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We were attacked. FDR defended the United States and freed 1/2 of Europe. Reagan, of course, finished the job.

The backlash from conservatives on FDR comes from the left's love of the man. However, much like most on the left giving a begrudging respect to Ronaldus Magnus this week, I am willing to give FDR the same courtesies.

Not me, thanks to FDR we had 50 years of cold war and Reagan had to clean up his mess!! The Russian army was destroyed and what did FDR do at Yalta? HE GAVE STALIN HALF OF EUROPE!!! FDR was the founder of the nanny state with all of his failed social programs. What a turd!!!

FDR did not free half of Europe. America did. After Pearl Harbor, the actions taken by the US would have been the same under almost any President. We had a good industrial base and a willingness to serve. Those were American traits, and can not be attributed to FDR.

The victory over the axis powers was not being opposed by anyone of political and social import after Pearl Harbor. As such, he does not deserve a great deal of credit, as he was not faced with the daunting task of rallying public support, as Lincoln did.

He broke the accepted practice of serving no more than 2 terms. When faced with a Supreme Court that correctly found his proposals unconstitutional, his reaction was to attempt to amend the Constitution to add a jurists that would allow him to do as he pleased. He designed and implemented policies which not only did not shorten the depression, they thwarted the ability of market forces to restore the economy to health. He created the precedent that the people of the United States should first look to government for the solutions to their problems.

FDR is given credit for being President at a difficult time, and for being President at a time when there were positive improvements. But to credit him for those achievements is the same as giving Clinton credit for the economic strength that was the result of economic policies of his predecessors, and changes in technology.