(April 27, 2011 at 8:36 am)reverendjeremiah Wrote: I love the roosevelts, both of them, and much of my political stance is shaped on what I like the best from both of them. Both also made mistakes and had faults, but to err is also human. for the most part I think they belong on the top 10 of the best American presidents of all time, if not up in the top 5.
"Oh, no. You're very wrong. Roosevelt deliberately destroyed the US Fleet at Pearl Harbor so Americans would be willing to believe him when he said Germany must be defeated. That's the real reason he started the war in the Pacific, so we could declare war on the Germans. I just wish people could see that."
Mark refused to be on a radio talks show once when they told him I was the other guest.