President Franklin Roosevelt 1933 Inauguration

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Quality sucks, but yeah, interesting anyway.

What's interesting is that Chief Justice Hughes gives Pres. Roosevelt the entire oath and then Roosevelt says it back to him. Today, the Chief Justice does it in parts.

The American people should have been happy with what Hoover gave them.

"Primarily this is because the rulers of the exchange of mankind’s goods have failed, through their own stubbornness and their own incompetence, have admitted their failure, and abdicated. Practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion, rejected by the hearts and minds of men."

What depressing crap. Must have been a very disturbed sicko, what with pointing out the status quo and all. The money changers are the most important of all in any civilized society, as we know now - they should be embraced by the president, and handed more of The People's money under "heads you win, tails we lose" rules.

In the 30s, you would have been as opposed to Roosevelt as you were Obama because, like many on the left, they didn't think he was doing enough.

See, that's what makes you a fairly depressing fellow. You're always harping on the bad, but would you have done the same back in the 30s and 40s? Or would you have been praising Pres. Roosevelt's imprisoning of innocent American Japanese?

I was absolutely thrilled by Candidate Obama. What we have now is a different person, when it comes to action.

Roosevelt did most of the big things correctly. Definitely made mistakes, but he usually transcended what he had to work with, rather than triangulating it. That's an enormous difference from what we seen in today's president; and the results will speak for themselves.

You still haven't answered my very simple question as to why you feel that extraordinary rendition is OK. Not that I'm holding my breath waiting for it.

And the fact you're just fine with ignoring his policy mistakes, while beating us over the head with Obama's, shows how ignorant and woefully hypocritical you truly are.

Man, you would have hated the Founding Fathers!

I can easily state that the internment camps were very wrong. However, you've been asked several times about outsourced torture and you cannot criticize it; instead, you simply state that it's dreary to think about or some such thing.

The difference is that you constantly have nothing positive to say about Pres. Obama. Your focus is entirely on the negative and yet your own icon -- while doing a lot of good -- also did a lot of bad. Yet I doubt you're going around ragging on Roosevelt's shortcomings and policies you disagree with...though that has been a staple in your posts since Pres. Obama took office.

My point is clear: You're a hypocrite. You easily sweep FDR's mistakes under the carpet, while completely focusing on every negative thing you can possibly find about Pres. Obama. I have no problem with criticism of policies you don't agree with, I do, however, tire of your incessant need to attack him at every turn.

Like I said the other day, you're quite frankly a very depressing individual. You say nothing positive about Obama and instead would rather tear him down every chance you get. It's tiresome and frankly, it shows what a petty person you truly are.

I admire Roosevelt and consider him one of our nation's greatest presidents and that is even with the understanding he did some bad things while leading our nation. The difference between you and I is that I can own up to FDR's and Obama's mistakes, but I'm not going to sit there and harp on them over and over again. Your problem is that you'll happily and easily do that with Obama, but you won't dare to do it with the man in your avatar. Instead, you'll praise him despite his faults, while tearing down Obama despite his strengths.

"but you won't dare to do it with the man in your avatar."

I just did.

I suppose stark reality is something that's elusive for you, easier to create a fanatasy world where I'm sympathetic to Nazi internment camps - which of course I never did.

While you still refuse to admit that even outsourced torture is a negative.

Wow. You argue like a Republican.

And, I'm more than happy to point out when Obama done good, e.g., http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8386528&mesg_id=8386528. And I have no problem being wrong. Are you ever wrong, and can you demonstrate that - I doubt it.

"Roosevelt did most of the big things correctly. Definitely made mistakes, but he usually transcended what he had to work with, rather than triangulating it. That's an enormous difference from what we seen in today's president; and the results will speak for themselves."

Obama is doing most of the big things correctly. Definitely made mistakes, but he usually transcended what he had to work with, rather than triangulating it.

Now this - what does this mean?

"That's an enormous difference from what we seen in today's president; and the results will speak for themselves."

Rather vague and un-specific. Interesting to see an example or two of what you're referring to. Remember, most of what Roosevelt did happened late in his first term and second term. Obama has been president for 103 days.

Almost a year's GDP has been handed to the bankers to keep gambling with: not surprisingly, there's been no significant help to Main Street (but the NY Times reports that this year's banker compensation looks to match 2007 - funny, that).

Warrantless wiretapping.
Suspension of habeas corpus.
Outsourced torture.

should be required reading for every American, now more than ever.

A brilliant bit of oratory, but who would dream that it would be timely again?