[Dave S]

FDR had a huge team of advisors he relied on for most all important decisions--the KGB and the Soviet Politburo.

A little viscious arent we? By historical standards he was way to the right of most Democrats today. Some have even referred to FDR as the Saviour of Capitalism. His programs co-opted the Socialists and Communists and prevented them from making inroads or actually taking over during the Depression.

A few of his advisors were tainted to be nice about it. I believe one of his Vice PResidents eventually left Democrat party and ran for PResident against FDR as Socialist. However, he wasnt a Communist any more than Eisenhower was.

[Republicus2001]

I think one of FDR's better ideas was paving the way for the UN to be established in the US so we could keep an eye on the bad guys without having to set up listening posts all over the globe...it was inevitable that the UN finally collapsed under its on weight in the early 21st century

[Taft in '52]

I believe one of his Vice PResidents eventually left Democrat party and ran for President against FDR as Socialist.

You are probably thinking of Henry Wallace, FDR's second vice president (1941-1945), who ran against Truman as a "Progressive" in 1948.

The argument that FDR was the "savior" of capitalism was popular in the 1970's, but I don't buy it. It seems to me, rather, that FDR was the architect of the all-powerful federal government that we have today.

In my opinion, FDR's greatest accomplishment as president was pulling off the Manhattan Project.

[what's up]

Don't forget how FDR had to battle against his socialist wife constantly. I believe he held the line on many things she wanted done which were "red" in nature.

[DPB101]

(FDR)wasnt a Communist any more than Eisenhower was

I agree that FDR was not a communist. But he was almost held hostage in the White House by communists. His wife was a Red:

"Smearing good people like Alger Hiss and Lauchlin Currie is, I think, unforgivable...Anyone knowing either Mr. Currie or Mr. Hiss, who are two people whom I happen to know fairly well, would not need any denial on their part to know they are not Communists. Their records prove it."--Eleanor Roosevelt. August 16, 1948

Alger Hiss, who traveled with FDR to Yalta where Eastern Europe was handed over to the Soviets was an officer in the KGB.

Laughlin Currie, special advisor to Roosevelt, who helped Mao gain power, lived in the White House down the hall from FDR's quarters. Currie fled the country in 1948 rather than testify before Congress.

Harry Hopkins, who also lived in the White House, was--at best--a deep shade of pink.

Assistant Treasury Secretary Harry Dexter White, who cut off money to the Nationalists allowing Mao to gain power and whose supported turning Germany into a pasture after WWII so the Red Army could roll to the English channel, was a KGB agent.

FDR's mistress Lucy Mercer was as left wing as Eleanor.

Owen Lattimore,Roosevelt's key advisor on China, followed the Soviet line on virtually every foreign policy issue. During the Moscow show trials, Lattimore declared they "sounded like democracy to me." After the war, he advocated the withdrawal of American troops from Japan and Korea.

Henry Wallace, FDR's VP, toured Soviet concentration camps with Lattimore and said nothing when Lattimore compared the gulags to the American TVA.

[Don Corleone]

A little viscious arent we? By historical standards he was way to the right of most Democrats today.

And this is good..why? Also re-read post 10

[AmericanVictory]

Viscous indeed!