[Vigilanteman]

Where would the Democrats be without those who think they are still voting for FDR? Or for JFK? Both were fairly mediocre presidents but the leftist historians have the public convinced they were somewhere close to Washington or Lincoln in stature.

FDR, in particular, is greatly overrated. It was only World War II which changed his legacy from abject failure to merely sub-par mediocrity.

[rb22982]

Lincoln was way over-rated as well. Washington is all by himself.

[Theodore R.]

Well, Bob Dole said FDR was one of his “heroes”, and Richard Nixon was a huge admirer of Woodrow Wilson; Barry Goldwater, an admirer of Truman. What Republican presidents admired past Republican presidents? Reagan on Coolidge, I guess is one of the few.