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FDR threw 200,000 Americans into concentration camps. Even trump never did anything that dark. He was a tyrannical piece of shit and really shouldn't be your metric for progressive politician.
Yep... Congrats, Captain Obvious. Guess what? All presidents are shitty. He also helped us push to start building "the bomb" after Pearl Harbor.
So I count FDR on the RELATIVE (not absolute) "good" side of US presidents... who are all shitty overall to lesser degrees at best.
I'd rather focus on the negative. Take away what these bastards value most, their legacy. A bad person who does a few good things is still a bad person and should be remembered as a bad person. If future presidents see them getting dragged through the mud instead of lauded because MUH FREE MONEY maybe they'd think twice about being dickbags.
Lesser degrees? Really? Lesser than putting Americans in concentration camps? Yeah, some were worse, but FDR isn't anywhere near the top of the 'good guy' scale. At best he's somewhere in the middle.
I'd go there.
Elect me.
I totally promise not to be an asshole.
(Oh, I'd totally be an asshole.) (but I'd happily ram a progressive agenda down people's throats anyway....) (still. Don't vote for me.)