FDR history has been completely whitewashed. Most people today believe he was one of the best and most successful presidents there ever was, when he was in fact, probably one of the worst. We still have some of the bad aftereffects of his far too long presidency.
His policies only made the Depression last longer and made the misery worse. He tried to pack the supreme court when they bounced his unconstitutional bullsh*t. He helped create social security which ensured that many seniors must live check to check on tiny budgets in their golden years, but yet still bankrupt the taxpayers and the national treasury in the process. He stole property from the citizens when he banned private ownership of gold when his policies threatened to ruin the dollar (that little beauty took until Reagan to undo, the private ownership of gold that is).
He began to rehab his imagine when WWII began. But it didn't stop the abuses. Those protesting the US entering the war where jailed, often without trial, becoming political prisoners (another bad abuser of that was Woodrow Wilson, one of Obama's favorite presidents). Yes, political prisoners! Truman released them. We didn't have political prisoners again until Obama came into office (yes that "filmmaker" is a political prisoner). He rounded up the US citizens of Japanese descent even though they were no threat to national security (more people of German and Italian descent were traitors). Then the two stories in that article, (both of which I knew about, but didn't learn in school). Though to my schools credit, I did have a history teacher that was truthful about FDR and helped send me down the road of not believing everything I hear, thanks Mr. S!
I guess the only good thing about FDR, is term limits for the president. My guess Bill Clinton would still be trying to be president if it wasn't for that. Hopefully the many abuses of the Obama regime will result in some real reforms. But I am an optimist.....
