Opinion of Franklin D. Roosevelt

[ElectionsGuy]

George Washington: 77.6% Approval
John Adams: 87.0% Approval
Thomas Jefferson: 70.4% Approval
James Madison: 81.0% Approval
James Monroe: 66.7% Approval
John Quincy Adams: 79.6% Approval
Andrew Jackson: 23.7% Approval
Martin Van Buren: 77.8% Approval
William Henry Harrison: 50.0% Approval
John Tyler: 23.3% Approval
James K. Polk: 64.3% Approval
Zachary Taylor: 80.0% Approval
Millard Fillmore: 12.5% Approval
Franklin Pierce: 16.1% Approval
James Buchanan: 6.3% Approval
Abraham Lincoln: 89.1% Approval
Andrew Johnson: 19.2% Approval
Ulysses S. Grant: 76.2% Approval
Rutherford B. Hayes: 35.3% Approval
James A. Garfield: 83.7% Approval
Chester A. Arthur: 80.8% Approval
Grover Cleveland: 54.8% Approval
Benjamin Harrison: 31.1% Approval
William McKinley: 44.7% Approval
Theodore Roosevelt: 67.7% Approval
William Howard Taft: 68.3% Approval
Woodrow Wilson: 38.9% Approval
Warren G. Harding: 31.1% Approval
Calvin Coolidge: 45.2% Approval
Herbert Hoover: 35.8% Approval

32nd President of the United States: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt

Mega HP for reasons you could imagine.

[RogueBeaver]

HP on domestic policy, mega-FF on foreign policy.

[SWE]

FF, obviously

[bedstuy]

He was our greatest President.  There are aspects of his time in office that can be justifiably criticized like the NRA and Japanese internment.  But, overall, he faced the greatest challenges and his policies revolutionized America in a positive way.  I don't really understand how people can vote HP.  What on earth is your reasoning?

[Cassius]

HP on domestic policy, mega-FF on foreign policy.

This, although even on foreign policy I find some of his antics... Questionable.

[TDAS04]

FF, obviously

[windjammer]

HP on domestic policy, mega-FF on foreign policy.

This, although even on foreign policy I find some of his antics... Questionable.

Mega FF on domestic policy. But I share Cassius's views on foreign policy.
He was too pacifist and the USA could have played a bigger role in order to oppose Hitler etc.

Cassius, is it what you think too?

[Marokai Backbeat]

Inarguably one of the greatest.

[Cassius]

HP on domestic policy, mega-FF on foreign policy.

This, although even on foreign policy I find some of his antics... Questionable.

Mega FF on domestic policy. But I share Cassius's views on foreign policy.
He was too pacifist and the USA could have played a bigger role in order to oppose Hitler etc.

Cassius, is it what you think too?

Well, I do think that FDR was forced to operate within quite tight constraints with regards to foreign policy in the early days of the war, so I do give him credit for doing what he did to help the allied powers. However, one thing that really bugs me is his holding Churchill over a barrell with sections of the Atlantic Charter.

[AggregateDemand]

FF, but in principle only.

He was the first president to bring the US Federal Government into socio-economic modernity (post-Keynes imo), which makes him an FF. Since he was the first, he implemented some of the most clumsy, pointless, and counter-productive policies known to man.

We understand the paradox of the Founding Fathers, who opined that all men were created equal, though some owned slaves and they denied voting rights to many people.  Great theoretical philosophers, who were lacking in the practice of their ideals. FDR was the same. Sound theoretical philosophy. Weak policy and execution.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

He is one of those leaders who you both admire and hate. He ranks with Richard Nixon in being both a FF in how he played the game and a HP in actual policy.

[Goldwater]

Despite my disagreements with his domestic policy, I really like him on a personal level and his foreign policy, so FF.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

FF, and he needs to be high.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Nice to see 70% approval for Japanese Internment..

BUT THE NEW DEAL AND UN!!!!!!

[Rooney]

FDR is one of the most foul presidents this nation has ever had. His odious administration should be the model of what a presidency should not be. Unfortunately, it has been taught to generations of historians that the mark of a good president is to attack free enterprise, massively intrude on the private lives of citizens, arrest as many people as possible, destroy food while thousands starve, set silver prices based of of "lucky numbers" and get the nation involved in a war. By these sterling requirements Roosevelt is one of the very greatest presidents. Those who actually care about civil liberties and free markets should never have a single word to say about FDR....unless that word is "charlatan." 

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Let's see you get elected four times and save the world.

[Rooney]

Let's see you get elected four times and save the world.

There is no denying that Roosevelt was elected four times. The man was addicted to power after all. He hardly "saved the world." That is comic book history at its finest.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Let's see you get elected four times and save the world.

Because German panzers would have rolled through Lincoln, Nebraska without FDR .

[Rooney]

Let's see you get elected four times and save the world.

Because German panzers would have rolled through Lincoln, Nebraska without FDR .

Now, now The new Wolfenstein game had the Naxis conquering the world. That is good history, right?

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Let's see you get elected four times and save the world.

There is no denying that Roosevelt was elected four times. The man was addicted to power after all. He hardly "saved the world." That is comic book history at its finest.

And 3 of those four times were landslides. Besides, he knew that any day the United States would get involved in WWII, and thought he was best for the job like all presidents do.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Let's see you get elected four times and save the world.

There is no denying that Roosevelt was elected four times. The man was addicted to power after all. He hardly "saved the world." That is comic book history at its finest.

And 3 of those four times were landslides. Besides, he knew that any day the United States would get involved in WWII, and thought he was best for the job like all presidents do.

Richard Nixon won a landslide too.

[bedstuy]

Let's see you get elected four times and save the world.

Because German panzers would have rolled through Lincoln, Nebraska without FDR .

Now, now The new Wolfenstein game had the Naxis conquering the world. That is good history, right?

You all are aware of the holocaust, right?

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Let's see you get elected four times and save the world.

There is no denying that Roosevelt was elected four times. The man was addicted to power after all. He hardly "saved the world." That is comic book history at its finest.

And 3 of those four times were landslides. Besides, he knew that any day the United States would get involved in WWII, and thought he was best for the job like all presidents do.

Richard Nixon won a landslide too.

He had one of the dirtiest campaigns in modern history, and all the best democrats were dead or caught in scandals. He took down McGovern in a way FDR didn't need to.

[Gass3268]

A literal FF

[Mechaman]

Easy FF vote here.  With a crapload of context (ie, compared to other US Presidents).

The one big mark on FDR is the whole internment thing which I consider his darkest hour as President.  It was a massive violation of American Civil Liberties and it's a shame it took the government 50 years to give the survivors their proper apology.
However, given the challenges and the crises he faced as President, ultimately I have to say FF.  The nation is much better of than it was before, needless to say.