The New Deal was the beginning of the end of this country. When people figured out that they could vote for the person who promised them the most free money, the RATS began to seize permanent power.
She is right to say that Obama equates with FDR and McCain equates with TR but think back. The "Square Deal" started the beginning of the end.
Progressive Republicans Theodore Roosevelt and W. H. Taft brought:
Governmental control of corporations and "Trust-busting"
Siding with strikers in the 1902 coal strike
Minimum wage
Mandatory 40 hour work week
Pure, Food and Drug Act
Federal Reserve Act
Government involvement in conservation of Natural Resources, requiring corporate interests to be balanced with nature
16th Amendment - Income Tax - Feb 1913
17th Amendment - Direct Election of Senators - May 1913 [begun before Taft's term ended]
Recognition of Labor Unions to go on strike and collective bargain
FDR didn't start American Socialism. He simply put his own spin to something his cousin started.