[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

FDR couldn't stand the thought of giving up the reins of power, until the Reaper finally relieved him of his duties.

What a dramatic contrast to our first president! After stewarding the power entrusted to him as long as he could stand it, Washington could hardly wait to retire back to his farm to enjoy life.

Compared to this cherished American ideal, Franklin Roosevelt comes off pretty...monarchical.

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No question about it. But it's worse than that. We essentially had an unwritten rule that you didn't serve more than two terms. It was only after FDR that this had to be codified as the ?? amendment. By deliberately going against this rule in my mind he was doing the same thing as when he packed the court - destroying the country and its institutions to further his own ends.