[fishergirl]

My grandfather, a good man - bless his heart, hated FDR with a raging purple passion. Out of respect for him when my son and I visited D.C. years ago on a class trip I refused to go to the FDR memorial.

[Vigilanteman]

It sounds like your grandfather and my father would've been good friends. We live close enough to DC that I've visited three times. I've always avoided the FDR Memorial out of respect for the memory of my father as well.

By the way, he enlisted in the Naval Air Corps the week after Pearl Harbor. When I drove off to college, he gave me his flight pants and told me to always pack them during winter driving-- they might save my life. I've been offered top dollar from collectors, but have never had the heart to part with them.

[NCjim]

My Dad could not stand him either. He always told me that FDR started this country down the road to socialism. And as with many topics he was exactly right. I miss him.

[jerry639]

My grandfather, a good man - bless his heart, hated FDR with a raging purple passion.

So did my Father and Mother.

I wish I could remember which family member told me this story. My Dad was a farmer. "He was out plowing the field with a team of horses. A friend came by and informed him that FDR had been elected to a 3rd term. One of the horses just laid down and died."

[speedy]

My grandfather was another who hated FDR -- glad to meet some more multi-generational Conservative families here. The big media of that day was SO pro-FDR -- the movies especially glorified him the way third-world countries glorify dictators.

There was always more opposition to FDR than leftist mythologists want you to believe. Sure, in 1936 he won a landslide -- but there were always 40-45 percent voting against him -- still big margins, but you get the impression that only about 10 percent were unhappy with him.

Just like today, the ignorant and their manipulators bought the Rat line. And they tried to bully opponents into silence. They still use the same playbook.