stalinist Despots - YES

[Puddleglum]

I don't think FDR was great in terms of policy, but he exuded some needed confidence for his first term. And he may have been a safety valve against the country going even further left out of despair. That said, his legacy of paternal government is a burden. I need to read more about him, hopefully from a concise, historical point of view.

[SMARTY]

Two things

He deferred entirely too much to his wife, (an unelected individual)

He sent Stillwell to Asia and cast him to the wolves with America's hide bound and debilitating 'Europe First' policy in WWII. I always wonder how a more realistic policy with China in WWII would have affected the current state of affairs there. Also: He was too much of a populist and played to the crowd TOO much.

[PatrickHenry]

You gotta give FDR credit for the one good decision he made: developing the atom bomb.

[pt17]

I'll add my NO to the chorus.

[DoctorMichael]

"......Was Franklin D. Roosevelt a Good President?......"

No. One of the things he is supposedly remembered for - getting us out of the Depression, he failed miserably at. It took a world war to get the economy going again, and he had been on the job 8 years by that point in time. In addition, in trying to pull us out of the Depression he abrogated and nullified many of the principal structures of our system of government and economy, unleashing a collectivist virus that, to this day, chronically infects us.

.............Besides, he couldn't keep that damned wife of his shut up.

[InvisibleChurch]

he threw japanese in camps, tried to load the supreme court w/ extra leftists and gave away eastern europe to russia

[Designer]

No. Terrible, but famous, and a favorite of the Socialists and One-Worlders. Poor Mrs. Reagan, Bless her heart, is just echoing what she has heard for many years from the liberal socialist managed media. Anyone who knows the truth about FDR, Wilson, etc., would not utter Ronnie's name with the likes of them. Ronald Reagan was much better.

[Blood of Tyrants]

How FDR's New Deal Harmed Millions of Poor People

FDR was an economic disaster as well as imposing dozens of unconstitutional laws on us.

[Barney Gumble]

I don't think was a bad president, but he doesn't deserve to be ranked up with the greatest.

He sold out the Eastern Europeans at Yalta and condemned two generations of people to Soviet rule. Yalta helped create the Berlin wall and a lot of the Cold War. (The Cold War would have still happened but more countries would have been free.)

Either he was too friendly with Stalin or he didn't correctly percieve how evil he was. This mistake is a large black mark against him and pulls him down off the "greatest list."

[Axenolith]

The 93 year old Grandfather on Moms side still refers to the time "Roosevelt stole everyones gold". 'Nuff said for me...

[2beeornaught]

Interesting rhetoric: "Was FDR a great president? No, Bush isn't." My kids could write better than this in grade school, but then if they had an ax to grind, they could be honest about it. Whether Bush's strategy of stealing the Dems' issues is wise, time will tell. No, I don't particularly approve. We vote for these people, however, to make the best choices they can and to be leaders. Bush has made some tough choices and has had to withstand an onslaught of hatred and bile from the left. He has kept his eye on the goal in the Middle East when lesser men would have wavered. When all is said and done we can be proud to have voted for him twice. To answer your proposal: "Probably" and "You're wrong".