[ndt]

"Oh come on! That's not the point I was making."

Intentional or not, that is the point you made. You are not talking to a liberal audience, throwing out FDR's actions as justification for the current administrations is not going to sway me, sorry.

[demlosers]

You are not talking to a liberal audience, throwing out FDR's actions as justification for the current administrations is not going to sway me, sorry.

It may not have sway with you, but it does set precedence for future presidential action, which does has sway with presidents from both political parties.