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Captain Hilts

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Sat Sep-29-07 10:05 AM
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1. Then FDR is a politician, not a leader.

He hid his views on:

Support for US participation on the World Court in order to get Hearst's backing for the Dem Nomination. Eleanor and a lot of his staff didn't speak to him for a week after that one.
The anti-lynching bill to maintain southern support.
The plight of Jewish refugees in order to maintain the support of nativists and anti-semites inthe US.

There are more.

Governing is about compromise. Some of it isn't pretty.

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