The general puplic has a right to send in their own leader and it is a right of U.S. citizens to elect even idiots(not implying anthing). So unless you want a revolution or some equivilent lets stick with Democracy. shall we.

I would *like* to see the electoral college removed, so that the people would actually get to vote on who entered office.

FDR was a brilliant man that everyone loved. At a time of war and depression he cared about the civilians and had regular radio speeches to keep everyone informed and comfortable. He got us out of the Great Depression. He created social security,he taxed the wealthy heavier than the poor, he had plans for banks, and had a work relief program for the unemployed. The man did more than most presidents can say for themselves.

It was a severely desperate time and there needed to be desperate measures. Exactly how many constitutional obligations he bended, it was perfectl justified. When you are faced to either the destruction and death of America or bending a couple rules for the benefit of everyone in the new future, it’s perfectly fun. FDR was brilliant and my favorite president. Without him I prolly wouldn’t be here in my dorm typing on a laptop.

FDR didn’t walk us into WW2. He tried to keep us out of it but other nations threatened us so we had to act. Are you forgetting Pearl Harbor? Fraknlin did the best he could to keep us out of WW2, but we were attacked and Europe was slowly loosing to the power that was the Axis. So Nazism would have practicaly have ruled Europe. With that kind of strength, the rest of the world is practically doomed. He had to act or we all would be dead... or Nazis...

It’s a shame most of what he worked for and everything good he did can be totally screwed over by one president. If your a republican... well your wrong... but if your a republican and you like Bush you have no right to talk about FDR doing anything without regards to the Bill of Rights. Bush is day in and day out doing anything he wants without any regualtions because the republicans in the congress let him practically get away with any thing just to stick it to the Democrats and the SUpreme Court isn’t much to talk about either.

I’d rather have the corpse of FDR than a Bush any day.

In Soveit Russia, us destroys Bush.

FDR was a brilliant man that everyone loved. At a time of war and depression he cared about the civilians and had regular radio speeches to keep everyone informed and comfortable. He got us out of the Great Depression. He created social security,he taxed the wealthy heavier than the poor, he had plans for banks, and had a work relief program for the unemployed. The man did more than most presidents can say for themselves.

But where in the constitution is the president or congress given the right to distribute wealth? The federal government isn’t supposed to do welfare, that is the rights of the states and individuals NOT the feds. Look at FEMA. That is what happens when the federal government tries to do stuff it isn’t supposed to do. Also does it matter if the prez is popular? And how much did FDR really do to get us out of a depression?
Way to much blame or credit is given to the president when it comes to economic issues.

It was a severely desperate time and there needed to be desperate measures. Exactly how many constitutional obligations he bended, it was perfectl justified. When you are faced to either the destruction and death of America or bending a couple rules for the benefit of everyone in the new future, it’s perfectly fun???. FDR was brilliant and my favorite president. Without him I prolly wouldn’t be here in my dorm typing on a laptop.

So it is all right to break the law if it all works out in the end?
How about internment of the Japanese? Was that right? after all why didn’t we intern the Germans and Italiens too? I think that it was somewhat Paranoia and also simply racist

FDR didn’t walk us into WW2. He tried to keep us out of it but other nations threatened us so we had to act. Are you forgetting Pearl Harbor? Fraknlin did the best he could to keep us out of WW2, but we were attacked and Europe was slowly loosing to the power that was the Axis. So Nazism would have practicaly have ruled Europe. With that kind of strength, the rest of the world is practically doomed. He had to act or we all would be dead... or Nazis...

First off why did Japan attack us? After all FDR froze their assets and did other things that were provactive. So what is europe was losing to nazism? When is it the USA Business to intervene in foriegn politics?
We didn’t do it during the French revolution, the Crimean War, or the Franco Prussian war. The founding fathers didn’t want the United States screwing around in foriegn wars. You may say "but Hitler was evil and wanted to rule the world" well guess what the British kindom at the time was over the entire world, and had been that way for a long time. Also don’t tell me Hitler was more evil then our "Ally" Stalin who killed over 40 million of his OWN people.
That seems more evil to me than 10 million. What made Hitler worse than Stalin or even teh British Empire?



It’s a shame most of what he worked for and everything good he did can be totally screwed over by one president. If your a republican... well your wrong... but if your a republican and you like Bush you have no right to talk about FDR doing anything without regards to the Bill of Rights. Bush is day in and day out doing anything he wants without any regualtions because the republicans in the congress let him practically get away with any thing just to stick it to the Democrats and the SUpreme Court isn’t much to talk about either.

I’d rather have the corpse of FDR than a Bush any day.

In Soveit Russia, us destroys Bush.

But where in the constitution is the president or congress given the right to distribute wealth? The federal government isn’t supposed to do welfare, that is the rights of the states and individuals NOT the feds. Look at FEMA. That is what happens when the federal government tries to do stuff it isn’t supposed to do. Also does it matter if the prez is popular? And how much did FDR really do to get us out of a depression?
Way to much blame or credit is given to the president when it comes to economic issues. I’m not sure about where in the constituion it says a government can’t distribute wealth. For that matter, I doubt it even exists to say they can’t. I don’t give a - who takes care of Welfare, it’s there and thats all that matters. I know FEMA... are you saying it’s a bad thing. It’s a good program with a worthy cause. You need to be less concerned about "the government shouldnt be allowed to do that" and more concerned with "that program is very beneficial". I understand FDR wasn’t the only man behind the scenes. But we couldn’t have gotten out of it on our own and I defy you to name many presidents who could have done that (certainly not Bush... if there was an anti-Bush than he would be able to do it).

So it is all right to break the law if it all works out in the end?
How about internment of the Japanese? Was that right? after all why didn’t we intern the Germans and Italiens too? I think that it was somewhat Paranoia and also simply racistNo, the government is set up to protect the citizens, thats what it is there for. Any programs or actions set up for the benefits of the civilians is justified. The japanese were interned in communities, yes, but it wasn’t necassrily evil. It’s not like they were death camps, they were houses where they lived in communities. It’s no different than the racial profiling that goes on now. Except the government took care of that by just sticking them all together. As far as the italians and germans go, we only took those who were deemed to be a threat because of what ever reasons. They paid them reparations and ROnald Reagon apologized for them... isn’t that enough? I’m not trying to justify it, but it was a scary time and Japs were already hated on by the general public. It wasn’t safe for them anywhere. The whites were racist against them and many could have been seriously injured or killed or even severe property damage.


First off why did Japan attack us? After all FDR froze their assets and did other things that were provactive. So what is europe was losing to nazism? When is it the USA Business to intervene in foriegn politics?
We didn’t do it during the French revolution, the Crimean War, or the Franco Prussian war. The founding fathers didn’t want the United States screwing around in foriegn wars. You may say "but Hitler was evil and wanted to rule the world" well guess what the British kindom at the time was over the entire world, and had been that way for a long time. Also don’t tell me Hitler was more evil then our "Ally" Stalin who killed over 40 million of his OWN people.
That seems more evil to me than 10 million. What made Hitler worse than Stalin or even teh British Empire?