Confessions of a Recovering Democrat By Burt Prelutsky

I grew up in a home in which Franklin D. Roosevelt was regarded as a saint.  Is it any wonder that it took me so many years before I finally saw the light?  As a rule, I don’t approve of people who lay their own shortcomings at the feet of their parents, but when I realize that for no other reason than the way I was raised that I actually voted for Jimmy Carter, it’s awfully tempting to blame my folks.

        But whoever is at fault, it is certainly high time to acknowledge how much harm was done to this country during FDR’s administrations, and how much spin left-wing historians have put on his record.  For instance, he has often been credited with keeping America from going communist during the Great Depression.  But you might say the same about the leaders of Germany, Italy, and Spain.

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