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20. One of the things I am most proud of when it comes to ancestors...

Mon Sep 23, 2013, 10:47 PM

Sep 2013

...is that my great-grandfather worked as a speechwriter for President Roosevelt during the 1936 campaign. He was a lifelong Democrat to boot!

Unfortunately, he died when I was 8, so I never got to talk to him about it. I get a little bit of the history when I talk to my grandfather.

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Holy crap! Franklin Roosevelt! Holy freakin' crap! [View all] FredStembottom Sep 2013 OP

saw it also and was surprised rurallib Sep 2013 #1

Cool. But he won 4 terms... truebluegreen Sep 2013 #2

Thanks for the save. FredStembottom Sep 2013 #3

No prob. truebluegreen Sep 2013 #6

It's how soon he was gone in #4 that.. FredStembottom Sep 2013 #10

I guessed that. truebluegreen Sep 2013 #23

Excellent use of this fact. FredStembottom Sep 2013 #31

Also remind them it was a Republican that proposed term limits... KansDem Sep 2013 #78

Yes, typical in both instances--only dangerous when our side does it. truebluegreen Sep 2013 #82

truebluegreen Diclotican Sep 2013 #90

Here! 1941 SOTU, The Four Freedoms Speech. longship Sep 2013 #4

I have these speeches on my "iPod". FredStembottom Sep 2013 #5

Yup! I also have a huge repository of Churchill speeches. longship Sep 2013 #9

Well, the path that Churchill took after WWIi FredStembottom Sep 2013 #11

Well, he was a conservative. longship Sep 2013 #14

Will read. FredStembottom Sep 2013 #34

I think it's safe to say FDR cooled on Churchill when it was Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #46

That's the current story, as far as I've read. longship Sep 2013 #53

I agree with your assessment of Churchill. Right man for the times. Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #66

Maybe this is where Limpballs got the "one hand tied behind...back" line. nt morningglory Sep 2013 #69

Hey Fred. Is THIS the commercial you saw? NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #7

That's it. FredStembottom Sep 2013 #8

Well, yeah--gotta make room for Saint Ronnie........-- lastlib Sep 2013 #12

If it wasn't in the script.... AnneD Sep 2013 #72

you got that right!! lastlib Sep 2013 #73

"(how do I get "BARF" in big letters, the size of Kilimanjaro, on here??)" Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #87

Didn't really notice, but just recently have begun to realize how little I knew about him, rwsanders Sep 2013 #22

PBS American Experience did a first rate bio. FredStembottom Sep 2013 #35

Thanks! I'll definitely look for this one. My wife and I just finished one on Rachel Carson... rwsanders Sep 2013 #103

FDR has been disappeared by Public School due to infiltration by the National Chamber of Commerce. Rain Mcloud Sep 2013 #92

Interesting stories! rwsanders Sep 2013 #104

And now he's hawking for Google. R. Daneel Olivaw Sep 2013 #28

or Google is hawking for him, one thing is for sure the corporate media damn sure isn't. Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #36

I wish to god that the POTUS was hawking for him. R. Daneel Olivaw Sep 2013 #39

No flames from me, I do as well, but's that's also an implicit commentary on how powerful Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #41

+1 Myrina Sep 2013 #75

thanks for pointing that out. mopinko Sep 2013 #70

Yes, considering that in 2009, historians ranked FDR as 2nd or 3rd Greatest President in American whathehell Sep 2013 #91

Cute spot. xfundy Sep 2013 #13

If you think FDR's been scrubbed, what about his third term veep? Smarmie Doofus Sep 2013 #33

Point taken. FredStembottom Sep 2013 #37

An old DU favorite: Sequoia Sep 2013 #79

Very sweet. A HERETIC I AM Sep 2013 #15

excellent gopiscrap Sep 2013 #16

I live in the Hudson Valley... Historic NY Sep 2013 #17

I love visiting Hyde Park and Val Kill MannyGoldstein Sep 2013 #19

I grew up in Dutchess County! PennsylvaniaMatt Sep 2013 #21

The Hudson Valley is so indescribably beautiful... dorkzilla Sep 2013 #32

That painting: Norman Rockwell wasn't so cornball after all. Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #48

