It hurts to find out that Ryan would avoid posting because he can't bring himself to start another fight over whether or not FDR was the worst President in US history.
Dude... man up or turn in your Bund membership card.
Anyone reading this knows my stance on New Deal, and also knows Ryan's stance on New Deal. Rank him as you see fit... it's only fair and it IS an opinion-based question. Voice yours all you want, but please be ready to defend your position, that's all.
Let's assume New Deal is all that Ryan said it was: the sole reason that the Great Depression lasted as long as it did, and the biggest brake on US economic expansion in US history. Ryan seems to have told Jambo that this ALONE puts FDR in the bottom 5% of the list of greatest Presidents... even though he led the country through WWII. Doesn't that count for anything? No President after FDR until Reagan broke the New Deal mold... should they all be ranked lower because they supported or expanded New Deal policy? Eisenhower's Federal Highway program? His expansion of the Federal welfare system? Nixon's signing into existence the EPA and OSHA should drag him even lower than Watergate, right?
I'm willing to stick to what is measurable and specific... no what-ifs in this question. FDR led the nation through what is arguably the second toughest period of American history, after only the Civil War... and he did it successfully. Was it the BEST way to go? Perhaps not... but it worked, and that surely must count for something.
Besides... Ryan doesn't even know where I ranked FDR. He might be surprised...
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