Yes, the Democratic Party is at nearly its weakest point in a century

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62. I would think the fact that the economy had cratered and millions had starved and were

continuing to starve and lost their homes etc might have had something to do with that. My Grandpa told me when I was young about finding people dead in their cars on his farm property. They had starved to death trying to find a better place or died of disease brought on by deprivation. Roosevelt saved this country no doubt. The policies were enacted because of the conditions on the ground ,and also he could run four times back then. He had time... I love Roosevelt and believe he was a great president, but no man is perfect. He opposed unions for federal workers, his policies were only for the white man, and he intered the Japanese in camps during WWII. He made mistakes along the way . In 37, he attempted to balance the budget sending unemployment soaring.

All in all despite what I have written above which is all true, t really isn't fair to judge Roosevelt by the standards of our time. I merely bring it up because I feel this hero worship of Roosevelt is akin to that for Reagan on the Republican side...you can't live in the past. The desire to go back to happier more simple times mostly those we experienced as young people is tempting but as Thomas Wolfe famously said, 'You can't go home again'.