Thursday, March 11, 2004
Would FDR Run Those 9/11 Ads?
Almost three years after Pearl Harbor, FDR was running for reelection. What you learn is that Bush is a piker compared with FDR when it comes to wrapping himself in the mantle of commander in chief.
FDR:"The President is the Commander in Chief, and he, too, has his superior officer -- the people of the United States. . . . If the people command me to continue in this office and in this war, I have as little right to withdraw as the soldier has to leave his post in the line."
In 1944 Sen. Samuel Jackson of Indiana said:"How many battleships would a Democratic defeat be worth to Tojo? How many Nazi legions would it be worth to Hitler? . . . We must not allow the American ballot box to be made Hitler's secret weapon."
A 1944 Campaign Button:"Don't Forget The War-Vote FDR"
"Don't Forget 9-11-Vote Bush"
Almost three years after Pearl Harbor, FDR was running for reelection. What you learn is that Bush is a piker compared with FDR when it comes to wrapping himself in the mantle of commander in chief.
FDR:"The President is the Commander in Chief, and he, too, has his superior officer -- the people of the United States. . . . If the people command me to continue in this office and in this war, I have as little right to withdraw as the soldier has to leave his post in the line."
In 1944 Sen. Samuel Jackson of Indiana said:"How many battleships would a Democratic defeat be worth to Tojo? How many Nazi legions would it be worth to Hitler? . . . We must not allow the American ballot box to be made Hitler's secret weapon."
A 1944 Campaign Button:"Don't Forget The War-Vote FDR"
"Don't Forget 9-11-Vote Bush"
