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3. Every time I read some more FDR history, I am struck, yes struck, - by the amount of

Reply to Auggie (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 7, 2021, 07:28 AM

Dec 2021

fierce resistance FDR faced every step of the way, led by Republican media.

1932 39.6% voted for 4 more Hoover, the coup attenpt by DuPont et al, 1936, the resistance to stopping Hitler right up through Pearl Harbor - until Hiltler declared war on the US 4 days later. 1944 even.

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