FDR - The Greatest Democratic President Documentary

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[f.e.mccole]

I am old enough to remember FDR's reign and the depression. Yes America was saved, but Eleanor traveled the country reporting what she saw and nagging her husband to do the right thing. He was very political and didn't want to act if it alienated groups he needed. She was recognized later, but never fully for her part in saving us during the depression. They should share the credit.

[JoeMacMadness]

Oddly enough, Ronald Reagan stated he adored FDR and even “voted for him four times.” And even went as far to say that he “idolized” FDR and that he saved his family by finally getting his father consistent work.
Yet he couldn’t have been anymore different lol.

[SoberOKMoments]

My Dad taught students in one of that era's CCC camps. He and my Mom voted for him every time and stood outside in long lines during a heavy snowstorm to vote him back for his final term. They always said Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, rescued America.

[brianthomas]

When I was a kid in seventh grade social studies I had to interview someone who lived through the depression and WWII so I choose my grandmother. She lived in a small working class city mostly comprised of Italian and Polish immigrants. One of the questions I had to ask was what she thought of Roosevelt's policies during the depression. She said to me, "it wasn't until Roosevelt came into office that this city started to put it's garbage out". I didn't understand what she meant until years later.

[tomlehmann]

It’s such an American story. FDRs life story you’d assume he’d be one of the least working class presidents but instead he was the best

[ethanramos]

“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little”
FDR

[maryholter]

Confiscating businesses, homes and property from American citizens of Japanese descent and putting them in internment camps was disgraceful and unconstitutional. FDR wasnt great.

[tdakard]

Excellent documentary, very well written and presented. My grandparents had to work WPA jobs to survive the depression. They revered Roosevelt and passed that sentiment to their grandchildren.

[dljh]

Eleanor Roosevelt was not “the youngest daughter of Theodore Roosevelt’s brother Elliott, ” - she was the eldest child and only daughter of Elliott.

[davidswift]

I truly appreciated how all the major events and progressive measures that FDR was either responsible for or involved was put in a comprehensive chronological order. An example was how the Midway success was prior to major European offensives. Truly an amazing journey through 3+ terms… it’s difficult not to acknowledge the impact he made in such a positive fashion despite the missteps. Truly fascinating, thank you for an excellent overview !

[allanhamm]

As a Canadian, and close neighbour of the USA, I admire FDR and agree with those who deem his policies during the 1930's and to the end off his life, as being the right man for the job, and probably the greatest President of the United States, and, all things considered, the best neighbour Canada ever had.

[Strydr]

His social projects helped form a bond between complete strangers that were away from home. This made men able to handle the bonds of soldiers during the war.

[richardmaratea]

FDR without a doubt was the greatest leader of the United Sates, and most probably of the World. The challenges he faced were, without question, MONUMENTAL. Nothing before or nothing after rose to the level of what he had to deal with. We were lucky that he was in office during the depression and when the greatest war in history broke out. He did WHAT needed to be done, when it HAD to be done, whether it was popular or not. I am a Republican, and I stand in awe of the man.

[nole]

Historians rate FDR as the third greatest president but I rank him as #1. The reasons are too many to list here. No president cared more about average working Americans as much as he did and did not bow to corporate power. Got us through the Great Depression and WW2 and left America as the greatest nation the world had ever known. He set the framework for 3 decades of the golden age of the middle class by the time he died. It took the economic royalists til the 1980s to unravel the protections he established for average Americans and their economic well being. I’m old enough to remember how good things were before they were able to do that. I pray that before I die we can have another one like him.

[davidreisman]

Have an old picture portrait size of FDR...probably from the late 1930's..which is on my den wall...I salute him every time I pass by..he is as relevant today as ever..Thank you FDR

[ceciliabustos]

What an amazing man. Obviously, he was a very compassionate person., who cared about the dismantled. I was born in South America and enjoyed this documentary. Thank and bring similar programs. 🙏

[andymckane]

Excellent video biography Franklin Delano Roosevelt. I'm a seventy-five year old male who, for most of my life, considered myself a political conservative. In October 1983 I embarked on a serious study of Pearl Harbor and U.S. entry into WWII. Until sometime after commencing this study of Pearl Harbor history, I didn't think much of FDR. As a matter of fact, I had a very low opinion of the man. I considered FDR a "socialist." Now, having spent some thirty-nine years making a serious study of the events leading up to 7 December 1941 and much of what has been published about U.S. entry into World War II since that "date which will live in infamy, " Franklin D. Roosevelt has become my favorite American President. As for Eleanor, she remains a First Lady without equal. This country, the United States, could use a new President who has all of FDR's ability, his powers to persuade people (even when doing so requires some large degree of back-handedness), and FDR's wit and charm, his public speaking ability to fully communicate with Congress and the American people, and his love for all people. And let us not overlook FDR's understanding of the U.S. armed forces and global strategy. Couple FDR's skills to a First Lady with Eleanor Roosevelt's skills, and we'll have the best Presidential couple this country has had since Franklin & Eleanor lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and their estate at Hyde Park, New York. Thank you very much for putting together this superb video biography and for putting it on YouTube where it's available to everyone and without cost! Andrew "Andy" McKane, Maunaloa, Molokai, Hawaii, 27 April 2023.

[D.emmelinegrace]

Mr Rob Jones, you have the most mesmerizing voice I have ever heard! Your pronunciation of foreign languages are just perfect. Thank

[carmenrosado-benitez]

One of the greatest men this country ever had.