[LaineyDee]

he used a crisis to ram through permanent programs that people would most likely not have voted for under more normal conditions.

So he WAS a card-carrying socialist commie.... I couldn't remember the specifics...but I thank you for your input. :)

[inquest]

One book I'd recommend when you get the chance, is Washington Goes to War, by David Brinkley. It's not an all-out polemic against FDR, but it has a bunch of interesting tidbits nonetheless. Even though, as the title suggests, it mostly pertains to how Washington was transformed during WWII, it also provides a bunch of insights into how the Roosevelt administration worked generally.