FDR was a great big LIAR! See for yourself! [View all]

[MannyGoldstein]

UnrepentantLiberal has posted a two-minute clip of FDR signing the Social Security Act. But even in a brief statement, FDR can't keep from lying: he claims that the Act is to help retirees!

We know he's lying because President Obama has repeatedly said that Social Security was not originally intended for retirees:

"Look: when Social Security was passed, it applied to widows and orphans, and it was a very restricted program".

"This is why FDR, when he started Social Security, it only affected widows and orphans"

Oh yeah, and the woman standing behind FDR in the clip? Frances Perkins, the first-ever woman to be a cabinet member, who not only never worked for Wall Street, she was an unabashed LIBERAL who thought government had a role in helping special interest groups like the poor, the elderly, and the sick. What a rube!

So stop fetishizing FDR already. He wasn't anything special.

Regards,

Third-Way Manny