“The thing about Ronald Reagan was that he was an admirer of The New Deal and often quoted FDR in his speeches.”
Ronald Reagan did not possess a deep understanding of FDR and the New Deal. Recent scholarship is starting to change things. We now clearly understand that the New Deal made things worse. FDR’s relentless attacks on investors delayed the economic recovery. This foolishness ceased once WWII started. Roosevelt realized that he had to stop harassing the capitalist class if we were to defeat the fascists in Europe and Japan.
“…and his ridiculous thinking on invading Iraq.”
Invading Iraq was the right thing to do. Saddam would have remained a menace to the Western world. We have also introduced a true democracy in the Middle East. This increases our nation’s safety.