FDR's spirit is alive and well, MannyGoldstein Sep 2013 #18

One of the things I am most proud of when it comes to ancestors... PennsylvaniaMatt Sep 2013 #20

You should be proud! dorkzilla Sep 2013 #24

Absolutely! PennsylvaniaMatt Sep 2013 #26

How amazing! dorkzilla Sep 2013 #29

Beautiful to have such a memory. FredStembottom Sep 2013 #44

And FDR carried most of the South, most of the time. Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #49

I Remember FDR Cheviteau Sep 2013 #81

Great perspective! annabanana Sep 2013 #98

Huh. Sounds pretty much exactly like an old CompuServ ad from the 90s Recursion Sep 2013 #25

I think it high time we resurrect FDR dorkzilla Sep 2013 #27

Absolutely. whathehell Sep 2013 #96

That's a subtle, yet powerful form of Internet activism. Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #30

Have any of y'all ever been to Hualapai Mountain County Park? Nevernose Sep 2013 #38

My Dad's life may have been saved by FDR and the CCC LongTomH Sep 2013 #40

Ironically, my granddad had no idea there was a depression Nevernose Sep 2013 #47

He passed from this life in 1978 LongTomH Sep 2013 #52

my dad`s ccc/wpa boss was reagan`s dad... madrchsod Sep 2013 #59

My great grandfather ran a CCC operation... Blanks Sep 2013 #94

Not just the nation. Shemp Howard Sep 2013 #43

They were indeed. Epic drinking bouts, I am told. Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #50

Proof that a progressive and a conservative can work together. Shemp Howard Sep 2013 #55

PBS has been running a series ANOIS Sep 2013 #54

Teddy Roosevelt is generally considered the father.. FredStembottom Sep 2013 #57

That's what I thought, but ANOIS Sep 2013 #74

Good. I wanted to be clear on what you meant. FredStembottom Sep 2013 #85

Thanks for the heads up. Wonder if there will be fair & balanced counter ads. SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2013 #42

I dread a possible Google/Reagan ad. FredStembottom Sep 2013 #45

we all could use an FDR brushup proud patriot Sep 2013 #51

K & R defacto7 Sep 2013 #56

If You're An FDR Fan . . FairWinds Sep 2013 #58

And the movie "Warm Springs" FredStembottom Sep 2013 #61

I haven't heard of that one and will have to look for it. kentauros Sep 2013 #77

Oh my gosh..... Forgot about S at C. FredStembottom Sep 2013 #84

I saw it on TCM kentauros Sep 2013 #86

VIDEO alp227 Sep 2013 #60

The excerpts they've chosen are incredibly appropriate, nyquil_man Sep 2013 #62

PBS Hosts "FDR: An American Experience" blogslut Sep 2013 #63

Thanks for the link. I've seen it but will watch again. If only every American would see it. Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2013 #64

K&R! Enthusiast Sep 2013 #65

K&R - I was just as suprised as you! It was wonderful to see. myrna minx Sep 2013 #67

Because I have a Master's in military history LibertyLover Sep 2013 #68

K&R for FDR! beerandjesus Sep 2013 #71

I thought JustAnotherGen Sep 2013 #76

I love that ad ... ms liberty Sep 2013 #80

The Generation before me Cryptoad Sep 2013 #83

These days "Populism" is considered to be political suicide by the idiots in the Beltway.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #88

FredStembottom Diclotican Sep 2013 #89

I, too doubt kids today know much about him or that era. FredStembottom Sep 2013 #97

FredStembottom Diclotican Sep 2013 #99

Just the fact that he did it all from a wheelchair FredStembottom Sep 2013 #101

FredStembottom Diclotican Sep 2013 #102

FDR ...we need you now! L0oniX Sep 2013 #93

_the_enemy_ FiveGoodMen Sep 2013 #100

He was no Reagan. leveymg Sep 2013 #95