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Old 06-04-2008, 08:01 AM
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Re: Was Ronald Reagan a Great President?

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Originally Posted by SOUNWORTHY View Post
Ask the families of those lost at Pearl Harbor how they felt about the Japanese. Right or wrong, FDR did what he thought was necessary at the time. A war time president is never loved.
Interestingly enough this one was ...

Based on the events and the hysteria ... the sad event of Japanese internment camps is understandable if not justifiable. Do we pin the continuance of slavery and segregation solely on the slew of Presidents that could have done their part to end them?

FDR won a landslide victory in the middle of the Great Depression ... and won handily in 1940 as the nation braced for war ... and won hands down in 1944 in the midst of war.
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