Roosevelt was very very political. It appears that much of what he did that was
good, was because of pressure from Eleanor. But he did a hell of a lot that
wasn't good. In some ways, his intelligence and his calculatedness remind me of
Obama. One thing FDR didn't do was to come out with a strong statement against
lynching while it was extremely prevalent and the civil libertarians were
begging him to do so. He didn't want to displease his southern constituency.
Miriam
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: 2 nuggets from the Eleanor Roosevelt biography
Just goes to show you. No president, even the great FDR is perfect.
I recall that Roosevelt created a position for James, but didn't know about the
military promotion. Those sorts of things I can forgive.
Some of Roosevelt's decisions were unforgivable. But mostly, Roosevelt was a
far sighted, clever man, and deserves to be ranked among the two or three
"Real" Leaders. Maybe four. Off the top of my head I present the short list
of Leaders: Jefferson, Lincoln, FDR and LBJ.
At the other extreme the list could be longer, but I certainly put Jackson,
Hoover, and Reagan...with room for Trump when he is done with plundering
America.
Carl Jarvis
On 7/3/17, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Apparently Trump is not the only president who created a position for
a close family member. FDR created a position of secretary to the
president for his son, James. He also anointed him with a high
officer's position in the Navy which he hadn't earned. Second nugget:
FDR refused to allow military equipment to be sent to the republican
forces in Spain. He said he was remaining neutral. However, he did
send military equipment to the Fascist rebels. In effect, he was
blockading the democratic government from receiving military help
while aiding Franco and this is why Franco won. It had to do with the fear of
Communism.
Miriam
